Stranded Phobos-Grunt probe, one of the largest objects to re-enter the atmosphere in decade, begins entering the Earth’s atmosphere. It will probably begin its descent on Sunday evening. By the latest estimate Phobos-Grunt could enter the atmosphere over Argentina
Mass waste clean-up is prepared by cyber-enviromentalist after goverments has failed to do so. The 2012 edition of “Let’s Do It!” campaign, which started 2008 in Estonia, is scheduled from March to September in order to gather hundreds of thousands of tonnes
There is new activity recorded at Reventador volcano, as well as at Sangay and ongoing Tungurahua volcanoes in Ecuador. New reports are coming from nearby Colombian Galeras and Fuego volcanoes. Down North in Chile Lascar is waking up and Cordon-Puyehue Calle continues
Tropical Cyclone Heidi made landfall in Western Australia’s Pilbara region about 4:30 a.m. local time on January 12, 2012 as a Category 2 cyclone, bringing wind gusts up to 131 kilometers/hour (81 miles/hour) and dumping 128 mm of rain on Port Headland, a coastal
This winter in Russia started unusually warm. 9.5 degrees Celsius (49.1 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded in the north-western city of Kaliningrad which is a new record for the period. The start of winter in Kaliningrad was unusually warm. On January 2, the
We recieve lots of questions from our readers considering SOHO EIT data. SOHO’s near-real time images from EIT instruments stop uploading in January 6, however there is nothing wrong with SOHO instruments because EIT is in a telemetry keyhole. The lack of fresh
NASA’s STEREO-Behind spacecraft observed a significant eruption on the farside of the sun today. Although the blast was eclipsed by the edge of the solar disk, it nevertheless produced a long-duration C3 solar flare detectable from Earth. The blast site is not far
Tropical Cyclone Heidi has been upgraded to a category two and is expected to reach the Pilbara coast of Western Australia late tonight. This morning Tropical Cyclone Heidi was located roughly 45 nautical miles (85 kilometers) from Port Hedland, Australia. The U.S.
The Clock is ticking. Scientists yesterday set the hands of “Doomsday Clock” forward one minute. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) director Kennette Benedict announced on Jan. 10 at a press conference in Washington, D.C. that it’s five minutes to twelve now.
Tropical Cyclone Heidi targets the northwestern Australia with potentially damaging winds and flooding rain. The landfall is expected in area near Port Hedland and Karratha at Pilbara coast. The storm will disrupt shipping and port activity through the
