Gulf littered with abandoned oil wells

The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that there are some 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells littering the Gulf of Mexico. These findings are a serious concern to scientists and environmentalists who are monitoring...

Bangkok is sinking

Thailand's top disaster expert who foretold of the 2004 tsunami, is now warning that Bangkok will be totally submerged under several feet of water by 2030.Bangkok is a city built on swampland. Because of the...

W.H.O. About to Declare a Global Pandemic

The World Health Organization is inching closer to raising the infectious disease alert level for the novel H1N1 influenza outbreak to its highest level, indicating that a pandemic has arrived, but has delayed...

Rare Cloud Formation Baffles Forecasters

 ..."Back on April 29, a rare cloud formation moved across North Escambia and South Alabama capturing the attention of many North Escambia residents. And now a series of photos from an area resident is giving...

Video: Scandinavian Fireball Sighting

"On Jan. 17, 2009, at 1909 UT, a meteoroid of unknown size hit Earth's atmosphere over Scandinavia and exploded with a thunderous, rumbling boom. The fireball was so bright it turned the nighttime sky blue. The...

Strange Cloud Phenomena in Iowa

"What might be referred to as a gravity wave was captured on video on KCCI's web camera in Tama, Iowa and has made YouTube fame." "A much more pronounced one was captured on video on KCCI's web camera in Tama,...

Thousands of Birds Die in Outback Heatwave

"A huge flock of birds has dropped dead in temperatures topping 45C after swamping an outback roadhouse in the southern Gascoyne. Budgerigars, crimson chat, zebra finches and cockatiels descended on the...

Mystery over Rare Ice Circles Forming in UK Waterways

"An UNUSUAL rotating ice circle, normally found in the cooler rivers of Scandinavia or North America, has formed in the UK waterways. The cause of the RARE phenomenon is unclear, with very little scientific...

Catch Winter's Comet Lulin

"Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin), discovered in July 2007, should be the highlight comet of this season. It's predicted to reach about 5th magnitude in late February, so it should be easily seen in binoculars. It may even...

Sub to probe shifting Antarctic glacier

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile - A yellow, remote-controlled submarine will dive under an ice shelf in Antarctica to seek clues to world ocean level rises in one of the most inaccessible places on Earth. The 22-foot-long...

Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Puzzles Scientists

"The swarm of small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park is THE MOST INTENSE MEASURED THERE IN YEARS, leaving scientists puzzled. The region is known for such swarms - 1,000 to 2,000 quakes occur annually in...

Strange Cosmic Events in Canada

The earth, is plowing through a river of debris in space and that debris is being caught in the earth's gravity, as its pulled in, it heats up and makes the atmosphere glow. Newsflash at Skywatch Media Headline News "We have experienced a number of odd things over the...

Climate Change Now the Main Driver of Natural Disasters

"Most natural disasters today are linked to climate change, says the UN emergency relief coordinator. From 1988 through 2007, over 75 percent of all disaster events were climate-related and accounted for 45...

Fireball Explodes Over Colorado, 100 Times Brighter than the Moon (Video)

"Last night, the Colorado skies played host to a dazzling fireball event. The meteor blasted through the atmosphere, detonated and outshone the Moon by 100 times. It is therefore expected that there were many...

Canadian Fireball Remains Found

"University of Calgary researchers reported last Friday that they have found the remains of the meteor that streaked through Canadian skies in November The remains of the 10-ton meteor were densely strewn over a...
 

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