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Asteroid 2005 YU55 facts & figures

November 4, 2011

Ok, people. We survived flyby of most popular "doomsday" Comet Elenin, now we facing another…

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Report: US topsoil contains levels of radioactive cesium up to 10,000 percent higher than previously believed

November 4, 2011

Few in the mainstream media are talking about it these days, but radiation from the…

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Government response to ongoing Fukushima radiation? Deafening silence

November 4, 2011

The silence of governments and the world press about the radiation dangers from Fukushima is…

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Frequent Mediterranean droughts caused by human impact on climate change

November 3, 2011

Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly…

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La Niña is back

November 2, 2011

La Niña is defined as cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical…

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Earthquake swarm under Cumbre Vieja volcano, Canary Islands

February 1, 2021

A new earthquake swarm started under the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma island, Spain's Canary Islands on January 31, 2021. This is the second swarm…

Small earthquakes near Pinatubo, the volcano remains in a quiescent condition, Philippines

January 29, 2021

A total of 860 imperceptible earthquakes have been detected by the Pinatubo Volcano Network and the Philippine Seismic Network from January 20 to 27,…

Des Moines breaks single-day snowfall record set in 1895, Iowa

January 28, 2021

Des Moines in Iowa set a new single-day snowfall record on Monday, January 25, 2021, after the city recorded up to 26.2 cm (10.3…

Large sinkholes still opening one month after destructive M6.4 earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia

January 28, 2021

One month after the most powerful earthquake in the history of Croatia — M6.4 in Petrinja on December 29, 2020 — large sinkholes are…