A series of raging wildfires in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia have killed at least 3 people and injured 19 others, officials said on Sunday. The fires have burned thousands of acres in recent days.The fires, which have been fanned by dry conditions and
A rare tornado touched down on Lake of Zürich, Switzerland on July 21, 2012. The image was sent by a reader from Switzerland. Video is courtesy of YouTube user ugeilinger.Geographically, Lake of Zürich is located in the southwestern part of the canton of
For years Americans have been told that marijuana should remain illegal because it is the ultimate “gateway” drug – that is, the drug that most often leads to the abuse of other, more potent drugs.Not so, according to a new study which says alcohol – not marijuana –
Experts say solar maximum is due in the year 2013. When it arrives, the peak of 11-year sunspot cycle will bring more solar flares, more coronal mass ejections, more geomagnetic storms and more auroras than we have experienced in quite some time.The source of the
According to USGS a 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit offshore Northern California on July 21, 2012 at 1:52 UTC. Recorded depth was 10 km and epicenter located 108 km (67 miles) W (274°) from Petrolia, CA at 40.382°N,
Strong and shallow earthquake with recorded magnitude of 5.8 hit off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand on July 21, 2012 at 4:54 UTC. Magnitude of 5.8 was confirmed by GeoNet, EMSC and USGS. GeoNet is reporting depth of 12km, EMSC 10km and USGS 20 km.
First images from High Resolution Coronal Imager or Hi-C launched last week just started coming in.Hi-C telescope was launched on July 11, 2012 aboard a NASA sounding rocket and has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun’s million-degree
A remote-controlled Earth-observing camera system called ISERV will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s third H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-3) this week. Once installed, the system will be directed by
On July 20, 2012, GeoNet raised the Volcano Alert Level at Mt. Tongariro, New Zealand after a series of quakes beneath the volcanic complex. The Aviation Color Code is now at Yellow and Volcanic Alert Code at 1. Small volcanic earthquakes have been recorded beneath…
July 20th did not start so well for Kuril Islands. On July 15 we reported swarm of earthquakes on Kuril Island for seventh day in a row (link here), while it showed less activity for last couple of days today we had 5 strong ones again. The strongest one was reported
