Russia wants to colonize the moon
According to Russian space official Sergei Krikalyov, recently discovered volcanic tunnels could provide natural shelter for the first colonists.
Category: Geophysical
NASA in Final Preparations for Nov. 8 Asteroid Flyby
NASA scientists will be tracking asteroid 2005 YU55 with antennas of the agency’s Deep Space Network at Goldstone, Calif., as the space rock safely flies past Earth slightly closer than the moon’s orbit on...
Climate Change
In fact, Prof Curry said, the project’s research data show there has been no increase in world temperatures since the end of the Nineties – a fact confirmed by a new analysis that The...
Flood-Recovery Effort to Test Thai Leader
BANGKOK—The Thai capital became two different cities Sunday: one where some relieved residents saw river embankments mostly withstand weekend peak tides, and another where refugees continued to flee a Kuwait-sized, polluted mass of water...
October snow tricks Northeast, leaves 3M powerless
A freak October nor’easter knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses across the Northeast on Sunday in large part because leaves still on the trees caught more snow, overloading branches...
Deadly Floods Tear Through Italian Riviera
At least nine people have been killed and five others are missing after flash floods hit the Italian Riviera turning roads into rivers and washing cars out to sea.
Mount Lokon Volcano Erupts In Central Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, spewing hot smoke and ash thousands of feet into the air. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Several areas around Ireland dealing with effects of flooding
COUNTRYWIDE DELUGE: THE GREATER Dublin area may have received the worst of recent heavy rains but several other areas around the country were also coping with the aftermath of floods yesterday.
Fears that river may burst its banks cause thousands to flee Bangkok
TENS OF thousands fled the Thai capital yesterday as Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river swelled to a new high, swamping the Grand Palace and prompting prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to seek new ways and fresh...
Search for Turkish quake survivors called off
Six more bodies had been recovered, he said, pushing the toll to 582. A total of 231 survivors had been rescued from scores of collapsed buildings following last Sunday’s 7.2 magnitude tremor while over...
