Climatic and Environmental Convulsions

Deadly Wall of Dust Devours Tehran

06/03/2014 21:30
  A deadly dust storm bears down on Tehran, Iran, in a stunning new photograph taken yesterday (June 2). This storm, or haboob, killed at least five people, according to Iran's state television. Photography student Alireza Naseri snapped this photo of the incoming wall of dust from his room in...

Antarctic Iceberg Flotilla Caused Huge Sea-Level Rise

05/28/2014 21:52
  Antarctica's melting glaciers launched so many icebergs into the ocean 14,600 years ago that sea level rose 6.5 feet (2 meters) in just 100 years, a new study reports. The results are the first direct evidence for dramatic melting in Antarctica's past — the same as predictions for its...

Dust Bowl Conditions Have Returned To Kansas, Oklahoma And North Texas

05/28/2014 20:59
In early 1978, a song entitled “Dust in the Wind” by a rock band known as Kansas shot up the Billboard charts.  When Kerry Livgren penned those now famous lyrics, he probably never imagined that Dust Bowl conditions would return to his home state just a few short decades later.  Sadly,...

Chelyabinsk Meteor Collided With Asteroid Before Hitting Earth

05/27/2014 07:14
A wealth of research has come following the Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Russia’s Ural Mountains on February 15, 2013. The latest study, which comes from scientists at the University of Tohoku in Japan, claims that the meteor collided with an asteroid before heading on its collision...

New Photos Show Lake Powell Half Full

05/23/2014 21:57
 The mud-choked Colorado River flows through the dry lakebed of northern Lake Powell in a new satellite image released yesterday (May 22). Western drought has left this reservoir on the border of Utah and Arizona less than half full, the satellite image captured on May 13 reveals. As of May...

Scientists: Rising Sea Levels Threaten NASA Space Centers

05/21/2014 10:21
U.S. scientists say global warming is forcing NASA to build seawalls near major flight and research centers along the U.S. coasts. A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists says rising sea levels are the greatest threat to the historic Kennedy Space Center, along the Atlantic Ocean in...

Quickly Rising Antarctica Suggests 'Runny' Earth

05/16/2014 20:31
 Antarctica is rising unusually quickly, revealing that hot rock in the Earth's mantle hundreds of miles below the icy continent is flowing much faster than expected, researchers say. Antarctic ice is more than 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers) thick on some parts of the continent, a reminder that...

Prime minister calls Serbia floods ‘worst natural disaster’ in country’s history

05/16/2014 17:11
  Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has called the floods in his country the” worst natural disaster” in its history. At least five people have died after the equivalent of four month’s rainfall fell in just one day. More than 6,000 people have been displaced and 300.000 homes are...

A 10,000-ton meteorite exploded over Russia in 2013. Scientists warn: expect more

05/16/2014 08:09
Last year, a meteorite exploded 23 kilometers above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It was estimated to be 18 meters long with the mass of about 10,000 tons. If it had fallen in a populated area, an entire city could have been devastated. Luckily, the meteorite disintegrated and most of the fragments fell...

California's burning – and half the US is now in drought

05/16/2014 07:23
If you live in the US, there is a 50 per cent chance your area is abnormally dry. According to the National Drought Monitor, half of the country is now in some level of drought, and almost 15 per cent is in "extreme or exceptional" drought. The sustained dry spell may explain why wildfires have...
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