‘Ring of fire’ eclipse visible over the Ring of Fire
LOS ANGELES – Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they’ll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide...
Category: Geophysical
Fire in Arizona mining town nearly triples in size
CROWN KING, Ariz. – Fueled by high winds, a wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of a historic mining town in northern Arizona nearly tripled in size. The fire in the Prescott National Forest...
Northern AZ Wildfire Grows, Prompts Evacuations
(multimedia) Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire Monday in northern Arizona that has forced residents from their homes in the historic mining town of Crown King just weeks ahead of the busy tourist season. (May...
Heavy rain takes 19 counties out of drought
Nineteen counties across Britain are no longer in drought due to the wettest April on record, the Environment Agency has said. The organisation said that South-West England, the Midlands and parts of Yorkshire have...
Monster Sunspot Fires Off Powerful Solar Flares
A huge sunspot that dwarfs the Earth is unleashing a series of powerful solar flares as it moves across the surface of the sun, NASA scientists say. The sunspot AR 1476 was detected by...
Parts of Japan’s Mount Fuji in danger of collapse after new fault line discovered
(Source: AFP) GOTENBA, Japan — Parts of Japan’s Mount Fuji could collapse if a newly-discovered fault line under the mountain shifts, a government report warned Friday. A three-year study by seismologists discovered a previously-unknown active...
NASA MONITORING ‘MONSTER SUNSPOTS’
(multimedia) NASA scientists are watching a group of “monster sunspots,” that may kick up highly charged particles that bombard the Earth. A “monster sunspot” more than 60000 miles wide could send some powerful solar...
How much water is there on, in, and above the Earth?
As you know, the Earth is a watery place. But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? The picture to the left shows the size of a sphere that would...
U.S. temperatures for April third warmest on record
Past 12 months and first third of the year were warmest nation has experienced Several warm periods across the contiguous U.S. during April brought the national average temperature to 55°F, 3.6°F above average, marking...
Tornado spotted in Oxfordshire as storms batter southern England
Britain could be braced for more thunder and lightning folllowing a storm which brought a tornado to Oxfordshire. The thunderstorm started in Wiltshire, and moved across Oxfordshire, where a tornado was reported in several...
