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NASA Satellite Gallery Shows Chilean Volcano Plume Moving Around the World
June 15, 2011 Since its eruption in early June, several NASA satellites have captured images of the ash plume from the eruption of the Chilean Volcano called Puyehue-Cordón Caulle and have tracked it around ... > full story -
Scientists Prove Existence of 'Magnetic Ropes' That Cause Solar Storms
June 15, 2011 Scientists discovered recently that a phenomenon called a giant magnetic rope is the cause of solar storms. Confirming the existence of this formation is a key first step in helping to mitigate the ... > full story -
Venice to Suffer Fewer Storm Surges
June 10, 2011 Venice -- the "City of Dreams" -- may have one less nightmare to deal with following a finding that the frequency of extreme storm surge events generated by Adriatic Sea tempests could fall by about ... > full story -
Earth from Space: A Gush of Volcanic Gas
June 10, 2011 A new image shows the huge plume of sulphur dioxide that spewed from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex, which lies in the Andes about 600 km south of ... > full story -
Communicating in a Crisis: Researchers Devise New Technique to Help Rescuers Communicate After Terrorist Attacks
June 9, 2011 In the aftermath of the London bombings mobile phones and radios stopped working making the already tricky rescue operation even more difficult. Now experts have developed a solution to ensure ... > full story -
Satellites See Eruption of Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Volcano from Space
June 6, 2011 NASA's Terra Satellite, the GOES-13 and GOES-11 satellites all captured images of the ash plume from southern Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Volcano. The volcano is located in Puyehue National Park in ... > full story -
Helping the Aged During Natural Disasters
June 3, 2011 When earthquake, tsunami, tornado or flood strike, among the most vulnerable group are the elderly. Researchers in New Zealand suggest that emergency response plans must take into account the ... > full story -
Tsunami Sensor Detects Mysterious Background Signal in Panama
June 3, 2011 An unusual signal detected by the seismic monitoring station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's research facility on Barro Colorado Island results from waves in Lake Gatun, the ... > full story -
Cholera in Haiti: Universal Vaccination Campaign Is Essential to Ending Crisis, Experts Say
May 31, 2011 Debate about the public health response to Haiti's cholera epidemic continues as the crisis enters its ninth month, with some experts arguing that a vaccination campaign in Haiti would be neither ... > full story -
Bleach in the Icelandic Volcanic Cloud
May 27, 2011 Chlorine in the ash plume of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull attacked atmospheric trace gases. One year after the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland brought European air traffic to ... > full story
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