Major L.A. Quake Threat May Be Posed by Overlooked Strand of the Southern San Andreas Fault
By AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE via Scitechdaily Addressing uncertainties about where large earthquakes are most likely to occur along the southern San Andreas fault, which splits into multiple strands east of Los Angeles, a new study identifies a strand that has largely flown under the radar of public concern as the region’s greatest earthquake threat. The study … Continue reading
Large Meteor Fireball Turns Night into Day over Indonesia
A bright meteor has lit up the sky in Sulawesi, Indonesia on 16 March 2021 at 9:20 PM. Videos from the event show a bright fireball streaking across Pagimana District, Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi lighting the dark sky. Residents of Gorontalo Province who saw the meteor said that they heard a loud boom sound when the meteor lights up the … Continue reading
Strange Utah Earthquakes Reveal Volcanic Activity Hidden Below The Desert
By PETER DOCKRILL via ScienceAlert Image: (Lee Siebert/Smithsonian Institution/Public Domain) It might not look like it, but the arid expanses of Utah conceal an ancient volcanic complex, and this hidden underground system is still active far below the desert’s surface, scientists say. According to a new study, a pair of recent earthquakes in 2018 and 2019 were not indicative of … Continue reading
Astronomers Find Hazardous High-Energy Solar Particles in the Sun that Could Threaten Earth
By UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center The source of potentially hazardous solar particles, released from the Sun at high speed during storms in its outer atmosphere, has been located for the first time by researchers at UCL and George Mason University, Virginia, USA. These particles are highly charged and, if they reach Earth’s atmosphere, can potentially … Continue reading
30-Pound Meteorite that Crashed in Sweden Recovered in Local Village
Would be incredible to interact (if it was safe to do so) with an object that travelled through space! Stephanie Pappas Live Science Headline image: © Andreas Forsberg/Anders Zetterqvist A half-melted hunk of iron-rich rock found in Uppsala, Sweden, is part of a meteorite that fell there in November 2020. The lumpy meteorite is about the size of a loaf … Continue reading
New Research Suggests Polar Flip Could be Catastrophic
Imagine if this was to happen while we were facing other serous crisis such as the pandemic and climate change, it would surely be the knock out punch! Headline Image credit: Image source: Reid Wiseman/NASA By Mike Wehner via BGR Disaster movies have shown us what Hollywood thinks might happen if Earth’s poles were to suddenly flip, but the reality … Continue reading
End of Neanderthals Linked to Flip of Earth’s Magnetic Poles, Study Suggests
By Nicola Davis via The Guardian Headline Image: © Elen11/Getty Images The flipping of the Earth’s magnetic poles together with a drop in solar activity 42,000 years ago could have generated an apocalyptic environment that may have played a role in a major events ranging from the extinction of megafauna to the end of the Neanderthals, researchers say. The Earth’s … Continue reading
At Least 1 Million US Residents Without Power Amid Winter Storms, Homeland Security
Headline image: Charles Andrews, 57, walks home through his neighborhood in Waco, Texas as severe winter weather conditions over the last few days have forced road closures and power outages over the state, Feb. 17, 2021. (AFP Photo) via Sputniknews: Homeland Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall informed reporters Thursday that the winter weather situations in Texas and other areas “demonstrate to … Continue reading
How Earth Got Its Magnetic Field (And Why It Might Not Protect Us Much Longer)
Earths magnetic is caused by currents of electricity that flow in the molten core. “These currents are hundreds of miles wide and flow at thousands of miles per hour as the earth rotates. The powerful magnetic field passes out through the core of the earth, passes through the crust and enters space.” – credit NASA Earth’s magnetic field deflect dangerous … Continue reading
Grenada, Spain Earthquake Swarm Continues, 49 Quakes in One Day, 585 Since December
by Javier Arroyo via El Pais The tremors have caused widespread alarm among local communities, with some families opting to sleep in their cars in open spaces due to fears of staying in their homes Granada province, in southern Spain, was hit on Thursday by 49 earthquakes, according to the National Geographic Institute (IGN). The largest of these, with a … Continue reading
