- NASA announced a new Solar Minimum with some 'experts' claiming a mini ice age is just round the corner
- Flames and smoke as a major bubble of methane explodes causing another massive sinkhole in Russia's Yamal Peninsula
- 15 dead and 300,000 evacuated after floods in southern China as more rain is expected
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- Sileri crater at the Dieng Plateau volcano Indonesia eruption as a helicopter carrying eight people crashes during evacuations
NASA announced a new Solar Minimum with some 'experts' claiming a mini ice age is just round the corner Posted: 03 Jul 2017 12:03 AM PDT ghs320-ser-2012f.blogspot.com London's River Thames, frozen over in 1677 On the 27th of June, NASA announced a new Solar Minimum is coming, every 11 years sunpsots fade away, this event is called a Solar Minimum and this is happening now with 2019, 2020, expected to be the the quietest period. Some experts believe sunspot activity is as low as the mid 1600's when low sunspot activity is thought to have caused a mini ice age, temperatures around the world would suggest the is not going to happen this time however. A large effect on the Earth's atmosphere. From the mid 1600's to early 1700's, a period of very low sunspot activity (known as the Maunder Minimum) coincided with a number of long winters and severe cold temperatures in Western Europe, called the Little Ice Age. It is not known whether the two phenomena are linked or if it was just coincidence. Here is a clip from NASA's report... High up in the clear blue noontime sky, the sun appears to be much the same day-in, day-out, year after year. But astronomers have long known that this is not true. The sun does change. Properly-filtered telescopes reveal a fiery disk often speckled with dark sunspots. Sunspots are strongly magnetized, and they crackle with solar flares—magnetic explosions that illuminate Earth with flashes of X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation. The sun is a seething mass of activity. Until it’s not. Every 11 years or so, sunspots fade away, bringing a period of relative calm. “This is called solar minimum,” says Dean Pesnell of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. “And it’s a regular part of the sunspot cycle.” The sun is heading toward solar minimum now. Sunspot counts were relatively high in 2014, and now they are sliding toward a low point expected in 2019-2020. While intense activity such as sunspots and solar flares subside during solar minimum, that doesn’t mean the sun becomes dull. Solar activity simply changes form. For instance, says Pesnell, “during solar minimum we can see the development of long-lived coronal holes.” xx Home |
Flames and smoke as a major bubble of methane explodes causing another massive sinkhole in Russia's Yamal Peninsula Posted: 02 Jul 2017 11:06 PM PDT Photo yournewswire.com Locals say they saw flames and smoke as a major bubble of methane blasted below the surface and created another sinkhole in the Russian Arctic peninsula. Reindeer herders in the area of Seyakh, a village on the eastern coast of the Yamal Peninsula in the morning of June 28th reported the incident to the local authorities. They say that they from the distance saw flaring flames and a column of smoke from the area, TASS reports. It is believed that the explosion took place place about 30-40 km from Seyakh. Russian space authorities have been requested to localise the exact site of the incident. The Yamal Peninsula covers a more than 700 km long area between the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea and is among Russia's least populated regions. It is inhabited mostly by the indigenous reindeer herding Nenets people and a gradually increasing number of oilmen. It is not the first explosion of its kind. Over the last years, several major methane blasts have occured in the gas-rich peninsula. In 2014, a major sinkhole was discovered not far from Bovanenkovo, the area which houses one of Russia's biggest natural gas fields. That has a diameter of up to 60 meters. There are at least ten known sinkholes in the Yamal Peninsula, as well as about 250 lakes and numerous offshore structures which indicate similar phenomena, Interfax reports. It is not rare that the sinkholes are triggered by methane explosions with fires and smoke, Vasily Bogoyavlensky, a research leader at the Russian Academy of Sciences, says to the news agency. Over the last couple of years, the regional oil and gas industry has placed censors in the area which they hope will be able to tell about new and upcoming sinkholes. The measurement instruments are now on site in Bovenenkovo, Sabetta and Kharasavey, all of them key sites for the gas industry in the area. The methane explosions in the region could be spurred by the warmer temperatures and climate change in the Arctic. As the permafrost melts it releases gas hydrates preserved in the ground. Home |
15 dead and 300,000 evacuated after floods in southern China as more rain is expected Posted: 02 Jul 2017 10:43 PM PDT Floods in southern China have killed at least 15 people over the past few days and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands more, state media said. In Guangxi region, seven died and three were missing following torrential rains, with more than 23,000 people being evacuated to safer areas, the Xinhua news agency said late on Sunday. In neighboring Hunan province, more than 300,000 people have been evacuated and eight people have died, the agency said. More rain is forecast in coming days, according to the China Meteorological Administration. Floods kill dozens of people every year in China during the summer rainy season. Home |
'An incredible event,' more than a months rain in a few hours destroys New York State community Posted: 02 Jul 2017 10:24 PM PDT Nightmare on Elm Street...Photo newslocker.com A state of emergency has been declared in the Village of Hoosick Falls following flooding on Saturday night. "We had some pretty torrential rain starting around 6 p.m. and it just did not let up," said Mayor Robert Allen of the Village of Hoosick Falls. "It led to a great deal of flooding throughout the village as it rolled down the mountain, across a lot of our main roads, and overflowed the Woods Brook that runs through a portion of the village." Severe flooding in the region Saturday night, following nearly five inches of rain falling on the region, led to multiple road closures in Hoosick Falls including Church Street, Main Street, Elm Street and Hall Street. "It's been so rainy the ground just couldn't hold any more moisture. It's just running right out on the streets and into the roads; it's just an incredible event," said Kevin O'Malley, a member of the Hoosick Falls Village Board. "It was the most rain I've ever seen in my lifetime." "Some of the storms were moving over the area at the same time, which caused some of the flooding seen in the region,"said Joe Cebulko of the National Weather Service, which reported 4.86 inches of rainfall and wind gusts up to 36 miles per hour on Saturday night. "There was no severe weather in terms of wind and hail, but the ground was fairly saturated from past storms." An emergency shelter was set up at the Hoosick Falls High School on Saturday night for residents displaced from their homes, including at least four homes on Hall Street which remained flooded on Sunday morning. "We have a couple of sinkholes around, we have some damage up on Church Street, we have a lot of houses that are currently uninhabitable, so we're in the process of seeing what's next," said Allen. "We're getting a full assessment of where we're at so we can see what's in the immediate and near future in terms of clean up and getting things restored as best we can." Town officials and emergency responders worked Sunday morning to assess damages and respond where possible. For residents such as Michael Ryan, the recovery process has just begun. "I heard water running in the basement from out of nowhere. I looked out the windows and realized we were completely surrounded by water," said Ryan. "I threw my child into a car seat, ran out the door with the dog, and somehow got out." Stories like Ryan's were echoed across the Village of Hoosick Falls, where many residents will be displaced until repairs can be completed. Despite extensive damage, residents voiced resilience and gratitude following an outpouring of assistance from emergency responders. Home |
Sileri crater at the Dieng Plateau volcano Indonesia eruption as a helicopter carrying eight people crashes during evacuations Posted: 02 Jul 2017 09:38 PM PDT Photoibtimes.co.uk
A helicopter carrying eight people crashed Sunday while on the way to help with evacuations near a volcano that erupted on the main Indonesian island of Java. Officials didn't know the fate of the people on board, but villagers said they found two bodies at the crash site. The eruption of the volcano, located in a popular tourist area, injured at least 10 people. The helicopter from the National Search and Rescue Agency was carrying four crewmen and four rescuers when it crashed near Candiroto village in Central Java province's Temanggung district, Heronimus Guru, the agency's deputy operations chief, told KompasTV. Guru did not know the fates of those on board, but villagers told the TV station that they found the bodies of two people. Photo BNPB Indonesia Earlier Sunday, Sileri Crater at Dieng Plateau spewed cold lava, mud and ash as high as 50 meters (164 feet) into the sky when it erupted, said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. He said the sudden eruption occurred at around 11:30 a.m., when there were about 17 visitors around the crater. Ten people were injured and were treated at a hospital. Soldiers and police officers were dispatched to the scene, while local residents and visitors were asked to evacuate the area in case of further eruptions, Nugroho said. Sileri is the most active and dangerous among some 10 craters at Dieng Plateau. Its most recent eruption was in 2009, when it unleashed volcanic materials up to 200 meters (656 feet) high and triggered the creation of three new craters. Dieng Plateau, located in the Central Java district of Banjarnegara, is a popular tourist attraction because of its cool climate and ninth-century Hindu temples. It sits about 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) above sea level. Some 142 people were reportedly asphyxiated in 1979 when the volcano spewed gases. Home |
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