World’s Smallest Vertebrate
January 11, 2012 | MSNBC
Paedophryne amanuensis, a tiny frog found in Papua New Guinea has been judged to be the smallest vertebrate animal in the world. It is just 7.7 millimeters lon |
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Gamalama Eruption Causes Crop Problems in Indonesia
December 28, 2011 | The Jakarta Globe
Indonesia’s Gamalama Volcano has been erupting with numerous ash falls that killed nearby crops and causing a financial catastrophe for farmers. |
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Leading Coal Exporters
December 28, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
Australia is the world’s leading exporter of coal but exports from Indonesia are growing rapidly. Both of these countries are positioned to serve the rising coal demands of China.
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Seismicity of the Australia Plate
December 27, 2011 | USGS
Plate “boundary segments that ring the Australia plate represent some of the most seismically active elements of the global plate boundary system, and some of the most rapidly evolving plate interactions. As a result, there are some very complex structures which host many large and great earthquakes.” Quoted from the USGS publication release. |
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Earthquake Swarms at Anak Krakatau
October 5, 2011 | Borneo Post
Anak Krakatau is a volcanic island in the Sunda Straight between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It is showing signs of possible eruption with several thousand earthquakes being recorded each day. The volcanic island formed at the site of the 1883 Krakatau eruption, one of the most explosive in recorded history. |
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Attitudes of People towards Indonesian Volcanoes
September 20, 2011 | Associated Press on Google
An Associated Press article provides some insight on how people who live close to Indonesian volcanoes such as Tambora and Merapi respond when signs of activity occur. |
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Signs of Unrest at Tambora Caldera, Indonesia
August 31, 2011 | Eruptions Blog
The Indonesian Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation has raised the alert level from I to II for the Tambora Caldera due to increased seismic activity in the region. |
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Ash Plumes at Anak Krakatau
August 4, 2011 | Earth Observatory
“Site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 19th Century, Anak Krakatau (also known as Krakatoa) has been intermittently active for the past several decades. On July 31, 2011, a wispy ash plume rose above the volcano and drifted west.” Quoted from the Earth Observatory press release.
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Eruption at Mount Lokon, Indonesia
July 17, 2011 | Montreal Gazette
On Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, about 4,800 people have been evacuated as Mount Lokon began erupting on Thursday. It is one of the more active volcanoes in Indonesia. |
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Why Was the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake So Deadly?
June 27, 2011 | University of Texas at Austin
“An international team of geoscientists has discovered an unusual geological formation that helps explain how an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004 spawned the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.” Quoted from the University of Texas at Austin press release. |
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Indonesia: Energy Profile
May 26, 2011 | Energy Information Administration
“Though no longer a net exporter of oil, Indonesia is a leading exporter of both coal and natural gas. As domestic energy needs grow, Indonesia is increasingly trying to focus on securing energy sources for its domestic market.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration’s Country Analysis Brief. |
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Indonesia and the European Union Try to End Illegal Timber Trade
May 5, 2011 | BBC
Indonesia is the first Asian country and largest timber exporter to enter into an agreement with the European Union to block illegal timber trades. |
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Clustering of Megaquakes Over Time?
April 15, 2011 | Nature.com
Three of the largest earthquakes since 1900 have occurred in the past six years (Indonesia, 2004; Chile, 2010; Japan, 2011). Another cluster of earthquakes occurred about 50 years ago (Kamchatka, 1952; Chile, 1960; Alaska, 1964). An article in Nature.com reports that several seismologists are intrigued with these clusters. |
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Indonesia: Mount Karangetang Eruption
March 19, 2011 | Yahoo! News
Mount Karangetang, located on Siau Island, Indonesia erupted last week forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people who live near the mountain. |
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Spectacular Photos of Bromo Volcano, Indonesia
March 8, 2011 | Volcano Discovery
The VolcanoDiscovery.com website has some spectacular photos of Indonesia’s Bromo Volcano in Strombolian eruption. |
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Earth From Space at Night
January 25, 2011 | NASA
One of NASA’s most famous images is known as the “Satellite Photo of Earth at Night.” It really isn’t a photo, instead it is a compiled image that maps the location of permanent lights on Earth’s surface. It is not a map of population, instead it is more a map of electricity use.
Shown at right is heavily illuminated Europe in contrast with the less illuminated Africa. |
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Sulfur Mining and Processing in Indonesia
January 6, 2011 | Boston.com
A collection of night photographs of sulfur mining and processing at Kawah Ijen volcano at East Java, Indonesia by Oliver Grunewald. |
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Chevron’s Interest in Indonesian Geothermal
January 3, 2011 | The Jakarta Globe
Indonesia has a wealth of undeveloped geothermal resources and Chevron Pacific Indonesia is very interested in developing them. |
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