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Active volcanoes in the world: June 19 – June 25, 2013
This week, 4 volcanoes had new activity, whereas ongoing activity was reported for 13 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from June 19 – June 25, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
New
Launch of IRIS solar mission rescheduled to June 27, 2013
The launch of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission is being delayed to June 27, 2013 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Live NASA Television launch coverage begins at 13:00 UTC (6 p.m. PDT).
Because of a
SDO – Comparing solar activity levels
SDO released one-month videos of comparin the Sun's activity from periods about 2.5 years apart, with remarkable increase in solar activity seen. The video from October, 2010 sets it next to video from May, 2013 in the SDO's 171 Angstrom wavelength
Cosme became hurricane and weakened into tropical storm again
Cosme is the second hurricane of the 2013 Eastern Pacific season. During late May, Barbara became a hurricane just prior to making landfall near Puerto Arista, Mexico in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. On June 26, 2013, Hurricane Cosme was battering Clarion Island,
Early monsoon brings trouble to Uttarakhand state, India
Over the last few weeks torrential rainfall across northern India and Nepal has been inducing widespread flooding, cloudbursts, riverbank erosions and massive landslides. Heavy monsoon rains started about two weeks earlier than usual.
Torrential downpours
Tropical Storm Cosme likely to become hurricane in the next 24 hours
Tropical Depression 3-E took shape on June 23, 2013 about 500 miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Cosme early on June 24, 2013.
According to latest public advisory issued by US
M6.4 earthquake – northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Strong earthquake registered as M6.4 (USGS) occurred at northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 22:04 UTC on June 24, 2013. USGS registered depth of 10.0km (6.2 miles).The epicenter was located 1248 km (775 miles) ENE of Cayenne, French Guiana and 1 359 km (844 miles) NNE of Sal
Food MythBusters: Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?
The biggest players in the food industry – from pesticide pushers to fertilizer makers to food processors and manufacturers – spend billions of dollars every year not selling food, but selling the idea that we need their products to feed the world. But, do we really
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Your Ego and the Cosmic Perspective
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reminds us in the video that we’re a part of the Universe… each one of us an inexorably inseparable part of the big picture, a connection between past, present, and future in the most elemental sense possible. Tyson gives
