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New Subduction Zone Forms Off Coast Of Portugal

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Science Daily- 6/18/13.

 

A new subduction zone forming off the coast of Portugal heralds the beginning of a cycle that will see the Atlantic Ocean close as continental Europe moves closer to America.

The incipient subduction in the Iberian zone could signal the start of a new phase of the Wilson Cycle - where plate movements supercontinents break up, like Pangaea, and open oceans, stabilize and then form new subduction zones close Which the oceans and bring the scattered continents back together.

This break-up and reformation of supercontinents has happened at least three times, on more than four billion years, on Earth. The Iberian subduction will Gradually pull Iberia towards the United States over Approximately 220 million years.

5D Transition Related to Magnetic Field Shift

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EarthChangesMedia.com - 3/6/13

 

**Metamorphoses: to change the form or nature of; transform – to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature.

In a new study, physicists have shown that surrounding a magnetic source with a magnetic shell can enhance the magnetic field as it moves away from the source, allowing magnetic energy to be transferred to a distant location through empty space.

Just as the Sun’s solar activity affects the Earth’s magnetic field which has a dramatic affect on Earth’s “weather” i.e. earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, hurricanes – [consequently], this wave of electrical currents affect the human body’s magnetic field. Mitch also reveals a little-known development from modern medicine known as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS provides empirical evidence of how magnetic fields can influence human emotions.

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Unprecedented Views of Mercury's Surface

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Wunderground.com- 6/18/13, Sean Breslin

 

Mercury Image

For the first time since 1975, a NASA spacecraft has captured fresh images of Mercury, shedding new light on a planet that's mostly been in the dark because of its close proximity to the sun.

Thanks to the MESSENGER spacecraft, the first to orbit Mercury, more than 80,000 photos have been taken of the planet's surface, according to an io9.com report. The article also states the craft intends to take another 80,000 photos or more before the mission ends.

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TD 2 Crossing the Yucatan, Bringing Heavy Rains

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Wunderground.com- 6/18/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

 

Tropical Depression Two is slowly spinning west-northwest across Belize after making landfall late Monday afternoon in southern Belize. The storm is bringing heavy rain to Belize, Northern Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, as seen on Belize radar and satellite loops. The center of TD 2 will remain over land all day Tuesday, but TD 2's west-northwest track may be able to bring the storm over the Gulf of Mexico's southern Bay of Campeche on Wednesday--if the storm hasn't dissipated by then. The Bay of Campeche is a region where the topography aids the spin-up of tropical cyclones, and TD 2 may have barely enough time to become Tropical Storm Barry with 40 mph winds before making landfall on Thursday between Veracruz and Tampico. However, the track of the storm may also keep it just inland during the remainder of the week, keeping it from ever getting to tropical storm strength. Heavy rains are the storm's main threat, but a ridge of high pressure over the Gulf of Mexico should keep any of TD 2's rains from reaching the U.S. Observations from an AMSU instrument on a polar orbiting satellite on Monday afternoon found that TD 2 had developed a modest warm core characteristic of a weak tropical storm, and it is possible that NHC will upgrade TD 2 to a tropical storm in post-analysis after the hurricane season is over. Elsewhere in the tropical Atlantic, none of the reliable computer models is showing tropical cyclone development in the next seven days

Fuego volcano (Guatemala) activity update: strombolian activity, new lava flow on upper southern flank

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Volcanodiscovery-June 17,2013

Fuego today with the lava flow towards the Ceniza canyon visible (INSIVUMEH webcam)

Activity has increased during the past days. A new small lava flow started on 14 June on the southern flank and had a length of 300 m this morning.
Explosive strombolian activity has picked up a bit as well. Glowing tephra is ejected to 75-125 m height, and ash plumes rise to 3-500 m above the crater.

Read More: http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news/34701/Fuego-volcano-Guatemala-activity-update-strombolian-activity-new-lava-flow-on-upper-southern-flank.html

Veniaminof volcano (Alaska Peninsula, USA) activity update

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Volcanodiscovery-June 17,2013

Photo of Veniaminof on 13 June, taken from Port Moller by Bob Murphy (via AVO)

The eruption continues at low levels. Recent satellite images show very high elevated surface temperatures at the intracaldera cinder cone consistent with continued effusion of lava. No plumes have been observed in satellite images nor reported by pilots or local observers. (AVO)

Read More: http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/veniaminof/news.html

~ Space Weather Update~ SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLARES

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SLIGHT CHANCE OF FLARES: There are 7 sunspot groups on the Earthside of the sun, but none has a complex magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 10% chance of M-class flares and no more than a 1% chance of X-class flares on June 17th. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

SOUTHERN SUNSPOTS: So far, Solar Cycle 24 has been lopsided. Sunspots north of the sun's equator have outnumbered sunspots to the south by a significant margin: data. But now the southern hemisphere is catching up. Today a raft of southern sunspots is rotating over the sun's eastern limb:

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