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Department of Geography

UC Santa Barbara Geography / Earth Gate / Weekly News
from Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet

Week Ending Fri, 15 Aug 2008

Image for article titled "Vampire Bats Killing Venezuelans"Vampire Bats Killing Venezuelans
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
Dozens of indigenous people in Venezuelas Orinoco River delta have died from what experts believe is rabies contracted through bites from vampire bats over the past year.
Image for article titled "Invading Spanish Cows Cause Bovine Terror"Invading Spanish Cows Cause Bovine Terror
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
Residents of a small village in southern Spain have nearly become prisoners in their own homes due to a herd of about 150 ornery cows that have invaded the village in search of food.
Image for article titled "High Plains Drought: NASA Image of the Week"High Plains Drought: NASA Image of the Week
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
A devastating drought has set in across the heart of Dust Bowl country in western Oklahoma over the past several months.
Image for article titled "Arctic Ice Melt Surges"Arctic Ice Melt Surges
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
The Arctic polar ice cap began to melt at an unprecedented rate last week as scientists warned that the region could be entirely free of summer ice in merely five years instead of the previously predicted 60 years.
Image for article titled "Seals Survey Oceans for Scientists"Seals Survey Oceans for Scientists
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
Platoons of sea lions are being fitted with arrays of sensors so they can survey conditions in Antarctic waters so deep that human researchers cant easily reach them.
Image for article titled "Third Alaskan Volcano Blows Within a Month"Third Alaskan Volcano Blows Within a Month
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
The third volcano to erupt in Alaskas Aleutian Island chain within the past month sent so much volcanic debris soaring high into the atmosphere that flights in and out of Alaska had to be cancelled.
Image for article titled "Hurricane Hernan Churns Eastern Pacific"Hurricane Hernan Churns Eastern Pacific
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
Hurricane Hernan formed off Mexicos Pacific coast, then traveled westward toward Hawaii, far from any land areas.
Image for article titled "Venezuelan Quake Damages Buildings"Venezuelan Quake Damages Buildings
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
A sharp quake that struck the coast of northeastern Venezuela damaged about 50 buildings around the city of Cumana, capital of Sucre state.
Image for article titled "Bay of Bengal Quake Jolts Eastern India"Bay of Bengal Quake Jolts Eastern India
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
A 6.2 magnitude quake centered in Indias remote Andaman island chain caused buildings to sway 850 miles (1,350 km) away in the city of Chennai (Madras).
Image for article titled "Global Temperature Extremes"Global Temperature Extremes
Earthweek - August 15, 2008
The world's hottest and coldest temperatures of the week.
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