When the Grid goes Dark!

Don’t think it could never happen, but the possibility of a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is far from unimaginable. If such an event were to occur, it could cripple the technological backbone of modern civilization. Power grids, communicati…

NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

Description Data from the Earth-orbiting U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite’s L-band radar was used to produce an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja — a mountaintop in East Antarctica — poking out amid a stream of ice flowing northeast to the ocean. The obstruction causes stresses in the ice, heavily fracturing the surrounding surfaces with […]