Cracks are seen on the dried riverbed of Poyang lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, in Duchangcounty in East China’s Jiangxi province. The surface water of the lake has shrunk toless than 200 square kilometers, one-twentieth of its
More people are expected to go hungry in 2012. New FAO chief says food prices may ease but won’t drop in 2012. Slowing global economy is responsible for easing up the prices of some foods but are unlikely to drop drastically from the high levels reached last
Australians have been asked to heed safety advice from authorities as much of the country swelters through what is already shaping up to be a record-breaking heatwave.South Australia is sweltering with the hottest start to the year in more than a century as a hot air
Mass fish die-off was reported at Kvaenes beach in Kvænes, Tromsø, in the northerly district of Nordreisa, Norway on Dec 31th according to local media Nordlys and Dagbladet. The cause of death is currently unknown. Scientists are looking for a possible reasons to see
A swarm of large aftershocks, including a violent magnitude 5.5, rattled the Christchurch overnight and knocked out power to thousands of homes. Christchurch continues to be rocked with 41 earthquakes recorded in the Canterbury region over the past 24 hours. There
The massive landslide struck just south of Trondheim in central Norway prompting evacuation of dozens people from a rural area bordering Norway’s third largest city on Sunday. The river of muddy black sludge stretching about a kilometre (over half a mile) was moving
It looks like there is repeating of last year’s start with mass bird death in Arkansas.Police in Beebe, a town in central Arkansas, reports death of dozens of blackbirds this weekend. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began receiving reports of dead black birds
We enters into 2012. with strong magnitude 7.0 earthquake that occur at 05:27:54 UTC near Izu Island, Japan with epicenter at 370 km (230 miles) according to Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Location of an epicenter was 242 km (150 miles) SW of Hachijo-jima, Izu
Tropical Cyclone Thane moved onshore over southeast India on Thursday claiming more than 40 lives. The storm made landfall near Cuddalore and had sustained winds near 70 mph with gusts to 90 mph during landfall. Thane was a strong tropical storm at landfall. Severe
We are entering into 2012 with ongoing volcanic activity at El Hierro (Canary Islands), Fuego (Guatemala), Karymsky, Kizimen and Shiveluch (Kamchatka, Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii), Popocatépetl (México), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Sakura-jima (Kyushu,
