UK scientists have discovered a giant trench under the ice in West Antarctica. The Ellsworth Trough trench is up to three kilometers deep and more than 300 kilometers long and up to 25 kilometers across (deeper than the Grand Canyon). The floor of this
Weather data at the Ohio Supercomputer Center reveals in a new study hundreds of smaller storms that had previously escaped detection.
From 2000 to 2010, about 1 900 cyclones churned across the top of the world each year, leaving warm water and air in their
At 4:30 on the morning of January 17, 1994, some 10 million people in the Los Angeles region of southern California were awakened by the shaking of an earthquake. The earthquake, named for its epicenter in the town of Northridge, was a magnitude 6.7 (M = 6.7,
New activity was observed at 5 volcanoes in last 7 days. During the same period, ongoing activity was observed at 9 volcanoes.
New activity/unrest: | Asosan, Kyushu | Cleveland, Chuginadak Island | Pacaya, Guatemala | San Miguel, El Salvador |
Historical comparison of competition among algae in waters around the Pacific Northwest provides more evidence for increased ocean acidification.
A study of marine life in the temperate coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean shows a reversal of competitive
Japan used to account for 15 percent of global fish catches, but now, nearly three years after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami which struck Fukushima's Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in March 2011, sales are plummeting in Fukushima and the surrounding
More than 300,000 West Virginia residents in nine different counties as of Saturday are on day three of a do-not-use water order. The order was issued after the chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, a foaming agent used in the coal cleaning process, leaked through a
The eruption of Indonesian Sinabung volcano intensified again today and produced pyroclastic flows reaching more than 5 – 6 km in length, the largest so far. Associated ash plumes rose to approximate altitude of 8 km (25 000 ft).
Yesterday, the official
A strong and shallow earthquake registered as M 6.4 struck off the coast of Puerto Rico on January 13, 2014 at 04:01 UTC. USGS measured depth at 28 km (17.4 miles), EMSC at 20 km. Numerous aftershocks followed (M3.1 – 3.7).
Epicenter was located 57 km
The level of the Dead Sea has continued to drop. Despite heavy rains in the past three monts and lower than normal temperatures, the Dead Sea has fallen another 3 cm. Water level has reached a level of 427.82 meters (1,403 feet) below sea level.
Ten years
