A supervolcano in the heart of America’s northwest has the potential to blanket the US in a ‘nuclear winter’. If it were to erupt, the Yellowstone supervolcano would be one thousand times as powerful as the 1980 Mount St. Helen’s eruption, experts claim. While it has lain dormant for more than 70,000 years, scientists say that…
SEATTLE — A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field,…
Extreme weather patterns and strong winds whipped the Jordanian desert sands across the country, causing near blackout conditions in the nation’s capital. The extreme heat felt throughout Israel on Sunday is affecting the entire region as a whole, with one of the weather’s hardest hit victims being Israel’s neighbor to the east, Jordan. The strong…
In frozen climes, the formation of frost flowers, created by ice extruding from plants, is a fascinating and beautiful thing. One of the most difficult kinds to find is what is known as “hair ice.” In very specific conditions, it grows in long, thin threads like hair or candy floss from the rotten branches of…
Tuz Golu, is a large, saline lake that sits outside the town of Aksaray in central Turkey. Spanning over 600 square miles it is Turkey’s second-largest lake, and one of the largest hypersaline bodies of water in the world. During drier months, tourists are able to walk out into the middle of the lake and explore…
A team of federal biologists set out from Oregon to survey what could be the largest toxic algae bloom ever recorded off the West Coast. The effects stretch from Central California to British Columbia, and possibly as far north as Alaska. Dangerous levels of the natural toxin domoic acid have shut down recreational and commercial shellfish…
Dozens of sea slugs have been alarming residents in California’s Bay Area. Thef giant purple “blobs” turned up on the shores of Oakland, Alameda, San Clemente, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Richmond beaches in Northern California. Dozens of “blobs” were have been seen in both the months of May and they are currently still washing ashore. The rare…
A spectacular double rainbow graced the skies in Sydney, prompting a frenzy of photos on social media. With all the bad news lately, it was both refreshing and awe inspiring to see something wonderful for a change! And what a sight they are! These rare double rainbows made a complete arc above the skies!To God be…
It is so rare, it has happened a mere 15 times in 100 years: the sighting of a white harbor porpoise. On June 8, the porpoise was spotted near Denmark in the Baltic Sea by a layperson who caught the animal on camera. “This is an extraordinary sighting,” says Fabian Ritter, marine biologist with the…
The dolphin and the Polar Bear are two of the world’s most loved animals, but there is very little love between them. For the first time in recorded history, Scientists have observed Polar Bears catching and eating dolphins. The fact that these two species have crossed paths at all raises some red flags. Of course, global warming is…
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