• First satellite ocean salt measurements

    NASA’s Aquarius instrument has successfully completed its commissioning phase and is now “tasting” the saltiness of Earth’s ocean surface, making measurements from its perch in near-polar orbit.Scientists from around the world are ready and waiting to study this

  • Tropical Storm “Lee” drenches Louisiana

    Tropical Storm Lee lurched toward the US Gulf Coast on Saturday, dumping heavy rain on Louisiana and threatening extensive flooding that will put the New Orleans levee system to the test. Oil companies evacuated workers from offshore rigs ahead of the arrival of…

  • Earthquake 7.0 hits Vanuatu

    Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits near Anatom island, 125 km (78 miles) SSE (159°) from Isangel, Vanuatua, 215 km (134 miles) ENE (61°) from Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (20.585°S, 169.696°E) on depth of 132.4 km (82.3 miles) according to USGS. A

  • Earthquake 6.2 hits South Sandwich Island

    A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck the South Sandwich volcanic islands at a depth of 106 km (65.9 miles) according to USGS. The location of epicenter was 19 km (11 miles) NNE of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands, 278 km (172 miles) N of Bristol Island,

  • Tropical storm Talas enters the Sea of Japan

    Tropical Storm Talas formed over the western Pacific Ocean on August 25, 2011. By September 1, storm clouds had reached the southern shores of Japan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture of the storm the

  • Oil Still Gushing From BP Well In Gulf

    Recent news reports confirm what many have alleged for over a year: British Petroleum’s “Macondo” well site has never stopped leaking.The mainstream media blackout on this subject is keeping the public unaware of the continuing tragedy and preventing another

  • Tropical Storm Lee: Oil rigs shut down and evacuated

    Tropical Storm Lee is bringing heavy rains to parts of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Tropical Storm Lee is centered at latitude 28.2 north and longitude 91.6 west, about 165 miles west-southwest of the

  • Dust over the Mediterranean Sea

    Thick dust hovered over the Mediterranean Sea in early September 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image on September 2, 2011.Spanning hundreds of kilometers, the dust is nearly

  • Magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near Anatuya, Argentina

    Powerful but deep M 6.7 earthquake struck 31 km (19 miles) W of Anatuya, 130 km (80 miles) ESE of Santiago del Estero, Argentina (28.422°S, 63.146°W) at depth of 592.8 km (368.4 miles) according to USGS. There were no reports of destruction or