August 17, 2010 / disasters
The volcanic eruption in Iceland gave scientists a opportunity to study further effects on marine biology. Team of scientists is testing in North Atlantic Ocean whether volcanic eruptions have effect
July 16, 2010 / disasters
Almost 3 months, to be exact 87 days after the start of catastrophe, oil flow is finally halted. People around the globe can take a break in hope that better days are in front of Gulf of Mexico. BP ma
July 11, 2010 / disasters
Frustrated with limited data on the BP oil gusher, a group of independent scientists has proposed a large experiment that would give a clearer understanding of where the oil and gas are going an
May 8, 2010 / disasters
With millions of gallons crude oil being spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the focus now is on shutting down the leak. However, in the cleanup efforts to come, “
April 25, 2010 / disasters
Lake Toba is in the middle of Northern Sumatra. It lies about two hundred miles from the epicenter of the magnitude 9.3 earthquake that devastated Asia in late December 2004, as its tsunami swept acro
April 20, 2010 / disasters
In just one day, volcanic ash spewing forth from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull has brought airports to a halt all across Europe. The last time this volcano blew, it was deadly, emitting large quantitie
March 19, 2010 / Earth, disasters
Individual species may not matter much on their own, but collectively they form ecosystems that provide a range of vital "ecosystem services", such as recycling waste, cleaning water, absorbing carbon
March 5, 2010 / Earth, disasters
Earthquakes occur when two tectonic plates move suddenly one against each other. The rocks breaks underground at hypocenter and the earth shakes. Those waves spread to epicenter, point on the Earth su
February 14, 2010 / Earth, disasters
An island in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago, year 1815. - one of the biggest volcanic eruption in human history. Volcano named Tambora erupted that day. Eruption was 10 times bigger than
