Caribbean to experience wetter, warmer season in 2016

The Caribbean region is predicated to experience in 2016 a rainy season that is wetter and warmer than usual, a regional meteorological outlook said Monday.

Save remaining elephants in Tanzania's largest game reserve: WWF

The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), the leading global conservation organization, on Monday appealed to the government of Tanzania and international community to take urgent measures to protect the remaining elephants in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve from poaching.

Study: A Third of Parts of Great Barrier Reef 'Dead or Dying'

Mass bleaching has destroyed more than a third of the northern and central sections of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Monday.

Heavy storms hit southern US state, killing 6

Heavy storms have swept the southern part of the United States, killing 6 people and forcing the evacuation of thousands of others.

Lightning strikes in Germany and France injure 46

Dozens of people including many children were injured on Saturday as freak lightning strikes hit a Paris park and a football pitch in Germany.

In Germany, 35 people were injured in the western village of Hoppstaedten when lightning struck the pitch at the end of a children's football match.

Space X successfully for the third time put the rocket on a sea platform

The American company Space X announced that for the third time in a row carried out a successful landing of the lower stage of the rocket Falcon 9 on a sea platform.

More storms roar across Houston area with road closures

More storms raged through the Houston region Friday night, bringing thunder, lightning and road closures.

Israeli Consul in Istanbul: we want to export gas via Turkey!

Consul General of Israel in Istanbul Shai Cohen said that Jerusalem would like to export natural gas via Turkey, and called such cooperation is quite natural.

Heavy storms hit parts of Texas, triggering emergency responses

Severe storms Thursday lashed parts of southeast Texas, including north of Houston, flooding roads, damaging homes and closing schools.

Signals detected from crashed EgyptAir black boxes in Mediterranean

Signals have been detected from the emergency transmitter on crashed EgyptAir Flight MS804, investigators said Thursday.

Study: Economic Crisis May Have Caused 500,000 Cancer Deaths

A new study says the global economic crisis of 2008 may have caused 500,000 cancer deaths.

Lightning, thunderstorms kill 23 in north India

At least 23 people were killed in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh due to thunderstorms and lightning, officials said Wednesday.

U.S. developing seismic detectors to measure North Korea nuclear tests

The United States Air Force is to continue developing seismic wave detectors to better measure prospective North Korean nuclear tests.

Galileo global satellite positioning system : Russian carrier rocket blasts off from Kourou

 A Russian Souyz-ST carrier rocket with two new satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system has successfully been launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported on Tuesday.

Key conference on natural disasters management set for May 30 in Switzerland

The prominent international research body on natural disasters, Interpraevent, will hold its 13th congress in Lucerne of Switzerland from May 30 to June 2, the Swiss Federal Government announced on Monday.

Δεδομένα της ελληνικής ΑΟΖ : Η Ελλάδα παραμένει μόνο με τη συμφωνία υφαλοκρηπίδας με την Ιταλία ...

Σε επίπεδο υψηλής στρατηγικής είναι απαραίτητο για την Ελλάδα να έχει Αποκλειστική Οικονομική Ζώνη. Έχουμε υπογράψει το Δίκαιο της Θάλασσας από το 1982 κι έχουμε κυρώσει αυτή την υπογραφή το 1995.

The death toll from the volcano eruption in indonesia's North Sumatra rose to 6

The death toll from the volcano eruption in indonesia's North Sumatra rose to 6 on Sunday, with 3 other people suffering from serious wounds.

Foreign Aid Reaches Flooded Sri Lankan Capital, 71 Dead

Foreign aid began arriving in Sri Lanka Saturday, bringing help to half a million people forced out of their homes by heavy rains and landslides that have killed at least 71 in a week of extreme weather wreaking havoc in South Asia.

Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano leaves capital covered in ash

A volcanic eruption in central Costa Rica spewed ash nearly 10,000 feet in the air, covering parts of the country's capital city.

Cyclone Roanu Hits Bangladesh.

Cyclone Roanu hit the coast of Bangladesh Saturday afternoon, traveling with speeds as high as 80 kilometers per hour. 

EEZ needs a government that comprehends the subject: The establishment of the EEZ

Cyprus has established its EEZ since 2004, while in Greece we're still debating whether it's the right time for such action.

India records its hottest day ever as temperature hits 51C (that's 123.8F)

A city in India's Rajasthan state has broken the country's temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began, the weather office says.

Bangladesh issues warning as cyclone Roanu intensifies

Bangladesh has issued an alert over Cyclone Roanu that is heading towards its coastlines.

A special bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department Thursday night said the storm is likely to make a landfall in Bangladesh in the next 48 hours.

'Terrorism' more likely than technical failure in missing plane: Egypt minister

Egypt's aviation minister said on Thursday that a "terror" attack was a more probable explanation for the disappearance of an EgyptAir flight carrying 66 people from Paris than technical failure.

EgyptAir Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo 'disappears from radar'. The search operation is being co-ordinated with the Greek authorities.

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the Egyptian airline says.

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes western Ecuador (Local time: 02:57, Depth 40 km)

An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck western Ecuador early Wednesday, according to the US Geographical Survey.

Sri Lanka mudslides bury 150 people (Red Cross)

More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides in central Sri Lanka, disaster officials said on Wednesday.

Reduction of CO2 emissions from new vans slows in 2015 (EU agency)

The fuel efficiency of new vans registered in the European Union (EU) increased slightly in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to preliminary data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Tuesday.

NASA launches enormous balloon in NZ on a potentially record-breaking, around-the-world test flight.(video)

NASA has managed to launch a massive weather balloon from New Zealand.

Death toll of Indonesia's flash floods rises to 14, 7 missing

Fourteen bodies have been recovered and seven people are still missing after flash floods struck a tourist resort in Deli Serdang district of North Sumatra province, top official of local disaster agency said on Monday.

Sri Lanka on alert for floods, landslides

Colombo, May 16: A flood alert was issued in Sri Lanka on Monday as water levels of two major rivers rose rapidly due to continuous heavy downpour.

Heat wave hits Egypt, temperatures reach 45 degrees Celsius

Egypt's official weather agency said Sunday that a heat wave grilling the country is expected to last until Tuesday.

Παρίσι και Ρώμη οι πιο επιβαρυμένες ατμοσφαιρικά πόλεις

Το καμπανάκι του κινδύνου κρούει ο Παγκόσμιος Οργανισμός Υγείας καθώς η ατμοσφαιρική ρύπανση των πόλεων, παγκοσμίως, έχει αυξηθεί σε ανησυχητικό βαθμό.

Lightning strikes kill nearly 60 people in Bangladesh

Authorities in Bangladesh reported that 56 people throughout the country were killed by lightning strikes in just two days.

Siberian scientists develop eco-friendly method for deoiling lakes

Researchers from Tomsk State University (TSU) have designed an optimal technology for decontamination of oil fuels from lake ecosystems. As shown experimentally, the content of oil in water is lowered by a factor of 35-40 after application of new purification technique.

WHO report says 4 Indian cities among 10 most polluted in world

Four Indian cities are among the worst air polluted 10 cities across the world, said a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than 2,000 barrels of oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico

More than 2,000 barrels of oil were released into the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico about 97 miles from the southern tip of Louisiana, Shell said.

Bangladesh storm leaves dozens dead

A severe Nor'wester has left dozens of people dead, scores injured and a swathe of destruction in a number of Bangladesh districts late Thursday.

SpaceX's Dragon returns to Earth from space station

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship returned to Earth on Wednesday after a one-month journey to the International Space Station, U.S. space agency NASA said.

Air Pollution Levels Skyrocketing in World’s Poorest Cities

A study finds more than 80 percent of urban dwellers are exposed to alarmingly high levels of air pollution, responsible for an estimated seven million premature deaths every year. This latest report on urban air quality by the World Health Organization finds those most affected live in the world’s poorest cities.

JuniMass geo news in brief (June 2016)

 

Le coût de l'aide aux pays en développement destinée à leur permettre de s'adapter au changement climatique pourrait atteindre 500 milliards de dollars d'ici 2050, une estimation qui a quintuplé depuis la dernière évaluation, a indiqué l'Organisation des Nations Unies mercredi......500 milliards de dollars par an: les coûts liés au changement climatique

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(May 2016)

Number of exoplanets doubles as NASA confirms 1,284 new worlds

U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday its Kepler mission has verified the existence of nearly 1,300 new planets, almost doubling the number of known planets outside our solar system.

Successful launch from Vostochny evidence of Russia’s independent space policy

The recent successful launch from Vostochny indicates that Russia pursues an independent space policy and can launch spacecraft independently of any political will, Irina Yarovaya, the head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Security and Counteraction to Corruption, said on Tuesday ahead of the plenary session opening.

Canadian wildfire city : Wildfire spared 90 percent of Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray is largely intact despite a week of damage from the wildfires devastating Canada's oil sands region, Alberta's premier said after touring the ghost town.

Landslides kill at least 25 in northern Rwanda

At least 25 people have been killed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains that hit northern Rwanda on Saturday night, local authorities said on Sunday.

Fuel-tanker crash kills over 70 in Afghanistan's Ghazni

At least 73 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after two passenger buses and a fuel tanker burst into flames following a head-on collision in eastern Afghanistan.

Kenya halts demolition of "unsafe" houses as death toll rises to 49

Kenyan officials on Saturday stopped demolition of houses unfit for habitation in Nairobi for seven days as death toll from the collapsed residential building rose to 49.

Alberta wildfire could cause record insurance losses in Canada

The wildfire that destroyed the Fort McMurray region in Canada's Alberta province is expected to incur the largest insured property losses from a single disaster in Canadian history.

Time to take climate action to next level : UN chief, Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged the world's nations to "take climate action to the next level," two weeks after 175 governments signed the historic Paris Agreement on climate change in New York.

Unacceptable delays in regards to the Greek EEZ

The fact that the large lisencing round regarding marine plots 1, 2 and 10, hasn't as yet reached completion, is indicative of the unacceptable politics which did, and does anything in its power so that the Greek EEZ would not be utilized.