Sunday, 8 March 2009
Norwegian Universities & other Trivia
University of Oslo has a department specialising in mathematical applications, including computational mathematics. University of Bergen do research into petroleum development. The University of Tromso is the world's most northerly university.
Northern Norway is surrounded by some of the richest seas in the world. It is a place for "solitude, reflection and overwhelming nature". Norway also has a maritime heritage and has the third largest shipping fleet in the world.
Norway is GMT+1. The local name of name of Norway is Norge. From 800-1066 Norway was in the Viking age. Norway uses the Europlug designed for voltages up to 250V and currents up to 2.5A. Norway voltage is around 220V (same as UK). US is 110V. Coastline is around 25K km. Russia and Norway have disputed fishing rights in the Barents sea, and Norway also has a claim over Queen Maud land in Antarctica. Sweden is to the East of Norway.
Northern Norway is surrounded by some of the richest seas in the world. It is a place for "solitude, reflection and overwhelming nature". Norway also has a maritime heritage and has the third largest shipping fleet in the world.
Norway is GMT+1. The local name of name of Norway is Norge. From 800-1066 Norway was in the Viking age. Norway uses the Europlug designed for voltages up to 250V and currents up to 2.5A. Norway voltage is around 220V (same as UK). US is 110V. Coastline is around 25K km. Russia and Norway have disputed fishing rights in the Barents sea, and Norway also has a claim over Queen Maud land in Antarctica. Sweden is to the East of Norway.
What is the Arctic Circle?
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude marking maps of the Earth. The other major circles of latitude are:
1. The Equator.
2. The Tropic of Cancer - crosses Baja California, Sahara desert, Gujurat and Madhya Pradesh in India, Yunnan Province in China.
3. The Tropic of Capricorn.
4. The Antarctic Circle. A recent British expedition has gone to Lake Ellswsorth to find prehistoric life in Antarctica (see Observer article).
North of the Arctic circle the sun is above the horizon for 24 hours at least once per year (June solstice).
The Artic is informally the region around the North Pole, consisting of the Arctic ocean, thousands of islands and the northermost parts of Europe, Asia and the Americas. Northern Alaska (purchased by America from the Russians) is also in the Arctic Circle. Also, anything above 66 degrees north is the Arctic.
A portion of North Norway (Nord-Noreg), consisting of the counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, is North of the Arctic Circle. Finnmark is the northernmost part of Continental Europe, where Norway swings to the East. The city of Alta lies in the Aurora Borealis zone, and is also known as the City of the Northern Lights. The lights originate from the interaction of the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field. North Norwat shares a border with Russia.
1. The Equator.
2. The Tropic of Cancer - crosses Baja California, Sahara desert, Gujurat and Madhya Pradesh in India, Yunnan Province in China.
3. The Tropic of Capricorn.
4. The Antarctic Circle. A recent British expedition has gone to Lake Ellswsorth to find prehistoric life in Antarctica (see Observer article).
North of the Arctic circle the sun is above the horizon for 24 hours at least once per year (June solstice).
The Artic is informally the region around the North Pole, consisting of the Arctic ocean, thousands of islands and the northermost parts of Europe, Asia and the Americas. Northern Alaska (purchased by America from the Russians) is also in the Arctic Circle. Also, anything above 66 degrees north is the Arctic.
A portion of North Norway (Nord-Noreg), consisting of the counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, is North of the Arctic Circle. Finnmark is the northernmost part of Continental Europe, where Norway swings to the East. The city of Alta lies in the Aurora Borealis zone, and is also known as the City of the Northern Lights. The lights originate from the interaction of the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field. North Norwat shares a border with Russia.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Running
The FASTER you run, the more energy dissipated through compensating motions of the body. This is why elite sprinters have powerful upper body physiques.
Running can assist people in losing weight and staying in shape.
Running can assist people in losing weight and staying in shape.
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Deccan Volcanism
Western India shows the fingerprints of huge volcanic activity, with enough lava to submerse the United States to a depth of 1km. Similar formations can be seen in Iceland.
Greece is one of the most geologically active areas on earth.
Theory of plate tectonics
Theory of evolution
The Indian monsoon climatologists believe is a direct result of the height of Tibet.
mountains are like icebergs.
Greece is one of the most geologically active areas on earth.
Theory of plate tectonics
Theory of evolution
The Indian monsoon climatologists believe is a direct result of the height of Tibet.
mountains are like icebergs.
How many Species of Ammonite are there?
There's over a thousand species of ammonite. You can see them on limestone pavements. In the 19th century the terms Permian, Jurassic, Cretaceous came into being.
Scientists could say Jurassic rocks in Dorset are older than Cretaceous rocks in Kent, but they could not say how old they were.
It was Lord Kelvin who came up with the idea of how to work out the age of the earth. As 19th century miners discovered, the interior of the earth is hot: increasing about 11 degrees per kilometer. Kelvin believed this heat was a relic from the formation of the earth. His idea was based on a hot object cooling over time. He collected info on temperature increase in mineshafts and came up with an estimate that the earth couldn't be more than 20 million years old. Field geologists felt this figure was far too small.
Ernest Rutherford realised elements within the earth were radioactive. So instead of the earth cooling all the time it actually had heat sources. Heat was being generated from inside the planet by radioactive decay. This laid the foundations of geochronology, the direct measurement of the age of rocks.
A theory suggests the earth started as an ocean with volcanic islands. The land is basically hardened lava. However without plants, there was no oxygen in the atmosphere. Around bubbling volcanic pools, bacteria thrived. The volcanoes also produced vast quantities of water vapour. The shallow ocean that covered earth grew deeper.
The oldest rocks in the British Isle are on the West coast of Scotland.
Oceanographers have known for a long time of a deep fault beneath the ocean off the coast of Alaska. Hot springs resorts in Alaska include the Chena resort.
Scientists could say Jurassic rocks in Dorset are older than Cretaceous rocks in Kent, but they could not say how old they were.
It was Lord Kelvin who came up with the idea of how to work out the age of the earth. As 19th century miners discovered, the interior of the earth is hot: increasing about 11 degrees per kilometer. Kelvin believed this heat was a relic from the formation of the earth. His idea was based on a hot object cooling over time. He collected info on temperature increase in mineshafts and came up with an estimate that the earth couldn't be more than 20 million years old. Field geologists felt this figure was far too small.
Ernest Rutherford realised elements within the earth were radioactive. So instead of the earth cooling all the time it actually had heat sources. Heat was being generated from inside the planet by radioactive decay. This laid the foundations of geochronology, the direct measurement of the age of rocks.
A theory suggests the earth started as an ocean with volcanic islands. The land is basically hardened lava. However without plants, there was no oxygen in the atmosphere. Around bubbling volcanic pools, bacteria thrived. The volcanoes also produced vast quantities of water vapour. The shallow ocean that covered earth grew deeper.
The oldest rocks in the British Isle are on the West coast of Scotland.
Oceanographers have known for a long time of a deep fault beneath the ocean off the coast of Alaska. Hot springs resorts in Alaska include the Chena resort.
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