Climatic and Environmental Convulsions
Why the CIA is spying on the changing climate
01/16/2011 10:13
From Jerusalem Post:
Last summer, as torrential rains flooded Pakistan, a veteran intelligence analyst watched closely from his desk at CIA headquarters just outside the capital.
For the analyst, who heads the CIA’s year old Center on Climate Change and National Security, the worst natural...
Shift of Earth's Magnetic North Poles affects Tampa airport
01/12/2011 18:12
From Coupmedia and @Endtimesnews:
The Federal Aviation Administration required the runway designation change to account for what a National Geographic News report described as a gradual shift of the Earth's magnetic poles at nearly 40 miles a year toward Russia because of magnetic...
Space weather: Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max'
01/03/2011 20:58
From @Endtimenews and SpaceDaily:
The coming year will be an important one for space weather
as the Sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence.
Many people may be surprised to learn that the Sun, rather than burn with...
UK: Food shelves empty and petrol running out as icy roads make deliveries impossible...
12/08/2010 07:48
From MailOnline and @the10virgin:
Petrol forecourts were today running dry and food stores were struggling to replenish their shelves as icy conditions halted deliveries.
‘Critical’ shortages of petrol have been reported by the RMI Petrol Retailers Association, with remote areas being...
Giant Stealth Planet May Explain Rain of Comets from Solar System's Edge
12/06/2010 06:07
From YahooNews and @the10virgin:
Our sun may have a companion that disturbs comets from the edge of the solar system — a giant planet with up to four times the mass of Jupiter, researchers suggest.
A NASA space telescope launched last year may soon detect such a stealth companion to our sun, if it...
Solar flares could cause British black-outs, MPs are warned
12/04/2010 09:49
From The Telegraph and @the10virgin:
Security minister Baroness Neville-Jones said there "must be some risk" to the electricity network when the sun's activity peaks around 2013 as part of an 11-year cycle. The threat of disruption grows during each cycle due to our increasing reliance on...
Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way
12/03/2010 11:43
From RT.com and @the10virgin:
After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.
Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.
The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf...
Indonesia's Mount Bromo Volcano Blows Its Top
12/01/2010 03:22
From AOL: (Nov. 30) -- Authorities in Indonesia were forced to shut down the airport in Malang as Mount Bromo, which erupted on Saturday, continued to spew hot ash thousands of feet into the air.
Bromo began showing signs of activity in early November when the government raised the eruption...
Scientists warn to expect wilder weather
11/24/2010 07:38
From Hearald Sun:
HUNGRY polar bears gathering along the tundra, twice as many record-breaking temperatures and stronger hurricanes are among the latest signs of climate change, scientists say.
And we can expect more rain, more drought and fiercer storms in the future if the world continues...
3-D Image of Joplin's 2011-05-22 Tornado
