The Hollow Earth Theory - Geophysical Institute
WEBThe crux of the hollow earth theory is that the earth is a shell with walls about 800 miles thick. In the polar regions there are holes 1400 miles across, with edges that curve smoothly from the outside of the shell around to the inside. A sea or surface traveler could proceed over an edge of the hole, like an ant crawling over the lip of a ...
Study: Glass microspheres won't save Arctic sea ice
WEBOct 5, 2022 · The research was published today in the journal Earth’s Future. The research challenges a claim in a 2018 research paper that repeated spreading of hollow glass microspheres, or HGMs, on young Arctic sea ice will increase reflectivity, protect it from the sun and therefore allow it to mature over time into highly reflective multi-year ice.
Science vs. Pseudoscience - Geophysical Institute
WEBEven today, there are books being published about the hollow earth, for example. Literally hundreds of examples of present-day pseudoscience exist. Using the Mexico City earthquake again to cite just one, a group calling itself the National Seismic Investigations Center announced afterward that they had predicted the disaster (of course, they ...
Space Physics & Aeronomy - Geophysical Institute
WEBSpace Physics & Aeronomy. The Space Physics and Aeronomy research group studies the Earth’s geospace environment and the magnetospheres of other planets. Major topics investigated by the group are associated with the response of the magnetosphere, ionosphere and upper atmosphere to solar disturbances that reach the Earth after …
Bogs, Permafrost and the Global Carbon Equation
WEBMar 27, 2003 · Hollingsworth, a technician with the Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Site, pulled a hollow drill bit from the ground and then pushed out its core-a brown-and-gray cylinder as thick as a soup can. The plug of earth was three feet long and veined with tiny ice lenses.
A powdery idea to reduce sea-ice loss - Geophysical Institute
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Sea ice reflects sunlight and prevents the dark ocean from absorbing heat. The Ice911 team is hoping to slow the summer loss of sea ice, and perhaps restore it over time, by making it melt less with the application of their reflective dust. The powder is mainly silica in the form of hollow glass spheres, each smaller than a period.
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WEBResearch facilities at the Geophysical Institute. Since it was established by an Act of Congress in 1946, scientists at the Geophysical Institute have studied geophysical processes from the center of the Earth to the surface of the sun and beyond, turning data and observations into information useful for state, Arctic and national priorities.
Outer Continental Shelf Study - Geophysical Institute
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Additionally, biologists are looking at marine birds of the Outer Continental Shelf. The distribution, abundance, and feeding ecology of the Arctic and Bering Sea birds, their relationship to the pack ice, and the probable impact of petroleum development must be determined. Fish and the organisms upon which they feed are of great importance.
Debunking the Myth of Polar Bear Hair - Geophysical Institute
WEBMay 28, 1998 · Koon and a student, Reid Hutchins, got a few hairs from a male polar bear that lives at a zoo in Rochester, New York. Their research revealed that the popular notion was not correct, they found that less than .001 percent of red light and less than a trillionth of the violet light transmitted traveled the length of a typical, inch-long hair.
Alaska's Space Pyrotechnics | Geophysical Institute
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Alaska's Space Pyrotechnics. February 18, 1985 / Larry Gedney and Neal Brown. Before the last holiday season, there was considerable advance publicity about an artificial "Christmas comet" which was to be produced by the injection of barium crystals into space from a satellite in high earth orbit. Alas, even though the experiment was a …