TAMU MASSIF - HUFFINGTON POST link to full article
"The entire volcano is bigger than the British Isles or New Mexico.
Despite Tamu's huge size, the ship surveys showed little evidence the volcano's top ever poked above the sea. The world's biggest volcano has been hidden because it sits on thin oceanic crust (or lithosphere), which can't support its weight. Its top is about 6,500 feet (1,980 meters) below the ocean surface today"
SIREN IS SWIMMING AROUND THE INTERNET - HER BLOG POSTS START BELOW....
9/3/13
DIANA NYAD SWIMS FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA - A FIFTH TRY FOR THIS COURAGEOUS ATHLETE!
A THIRD TRY FOR THIS COURAGEOUS ATHLETE! She tried four times before, twice in the last year or so, before and had to stop - mostly due to jelly fish stings. Here's video of Diana's arrival in Key West yesterday September 2, 2013 at 153pm, after swimming 52 Hours 54 Minutes 18.6 Seconds and 110.4 statue miles. DIANA's OWN WEB SITE!
Diana tried four other times... it was jelly fish stings that stopped her. She swam without a shark cage, without flippers, through the nights, and this time with a special jelly fish sting remedy. She is the first person to do this swim and she's 64 years old. She says we are never too old to give up on our dreams. CONGRADULATIONS!
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Diana tried four other times... it was jelly fish stings that stopped her. She swam without a shark cage, without flippers, through the nights, and this time with a special jelly fish sting remedy. She is the first person to do this swim and she's 64 years old. She says we are never too old to give up on our dreams. CONGRADULATIONS!
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9/2/13
WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION! AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF!
I've read some articles and heard some radio broadcasts that say that drinking from plastic bottles or eating food from plastic containers (especially plastic film wrap and microwaving) result in PLASTIC IN OUR BODIES. Fish are found with plastic in theirs. It may be what's killing them.
So what are the things we can do NOW to cut the plastic pollution?
Number one is RECYCLING - putting plastics together to be sold for reuse or at least dumped together. When I walk my dog, and I'm already stooping to pick up his poo, and I see bottles and cans laying around, I pick them up too. Recycling puts some money in your pocket.
DON'T BUY DRINKS IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS - aluminum is better! But think past the bottles to the big drinks that come in huge plastic containers and all those straws and lids.
If eating in a fast food restaurant you can drink without the straws and lids. See if you can reuse a container many times or bring your own!
BEWARE! You should not leave plastic bottles in cars or windows or sunlight - the plastic starts leaching into the drink faster.
BUYING WATER? GET A WASHABLE GLASS GALLON JUG instead of using the plastic.
DISHWASHING does use suds and water, but is probably more ecologically correct than landfills of plastic and seas of plastic.
BUY THINGS THAT BIODEGRADE faster such as shoes made of fabric or leather rather than plastic or vinyl. Same thing about purses and bags.
YES, reuse what you have. You don't have to be a total cheapskate and use a bag till it falls apart but how about using it 3 times before you throw it away?
BUY BIODEGRADEABLE dog poopie bags and trash bags.
Don't throw clothes out in the trash. Chop up the bad stuff to be used as rags, give the rest to charity for another go around. (Cut off the buttons and reuse them!)
Save the plastic you bring home and give it to a school to be used for art projects.
TAKE YOUR ELECTRONICS to special recycling events or call your city trash pick up for those TV's and appliances. Batteries? Many libraries have used battery drop offs.
Lunch bags of paper or old fashioned metal lunch boxes!
Make your own GIFT WRAP or gently reuse the paper that you removed from your presents. Also bows, etc.
Store leftovers and opened food in glass containers with lids in the fridge.
So what are the things we can do NOW to cut the plastic pollution?
Number one is RECYCLING - putting plastics together to be sold for reuse or at least dumped together. When I walk my dog, and I'm already stooping to pick up his poo, and I see bottles and cans laying around, I pick them up too. Recycling puts some money in your pocket.
DON'T BUY DRINKS IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS - aluminum is better! But think past the bottles to the big drinks that come in huge plastic containers and all those straws and lids.
If eating in a fast food restaurant you can drink without the straws and lids. See if you can reuse a container many times or bring your own!
BEWARE! You should not leave plastic bottles in cars or windows or sunlight - the plastic starts leaching into the drink faster.
BUYING WATER? GET A WASHABLE GLASS GALLON JUG instead of using the plastic.
DISHWASHING does use suds and water, but is probably more ecologically correct than landfills of plastic and seas of plastic.
BUY THINGS THAT BIODEGRADE faster such as shoes made of fabric or leather rather than plastic or vinyl. Same thing about purses and bags.
YES, reuse what you have. You don't have to be a total cheapskate and use a bag till it falls apart but how about using it 3 times before you throw it away?
BUY BIODEGRADEABLE dog poopie bags and trash bags.
Don't throw clothes out in the trash. Chop up the bad stuff to be used as rags, give the rest to charity for another go around. (Cut off the buttons and reuse them!)
Save the plastic you bring home and give it to a school to be used for art projects.
TAKE YOUR ELECTRONICS to special recycling events or call your city trash pick up for those TV's and appliances. Batteries? Many libraries have used battery drop offs.
Lunch bags of paper or old fashioned metal lunch boxes!
Make your own GIFT WRAP or gently reuse the paper that you removed from your presents. Also bows, etc.
Store leftovers and opened food in glass containers with lids in the fridge.
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