You could have a nice picnic beside this in winter
But rather poor fishingHandy for BBQs.
Au contrary, you can pick up ready cooked fishBut rather poor fishing
For...? General ring forging purposes or something else?
Nice animation of earthquakes since 1900 (don't know how accurate it is but whatever)
The tuned mass damper in Taipei 101 in operation during the 6.9 quake the other day
What happens?
Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HT-HH) emitted the biggest atmospheric explosion recorded on Earth in more than 100 years.
since the whole island's lava, that's gonna be difficult !Nanny state.
I find it amusing that even a (supposedly) science minded website like the first one you quoted still couldn’t resist the temptation of including populist media units of measurement for our benefit. As if ‘2.6 million Olympic size swimming pools’ is likely to be comprehensible to most people. As it happens, the more scientifically minded 10km3 is far more impressive.A summary of some recent findings... (suspect that they've overlooked the Castle series and Tsar Bomba).
Tonga eruption confirmed as largest ever recorded
A New Zealand-led team has completed the fullest investigation to date into January’s eruption of the underwater Tongan volcano.niwa.co.nzTonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than we knew
The ferocious 2021 explosion blew out 2.3 cubic miles of rock, unleashing a 35-mile-high plume and a global tsunami that sent scientists racing to understand...www.nationalgeographic.co.uk
Assuming it's an unladen, European double-decker bus, about 133.3 Billion.I find it amusing that even a (supposedly) science minded website like the first one you quoted still couldn’t resist the temptation of including populist media units of measurement for our benefit. As if ‘2.6 million Olympic size swimming pools’ is likely to be comprehensible to most people. As it happens, the more scientifically minded 10km3 is far more impressive.
Damn it, now I want to know how many double decker buses that would equate to