UNCW GeoClub

11/19/2020

https://duelingdinosaurs.org/

The Dueling Dinosaurs have taken up permanent resident at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Join us on a journey 67 million years in the making!

11/19/2020

https://myfox8.com/news/nc-museum-to-welcome-worlds-only-100-complete-t-rex-skeleton-in-unprecedented-detail/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1ENHLdmgpKT_5nF-5ErsSAfcajKFL8qCit8qeE-NPqKwtyKc5fsBqUmnI

RALEIGH, N.C. — A 67-million-year-old battle for the ages is heading to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. All those years ago, a Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops horridus were…

08/18/2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/16/california-fire-tornado-warning/

The fiery twisters formed as record-setting heat wave baked the West.

04/14/2020

https://moon-child.net/infamous-krakatoa-volcano-has-just-erupted/?fbclid=IwAR2AoQbZJtJzWlGGLmUmdWpeqklsEQPmFxANXJvJox_IUF4XhIatZWOsOeA

The infamous volcano Krakatoa erupted Friday, spewing a large plume of ash 9 miles into the air. At approximately 11 p.m. local time, the volcano’s loud eruption was reportedly heard by Indonesians in the country’s capital, Jakarta, more than 90 miles away. Images taken from a we**am near the ar...

02/26/2020

The quakes hit early Tuesday.

11/17/2019

Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure systems that can cause heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather, according to a new study.

10/14/2019

A new UN report found global oceans could rise 3 feet by 2100 due in part to melting ice. That melt could also slow the Atlantic ocean current system.

10/14/2019

Just a little friendly reminder to all that our next meeting will take place this Thursday, October 17th, at 6pm in DL 224.

10/04/2019

After a change of pace we will be meeting on alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays at the usual time and place. Our next meeting will be this coming Tuesday, October 8th, at 6pm. Hope you can make it!

09/27/2019

Sorry for any confusion this evening - due to extenuating circumstances our next meeting has been postponed once again. We will meet next Thursday, October 3rd, at 6pm in DL 224.

09/20/2019

In one week, eight earthquakes between magnitudes 1.4 to 2.5 hit the Western North Carolina region, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).