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NASA: 4 Billion People at Risk as ‘Water Table Dropping All Over the World’
EDITOR’S COMMENT: “Anyone else getting a feeling our massive human population might really be taxing the “system” now?” A new analysis reveals that global water scarcity is a far greater problem than previously thought, affecting 4 billion people—two-thirds of the world’s population—and will be “one of the most difficult and important challenges of this century.” Previous analyses looked at water … Continue reading
The Cascadia Subduction Zone Could Cause the Worst Natural Disaster in the History of North America
The Cascadia subduction zone off the coast of Northwest California, Oregon, Washington State, and Vancouver Island BC could cause the worst natural disaster in the history of North America. The Pacific Northwest Earthquake could reach up to M9.0, trigger a tsunami, and shake for 3 to 5 minutes. Mother Earth slowly reveals her secrets, and this time, it’s a fault … Continue reading
Australia Prepares Up to Six-Mile Exclusion Zones On East Coast Due to Tsunami Threat
DISASTER officials in Australia are preparing for the threat of a tsunami by planning exclusion zones of up to six miles inland. Authorities in New South Wales see the threat from a Pacific Ring of Fire related large-scale tsunami so concerning, they are holding an emergency exercise to test a proposed response. It involves a 1km evacuation zone along the … Continue reading
Strange Light, Loud Boom in Queensland Meteorite Perhaps
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m a bit late with this one but I thought it still worth posting given there seems to be so many of these going on these days OR is it just they are being reported more..who knows. Was it a meteor that lit up Queensland? People from across Queensland have taken to social media to describe what they … Continue reading
Earthquake ‘Swarm’ Rattles New Brunswick Village, Breaks Windows
McAdam again hit by dozens of small quakes as seismologists search for answers Mysterious earthquake ‘swarm’ rattles NB village 2:12 A swarm of small earthquakes is again rattling residents in the southwestern New Brunswick (Canada) village of McAdam. Officially, nine earthquakes hit the area on Monday night alone, coming on the heels of more than 23 temblors recorded since Feb. … Continue reading
Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake, Third Strongest on Record in Oklahoma, Felt as Far Away as Kansas City
EDITOR’S NOTE: I don’t generally do earthquake updates unless it’s rare in in it’s circumstance or unusual in some way which this one is, or unless they are extremely large because the moderate ones are reported all over the MSM anyway…this was worthy of posting in my opinion. Oklahoma was shook by its third strongest earthquake on record late Saturday … Continue reading
Michigan’s bizarre Menominee Crack Continues to Baffle Scientists
The Menominee crack in Michigan still has scientists puzzled, but a new study released on it does offer a better understanding of how it might have formed. Scientists are finally beginning to unravel what might have caused a mysterious crack to appear in the ground in Michigan in 2010. The Menominee crack is likely an unusual geological “pop-up,” a formation … Continue reading
The Moon’s Gravity Alters Rainfall on Earth
When the moon is high overhead at night, its gravity actually can reduce the amount of rainfall very slightly, new research reveals. In an article for Geophysical Research Letters, University of Washington scientists Tsubasa Kohyama and John M. Wallace report that the moon causes the Earth’s atmosphere to bulge toward it. That causes the pressure, or weight of the atmosphere, … Continue reading
Japan’s Sakurajima Volcano Erupts Some 50km From Nuclear Plant – Met Agency (VIDEO)
Japan’s Sakurajima volcano, situated about 50km from the Sendai nuclear station, has erupted with the country’s meteorological agency issuing an orange warning not to approach it. Residents in the area were evacuated in August last year after an alert for the volcano was raised to its second highest level. When Sakurajima erupted in 1914, it was Japan’s most powerful of … Continue reading
Mexico Enduring The Coldest Winter In Its History
The situation is particularly worrying in the north, where the thermometer reached the -17 ° C mark. In Mexico City it snowed in January, a phenomenon not seen in the capital since 1967. 31 Jan 2016 – While the storm Jonah was unleashed on the United States, in Mexico temperatures dropped to record lows. The snow and cold forced the … Continue reading
