This year’s annual Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak tonight. Although Leonids can sometimes be seen at rate of more than thousands meteors per hour, a stream of debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle which orbits the sun every 33 years, is forecasted to display
Arabica coffee production is strongly (negative) influenced by accelerated climate change, and in most cases the outcome will be negative for the coffee industry.Wild Arabica coffee or Coffee Arabica could extinct due climate changes by the end of this century
“The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer” or GOCE, has been orbiting Earth since March 2009, with objective to map our planet’s gravity. In order to improve the quality of the gravity model, maximise its sensitivity to variations in Earth’s
Strong earthquake, initially registered as M 6.8 but later revised to M 6.4 struck Kuril Islands, Russia at 18:12:42 UTC on November 16, 2012 according to USGS. The epicenter was located 162 km (101 miles) SSW (198°) from Severo-Kuril’sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
U.S. Geological Survey scientists reveal that earthquake shaking in the eastern United States can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought. New research found that M 5.8 earthquake, that struck Virginia on August 23 last year,
The twenty-fifth tropical depression of the western-north Pacific Ocean season formed today and is already affecting southern Vietnam before starting to push west over Cambodia and Thailand later today. The depression is expected to remain loosely organized over the
Strong earthquake measured as magnitude 6.1 hit Coquimbo in Atacama region, Chile at 19:02:05 UTC on November 14, 2012 according to USGS and EMSC. The epicenter was located 82 km (50 miles) N of 82 km (50 miles) SW of Vallenar, Chile with coordinates 29.157°S,
Proba-2 sun observing satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses last night while ground-observers watching from northern Australia witnessed a total solar eclipse. ESA’s Proba-2 satellite passed through the Moon’s shadow a total of three times during the
Geomagnetic storm conditions are currently in progress in the wake of CME passage. A prolonged period of southward interplanetary magnetic field brought G2 (Moderate) Geomagnetic Storm conditions early on November 14 (UTC), evening hours November 13 (EST) according to
Strong and shallow earthquake registered as magnitude 6.0 struck off the coast of Aisen, Chile at 04:31 UTC on November 13, 2012. According to USGS data the epicenter was located 338 km (210 miles) W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile at coordinates 45.744°S,
