NASA | Magnificent Eruption in Full HD
On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled away...
Category: Geophysical
Mt. Fuji: Pressure Rising
Iconic Mt. Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But ever since last year’s giant earthquake and aftershocks, volcano-watchers have speculated that new tectonic pressures could be lighting the fuse. The latest warning comes from the...
Powerful quake hits Costa Rica, two dead
(Reuters) – A powerful earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Wednesday, killing at least two people, sparking landslides, knocking down buildings, and briefly triggering a tsunami warning. Striking a tourist region popular with Hollywood stars,...
Massive solar flare delivers Earth a glancing blow
NASA’s orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has recorded more spectacular activity in the Sun’s atmosphere, with a solar flare whipping half a million miles into space, and sending a cloud of electrically charged particles...
Strong 7.9 quake hits Costa Rica, tsunami warning issued
(Reuters) – A strong 7.9 earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Wednesday, rattling buildings and cutting power in some areas of the capital of San Jose, a Reuters correspondent and the U.S. Geological Survey reported....
Sun spits out ‘solar whip’ half a million miles long
Looking more science fiction than just straight science, an amazing tentacle-like eruption on the face of the sun has been captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Measuring half a million miles long and...
At least 1 dead in 7.6 Philippine quake, small tsunami reported
A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse, knocking out power in several towns and generating negligible tsunami surges. The...
Isaac breaks rainfall records in New Orleans
Tropical Storm Isaac has broken all-time rainfall records in New Orleans, and is now blamed for at least four deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi.
World food prices up 10% in July
Global food prices have leapt by 10% in the month of July, raising fears of soaring prices for the planet’s poorest, the World Bank has warned. The bank said that a US heatwave and...
Isaac’s Surge Tops Levee, More Rain Than Katrina
Isaac raked the Gulf Coast with punishing winds and relentless rain, causing flooding that overtopped a levee south of New Orleans on Wednesday, the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Plaquemines Parish spokesman Caitlin Campbell...
