A small dust plume blew from Saudi Arabia over the Red Sea on December 12, 2011. Arising near the coast, north of the city of Jiddah (Jeddah), the plume arcs toward the southwest. The dust is thick enough to completely hide the water below, but the plume stops short of
A very rare 150 million years old prehistoric giant green sea turtles appear for third time in just two weeks on B.C. shores. It was spotted on Combers Beach in pacific Rim National park and was transported to local aquarium in very bad condition. TheProvince
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Gorontalo Minahasa, Sulawesi in Indonesia today at 07:52:11 UTC (15:52:12 Local time). Epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) South of TenggaraGorontalo, Sulawesi and 260 km (161 miles) Southwest of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia (0.010°N,
Things are suddenly heating up again with Fukushima. As we reported yesterday, the southern wall of Fukushima reactor #4 apparently collapsed over the past few days, calling into question the structural integrity of the remainder of the containment building
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake hit Montenegro today at 17:04:45.0 UTC (18:04:45 Local time) 6 km south of Pljevlja and 94 km north from Podgorica (43.31 N ; 19.34 E) with epicenter at depth of 10 km according to EMSC. Seismology Institute of Montenegro (SZCG) recorded
Dust plumes blew through Syria and Iraq in early December 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on December 10, 2011. The dust plumes arise from discrete points in Syria and
The mysterious epidemic that has claimed hundreds of crows in Jharkhand has now spread to Hazaribagh, with 350 crow deaths in Vishnugarh and Katkamsandi over the weekend, triggering panic among residents who have been advised by experts not to touch the carcasses….
The storm pattern is very dangerous this next week across the United Kingdom as two storm systems approach the area from the west. These storm systems have central surface low pressure readings that of major hurricanes, including one by the end of the week being
Mggnitude 6.2 earthquake hit South Sandwich Islands region today at 09:54:55 UTC (07:54:55 AM Local Time). Epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) NW of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands and 354 km (219 miles) NNW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (55.980°S,
A very strong earthquake magnitude 6.5 occurred near Iguala Mexico at 07:47 PM local time (01:47:26 UTC). Luckily the hypocenter was at a depth of 64.9 km (40.3 miles) according to USGS with epicenter 42 km (26 miles) SW of Iguala, Guerrero, 56 km (34 miles) ESE
