Hundreds of people living near the Lewotolo volcano in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara were evacuated on Thursday due to its increased volcanic activity. CVGHM reported that white plumes rose 50 – 250 m above the summit of Lewotolo during the month of…
A magnetic filament in the sun’s northern hemisphere erupted on Jan. 5th and hurled a CME in the general direction of Earth. At first it appeared that the CME would sail north of Earth and completely miss our planet. However, analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab
About 4000 people evacuated from their homes early on Thursday because of a broken dike (dam to contain the water of rivers) in Campos, North Fluminense, Brasil. On Wednesday the level of the Paraiba do Sul River reached 10.90 meters. Normal level at this time of year
In the morning hours of January 5, 2012 the New South-East Crater of Mt. Etna has produced a new episode paroxysmal eruption after 50 quiet days. Last eruption had occurred November 15, 2011. Istituto Nazionale di Geosifica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Catania (INGV)
A landslide hit mining site in Compostela Valley in a remote area of the southern Philippines. Rescuers recovered 25 dead bodies from the gold-rich village Panganason, a hinterland barangay in Pantukan town. The mountainside in Napnapan village in Pantukan township
Cracks are seen on the dried riverbed of Poyang lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, in Duchangcounty in East China’s Jiangxi province. The surface water of the lake has shrunk toless than 200 square kilometers, one-twentieth of its
The spokesman of Russia’s military space forces told Russian news agencies today that stranded Phobos-Grunt could fall to Earth on Jan. 15. About 30 fragments weighing up to 200 kilograms (440 pounds) are expected to fall to Earth. The $165-million Phobos-Grunt
Earth is about to pass through a stream of debris from 2003 EH1, a comet fragment that produces the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak around 07:20 UT (02:20 am EST) on Wednesday morning, January 4th. At maximum, as many as 100
More people are expected to go hungry in 2012. New FAO chief says food prices may ease but won’t drop in 2012. Slowing global economy is responsible for easing up the prices of some foods but are unlikely to drop drastically from the high levels reached last
The first meteor shower this year — Quadrantid meteor shower — will occur at around 2 a.m. EST (0700 GMT) on Jan. 4. While many meteor displays in 2011 were washed out by a bright moon, the Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to put on a spectacular light
