• Dead fish found on dam bank at Big Warrambool, Australia

    An amount of European Carp fish in a dam at Big Warrambool alarmed the residents in Tuesday morning. There were thousands and thousands of dead fish on the water and line the banks metres deep.It is a mystery why they have all died, but a Lightning Ridge local

  • Impact of polar ozone depletion on subtropical precipitation

    The ozone hole over Antarctica has been rearranging rainfall patterns throughout the Southern Hemisphere for decades, a new modeling analysis shows. The idea that losing ozone in the cold stratosphere over the South Pole could affect weather in the lower atmosphere…

  • February solar flare was sparked by five spinning sunspots

    The giant solar flare unleashed in February was caused by five rotating sunspots working in concert, the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting has heard.Images released from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) clearly show the sunspots, which are centres of magnetic

  • Toxic caterpillars invasion in UK

    The Forestry Commission has issued a caution not to touch the caterpillars of the oak processionary moth. Residents in Pangbourne and parts of west London have been warned to steer clear of a toxic caterpillar. Their hairs contain a toxin that can cause itchy skin

  • Geomagnetic storm in progress (April 20, 2011)

    Geomagnetic storm is in progress. K index showing level 5. Solar windspeed: 548.7 km/secdensity: 1.9 protons/cm3Planetary K-indexNow: Kp= 5 storm24-hr max: Kp= 5 stormThe K-index is a code that is related to the maximum fluctuations of horizontal

  • Earth tremor in Sri Lanka damaged seven houses

    Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) has reported that a minor earth tremor had occurred in the Kirinda area in the Hambantota District last night. The DMC said the tremor has occurred at around 10 pm on Monday night and that further investigations are being

  • Caterpillars swarm over parts of Indonesia

    Most renowned Indonesia’s island Bali is under caterpillar attack in the past week. As a result, the local administration announced a state of emergency.Bali’s capital Denpasar, as well as six other regencies (districts) of Buleleng, Jembrana, Gianyar,

  • World is “one shock away from a full-blown crisis”

    Driven in part by higher fuel costs connected to events in the Middle East and North Africa, global food prices are 36 percent above their levels a year ago and remain  volatile, pushing people deeper into poverty. According to the latest edition of the World

  • Landslide in East Java

    Ten people died in a landslide at Pandansari village in Malang district, East Java on Sunday.The total number of casualties is at 10. The last victim died at Saiful Anwar Hospital after receiving treatments for his injuries, seven people remained hospitalized.The

  • Milky Way through a Saharan sandstorm

    The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011 by Terje Sorgjerd. He has the pleasure of visiting El Teide.Spain´s highest mountain (@3715m@Canary Island) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and