Researchers from Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Israel Antiquities Authority were able to measure the Earth's magnetic field in Jerusalem in 586 BCE– the time when the city was destroyed by the Babylonians. The groundbreaking…
A "very intense" Antarctic air mass is forecast to spread across wide swaths of South America this week, with the potential to bring historical cold and snow, MetSul warned. The cold blast will sweep across a large portion of Argentina and reach Brazil,…
Major flooding from prolonged heavy rains in Sudan has left at least 65 fatalities and 220 000 people affected, a UN spokesman said at a briefing on Monday, August 17, 2020. 17 of the country's 18 states have been impacted, with around 40 000 houses damaged…
A team of scientists successfully installed an optical seismometer on La Grande Soufrière volcano's summit– the first high-resolution instrument placed on an active volcano. The seismometer, used to monitor gas and steam eruptions, survived the…
New research by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found that a key component of the Gulf Stream– a warm Atlantic ocean current stretching to the tip of Florida– has steadily slowed and is now weaker than at any other point in the past 110 years. The…
Severe flooding from this year's rainy season in China has left a total of 219 fatalities and more than 63 million people affected, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said in a press conference on Thursday, August 13, 2020. Over the past two months, more…
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spotted an unusual object identified as a triple comet flying past the Sun in early August. Although the satellite captures comets all the time– most of which are Kreutz sungrazers– the particular object is not a…
Last week's rainfall brought by Tropical Cyclone "Isaias" was almost 1 000 percent of normal in parts of Philadelphia and Delaware. During the same period, three tornados were confirmed in Delaware, wherein the annual average is only one. On Thursday,…
Residents in Brazil are grappling with historically cold August, resulting in intense frost sweeping through many areas in Santa Catarina. Another round of extreme cold blast is set to hit next week, affecting a large portion of the southern region. All-time cold…
More than 13 000 people, including 5 400 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), have been affected by the worsening flood situation in Mali as of Thursday, August 13, 2020. Since July, a thousand homes have been destroyed or damaged. Flooding began in July, affecting…
