With over 60% of the country in a drought, the U.S. is facing one of financially most devastating natural disasters in the last 30 years. Second only to the Great Dust Bowl of 1934, the lack of rain and moisture throughout the U.S. has led to over 1,600 counties in 32
Four storms in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific are in various stages of development. Tropical Storm Isaac is slowly weakening over central Louisiana, but is still producing heavy rain, severe weather and high water levels along the northern Gulf coast. Hurricane
Slow-moving Isaac weakens to a depression over northern Louisiana but flooding rains continue across southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi. Isaac has officially been downgraded to a tropical rainstorm. All coastal warnings have been discontinued. Even though Isaac
Penn State geoscientists made analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet. They point that it may lead to an understanding of glacial movement and also shed light on stick slip earthquakes like those on the San Andreas fault or in
A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (EMSC) hit off Jan Mayen Island, Norway in the Arctic Ocean on August 30, 2012 at 13:43 UTC. USGS reported it as M6.8. Recorded depth by USGS was 8.6 km and only 2 km by EMSC. Epicenter was located 93km NW of Olonkinbyen,
The air in Podgorica yesterday was again polluted four times higher than normal due to wild fires raging around Podgorica and Montenegro. On August 27, firefighters registered more than 50 fires in the area of Podgorica, which at that time created a ring of fire
New unrest has been noticed around 6 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 11 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from August 22 – August 28, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a
Slow-moving Isaac is dumping heavy rains and still producing a significant storm surge across southeastern Louisiana.Strong bands of thunderstorms continue to develop over water in the eastern semicircle and also southwest of the center. They have occasionally
New study show that the living biomass on Earth is much lower than previously thought. Scientist estimate Earth’s total number of microbes and total living biomass to be, respectively, 50–78% and 10–45% lower than previous estimates. Biomass is the mass of
Recurring droughts highlight need to better manage water resources and safeguard food security. Ongoing worldwide drought has hurt global grain production and contributed to food price spikes every other year since 2007.One of the key messages that FAO is
