• White cliffs of Dover – tonnes of rock collapsed into the sea

    A large section of the white cliffs of Dover has collapsed into the English Channel following a “substantial” rockfall on March 15, 2012.  Tonnes of the cliff face sheared off near an area known as Crab Bay, but no one was injured. Dover Coastguard said a full survey

  • Amazing March auroras around polar circles

    Sunspot 1429 still gives a thrilling time for night skywatchers. Recent solar activity produced numerous CME impact that sparked aurora displays around polar circles.Aurora tour guide Chad Blakely of Abisko Sweden made a wonderful movie on March 12th with beautiful

  • Active volcanoes in the world – last 7 days report

    17 volcanoes have shown changes in activity last week. New unusual activity has been noticed around 5 volcanoes (below).BEZYMIANNYCentral Kamchatka (Russia) 55.978°N, 160.587°E; summit elev. 2882 mKVERT reported that during 24 February-2 March seismic activity at

  • Tropical Cyclone Irina updates and forecast track

    Cyclone Irina remains a threat to the KwaZulu-Natal coast with a combination of very rough seas, marine storm surge, as well as gale-force and devastating floods. Many people have had their homes destroyed by the cyclone. About 300 houses had been flooded. South

  • TC Irina could bring flooding rain to Southeast Africa

    Tropical Cyclone Irina could make landfall on the southeastern coast of Africa in matter of hours with damaging winds and  flooding rain. Eastern South Africa, southernmost Mozambique as well as the small nation of Swaziland are in the path of dangerous cyclone. The