• Knife fish invasion troubling Philippines fishermen

    The knife-shaped fish are reported to be multiplying in Laguna Lake where they are displacing the native species, according to Asis Perez, head of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The Philippine fisheries chief on Sunday said he had ordered a study into

  • Northern Italy is shaking – More than 70 aftershocks after M 6.0

    Aftershocks are continuing to strike Northern Italy. More than 70 have been recorded after magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 02:03 UTC. INGV has announced that they cannot rule out another severe aftershock. The situation will be at least unstable for a limited number of

  • Another strong 5.2 earthquake hits Northern Italy

    Strong aftershock, magnitude 5.2 earthquake, struck Northern Italy at 13:18:02 UTC just hours after deadly 6.0 quake. The epicenter was located 14 km west of Ferrara. The closest villages are Mirabello (3km on the west) and Bondeno (7km on the south). EMSC recorded

  • Deadly heat wave across India

    India is experiencing a deadly heat wave. Heat waves of varying intensity are expected to stalk north-west India and parts of east and east-central India. The worst hit region is northeast with unofficial reports about 41 deaths from heat-related illness. Indian

  • Annular solar eclipse today

    An annular solar eclipse will be visible from a 240 to 300 kilometre-wide track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern Pacific Ocean and the western United States. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon’s penumbral shadow, that includes

  • New lava flow on Bagana volcano, Papua New Guinea

    Despite being one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, Bagana is poorly monitored. Located on the mountainous spine of Bouganville Island, it is both far from any cities or large towns and hard to reach due to the rough terrain. Bagana emits volcanic

  • World’s ‘most threatened tribe’ outnumbered 10:1 by invaders

    The Amazon’s Awa, “Earth’s most threatened tribe,” are outnumbered 10 to 1 in just one of their reserves according to Survival International, a leading advocate for tribal people’s’ rights worldwide. Brazilian officials acknowledged the scale of the emergency after

  • Spring fires and smoke in eastern Asia

    Russian officials announced that twenty-one forest fires were burning on May 17 on a total of over 3,000 hectares, with 2,600 hectares blazing in Buryatia and almost 500 hectares in Khabarovsk territory. Three new fires were seen in Tunkinsky National Park in the past

  • Air pollution causing “warming hole” over the US

    Temperatures are increasing on a global scale. But in the central and eastern United States warming has not kept pace with other parts of the world over much of the last century.Parts of the United States cooled between 1930 and 1990. Climate scientists have taken

  • M5.1 solar flare generated S2 solar radiation storm

    A strong solar flare reaching M5.1 took place at 01:47 UTC Thursday morning. The flare was centered around Sunspot 1476 near the northwest limb. A bright CME was generated but because of the spots location, the plasma cloud will be headed mostly to the west.The