Arctic Sea Ice 'Melting Fast'

"Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than last year, despite a cold winter. The year began with ice covering a larger area than at the beginning of 2007. But now it is down to levels seen last June, at the...

UFO Explosion/Sightings in Vietnam and Texas

"HANOI (Reuters) - An unidentified flying object exploded in mid-air over a southern Vietnamese island, state media said Wednesday, a day after Cambodia's air force retracted a report of a mysterious plane...

Video: Volcanologists Keep A Weary Eye on Mt Etna

"A second eruption occurred on the evening of 13 May from a fissure that opened NE of the SE crater, about 800m long. Catania airport had to be closed because of ash emission from Etna. Apart from the emission of...

Video: Apocalyptic Hailstorm Hits Belgrade

"An Apocalyptic storm slammed into Belgrade yesterday afternoon. The BBC got some good footage of the rivers of hailstones."

Pangea Day celebrates film

Thousands of people will be taking part in 'Pangea Day' today, which is four hours of programming by independent filmakers and celebrities and is a global event celebrating the glory that is film."In case you missed...

Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000

" YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend rose above 22,000 Tuesday as the international community prepared to rush in aid, state radio reported.A...

UNHCR: Climate Change to Cause Mass Migration

"As many as one billion people could lose their homes by 2050 because of the devastating impact of global warming, scientists and political leaders will be warned today. They will hear that the steady rise in...

Climate Change is Transforming Life on Earth

" Scientists widely accept that greenhouse gases are changing the climate, and in Kansas they are already seeing some of the effects of higher temperatures and less water. The shrinking water supply will make it...

Arctic Meltdown Near Its "Tipping Point" Warns WWF

"MONTREAL (AFP) — Arctic sea ice is melting "significantly faster" than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a new study.The volumes of the...

Waiting for the 'Tsunami From The Sky'

"Rising temperatures have resulted in dangerously high water levels in a lake above a valley in central Bhutan. No one knows how long it can hold."

Warning of Big Sea Level Rise: Scientists

"Sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half metres by the end of this century, according to a new scientific analysis.This is substantially more than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecast...

Melting mountains a "time bomb" for water shortages

"Glaciers and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual, meaning the water has already gone when millions of people need it during the summer when rainfall is lower, scientists warned on Monday."

30ft waves lash North Yorkshire coast, snowstorm hits Germany

"Seaside visitors diced with death as 30ft waves battered the North Yorkshire coast during a weekend of blizzards and snowstorms. ""Driving snow pounded southern Germany and parts of the United Kingdom on Monday,...

Giant Waves Battering British Isles

"Some of the Highest Waves in Recent History reached a staggering 72 knots at Redcar Friday, blasting over the sea wall and across the Esplanade. Many visitors to the town were drenched in the unseasonal waves and...

Australian Heatwave a Once in 3,000 Year Occurrence

" Adelaide's 15-day heatwave was A ONCE IN 3,000 YEAR OCCURRENCE, an atmospheric scientist says. "The odds are about the same as tossing 12 coins and getting all heads or all tails." "This heat wave is close to...

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