The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO's agency specialized for cancer, announced on October 16, 2013 that it has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). The world’s leading experts
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) stated that a newly discovered fault may have been the source of the M 7.2 earthquake that rocked Central Visayas, Philippines on October 15, 2013. State seismologists said the earthquake's
It's bad enough that the city of Chicago is facing financial problems similar to those of Detroit; now, local taxpayers are being forced to pay for being poisoned.
For decades, the city installed lead water pipes, but in recent years, the federal Environmental
ER reports that for a couple of weeks, an unusual earthquake swarm is going on in Eastern Romania, Galati province, close to Moldovia border. Additionally, a constant sound like boiling water, a strange water smell like sulfur and big cracks in the
A new open-access scientific journal, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene will publish original research reporting on new knowledge of the Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological systems; interactions between human and natural systems; and steps
A new submarine eruption started on September 28, 2013 NW of the island Jebel Zubair in the Red Sea. The ongoing eruption is SW of the 2011-12 eruption which created a new volcanic island there.
This is occurring along the Zubair Group, a
On September 26, 2013, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured the image of new island created by major M 7.7 strike-slip earthquake that struck western Pakistan on September 24, 2013.
The
A new island has emerged off the coast of Gwadar in the Arabian Sea after a massive M7.7 earthquake hit western Pakistan on September 24, 2013. The new island has mountainous terrain and is rising up to 30 meters (100 feet). Image of the new island courtesy of…
Another violent eruption occurred at Santiaguito lava-dome complex of Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala on the morning of September 21, 2013. At about 02:30 UTC (08:30 local time), the Caliente dome suddenly produced a series of major pyroclastic flows triggered by
A powerful new explosion occurred at Mount Sinabung on Tuesday, September 17, sending plume of ash about 6 km into the air. As of Monday, September 16, a total of 6 259 people have been evacuated from surrounding villages.
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