The 10-km-wide Manam Island, lying 13 km off the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, is one of the country’s most active volcanoes.ABC Radio Australia reported yesterday, June 4, 2012 that a new series of eruptions have begun and that warnings to residents
A transit like this occurs when Venus passes directly between Earth and the Sun. Viewers will see Venus as a small dot gliding slowly across a portion of the Sun. The last time the event occurred was on June 8, 2004, and was viewed by millions worldwide. This year,
Geologists had previously thought that super-eruptions only occurred 100,000-200,000 years after forming. Evidence from the new study by researchers at Vanderbit University suggests that, after a giant magma pool forms, it may erupt after only a couple hundred
New sunspot 1496 unleashed an impulsive M3-Class solar flare on June 3rd at 17:55 UTC. The explosion hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The cloud does not appear to be heading for Earth, although this conclusion could be revised by further analysis.
Typhoon Mawar is currently located northeast of the Philippines and has strengthened over the past 24 hours. Mawar is now moving northward away from the Philippines and will next set its sight on Taiwan, before approaching Japan on Tuesday and
The first one struck at 00:45 UTC on June 4, 2012 with magnitude 6.2 according USGS. Epicenter was located 356 km (221 miles) SSW of Santiago, Panama and 526 km (326 miles) SW of Panama City, Panama (5.287°N, 82.580°W). Recorded depth was 9.7 km (6.0
According to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), elephants are in ‘danger of extinction’ and the two rhinoceros species are ‘critically endangered’. The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and
At 20:00 UTC (3:00 am Pacific Daylight Time), not long before sunrise on Monday, June 4th, the Moon passes directly behind our planet. Full Moon will fall under the shadow of Earth, producing the first lunar eclipse of 2012. At maximum eclipse, around 21:00 UTC (4:04
The Bz component of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field has been tilting sharply south for long durations and this has in turn generated a G1 Level Geomagnetic Storm at very high latitudes. Migratory animals are affected at this and higher levels and aurora is commonly
Moderate solar flare reaching M3.3 peaked at 17:55 UTC on Sunday, June 3, 2012. The quick flash of light was centered around Sunspot 1493 located in the northern hemisphere. A TenFlare measuring 320pfu was recorded as well.A Type II emission (est 1077 km/s) was also
