Climatic and Environmental Convulsions
Enormous Ring is Developing on the Sun
10/19/2010 20:37
From: Modern Survival Blog:
What is this strange ring that has been developing on the Sun during 16-Oct?
Sunspot 1112, located in the southeast quadrant, has been the source of a giant filament that is currently stretching 400,000 km across the surface of the Sun.
However, today, there appears to...
New Deep-Sea Hot Springs Discovered in the Atlantic
10/14/2010 20:27
From US News:
Scientists from the MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen on board the German research vessel Meteor have discovered a new hydrothermal vent 500 kilometers south-west of the Azores. The vent with...
Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way for Russia
10/06/2010 20:34
From RT:
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 Stream, which has shrunk in...
Flooding displaces more than 2 million people in Nigeria
09/26/2010 14:18
From CNN World:
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- More than 2 million people have been displaced in northern Nigeria after flood gates on two dams were opened to release rising waters along the Niger River, a state official said Friday.
The flood gates on the Challawa and Tiga dams -- located at Kano...
UK Defence Secretary warns solar flares could paralyze earth
09/26/2010 14:06
From Top News:
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has highlighted the fear that once-in-a-century phenomenon of a large solar flare could cause electromagnetic disruptions which could paralyse the earth.
Earlier this year, NASA scientists had warned that large solar flares could be caused by a peak...
Indonesian volcano erupts again
09/07/2010 06:54
From AlJazeera:
An Indonesian volcano has erupted yet again, sending black ash half a kilometre into the air - its most powerful eruption since coming back to life after four centuries of dormancy.
The force of Mount Sinabung's explosion on Tuesday could be felt...
Massive solar storm to hit Earth in 2012 with 'force of 100m bombs'
08/30/2010 19:55
From Yahoo News India:
Melbourne, Aug 26 (ANI): Astronomers are predicting that a massive solar storm, much bigger in potential than the one that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier this month, is to strike our planet in 2012 with a force of 100 million hydrogen bombs.
Several US...
Volcano quiet for 400 years erupts in Indonesia
08/29/2010 10:10
From MSNBC:
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years.
Government volcanologist Surono, who uses only one name, said Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province started rumbling a few days ago and...
New NASA/NOAA study finds El Niños are growing stronger and affecting weather more
08/27/2010 22:35
From NASA:
PASADENA, Calif. – A relatively new type of El Niño, which has its warmest waters in the central-equatorial Pacific Ocean, rather than in the eastern-equatorial Pacific, is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new study by NASA and NOAA. The research...
'Separated asteroids could collide with earth'
08/27/2010 22:00
From Jerusalem Post:
International researchers, including Israelis at Tel Aviv University, have revealed the nature of “separated asteroids” – an understanding that could help the most powerful nations to find a way to divert these small minor planets orbiting around the sun from one day...
3-D Image of Joplin's 2011-05-22 Tornado
