Caption by Adam Voiland29 June 2012 Up to 90 taiga wildfires burned in the Far East of Russia on June 29, 2012. According to the ITAR-TASS news agency, the fires had burned more than 2,000 hectares (8 square mile) over the course of a day. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite […]
[Particularly doomy at 7:20.] By Steve Moraco – http://facebook.com/SMPhot29 June 2012 Please watch in full screen and in HD if at all possible! This is intended to be viewed full screen on monitors and screens with a 16:10 aspect ratio. You can find the Vimeo version here: http://vimeo.com/stevemoraco/waldocanyon My photography page: Facebook.com/SMPhot My website: SteveMoraco.com […]
By Dr. Jeff Masters30 June 2012 […] A historic heat wave on a scale and intensity not seen in the U.S. since the great heat waves of the 1930s Dust Bowl era set new all-time heat records for at least ten major cities Friday. According to wunderground’s weather historian Christopher C. Burt, fifteen of the […]
By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press, with additional reporting by Jessica Gresko in Waldorf, Md., Stacy A. Anderson in Bethesda, Md., Steve Szkotak in Lakeside, Va., Jonathan Drew in Atlanta, and Dan Sewell in Cincinnati1 July 2012 FRANCONIA, Virginia – A day after seeking refuge at shopping malls and movie theaters, hoping the lights would be […]
19 Jun 2012 (NSIDC) – After a period of rapid ice loss through the first half of June, sea ice extent is now slightly below 2010 levels, the previous record low at this time of year. Sea level pressure patterns have been favorable for the retreat of sea ice for much of the past month. […]
[Click for podcast.] By David Biello1 July 2012 Another fire season is under way in the hot, dry western U.S. Wildfires are wreaking havoc in New Mexico and Colorado, where more than 32,000 people have been evacuated. And who knows where other fires will break out before summer ends. This is exactly the kind of […]
By Anis Ahmed, with additional reporting by Ruma Paul, Nurul Islam in COX’S BAZAR, and Raju Ahmed in SYLHET; Editing by Pravin Char27 June 2012 DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 100 people have died and 250,000 left stranded by flash floods and landslides in Bangladesh set off by the heaviest rain in years, police and […]
GAUHATI, India, 1 July 2012 (AP) – The death toll from monsoon rains in northeastern India has risen above 60, with more than 2,000 villages inundated as rivers breached their banks, an official said Sunday. More than a week of heavy rains in Assam state has caused the massive Brahmaputra river — one of Asia’s […]
By George Webster, CNN27 June 2012 (CNN) – At first glance, Austrian artist Klaus Pichler’s spell-binding photographs could be mistaken for a set of stylish advertisements. It takes a moment to digest — excuse the pun — that you’re staring at pictures of rotting food. Among them, a pineapple hangs suspended in negative space […]
By Matt Peckham 29 June 2012 As an uncontrolled “super fire” near Colorado Springs rages, feeding off parched terrain and forcing tens of thousands from their homes and businesses, high-tech mapping tools are dishing up highly detailed, bird’s eye views of the fire’s scope. Such tools offer everything from perimeter reports and pictures of the […]
