• Three CMEs observed on western limb, one could be geoeffective

    Magnetic filament eruption took place beyond the western limb, producing a halo or partial-halo CME on November 3. In fact, three CME clouds were ejected into space, with one appeared to have slight chance to become geoeffective. Minor solar wind stream from

  • Global sea level drop caused by La Nina

    A new study shows that the 2011 La Nina was so strong that it caused global mean sea level to drop by 5 millimeters (0.2 inches).  This occurred concurrently with the La Nina phase of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) which involves a shift in ocean surface

  • New flyover videos confirmed new large Louisiana sinkhole collapse

    Disturbing new flyover videos of Louisiana sinkhole showed the amount of land collapsed has increased in size. Last measurements show that the surface of the sinkhole area was 5.5 acres, or equivalent of five football fields.  Based on John Boudreaux, director

  • Dust storm over China’s Taklimakan Desert

    The Taklimakan Desert is China’s largest, hottest, and driest desert located far in the western part of the country. Shifting sand dunes cover About 85 percent of the desert floor is covered by shifting sand dunes, with some rising to a height of 200 meters (650

  • Strong M 6.1 earthquake struck near Mindanao, Philippines

    Strong earthquake measuring M 6.4  M 6.1 hit Mindanao, Philippines on November 02, 2012 at 18:17 UTC according to USGS. The epicenter was located 87 km (54 miles) ENE (65°) from Butuan, Mindanao, Philippines (9.259°N, 126.233°E) at depth of 38.1 km (23.7

  • “Our story in 1 minute” – Melodysheep

    Fascinating new video by melodysheep (aka John D. Boswell) brings us a 90 seconds of tapestry of footage tracing the cosmic and biological origins of our species.(Video by melodysheep, creator of the Symphony of Science series)Video sources:Through The

  • Yellowstone earthquake activity remains at background levels

    On Sunday, October 7, 2012 a small earthquake swarm occurred under the Yellowstone caldera. The quakes were few and very small and were no indicator of an impending eruption. On the contrary, it completely falls under what is normal behavior of an active

  • Hurricane Sandy timelapse videos – GOES 13 satellite view

    A complete timelapse animation of Hurricane Sandy from October 23-31, as seen by GOES-13 (a geosynchronous satellite that is in orbit nearly 36,000 km (23,000 miles) above Earth).Another timelapse animation from GOES-EAST (GOES-13) shows the full disk and the