Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Solar Storm Smacks the Earth — And We've Got Video.

Happened in Canada, but seems to have originated from the U.S. side?

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of nuclear danger, has moved one minute closer to midnight because of “inadequate progress” on nuclear and climate issues.

READ MORE via BBC News – Doomsday Clock moves one minute closer to midnight.

By Chico Harlan, Sunday, January 1, 2:30 AM

BEIJING — A forceful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of southeastern Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings in Tokyo and jolting a nation still recovering from last year’s mega-disaster. Read more from THE WASHINGTON TIMES

•9\11\01 (World Trade Center)
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•3\10\11 (Japan Earthquake)
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12\21\12 (Mayan End-Date)

Not business as usual as Japan strives for normality – CNN.com.

I am so sad for the people of Japan. My thoughts and prayers are with them during this terrible event. I hope Japan heals soon, and is able to fully recover from this tragedy.

Weeks after a story shot across the Web claiming that the imminent explosion of a nearby star would result in the appearance of a second sun in the sky — a story that was later debunked — two suns were caught on camera yesterday in China. The suns — one fuzzy and orange, the other a crisp yellow orb — appeared side-by-side, one slightly higher than the other.

READ MORE via ‘Two suns’ spotted in China defy explanation – Technology & science – Space – Space.com – msnbc.com.

I have a very bad feeling about the BP oil disaster onthe Gulf Coast of the United States. It’s already a terrible tragedy, but will the flow of oil it ever be fixed? Is this just a step towards the end of the world as we know it?