• 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

  • Severe weather outbreak and tornado warnings in multiple states, US

    A tornado reportedly caused significant damage to homes and several injuries in Harveyville, Kansas, about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Topeka. The small Wabaunsee County town of about 230 residents was hit about 9 p.m. local time as a severe storm system swept across

  • New tropical cyclone Irina formed in Mozambique Channel

    A new tropical cyclone (14S) named Irina has formed and is now active in the Mozambique Channel. It’s located approximately 270 NM (500 km) northwest of Antananarivo, Madagascar. It’s strengthening tropical storm with 35 knot current sustained winds and is expected to

  • Lessons from Fukushima: new Greenpeace report on nuclear risks

    It has been almost 12 months since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began. The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant that began unfolding on March 11, 2011 is the biggest since the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. Although the Great Tohoku earthquake and the

  • Big ocean fish in peril – decrease in fish population

    Over-exploitation of the world’s fish resources has caused serious decline in fish populations, and there is widespread concern that the world oceans will be unable to supply fish products for future generations. Given the importance of marine fisheries for food

  • Russian scientists revive plants frozen for 30,000 years

    A team of Russian biophysicists have successfully grown ancient plants from tissue material that stayed frozen in the Siberian permafrost for about 30,000 years.This is the oldest plant material to have been brought to life so far.The team from the Institute of