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MayMount St. Helens
On This Day in 1980, in Washington state, Mount St. Helens volcano exploded leaving 57 people dead or missing. This was a Plinian eruption. It validated Pliny the Younger’s eyewitness description, often regarded as exaggeration, of the Vesuvius explosion that … Continue reading →
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MaySharing the Good Health News
On This Day in 1749, English country surgeon Dr. Edward Jenner was born. In the 18th century, smallpox was a disease that killed about 20% of victims who contracted it and, if it didn’t kill, it often disfigured or blinded … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: biodiversity and extinction
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
On This Day in 1930, Carlsbad Caverns was designated a National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. The mountains were produced in geologic uplift of the Capitan Reef that thrived in an ancient shallow inland sea that existed more … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity and extinction, biological adaptation, Carlsbad Caverns, caves, Guadalupe Mountains, ice age fossils, marine fossils, May 14, On This Day, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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Roberta Bondar at the AGA
October 12 – December 11, Art Gallery of Algoma… Continue reading