• Record-setting wave measured in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia

    A powerful Mediterranean storm named Victoria affected the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding countries, including Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, this week. The storm produced many notable events, including the largest wave ever recorded in Croatia…

  • Quantum experiment shows objective reality does not exist

    Scientists have long suspected that quantum mechanics enables two observers to experience different and conflicting realities– until an experiment was conducted, with the results suggesting that objective reality does not exist. In a study published recently in…

  • Arctic blast smashes temperature records across Ontario, Canada

    An Arctic airmass affecting much of the US has made its way across Canada, with Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa airports smashing low temperature records as old as 1905. Ottawa residents woke up to the coldest November 13 in the city's history. The temperature…

  • Earthquake swarm under Askja volcano, Iceland

    Hundreds of earthquakes have been registered near the Askja caldera, in an area approximately 10 km (6 miles) east-northeast from the rim, at the depths around 5 km (3 miles) over the past couple of days. The last eruption of this volcano took place in 1961 (VEI 2)….

  • Rare earthquake swarm north of Sion, Switzerland

    An exceptionally active earthquake swarm is ongoing near Saviese, north of Sion, Switzerland beginning in the night of November 4 to November 5, 2019, according to the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich. Such an accumulation of earthquakes is rather…