Time-lapse movie of the winter solstice sun and ice fog in Fairbanks, Alaska on December 21, 2012. Video by Taro Nakai, Micrometeorologist — a researcher of micrometeorology (dynamics of the interaction between plants and atmosphere). Postdoctoral fellow of
Following a seawater leak Swedish authorities have ordered the shutdown of Reactor 4 at The Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant.The Ringhals power station is Sweden’s largest nuclear power plant, located on southwest coast near Gothenburg, the country’s second largest
Number theorist Ken Ono from Emory University and his team derived a formula from last letter of Srinivas Ramanujan, which was a piece of puzzle for mathematicians around the world so far.Ramanujan, whose 125th birthday anniversary is on December 22, 2012 was a
An earthquake with recorded magnitude 6.8 struck Vanuatu on December 21, 2012 at 22:28 UTC according to USGS. Epicenter was located 63 km (39 miles) SSW of Sola, Vanuatu and 388 km (241 miles) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu at coordinates 14.382°S, 167.260°E. Recorded
New unrest has been noticed around 8 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 12 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from December 12 – December 18, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.New activity/unrest: | Chirpoi,
While most of the world has been focused on other things, the Ring of Fire has been quietly waking up. Over the past couple of months, there has been a steady string of noteworthy volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that have occurred along the perimeter of the Pacific
NASA and ESA have released videos looking back at the year 2012 in space. It was quite a year in terms of space exploration – Curiosity on Mars, the Flight of the Dragon, Venus Transit, ATV’s trips to the ISS, the flight of Vega, and much more… NASA 2012 ESA…
Vanuatu’s Ambrym volcano with its roiling pools of lava glow a deep orange, spewing fountains of lava and seemingly endless plumes of steam and gas. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) aboard the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite
Smoky haze spreads from northern India eastward into Bangladesh, filling the lowlands south of the Himalayas and valleys along rivers such as the Brahmaputra, in northeastern India and Bangladesh (flowing westward from right edge and then southward). The Ganges River,
ESA’s new deep-space tracking station (DSA 3) in Malargüe, Argentina received its first image on December 18, 2012. This image was selected as the symbolic ‘first data’ to be downloaded by DSA 3 and it marked its inauguration to service.The image was captured on
