Earthquake Warning Systems
(multimedia) Earthquakes can happen just about anywhere at any time. The recent catastrophic quakes of Japan, Chile, and Mexico have us all thinking, “when will we be hit by the next big one?” Dr. Thomas...
Category: Geophysical
Solar Eclipses Can (Slightly) Change Weather on Earth
Moon’s shadow causes winds to slow, alter direction, study says. The inky shadows of solar eclipses can alter local weather on small scales, according to new analysis of a 1999 total eclipse. Solar eclipses occur when...
Parents of murdered British students criticise Barack Obama
The parents of two British students murdered in Florida have criticised President Barack Obama for his lack of compassion over their sons’ deaths. His failure to respond to three letters sent to the White...
NASA Video: Rare giant solar tornado caught on tape
(multimedia) A giant solar tornado – five times the Earth’s diameter – swirling at incredible speed of some 186,000 mph has been captured on video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This is the first time...
Colo. wildfire still raging out of control
(CBS News) CONIFER, Colo. – An erratic wildfire suspected of causing at least two deaths outside Denver was still totally out of control Wednesday. The blaze is one of several in Colorado fueled by...
Government proposes first carbon limits on power plants
(Reuters) – The Obama administration proposed on Tuesday the first rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new U.S. power plants, a move hotly contested by Republicans and industry in an election year. The...
Eerie snapshots from a quintuple space shot
(multimedia) The five suborbital sounding rockets were fired off over the course of five minutes, starting just before 5 a.m. ET, to track what’s happening in the upper atmosphere. ATREX was designed to help...
Colorado wildfire kills 1, chars homes
(multimedia) (AP) CONIFER, Colo. – The residents of about 900 homes have been evacuated and more are under threat Tuesday as a wind-driven wildfire scorched a mostly rural area in the mountains southwest of...
Hailstone sets state record for Hawaii
A hailstone with the diameter of roughly that of a grapefruit that hit Oahu on March 9, 2012, has been confirmed as the largest hailstone on record for the state of Hawaii. “The final...
NASA Measures Impact of Huge Solar Flare on Earth’s Atmosphere
(multimedia) A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar events on the Earth’s upper atmosphere has weighed in on the huge flare that impacted Earth last week. The flare was...
