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Saychev Peak on Matua Island erupting
Saychev Peak on Matua Island erupting
Earth Changes
Newsweek Magazine conducted it's own investigation about a year later, concluding that evidence supporting a coming ice age had "begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists (were) hard-pressed to keep up with it all."
When average temperatures over a 100 year period were found to have risen about a half-degree Celsius, the global cooling drum beat faded in lieu of a new worry - Global Warming. Environmentalist, looking for a way to connect man-made pollution to a more substantial argument, blamed CO2 emissions as the culprit for changes in the earth's climate. The drum beat of Global Warming grew louder and louder until the turn of the century - when climate data began defying weather model predictions and climate trend forecasts.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 occurred south of the Greek holiday island of Rhodes. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
Athens Geodynamic Institute says the undersea quake occurred at 5:05 p.m. (1405 GMT) Friday at a depth of 25 miles (40 kilometers).
Earthquakes are common in Greece and neighboring Turkey.
Athens Geodynamic Institute says the undersea quake occurred at 5:05 p.m. (1405 GMT) Friday at a depth of 25 miles (40 kilometers).
Earthquakes are common in Greece and neighboring Turkey.
The spores arrived from Kenya on dried, infected leaves ensconced in multiple layers of envelopes.
Working inside a bio-secure greenhouse outfitted with motion detectors and surveillance cameras, government scientists at the Cereal Disease Laboratory in St. Paul suspended the fungal spores in a light mineral oil and sprayed them onto dozens of healthy wheat plants each day. After two weeks, the stalks were covered with deadly reddish blisters characteristic of the scourge known as Ug99.
Nearly all of the plants were goners.
Crop scientists fear the Ug99 fungus could wipe out more than 80 percent of worldwide wheat crops as it spreads from its home base in eastern Africa. It has jumped the Red Sea and traveled as far as Iran. Experts say it is poised to enter the breadbasket of northern India and Pakistan, and the wind inevitably will carry it to Russia, China and even North America - if it doesn't hitch a ride with people first.
Working inside a bio-secure greenhouse outfitted with motion detectors and surveillance cameras, government scientists at the Cereal Disease Laboratory in St. Paul suspended the fungal spores in a light mineral oil and sprayed them onto dozens of healthy wheat plants each day. After two weeks, the stalks were covered with deadly reddish blisters characteristic of the scourge known as Ug99.
Nearly all of the plants were goners.
Crop scientists fear the Ug99 fungus could wipe out more than 80 percent of worldwide wheat crops as it spreads from its home base in eastern Africa. It has jumped the Red Sea and traveled as far as Iran. Experts say it is poised to enter the breadbasket of northern India and Pakistan, and the wind inevitably will carry it to Russia, China and even North America - if it doesn't hitch a ride with people first.
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According to the USGS, the earthquake struck at about 5:30 a.m. and had a depth of 4.6 miles.
The quake was centered 10 miles northeast of Cambria and 15 miles west of Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County, according to the USGS.
Yorba Linda - Three small earthquakes rattled California's Orange County area over a period of less than four hours on Thursday. No damage was immediately reported.
The first quake, with a magnitude of 3.8, struck at 4:56 p.m. Thursday and was centered 2 miles northeast of the city of Yorba Linda, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The first quake, with a magnitude of 3.8, struck at 4:56 p.m. Thursday and was centered 2 miles northeast of the city of Yorba Linda, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Avalon - A magnitude-4.2 earthquake has jolted the sea floor off the Southern California coast southeast of Santa Catalina Island.
Preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6 p.m Friday, about 53 miles west of San Diego and 38 miles southeast of the island. There were no immediate reports of tsunami warnings as a result of the temblor.
Preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6 p.m Friday, about 53 miles west of San Diego and 38 miles southeast of the island. There were no immediate reports of tsunami warnings as a result of the temblor.
A 6.0-magnitude undersea earthquake struck off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, seismologists said.
The quake struck at 4:21 pm (0921 GMT) at a depth of 28 kilometres, about 72 kilometres south-west of Bintuhan on Bengkulu province, Indonesia's National Meteorological and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said.
The agency said there were no immediate reports of injury and structural damage from the quake, the latest earthquake to jolt Indonesia in recent weeks.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheaval.
The quake struck at 4:21 pm (0921 GMT) at a depth of 28 kilometres, about 72 kilometres south-west of Bintuhan on Bengkulu province, Indonesia's National Meteorological and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said.
The agency said there were no immediate reports of injury and structural damage from the quake, the latest earthquake to jolt Indonesia in recent weeks.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheaval.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 has struck the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea, close to the Turkish coast.
There were no reports of damage or injuries.
Athens Geodynamic Institute says the quake occurred at 11:28 a.m. (0828 GMT) Saturday, 280 kilometers (170 miles) east of Athens, in western Samos.
Earthquakes are common in Greece and neighboring Turkey.
There were no reports of damage or injuries.
Athens Geodynamic Institute says the quake occurred at 11:28 a.m. (0828 GMT) Saturday, 280 kilometers (170 miles) east of Athens, in western Samos.
Earthquakes are common in Greece and neighboring Turkey.
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck east of Taiwan today, the central weather bureau said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The undersea tremor hit at 11.44 am (0344 GMT), 77km southeast of eastern Ilan county at a depth of 11 kilometres, the bureau said.
Taiwan, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates, is regularly shaken by earthquakes.
The undersea tremor hit at 11.44 am (0344 GMT), 77km southeast of eastern Ilan county at a depth of 11 kilometres, the bureau said.
Taiwan, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates, is regularly shaken by earthquakes.
