Geysir eruption / Gos í Strokki

From Summer 2010

Fleiri myndir af Strokk og af fuglum, blómum og landslagi í albúminu hér að ofan.
More pictures of geysir eruption and flowers, birds, and landscape in the album above.

Lýsing á gosi í Strokk og hverum hér.

Description of geysir erutpion here.

France drains lake under glacier / Til stendur að dæla vatni undan jökli í Frakklandi

"French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc, and which threatens to flood a valley below."

The lake, which is said to contain 65,000 cubic metres (2.3m cubic ft) of water, was discovered last month during routine checks.
The engineers plan to dig a hole into the ice and pump the water away.

France drains lake under glacier - link / hlekkur

Vatni sem safnast hefur undir jökli á Mont Blanc verður dælt upp úr því ef áætlanir ganga eftir.

Image from the BBC web site (see link above).

Hitafrávik í júlí 2010 / Temperature anomaly in July 2010

Þessi mynd, frá NASA Earth Observatory, sýnir hitafrávik í júlí 2010 miðað við sama mánuð árin 1951 til 1980.
Hnattrænt var hitinn um 0.55°C hærri og jafnaði nánast hitametið, með árunum 1998 og 2005.

ENGLISH:

This image, from NASA Earth Observatory, shows the temperature anomaly for July 2010, compared to the average for the same month in 1951 to 1980. 

Globally the temperature was about 0.55°C higher than the mean, and practically as high as the highest years on record,1998 and 2005. 

Extremely hot, and now also smoke over Moscow / Hiti og reykur í Moskvu

Smoke over Moscow:

Acquired July 27, 2010, this natural-color image shows haze over Moscow as fires burn in the east-southeast.

Hitabylgja og svo reykur frá gróðureldum til viðbótar í Moskvu !

Traffic pollution may increase risk of dying from heart disease / Líkur á dausfalli vegna hjartasjúkdóma aukast nærri stórum umferðargötum

Traffic pollution may increase risk of dying from heart disease | Dr. Cutler

Líkur á dauðsfalli vegna hjartasjúkdóma voru 29% meiri fyrir þá sem búa nærri miklum umferðaræðum. Líkurnar minnkuðu ef þeir einstaklingar fluttu fjær umferðaræðum.

Arizona State University Mars camera yields best Red Planet map ever

Arizona State University Mars camera yields best Red Planet map ever: "(Arizona State University) The best Mars map ever made is now available online for planetary scientists and armchair astronauts alike. And citizen scientists invited to help make it even better."

Kort, myndir, af yfirborði Mars.

China oil spill after pipe blast 'worse than thought' / Olíuslys í Kína

Fréttin / BBC news:

BBC News - China oil spill after pipe blast 'worse than thought'

Myndir / pictures:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10673250

Einnig var í fréttum að Kína hefur tekið fram úr BNA sem sú þjóð sem notar mesta orku í heiminum.
Also in the news that China has surpassed USA as the nation who uses the most energy.
Sjá / see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10703518