• Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie formed in Atlantic

    Four storms in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific are in various stages of development. Tropical Storm Isaac is slowly weakening over central Louisiana, but is still producing heavy rain, severe weather and high water levels along the northern Gulf coast. Hurricane

  • Meteoric explosion and sonic boom effect reported in United Kingdom

    There are many reports of a meteorite that exploded over South Wales in Southwest Britain on August 27, 2012. People across UK reported that they saw bright light in sky around 11:10 PM local time. Meteorite exploded near town Cwmbran. Police said they have received

  • Planet Earth supports one-third less life than previously thought

    New study show that the living biomass on Earth is much lower than previously thought. Scientist estimate Earth’s total number of microbes and total living biomass to be, respectively, 50–78% and 10–45% lower than previous estimates. Biomass is the mass of

  • Arctic sea ice set to reach its lowest extent ever recorded

    Ice volume in the Arctic has declined dramatically over the past decade.  Unprecedented rate of Arctic sea ice melt is set to reach its lowest extent ever recorded by the end of this week.Current melt rate of more than 100,000 square kilometers per day is expected

  • Scientist proposed cloud engineering as response to global warming

    A controversial idea about shooting salt water high into the sky over the oceans to create clouds that reflect sunlight, is now reconsidered again in order to battle global warming. Rob Wood, physicist at University of Washington, proposes an experiment to test the…

  • 10 nuclear events in 10 days

    We had 10 different nuclear events reported in just 10 days. Below is a list of them with date and short description.BELGIUM(1) August 8, 2012 – Doel 3 nuclear reactor, Doel Nuclear Power Station – ShutdownDoel 3 nuclear reactor at Doel Nuclear Power Station in