The Shiveluch volcano on Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted ash rising to an altitude of 8 km above sea level, the Kamchatka branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Geophysical Service reported on Friday, June 15, 2012.Currently there is no danger for local
The Institute of Cetacean Research said around 75 percent of roughly 1,200 tons of minke, Bryde’s and sei meat from the deep-sea mission did not find buyers. That means that three-quarters of the tons of meat from Japan’s controversial whale hunt last year was not
Guchol is now a strengthening typhoon and remains on a path that puts the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan in harm’s way. Guchol strengthened into a typhoon (the equivalent of a hurricane in the eastern Pacific or Atlantic basins) over the extremely warm waters of the
A fast-moving CME that left the Sun on June 14th is expected to scoop up another CME already en route and deliver a double-blow to Earth’s magnetic field on June 16th. Weak-to-moderate geomagnetic storms are possible when the clouds arrive.A long duration solar
Tropical storm Carlotta is moving north-northwestward toward the coast of Mexico with rainbands moving into Guatemala and southeastern Mexico. According to latest public advisory by US National Hurricane Center issued at 21:00 UTC the system is located about 500 km
It’s long been suspected that human activity has greatly contributed to environmental stress, but it’s only recently that science has begun to show just how great a role that activity is playing. In an article published in the journal Nature Climate Change, Michigan
Another long duration, moderate, M1.9 solar flare erupted from Sunspot 1504 on June 14, 2012. A 10cm Radio Burst (TenFlare) was recorded measuring 1400sfu and lasted for 103 minutes. The plasma cloud generated looks to be Earth directed and may impact Earth by
Newly-discovered asteroid 2012 LZ1 is flying past the Earth-Moon system today. At closest approach on June 14th (23:10 UT), this 300 – 700 meter-wide space rock will be 14 lunar distances (5 310 835.2 km, 3.3 million miles) away. A team of astronomers led by Ernesto
Strong and damaging earthquake with recorded magnitude of 5.4 hit Turkey near Sirnak and Syria border on June 14, 2012 at 05:52 UTC according to USGS. Epicenter was located 31 km (19 miles) S of Sirnak, Turkey (37.237°N, 42.495°E). Recorded depth by USGS was 9.6
Increasingly frequent sandstorms and salinization of the land is one of major environmental problems of Iraq, where decades of conflict have exacted a terrible environmental toll. The country’s environment ministry estimated in 2009 that 39 percent of Iraq’s surface
