Two powerful typhoons are spinning in west Pacific waters. Tembin and huge Bolaven are approaching mainland. Tembin targets Taiwan and Bolawen is heading for Okinawa and Ryuku Island, Japan. There is possibility that this two typhoons interact.Typhoon
Two powerful tropical storms are moving through north Atlantic waters – TS Isaac and TS Joyce. Isaac is located about 165 miles south of San Juan, Puerto Rico and recently upgraded Joyce is located about 1305 miles east of the Leeward Islands. Another tropical wave,
NASA will host a news teleconference at 5:00 UTC (1 p.m. EDT), Wednesday, Aug. 29, to announce new discoveries from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The discoveries are related to the distant universe, including supermassive black holes and rare
Greek firefighters are battling a large forest fire sweeping across the eastern Aegean island of Chios. A plume of smoke from the blaze blow southwest, reaching as far south as the island of Crete (Kriti).The fire began about a week ago and has been fuelled by strong
Glacial reservoirs are among largest freshwater deposits on Earth. About 1% of global sea level rise is caused by melting – that’s about 3-4% of the total global glaciers and ice caps. However, researchers don’t have enough data considering regional behaviour
New unrest has been noticed around 5 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 12 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from August 15 – August 21, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a
According to new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the recent West Nile virus outbreak is the largest ever seen in the United States.West Nile virus (WNV) is a potentially serious illness. The disease was first detected in the United States
A controversial idea about shooting salt water high into the sky over the oceans to create clouds that reflect sunlight, is now reconsidered again in order to battle global warming. Rob Wood, physicist at University of Washington, proposes an experiment to test the…
Tropical Depression 9 was upgraded in Tropical Storm and it got named – Isaac. Hurricane hunter aircraft found tropical storm force winds in the Atlantic system Tuesday afternoon. The system is now moving toward a favorable environment with much warmer water and
A small asteroid designated 2012 DA14 will make an extremely close approach on February 15, 2013. It will pass by Earth at a distance of about 27 000 km (17 000 miles/no closer than 0.000181 AU) from the center of the Earth; within about 3.5 Earth radii of the…
