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Face the Facts USA: Wildfires are burning longer

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Source: MercuryNews.com - 9/29/12

Each day in the 100 days leading up to Election Day, MercuryNews.com and Face the Facts USA will be partnering to bring you one exhaustively researched and vetted, non-partisan fact about a major issue facing our nation.
 

Wildfires are getting longer, fiercer, and more costly to contain. Wildfires have burned an average of 7 million U.S. acres every year since 2000. That's equal to burning all of Yellowstone National Park three times over each year. But from 1960 to 1999, wildfires consumed half that amount - an average 3.5 million acres a year. U.S. wildfire seasons now last an average 76 days longer than in the 1970s and 1980s. Before 1986, a wildfire was contained on average in less than eight days. Since then, the average wildfire has burned for 37 days.

USGS earthquake study finds we need to redefine aftershock

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Source: MyDesert.com - September 28th, 2012 | Author:

Big earthquakes can alter seismic patterns in very different ways — including triggering temblors across the globe, the U.S. Geological Survey said today.

It announced two studies that “shed light on more than a decade of debate on the origin and prevalence of remotely triggered earthquakes.”

The conclusions could force scientists to redefine what we know as an aftershock:

Epic Pakistani floods kill 422 and affects more than 4.7 million

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CNN.com - 9/29/12

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Flooding in Pakistan has left more than 420 people dead and nearly 3,000 injured, official says
  • The floods, which have also displaced some 350,000 people, follow monsoon rains
  • Pakistan was also hit by devastating floods last year and in 2010
People flee flooded areas in Shahdadkot, Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 28.

People flee flooded areas in Shahdadkot, Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 28.

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Floods resulting from monsoon rains have killed 422 people and left nearly 3,000 injured across Pakistan, a disaster agency spokesman said Saturday.

Harvest Moon Meets Uranus in the Sky Saturday: How to Watch Online

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Space.com - 9/28/12

Uranus Rings Tilted

Near-infrared views of Uranus reveal its otherwise faint ring system, highlighting the extent to which the planet is tilted.
CREDIT: Lawrence Sromovsky, (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison), Keck Observatory

 

The Harvest Moon will float just above the planet Uranus in the sky this weekend, and skywatchers can get a great look at the celestial show without even going outside.

The online Slooh Space Camera will webcast live observatory views of Uranus and the most famous full moon of the year Saturday (Sept. 29). One show begins at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT), and another follows three hours later; viewers can watch the free broadcast on their  computers or mobile devices at Slooh.com.

To read the rest of this story, visit Space.com.

Earthquake in California’s Silicon Valley could cause aftershocks across the globe

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 9/28/12


September 28, 2012 – CALIFORNIA - The San Andreas, Calaveras, and Hayward fault lines -which run underneath Silicon Valley – could set off tremors and aftershocks globally, according to a new study. Researchers at UC Berkeley and the U.S. Geological Survey found that fault lines of the “strike-slip” type, where plates of land slide past each other, were more likely to set off the worldwide aftershocks. 

As an example, the researchers found the 8.6 earthquake in Indonesia this April set off 16 earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.5 or greater within days. Not only could these “strike slip” faults like the San Andreas, Calaveras, and Hayward faults set off worldwide aftershocks, but the researchers indicate the faults could also be set off if another earthquake’s tremors struck when the fault was ready to rupture. However, the study indicates a quake powerful enough to do that only happens once every 50 years or so. –KLIV

 

RBS traders boasted of Libor 'cartel'

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The Telegraph - Steven Swinford and Harry Wilson, 9/26/12

A general view of The Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters on February 9, 2009 in London, England

RBS trader Tan Chi Min: "It’s a cartel now in London." 
Photo: Getty Images
 

Internal messages revealed in court documents apparently show how traders claimed they could manipulate Libor, which is used to set borrowing costs for millions of businesses, consumers and investors.

The messages, some sent just months before the taxpayer was forced to bail out RBS at a cost of more than £40bn, suggest the practice was condoned and encouraged by senior executives at the bank, and have now dragged the taxpayer-backed lender to the heart of the Libor scandal.

To read the rest of this story, visit Telegraph.co.UK.

 

Former Romney Campaign Co-Chair Tim Pawlenty: Banks Should Just Be Trusted To “Voluntarily” Self-Regulate.

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Source: The Daily Dolt - 9/27

In news that is likely to surprise absolutely no one, Tim Pawlenty — who recently stepped down as Mitt Romney’s campaign co-chair in order to pursue a career as a lobbyist for the banking industry – has announced that the best way to prevent further apocalyptic financial meltdowns  from occuring is to allow banks to “voluntarily” regulate themselves.  (Just as a quick reminder, The Daily Dolt is not a satire website. This is an actual thing that Tim Pawlenty actually said, out loud, to other human beings who were alive during the 2008 Wall Street crisis.)

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