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NASA’s Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts

By Guest PostMarch 1, 2013Environmentafrica, amazon river mouth, aquarius, aquarius instrument, arabian sea, argentine built, bay of bengal, caribbean, changing global climate, chronicle, cold polar waters, conae, cycling of freshwater, eastern tropical pacific, eric lindstrom, flag data, ganges, gary lagerloef, gene carl feldman, global rainfall patterns, heavy rain, ice free oceans, land contamination, large freshwater plume, mediterranean sea, microwave emissions, microwave radiometer, middle east, monsoon rains, NASA, ocean circulation, ocean salinity patterns, ocean salinity satellite, panama coast, pulses of freshwater, salinity processes, salinity variations, salty arabian sea, salty shifts, salty world, seasonal stirrings, smos, soil moisture, spacecraft, spurs, surface salinity data, varying salinity patterns, winter

The colorful images chronicle the seasonal stirrings of our salty world: Pulses of freshwater gush from the Amazon River’s mouth; an invisible seam divides the salty Arabian Sea from the fresher waters of the Bay of Bengal; a large patch of freshwater appears in the eastern tropical Pacific in the winter. These and other changes in ocean salinity patterns are revealed by the first full year of surface salinity data captured by NASA’s Aquarius instrument.

“With a bit more than a year of data, we are seeing some surprising patterns, especially in the tropics,” said Aquarius Principal Investigator Gary Lagerloef, of Earth & Space Research in Seattle. “We see features evolve rapidly over time.” (more…)

Experience The Magic of The Theatre!

By Guest PostSeptember 27, 2012Culture, Entertainmentandrew lloyd webber, architect, art, bernard delfont, bing crosby, british theatre, cameron mackintosh, chronicle, edward stone, evolution, glenn miller, jack warner, london, lord, magical world, orchestra, prince edward, queen elizabeth, queensbury, renaissance, second, sir, style, talian deco, theatre, theatre royal, theatreland, theatres act, theatrical history, west end, william shakespeare, world war

The theatrical history of London’s West End stretches more than three and a half centuries. The first theatre in this area of London, the Theatre Royal opened in 1663 and housed small productions until it was destroyed by fire some years later. While still mainly a pastime of the aristocracy, appreciation for theatre was widespread. Productions occurred in courtyards of public houses, in churches and in small parks for all to enjoy.

In 1843 the passage of the Theatres Act allowed for more theatres to be established in the West End. Several of the venues you pass on the street in what the locals affectionately call “Theatreland” today were part of this movement. (more…)

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NASA’s Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts

Experience The Magic of The Theatre!