Wildfires in Yellowstone National Park cover 6,500 acres, but the park remains open to visitors. Park officials are advising people with asthma to stay away. A lightning storm sparked a wildfire in Yellowstone...
created by Annina Bergman | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 303 views | 17 recommendations | 2 comments
Melbourne, Australia - The country experienced its worst natural disaster ever at the begging of this year. With fires ravaging regions of Victoria for days; many people lost their homes and lands. The devestation...
Typically, when one thinks of Spain, snow-covered streets in April is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. But heavy snowfalls is exactly what the Spanish have to deal with this week in Northern and Central Spain. The Southern regions are experiencing heavy...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago 54 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Winter came back - if it ever had left. " Two people are dead and at least a dozen injured after a series of road accidents at the beginning of the Easter weekend. In Central Finland and Northern...
created by Pasi | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago 130 views | 44 recommendations | 5 comments
Colorado has been hit by a huge blizzard, Governor Bill Ritter has declared a disaster and flights out of the Denver airport have been canceled, schools have been closed, and the National Guard has been called in to...
created by Amy Judd | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 887 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Due to melting glaciers countries are redrawing boarders. Italy is in talks with Switzerland and it is proposed that Switzerland enter into discussions with France and Austria under the same criterion. Up to...
On January 11, I was on my tour to the Xiling Snow Mountain, a scenic resort located in the west of Chengdu in southwestern China, which is called "Oriental Alps" by some people. There I heard a moving story...
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" Snow and sleet contributed to a spate of road accidents in various parts of Finland on Tuesday morning. The Road Administration issued a warning for poor driving conditions throughout the country. ...
created by Pasi | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 131 views | 11 recommendations | 5 comments
As of this writing, snow has returned and is coming down really hard, well, by local standard, fat flakes are swirling due to the wind. I've just arrived back home from my early venture outdoors, my school...
created by Pythiian1 | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 945 views | 52 recommendations | 14 comments
Background: Experimental Citizen Journalism: Case Snow Survival The night in snow igloo is behind and everything went well. None of the igloos collapse and everyone was able to sleep the night inside and did not...
created by Pasi | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 177 views | 30 recommendations | 5 comments
Snow Survival is an event at Jyväskylä Finland, where local reserve soldiers make up "snow igloo" and sleep one night inside them. Event was canceled last year, because the lack of snow, but now there sure is...
created by Pasi | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 225 views | 45 recommendations | 8 comments
It feels like stepping onto another planet. Some 90% of all the ice on the globe is locked into Antarctica. If all of it melted, the oceans would rise by 70m (230ft). That might not be on the cards, but fundamental...