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These key science points were published on September 27, 2013, as “headline statements” by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as part of the organization’s fifth assessment report. Background links are
On October 1, Comet ISON is making closest approach to Mars. Mars missions will have a close up look at the comet.
On October 3 – Uranus is at opposition. The blue-green planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully
A very strong and deep earthquake M 6.7 hit off shore Kamchatka (Sea of Okhotsk) on October 1, 2013 at 03:38 UTC. Both USGS and EMSC report same magnitude at depth of about 570 km.
Epicenter was located at sea, 316 km (196 miles) NW of Ozernovskiy and 394 km (245
Typhoon Wutip blew ashore over central Vietnam at around 09:00 UTC on September 30, 2013 forcing thousands of evacuations. Prior to landfall Wutip sank at least two Chinese fishing boats near the Paracel Islands, leaving 75 fishermen missing,
With a series of paroxysms, Mount Etna has reclaimed its status as one of the most active volcanoes on Earth
After a 4 month respite, Sicily’s massive Etna Volcano is again showing signs of life. Beginning on September 3, 2013, the Osservatorio Etneo
Challenging the conventional wisdom about light researchers bind photons together to form molecules. As a result, a never before seen form of matter, one that was only theorized about, was created.
Working with colleagues at the Harvard-MIT Center for
A new submarine eruption started on September 28, 2013 NW of the island Jebel Zubair in the Red Sea. The ongoing eruption is SW of the 2011-12 eruption which created a new volcanic island there.
This is occurring along the Zubair Group, a
A very strong, harmless, earthquake M 6.7 hit Kermadec Islands on September 30, 2013 at 05:55 UTC. USGS measured depth at 34.8 km (21.6 miles), EMSC at 40 km (Mw 6.4).
Epicenter was located off shore, 81 km (50 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock and 870 km (541
A large magnetic filament erupted on Sun's northern hemisphere during the late hours (UTC) of September 29, 2013. The explosion hurled a magnificent Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) into space and it does look like it has an Earth-directed component.
Alongside the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of Northern California in the early hours of April 18, 1906 is still one of the biggest natural disasters in United
