Unseasonable heat plagued portions of Taiwan on Tuesday. Taipei, the capital of the island nation, recorded a high temperature of 37.8 C (100F). The unusual high fell just short of the Taiwan’s all-time record of 38.8 C (102 F) set on Aug. 9, 2003, according to
A lighting bolt crashed close to the stadium at a Twins-Rangers game in Arlington, Texas on Sunday night, July 8, 2012. It wasn’t raining at the time, and there were no Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in effect, both of which seemed to surprise the media.This
Tropical storm Daniel strengthened and became the third hurricane over the weekend, and now Tropical Storm Emilia strengthened into the fourth hurricane of the season. Tropical storm Emilia formed on July 7 as tropical depression 5E and became a tropical storm on July
Recent changes in the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are forcing the African savannas to change into forests. Researchers believe that by the end of this century large swathes of land that was once savanna could have transformed into forest.The study
Strong earthquake measuring M5.7 according to EMSC was recorded on July 9, 2012 at 13:54 UTC in eastern Mediterranean Sea. Location of epicenter is 83 km (51 miles) SSW of Kalkan, Turkey and 111 km (68 miles) SE of Rodos, Greece. EMSC recorded depth of epicenter
March 11, 2011 earthquake that hit Japan and generated massive tsunami, disturbed upper atmosphere in a way that was detectable by GPS receivers. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at California Institute of Technology created excellent animation of event.Embedded
The magma column at lava dome had dropped in mid to late May and the dome collapsed. An intense degassing from numerous fumaroles inside and outside of the now large summit crater is observed. Anak Krakatau is at the moment in a phase of repose.At least four areas
New study by a researcher at the University of British Columbia found that plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea. The study, published online in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Residents in a swampy area of northern Assumption Parish reported earth tremors as well as venting streams of natural gas roiling the surface of waterways for about a month. Residents reported tremors last month and again on Tuesday and Wednesday. Assumption Parish
Swarm of earthquakes continues on El Hierro, Canary Islands. 89 earthquakes were listed today by IGN, updated at 19:30 UTC. 12 of these earthquakes had Magnitude of M3 or more. The strongest one was a M 3.6 earthquake at 11:13 UTC. The center of the activity is
