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MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	2.7	2012/09/24 23:51:59	18.316	-67.322	19.0	MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
MAP	4.0	2012/09/24 22:55:14	31.849	-115.000	10.0	BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP	4.1	2012/09/24 22:22:13	13.133	-89.322	48.2	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP	4.5	2012/09/24 21:57:36	23.088	121.310	23.8	TAIWAN
MAP	2.7	2012/09/24 21:11:17	41.130	-121.659	4.4	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.5	2012/09/24 18:41:12	19.282	-155.451	7.7	ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP	3.3	2012/09/24 15:56:36	19.109	-64.689	55.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.6	2012/09/24 13:57:34	11.940	142.839	37.7	SOUTH OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP	2.6	2012/09/24 13:56:54	44.761	-110.771	6.5	YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
MAP	2.5	2012/09/24 11:33:54	63.486	-146.078	0.7	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	5.5	2012/09/24 10:31:23	-21.187	-174.211	8.2	TONGA
MAP	3.2	2012/09/24 08:37:23	19.511	-64.675	24.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.5	2012/09/24 08:37:08	18.642	145.607	246.6	PAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP	2.8	2012/09/24 06:37:41	19.213	-64.709	24.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/24 06:29:41	19.488	-64.195	73.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/24 06:23:00	19.198	-64.551	13.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/24 05:41:27	51.292	-179.802	57.6	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	2.5	2012/09/24 05:10:31	18.935	-64.697	58.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/24 05:07:15	19.207	-64.761	31.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/24 04:55:37	60.082	-153.244	135.8	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	2.9	2012/09/24 04:19:43	19.172	-64.758	11.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/24 04:03:30	18.709	-64.448	86.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/24 03:51:35	18.699	-64.386	92.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/24 03:36:51	19.287	-64.677	58.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.2	2012/09/24 03:09:04	-20.219	-69.185	98.6	TARAPACA, CHILE
MAP	4.9	2012/09/24 02:46:13	10.075	126.606	35.6	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/24 02:34:48	19.221	-64.744	62.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/24 02:32:16	19.258	-64.732	57.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.9	2012/09/24 02:01:37	-5.711	-11.535	9.9	ASCENSION ISLAND REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/24 01:49:07	18.826	-64.347	76.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/24 01:36:43	32.165	-115.231	10.0	BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP	2.7	2012/09/24 01:29:13	19.310	-64.756	24.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.3	2012/09/24 01:18:50	-20.401	-178.071	431.3	FIJI REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/24 01:16:34	19.090	-64.702	55.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/24 01:15:08	18.677	-64.392	83.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/24 00:53:53	19.517	-64.796	38.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/24 00:47:39	19.661	-64.171	39.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/24 00:37:01	18.961	-64.587	95.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	5.1	2012/09/24 00:27:58	5.667	126.623	35.1	MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	3.1	2012/09/24 00:18:49	19.020	-64.613	80.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION

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	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	5.5	2012/09/23 23:42:28	11.715	143.311	9.8	SOUTH OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP	3.1	2012/09/23 22:56:54	19.010	-64.644	76.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 22:55:45	18.687	-66.109	105.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 22:46:58	19.277	-64.786	47.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/23 22:39:09	19.192	-64.771	6.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.8	2012/09/23 22:37:29	-0.580	-19.913	10.0	CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP	2.7	2012/09/23 22:27:53	19.206	-64.757	52.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 22:24:33	19.210	-64.778	14.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/23 22:20:27	19.029	-64.586	81.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.4	2012/09/23 22:16:33	19.091	-64.607	80.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/23 22:14:40	19.090	-64.701	64.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 22:03:01	19.280	-64.738	6.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/23 21:57:36	19.113	-64.689	62.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.4	2012/09/23 21:54:58	19.186	-64.743	23.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 21:51:58	18.713	-64.449	87.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/23 21:49:15	18.911	-64.535	81.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 21:39:12	19.153	-64.761	52.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.4	2012/09/23 21:35:05	10.238	-85.891	31.9	COSTA RICA
MAP	2.6	2012/09/23 21:31:25	19.233	-64.781	30.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/23 21:25:06	19.130	-64.752	7.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/23 21:20:19	19.319	-64.812	24.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.4	2012/09/23 21:18:06	19.078	-64.676	65.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 21:16:39	19.092	-64.697	65.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/23 21:15:20	19.185	-64.794	8.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 21:10:50	36.014	-118.400	5.3	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.0	2012/09/23 21:08:44	19.190	-64.799	4.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/23 21:07:46	19.110	-64.633	82.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 20:49:25	19.212	-64.802	8.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/23 20:25:01	19.007	-64.773	10.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/23 20:06:19	19.036	-64.666	71.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 19:59:15	19.178	-64.730	58.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 19:52:15	19.120	-64.769	94.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.7	2012/09/23 19:44:45	19.277	-64.534	60.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/23 19:41:26	19.156	-64.766	7.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.5	2012/09/23 19:38:45	19.057	-64.636	65.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 19:37:37	19.164	-64.751	58.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/23 19:35:06	19.003	-64.652	73.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 19:33:16	19.259	-64.784	47.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.5	2012/09/23 19:27:05	19.051	-64.676	68.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/23 19:25:10	19.227	-64.744	51.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 19:21:11	19.389	-64.885	8.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.5	2012/09/23 19:18:17	19.158	-64.754	45.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 19:11:42	19.232	-64.862	39.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 19:06:23	51.992	179.916	169.4	RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	2.7	2012/09/23 18:57:29	19.127	-64.742	68.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/23 18:43:56	19.007	-64.632	68.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 18:39:10	19.135	-64.720	57.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/23 18:33:25	19.124	-64.600	76.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/23 17:59:59	19.139	-64.715	39.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 16:13:14	19.145	-64.685	52.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/23 15:45:09	19.102	-64.695	70.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.6	2012/09/23 15:23:53	10.525	126.304	35.0	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.5	2012/09/23 14:58:21	9.979	-85.599	10.0	OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA
MAP	4.3	2012/09/23 14:36:54	-7.254	130.519	131.1	KEPULAUAN TANIMBAR REGION, INDONESIA
MAP	4.4	2012/09/23 13:53:57	39.987	53.722	46.6	TURKMENISTAN
MAP	4.3	2012/09/23 13:29:34	-3.353	146.290	39.1	BISMARCK SEA
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 13:04:10	19.148	-64.681	60.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/23 12:46:54	18.764	-64.326	39.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.7	2012/09/23 12:33:54	-6.255	130.380	129.4	BANDA SEA
MAP	4.5	2012/09/23 12:28:30	-20.347	-69.226	92.6	TARAPACA, CHILE
MAP	2.9	2012/09/23 11:14:20	19.643	-64.350	30.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.5	2012/09/23 10:57:45	-21.876	170.791	112.3	SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP	3.1	2012/09/23 10:23:32	19.677	-64.157	38.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/23 10:21:02	19.439	-64.515	56.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.5	2012/09/23 09:10:44	38.492	43.128	10.0	EASTERN TURKEY
MAP	3.6	2012/09/23 09:07:17	19.291	-68.766	82.0	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP	4.2	2012/09/23 08:47:16	-13.186	-77.248	61.1	OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 08:44:48	19.279	-63.967	98.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/23 08:42:31	19.555	-64.088	72.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/23 08:31:58	19.251	-67.567	33.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	5.3	2012/09/23 06:40:53	-16.750	175.543	22.6	FIJI REGION
MAP	4.9	2012/09/23 06:30:27	13.168	126.280	37.8	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/23 05:59:51	19.438	-64.569	20.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.3	2012/09/23 05:40:58	38.618	46.789	10.1	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
MAP	4.4	2012/09/23 05:34:43	19.461	-64.601	14.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/23 04:26:12	34.024	-116.621	10.6	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	4.4	2012/09/23 03:43:05	9.771	-85.553	13.0	OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA
MAP	4.5	2012/09/23 01:51:35	12.925	-88.748	57.1	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP	3.1	2012/09/23 01:11:25	19.264	-65.254	7.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	4.3	2012/09/23 00:40:11	-8.181	-73.987	148.6	PERU-BRAZIL BORDER REGION

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Volcanic Activity

An Expedition to the Earth’s Fiery Heart

by Staff Writers
Munich, Germany

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather

August 2012: Earth’s 4th warmest August on record

August 2012 was the globe’s 4th warmest August on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA rated August 2012 the 6th warmest on record. August 2012 global land temperatures were the 2nd warmest on record, and global ocean temperatures were the 5th warmest on record. August 2012 was the 330th consecutive month with global temperatures warmer than the 20th century average; the last time global temperatures were below average was February 1985. Global satellite-measured temperatures in August for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were 3rd warmest in the 34-year record, according to the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH). Wunderground’s weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, has a comprehensive post on the notable weather events of August in his August 2012 Global Weather Extremes Summary.

Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for August 2012. Most areas of the world experienced much higher-than-average monthly temperatures, including much of Canada, Southeast Europe, and Western Asia. Central Russia was much cooler than average. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) .

El Niño watch continues
Sea surface temperatures were at 0.5°C above average as of September 17 in the equatorial Pacific off the coast of South America, and have been near or above the 0.5°C above average–the threshold needed for a weak El Niño event–since the beginning of July. However, winds, pressures, and cloud cover over the region have not responded in the fashion typically associated with an El Niño, and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) classified conditions as being neutral in their September 6 El Niño discussion. They continued their El Niño watch, and gave a 69% chance that an El Niño event will be in place by the end of September. El Niño conditions tend to decrease Atlantic hurricane activity, by increasing wind shear over the tropical Atlantic. Wind shear has been close to average over the tropical Atlantic since the beginning of hurricane season in June. However, the past few runs of the GFS model have predicted a significant rise in wind shear over the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic by early October, which may represent El Niño finally beginning to kick in and affect the atmospheric circulation over the Atlantic.

Figure 2. Arctic sea ice extent as of September 18, 2012 (black line) compared to the previous record low years, in millions of square kilometers. This year’s extent is far below any previous year, and is close to its minimum for the year. Satellite measurements of ice extent began in 1979. Image credit: Danish Meteorological Institute.

Arctic sea ice falls to all-time record low during August
August 2012 Arctic sea ice extent reached its lowest August extent in the 35-year satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The new sea ice record was set on August 26, a full three weeks before the usual end of the melting season. Every major scientific institution that tracks Arctic sea ice agrees that new records for low ice area, extent, and volume have been set (see the comprehensive collection of sea ice graphs here.) Satellite records of sea ice extent date back to 1979, though a 2011 study by Kinnard et al. shows that the Arctic hasn’t seen a melt like this for at least 1,450 years (see a more detailed article on this over at skepticalscience.com.) The latest September 18, 2012 extent of 3.5 million square kilometers is approximately a 50% reduction in the area of Arctic covered by sea ice, compared to the average from 1979 – 2000. The amount of open ocean exposed this September compared to September 1980 is about 43% of the size of the contiguous United States. The ice extent is close to its minimum for the year, and should start in increase within the next week or two, but that open water over the Arctic will provide a significant amount of heat and moisture to the atmosphere over the next few months that will significantly alter weather patterns. One possible impact may be an increase in the intensity and duration of extreme weather events during fall and winter.

24.09.2012

Extreme Weather

United Kingdom

Multiple region, [South west, northern England and Scotland]

Extreme Weather in United Kingdom on Monday, 24 September, 2012 at 13:34 (01:34 PM) UTC.

Description

Britain is bracing itself for a battering from gales and torrential rain – with forecasters predicting a month’s rainfall in one day. The Met Office and Environment Agency warned homeowners to be on standby as rivers threatened to burst their banks and motorists were advised to drive with caution. Fire crews across the south were also on alert as the wind and rain were predicted to get worse. Forecasters predict up to 80mm rainfall and 50mph winds over the next 36 hours, with pockets of the south west, northern England and Scotland particularly threatened by flooding. The Environment Agency has warned of significant travel disruption and flooding of properties over the next 24 hours. Paul Mott, senior meteorologist at MeteoGroup, warned: “There is going to be a big change in the weather from what we have had recently. “There is likely to be some localised flooding, and gusts of up to 60mph in parts of Scotland, which is enough to pull up the odd tree.” Parts of Britain have basked in warm temperatures in the mid-20s during September, a welcome break from the rain and wind that dogged much of July and August. But Environment Agency director of operations David Jordan said: “We are expecting flooding across the country from this evening and in to Monday and Tuesday. “We strongly urge people to sign up to flood warnings, keep a close eye on local weather forecasts and be prepared for the possibility of flooding.

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24.09.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

Spain

Autonomous Community of Valencia, [Chulilla, Gestalgar, Pedralba and Bugarra]

Forest / Wild Fire in Spain on Monday, 24 September, 2012 at 14:46 (02:46 PM) UTC.

Description

Around 2,000 people have had to be evacuated on Monday due to a wildfire that hit the Autonomous Community of Valencia in east Spain. The fire, which broke out around 50 kilometers north-west of the city of Valencia has sent villagers of Chulilla, Gestalgar, Pedralba and Bugarra to be evacuated because of the threat of the advancing flames. Over 600 people are currently combating the fire, among them firemen and members of Spain’s Emergency Military Unit (UME), with the help of a total of 31 planes and helicopters. However, fire-fighting has been made more difficult by strong gusts of wind in the region, while the smoke and dust has led to eight small roads being closed to the public. Authorities are optimistic that the arrival of cooler weather from the north-west will see a fall in temperatures and a reduction in wind-speeds, while there is also the possibility of some rain falling in the afternoon.

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Forest fire forces 2,000 to evacuate in Spain

by Staff Writers
Valencia, Spain (AFP)

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Storms / Flooding /  Tornadoes  / Avalanche

Active tropical storm system(s)
Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Jelewat (18W)	Pacific Ocean	20.09.2012	25.09.2012	SuperTyphoon	340 °	259 km/h	278 km/h	5.49 m	JTWC

Tropical Storm data

Share: Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 0 Storm name: Jelewat (18W) Area: Pacific Ocean Start up location: N 13° 42.000, E 132° 18.000 Start up: 20th September 2012 Status: Active Track long: 370.49 km Top category.: Report by: JTWC Useful links: Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale FEMA – How To Prepare for a Hurricane Effects of a Hurricane USA – National Hurricane Center

Past track Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave Pressure Source 22nd Sep 2012 06:41:44 N 11° 42.000, E 129° 54.000 6 93 120 Tropical Storm 200 9 JTWC 23rd Sep 2012 06:04:26 N 11° 48.000, E 128° 54.000 7 139 167 Typhoon I. 270 11 JTWC 24th Sep 2012 08:06:11 N 13° 36.000, E 128° 30.000 9 241 296 Typhoon IV. 350 10 JTWC 24th Sep 2012 10:43:47 N 14° 12.000, E 128° 12.000 13 232 278 Typhoon IV. 335 14 JTWC Current position Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave feet Pressure Source 25th Sep 2012 10:29:06 N 16° 24.000, E 127° 30.000 15 259 278 SuperTyphoon 340 ° 18 JTWC Forecast track Date Time Position Category Wind km/h Gust km/h Source 26th Sep 2012 12:00:00 N 18° 42.000, E 125° 30.000 SuperTyphoon 222 269 JTWC 26th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 17° 42.000, E 126° 30.000 SuperTyphoon 241 296 JTWC 27th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 19° 48.000, E 124° 36.000 Typhoon IV 204 250 JTWC 28th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 22° 0.000, E 123° 24.000 Typhoon IV 194 241 JTWC 29th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 24° 18.000, E 124° 36.000 Typhoon III 167 204 JTWC 30th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 27° 18.000, E 128° 48.000 Typhoon II 130 157 JTWC

Miriam (EP 13)

Pacific Ocean – East

22.09.2012

25.09.2012

Hurricane III

310 °

167 km/h

204 km/h

3.05 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

Share: Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 2 Storm name: Miriam (EP 13) Area: Pacific Ocean – East Start up location: N 13° 42.000, W 107° 30.000 Start up: 22nd September 2012 Status: Active Track long: 538.55 km Top category.: Report by: NOAA NHC Useful links: Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale FEMA – How To Prepare for a Hurricane Effects of a Hurricane USA – National Hurricane Center

Past track Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave Pressure Source 22nd Sep 2012 06:35:22 N 13° 42.000, W 107° 30.000 19 56 74 Tropical Depression 275 10 1005 MB NOAA NHC 23rd Sep 2012 06:07:18 N 14° 54.000, W 108° 30.000 13 74 93 Tropical Storm 300 15 1002 MB NOAA NHC 24th Sep 2012 08:09:13 N 16° 48.000, W 111° 18.000 19 148 185 Hurricane I. 305 15 979 MB NOAA NHC Current position Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave feet Pressure Source 25th Sep 2012 10:37:14 N 18° 42.000, W 114° 18.000 9 167 204 Hurricane III 310 ° 10 968 MB NOAA NHC Forecast track Date Time Position Category Wind km/h Gust km/h Source 25th Sep 2019 12:00:00 N 19° 0.000, W 114° 30.000 Hurricane III 157 194 NOAA NHC 26th Sep 2019 12:00:00 N 20° 42.000, W 115° 6.000 Hurricane II 139 167 NOAA NHC 26th Sep 2019 00:00:00 N 19° 48.000, W 114° 54.000 Hurricane III 148 185 NOAA NHC 27th Sep 2019 00:00:00 N 21° 48.000, W 115° 12.000 Hurricane I 120 148 NOAA NHC 28th Sep 2019 00:00:00 N 23° 42.000, W 115° 24.000 Tropical Depression 93 111 NOAA NHC 29th Sep 2019 00:00:00 N 25° 30.000, W 115° 0.000 Tropical Depression 74 93 NOAA NHC 30th Sep 2019 00:00:00 N 27° 0.000, W 114° 30.000 Tropical Depression 56 74 NOAA NHC

Ewiniar (19W)

Pacific Ocean

24.09.2012

25.09.2012

Tropical Depression

10 °

74 km/h

93 km/h

3.05 m

JTWC

 Tropical Storm data

Share: Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Share on print More Sharing Services 0 Storm name: Ewiniar (19W) Area: Pacific Ocean Start up location: N 18° 30.000, E 139° 0.000 Start up: 24th September 2012 Status: Active Track long: 232.44 km Top category.: Report by: JTWC Useful links: Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale FEMA – How To Prepare for a Hurricane Effects of a Hurricane USA – National Hurricane Center

Past track Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave Pressure Source 24th Sep 2012 08:04:10 N 18° 30.000, E 139° 0.000 26 46 65 Tropical Depression 335 17 JTWC 24th Sep 2012 10:42:45 N 19° 36.000, E 138° 54.000 20 56 74 Tropical Depression 350 17 JTWC Current position Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave feet Pressure Source 25th Sep 2012 10:28:32 N 22° 48.000, E 138° 30.000 19 74 93 Tropical Depression 10 ° 10 JTWC Forecast track Date Time Position Category Wind km/h Gust km/h Source 26th Sep 2012 12:00:00 N 27° 36.000, E 141° 6.000 Typhoon I 102 130 JTWC 26th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 25° 36.000, E 140° 24.000 Typhoon I 93 120 JTWC 27th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 29° 24.000, E 141° 12.000 Typhoon I 111 139 JTWC 28th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 31° 18.000, E 141° 48.000 Typhoon I 111 139 JTWC 29th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 34° 12.000, E 144° 30.000 Tropical Depression 83 102 JTWC 30th Sep 2012 00:00:00 N 39° 24.000, E 150° 0.000 Tropical Depression 56 74 JTWC

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Hurricane Miriam in the Pacific strengthens to Category 2

by Staff Writers
Miami (AFP)

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Super-typhoon Jelawat

Strengthening of Typhoon Jelawat Monday has boosted the mighty storm’s status to “Super-typhoon.”

The powerful and extremely dangerous storm has continued to be of great interest to residents of northern Philippines and Taiwan. Those land masses could eventually feel directs effects of Jelawat, depending upon the path it takes.

Jelawat was not yet a “super-typhoon” at the time (about 0600 UTC Monday) of this impressive visible satellite shot, showing the tight, small eye of a well-wrapped tropical cyclone. Southern Philippines is at the lower left. (Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

By 1200 UTC, Monday, top sustained winds about the tightly wrapped storm were reckoned to be 130 knots, or 150 mph, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said.

The JTWC define “super-typhoon” as a typhoon having highest 1-minute surface winds of at least 65 m/s (130 knots, 150 mph).

Late Monday morning, Eastern Time, the eye of Jelawat was located about 435 miles east of Manila, Philippines. Storm movement was towards the north-northwest at 5 mph, according to the JTWC.

The storm’s dangerous winds and heaviest rains were well east of the Philippines. However, interaction of the storm with the monsoon flow was triggering locally excessive rains in southeastern Philippines.

As it drifts towards the north and west, Jelawat will pose little or no direct threat to land before at least Wednesday, although it will continue to be a very powerful and dangerous storm.

However, beginning Wednesday, the exact path taken by the storm would be critical for both the Philippines and Taiwan.

Although the JTWC have forecast a track east of any land through at least Friday, when a position east of Taiwan is expected, some numerical forecast models have shown a more westerly track, passing over or near the northern mainland of the Philippines. Likewise, the more westerly scenarios could imply a late-week threat to Taiwan.

Elsewhere, Jelawat was joined as of Monday by a second tropical cyclone, the much weaker Tropical Storm Ewiniar.

Ewiniar was only a minimal tropical storm as of late morning, Eastern Time, having a center about 1,000 miles south of Tokyo, Japan.

Ewinar was forecast to strengthen by midweek, but without posing any threat to mainland Japan or any other sizable land mass.

1.5m people displaced by floods in India

GUWAHATI, India: Floods have forced nearly 1.5 million people to flee their homes in north-eastern India where authorities have declared a health alert, officials said on Monday. “Eighteen of 27 districts of Assam have been hit by floods with 1.4 million displaced and 11 people drowned in separated incidents in the past week,” the Disaster Management agency said in a statement.

The floods, caused by relentless rains, marked the second round of massive flooding in two months to hit India’s impoverished northeast and come towards the end of India’s June-to-September monsoon season. Nearly 130 people died and six million were displaced by floods in Assam state in July. Rescue officials said in the latest floods, at least 2,200 villages had been swamped by overflowing waters from the rain-swollen Brahmaputra River. Himanta Biswa Sarmah, the health minister of Assam state, told AFP that a “maximum health alert” to avert outbreaks of diarrhea or diseases such as typhoid had been declared in the devastated zone. The annual monsoon provides vital irrigation for India’s farmers but also claims many casualties from flooding and landslides.

Officials said flooding victims had been evacuated to temporary shelters on higher ground. “We’ve dispatched doctors and paramedics to ensure there is no outbreak of disease,” Sarmah said in Guwahati, Assam’s largest city. Victims and an opposition party staged protests in flood-hit areas against what they said were shortages of emergency supplies in the Congress-ruled state. “The government has failed to provide adequate relief supplies including food and medicines,” said Sarbananda Sonowal, a local leader of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. “In many parts of the state people are even living without food,” he added. Rehab India Foundation, a voluntary group said heavy rains disrupted its plans to supply food and other essential items to flood-hit people.

Almost the entire 420 square kilometres (162 square miles) of Kaziranga National Park was also flooded, the Press Trust of India reported. The wildlife park is home to the world’s single largest population of one-horned rhinos. A 2012 census in Kaziranga counted 2,290 of the rhinos, out of a global population of 3,300. The species declined to near extinction in the early 1990s and is listed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

23.09.2012

Flood

USA

State of Alaska, [Southcentral Alaska]

Flood in USA on Friday, 21 September, 2012 at 03:14 (03:14 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Sunday, 23 September, 2012 at 13:43 UTC
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Floodwaters are on the rise in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, but they’re falling in the tourist town of Talkeetna. The Kenai River near Cooper Landing still hadn’t crested and there were reports of minor flooding, mainly areas close to the shoreline, National Weather Service forecaster Christian Cassell said late Saturday night. A flood warning is in effect until 10 p.m. Monday for the area and Cassell said moderate flooding is likely. “Cooper Landing homeowners are preparing for possible evacuation as Kenai Lake and the upper Kenai River banks are expected to reach broad crest Monday,” Kenai Peninsula Borough emergency officials said in a statement. Meanwhile, nearly 200 miles north, floodwaters receded Saturday from much of Talkeetna. That allowed residents to begin cleaning up the muddy mess left when the river flooded. But officials warned that the danger hadn’t passed and advised that people boil their water. Cassell said water levels have come down dramatically after rivers and streams draining from the Talkeetna Mountains crested. Meteorologists say they don’t expect rainfall to significantly increase river levels there, but a flood warning remained in effect for the area as many waterways remained above flood stage. The Talkeetna River crested at 15.65 feet on Friday, just below the level considered major flooding. It had receded to 12.5 feet by Saturday afternoon, just above the 12-foot flood mark. Only two streets in Talkeetna remained flooded, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Talkeetna is the last stop for climbers heading to Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest mountain. It also has an eclectic population, and h

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24.09.2012

Tornado

Philippines

National Capital Region, Quezon City [Silangan]

Tornado in Philippines on Monday, 24 September, 2012 at 19:17 (07:17 PM) UTC.

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At least 120 houses were damaged in Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, after a tornado tore through the community around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Barangay chairperson Crisell Beltran said the tornado blew off the roofs of houses and uprooted several trees and electric posts, causing a power outage in the area. According to residents, the tornado hit the communities of Area 5 and Lingayen in Sitio Veterans, Panther Street in Sitio Veterans 4 and a house in Spring Country. Fortunately, no one was reported killed or hurt when it struck. Beltran, meanwhile, asked the city government to provide assistance to affected residents, particularly those who need to repair their damaged houses. Most of the houses in the area which is situated near a small creek were made of light materials.

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‘We heard screams… then it hit’: Nepal avalanche survivors

by Staff Writers
Kathmandu (AFP)

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Hopes fade for missing climbers after Nepal avalanche

by Staff Writers
Kathmandu (AFP)

Three still missing after deadly Nepal avalanche: police Kathmandu (AFP) Sept 24, 2012 – Two French climbers and a Canadian were still missing Monday, police said, after an avalanche killed at least nine people ahead of an attempt on one of the world’s highest mountains.”We have now stopped helicopter rescue operations. Two French and a Canadian mountaineer are still missing. Sherpa guides are in the mountains searching for them,” said district police chief Basanta Bahadur Kunwar.Nepal’s tourism board had earlier put the missing figure at seven, but police said four of those were among 13 already rescued on Sunday.Kunwar said five mountaineers had been airlifted from among the survivors at Manaslu base camp Sunday and were being treated in Kathmandu. “The other eight mountaineers who are at the base camp have not sustained any injuries. They have said they will either walk down or will make an attempt to reach the peak again and have told officials that they should not be rescued.”

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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

25.09.2012

Epidemic Hazard

Qatar

Ad Dawhah, Doha

Epidemic Hazard in Qatar on Monday, 24 September, 2012 at 04:46 (04:46 AM) UTC.

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According to the World Health Organization, a British tourist to Qatar has been infected with an unknown virus that has damaged his kidneys and lungs. The United Nations health body, which issued a statement through its “global alert and response” system, said tests on the patient, a 49-year-old Qatari man, confirmed the presence of a new, or novel, coronavirus. The tourist was hospitalized in Qatar, but after his condition deteriorated, he was transferred to a hospital in the UK. After conducting various examinations, doctors have concluded that the tourist was infected with an unknown virus thought to have mutated from the coronavirus, known to be the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Biohazard name:	SARS like symptomes
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	suspected

 

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New ‘Sars-like’ coronavirus identified by UK officials

By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online

A new respiratory illness similar to the Sars virus that spread globally in 2003 and killed hundreds of people has been identified in a man who is being treated in Britain.

The 49-year-old man, who was transferred to a London hospital by air ambulance from Qatar, is the second person confirmed with the coronavirus.

The first case was a patient in Saudi Arabia who has since died.

Officials are still determining what threat the new virus may pose.

The World Health Organization has not recommended any travel restrictions.

Prof John Watson, head of the respiratory diseases department at the UK’s Health Protection Agency, said: “In the light of the severity of the illness that has been identified in the two confirmed cases, immediate steps have been taken to ensure that people who have been in contact with the UK case have not been infected, and there is no evidence to suggest that they have.

“Further information about these cases is being developed for healthcare workers in the UK, as well as advice to help maintain increased vigilance for this virus.”

He said there was no specific evidence of the virus spreading from person to person and he had no advice for the public or returning travellers.

Peter Openshaw, director of the Centre for Respiratory Infection at Imperial College London, told Reuters that at this stage the novel virus looked unlikely to prove a concern, and may well only have been identified due to sophisticated testing techniques.

And Prof John Oxford, a virology expert at Queen Mary, University of London, said he felt “somewhat relaxed” about the news.

“Sars was very quick off the mark infecting hospital staff etc and this new virus does not to me appear to be in the same ‘big bang’ group.”

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which includes ones that cause the common cold and Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome).

This new virus is different from any coronaviruses that have previously been identified in humans.

There have been a small number of other cases of serious respiratory illness in the Middle East in the past three months, one of whom was treated in the UK but has since died.

This person’s illness is also being investigated, although there is no evidence as yet to suggest that it is caused by the same virus or linked to the current case. No other confirmed cases have been identified to date in the UK.

Sars is a serious respiratory infection that caused a global outbreak in 2002, spreading from Hong Kong to more than 30 different countries around the world and killing around 800 people. Although it has not been eradicated its spread was fully contained in 2003. Like other coronaviruses, it is spread through droplets of body fluids – produced by sneezing and coughing.

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Saturday, 22 September, 2012 at 05:13 (05:13 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Sunday, 23 September, 2012 at 04:02 UTC
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An elementary school aged student at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz has come down with a case of the measles. “It’s significant because about 30 percent of people who get measles can suffer serious complications and there is a fatality rate associated with measles,” said Dutchess County Director of Communicable Diseases, Linda Squires. Officials said a number of students at the school were not vaccinated and are now at risk of becoming ill. Measles is a highly contagious virus that could easily be spread by simply breathing in the same air as someone who has the illness. “What’s interesting about measles is that someone is in a room and has left, for two hours after that time, that air is still able to transmit measles to other persons in that area,” Squires explained. Ulster and Dutchess County health officials are advising anyone who may have visited the school since September 10 to ensure they are up to date with their vaccinations. “It’s recommended that people get that after the age of 12 months and then again between the ages of 4-6, and it should provide lifelong immunity,” Squires added. Children, pregnant women, and people with pre-existing medical conditions are at a higher risk of having serious complications after contracting the virus. Symptoms include fever, red watery eyes, runny nose, cough and a rash all over the body. Some children also can get an ear infection and fewer numbers can develop pneumonia as a result.

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Climate Change

Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Melt Could Mean
Extremely Harsh Winter In Europe And North America 

MessageToEagle.com – Climate scientists warn that the rapid and extensive Arctic sea ice melt due to global warming, may cause extreme weather this winter in North America and Europe. A few months ago, researchers from the University of Reading announced that Europe’s future climate will bring violent Winter storms.

Now, climate scientist Jennifer Francis, a researcher at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University said that “shrinking Arctic ice can be tied to such recent weather events as prolonged cold spells in Europe, heavy snows in the Northeastern U.S. and Alaska, and heat waves in Russia.”

Previously scientists predicted that it would take 30 or 40 more years before the Arctic was ice-free in the summer, Los Angeles Times reports.

However, since 2005 the rate of summer melt increased enormously and today scientists say Arctic ice covers about 1 million square miles

“I think that what we can expect in the next few years is further collapse leading to an ice-free Arctic in summer. It really is a dramatic change,” said Peter Wadhams, an ocean physics professor at the University of Cambridge

“The loss of Arctic ice has several effects. Ice reflects heat and solar energy back into space.With less ice cover, that heat energy is instead absorbed by the ocean, which warms and melts more ice.Currently, the Arctic region is the fastest-warming region on the planet, and the change in temperature will probably influence weather patterns here and in Europe, according to Francis. The heating and cooling of Arctic seawater has been affecting the jet stream — the river of air that flows from west to east high above the Earth’s surface — and has slowed it down, Francis said.

The jet stream controls the formation and movement of storm systems, so when its movement slows, weather conditions persist for longer periods of time over the same area. They get “stuck.”

“If you’re in a nice dry pattern with sunny skies, it’s great if it lasts for a few days. But If it lasts for a few weeks, well then you’re starting to talk about a drought,” Francis said. “If you have a rainy pattern and it hangs around for a long time, then that becomes a situation that could lead to flooding.”

Arctic warming will influence weather to the south during the late fall and winter. While Francis said it would probably result in severe weather this winter, it was impossible to predict when and where those events would occur.

Record ice melts this year and in 2007 have alarmed many scientists, mostly because they thought it would take many more years to reach this state.

James Overland, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said forecasts failed to account for the physics of lost solar energy reflection and warming ocean water.

“These are really surprises to most scientists,” Overland said. “In looking at climate models that are used to look forward, they’ve tended to say the Arctic may be ice-free by 2040 or 2050. It looks like things are happening a lot faster, and it’s because not all of the physics that we’re seeing today were well-handled in these climate models.”

Overland, who is also an associate professor at the University of Washington’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences, said these effects are known as “Arctic amplification” and would carry heavy consequences for wildlife like polar bears and walruses by reducing their habitat.

The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean dropped below the previous all-time record set in 2007. This year also marks the first time that there has been less than 4 million square kilometers (1.54 million square miles) of sea ice since satellite observations began in 1979. This animation shows the 2012 time-series of ice extent using sea ice concentration data from the DMSP SSMI/S satellite sensor. The black area represents the daily average (median) sea ice extent over the 1979-2000 time period. Layered over top of that are the daily satellite measurements from January 1 — September 14, 2012. A rapid melt begins in July, whereby the 2012 ice extents fall far below the historical average

The frozen cap of the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its annual summertime minimum extent and broken a new record low on Sept. 16, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has reported. Analysis of satellite data by NASA and the NASA-supported NSIDC at the University of Colorado in Boulder showed that the sea ice extent shrunk to 1.32 million square miles (3.41 million square kilometers).

The new record minimum measures almost 300,000 square miles less than the previous lowest extent in the satellite record, set in mid-September 2007, of 1.61 million square miles (4.17 million square kilometers). For comparison, the state of Texas measures around 268,600 square miles.

NSIDC cautioned that, although Sept. 16 seems to be the annual minimum, there’s still time for winds to change and compact the ice floes, potentially reducing the sea ice extent further. NASA and NSIDC will release a complete analysis of the 2012 melt season next month, once all data for September are available.

Satellite data reveal how the new record low Arctic sea ice extent, from Sept. 16, 2012, compares to the average minimum extent over the past 30 years (in yellow). Sea ice extent maps are derived from data captured by the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer aboard NASA’s Nimbus-7 satellite and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager on multiple satellites from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Credit: NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio

Arctic sea ice cover naturally grows during the dark Arctic winters and retreats when the sun re-appears in the spring. But the sea ice minimum summertime extent, which is normally reached in September, has been decreasing over the last three decades as Arctic ocean and air temperatures have increased. This year’s minimum extent is approximately half the size of the average extent from 1979 to 2000. This year’s minimum extent also marks the first time Arctic sea ice has dipped below 4 million square kilometers.

“Climate models have predicted a retreat of the Arctic sea ice; but the actual retreat has proven to be much more rapid than the predictions,” said Claire Parkinson, a climate scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. “There continues to be considerable inter-annual variability in the sea ice cover, but the long-term retreat is quite apparent.”

The thickness of the ice cover is also in decline.

“The core of the ice cap is the perennial ice, which normally survived the summer because it was so thick”, said Joey Comiso, senior scientist with NASA Goddard. “But because it’s been thinning year after year, it has now become vulnerable to melt”.

The disappearing older ice gets replaced in winter with thinner seasonal ice that usually melts completely in the summer.

Will Remote Nunavut Extending To The North Pole Be Soon Green Again? 

MessageToEagle.com – Will Nunavut that extends to the North Pole and includes most of Canada’s Arctic islands be soon green again?

It’s one of the most remote and sparsely settled regions in the world. It has a population of only 31,906 mostly Inuit, spread over an area the size of Western Europe.

Global climate change means that recently discovered ancient forests in Canada’s extreme north could one day return, according to Alexandre Guertin-Pasquier of the University of Montreal’s Department of Geography, who is presenting his findings at the Canadian Paleontology Conference in Toronto.

Until 1999, Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories“According to the data model, climate conditions on Bylot Island will be able to support the kinds of trees we find in the fossilized forest that currently exist there, such as willow, pine and spruce.

Iqaluit is the territorial capital and the largest community of the Canadian territory of NunavutI’ve also found evidence of a possible growth of oak and hickory near the study site during this period.,” Guertin-Pasquier said.

“Although it would of course take time for a whole forest to regrow, the findings show that our grandchildren should be able to plant a tree and watch it grow.”

The fossilized forest found on Bylot Island in Nunavut is between 2.6 and 3 million years old according to estimations based on the presence of extinct species and on paleomagnetic analyses. Paleomagentic analysis involves looking at how the Earth’s magnetic field has affected the magnetic sediment in rocks – like a compass, they turn to follow the magnetic poles.

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Scientists can use this information to date rocks as the history of the movement of the magnetic poles is relatively well known.

Wood samples in the ancient forest have been preserved throughout the eons in peat and by permafrost.

“We studied the sediments in the forest and discovered pollen that are usually found in climates where the annual average temperature is around 0 degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit,” Guertin-Pasquier said.

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By comparison, current average conditions on Bylot Island are around -15°C ( 5°F). The samples were taken from few drill holes 10 cm in diameter of one to two metres deep. The harshness of the Arctic winter and the remoteness of the forest mean that scientists have very little opportunity to delve into its secrets.

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Even during the summer, the Guertin-Pasquier and his colleagues had to endure extreme conditions such as 80 km/h winds.

“There is so much mystery that surrounds this forest – for example, how these trees managed to survive the relentless dark of the Arctic winter,” he said, adding that the next steps for this line of research could include looking more closely at other plant remains in order to get a better understanding of what the local flora was.
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Solar Activity

2MIN News Sept 24. 2012: MIMIC Anomaly

Published on Sep 24, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

2012 Pole Shift Video: http://youtu.be/uI10tKuLtFU

TODAY’S LINKS
MIMIC ANomaly: http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mimic-tpw/global2/main.html
Vesta Water: http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5036/dawn-sees-hydrated-minerals-on-vesta
$2T EU Bailout: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/23/us-eurozone-bailout-fund-idUSBRE88M…
Japan vs China: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/24/us-china-japan-idUSBRE88N01M20120924

REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]

SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it... trust me]

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

US Wind Map: http://hint.fm/wind/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html

JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/

LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]

RAIN RECORDS: http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]

QUAKES LIST FULL: http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php

2MIN News Sept 23. 2012

Published on Sep 23, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

2012 Pole Shift Video: http://youtu.be/uI10tKuLtFU

TODAY’S LINKS
Alaska River Floods: http://youtu.be/5ETKzZA3fag More: http://www.weather.com/news/alaska-flooding-20120922
Old Antarctica Article: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0823/Antarctica-started-warming-600-yea…
Antarctica Record ice: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0921/While-Arctic…

REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]

SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it... trust me]

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

US Wind Map: http://hint.fm/wind/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html

JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/

LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]

RAIN RECORDS: http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx

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PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]

QUAKES LIST FULL: http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php

Mysterious Solar Phenomenon We May Have To Worry About 

MessageToEagle.com – Coronal cavities are voids in coronal emission often observed above high latitude filament channels.

Sometimes, these cavities have areas of bright X-ray emission in their centers.

Now, NASA scientists focus on this mysterious phenomenon because it seems to be strongly related to dangerous coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
And CMEs, scientists have to worry about.

Click on image to enlargeThe faint oval hovering above the upper left limb of the sun in this picture is known as a coronal cavity. NASA’s Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) captured this image on Aug. 9, 2007. A team of scientists extensively studied this particular cavity in order to understand more about the structure and magnetic fields in the sun’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/STEREO
The Sun’s abnormal behavior is a cause for concern even we all know that activity near the Sun’s surface rises and falls through an 11-year cycle that is due to peak in 2013 or 2014.

What causes giant explosions in the sun’s atmosphere? How do they form?

The cavity as it appeared on the west limb on 2008 July 21. The location of the cavity is indicated by a box. Source
Scientists want to better understand the complexity of solar activity and its dangerous events. It’s crucial to find a way to predict them and minimize the damage they might cause.

“We don’t really know what gets these CMEs going,” says Terry Kucera, a solar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. “So we want to understand their structure before they even erupt, because then we might have a better clue about why it’s erupting and perhaps even get some advance warning on when they will erupt.”

A team of researchers used NASA data to study a precursor of CMEs called coronal cavities – a larger formation, appearing from the side almost as the filament inside a large light bulb.

The bright structure around and above that light bulb is called a streamer, and the inside “empty” area is called a coronal prominence cavity.

According to scientists, the cavity is in the shape of a croissant, with a giant inner tube of looping magnetic fields.

The cavity appears to be 30% less dense than the streamer surrounding it, and the temperatures vary greatly throughout the cavity, but on average range from 1.4 million to 1.7 million Celsius (2.5 to 3 million Fahrenheit), increasing with height.

Of course, to describe a cavity, a space that appears empty from our viewpoint, from 93 million miles away – is not any easy task for scientists.

However, scientists recognize the cavities as basic building blocks of the coronal magnetic field and an important part of the development of solar activity.

Click on image to enlargeThe evolution of the part of the cavity over several days – visible from Earth, July 2008. Source
The Aug. 9, 2012 cavity lay at a fortuitous angle that maximized observations of the cavity itself, as opposed to the prominence at its base or the surrounding plasma.

“Our point with all of these research projects into what might seem like side streets, is ultimately to figure out the physics of magnetic fields in the corona,” says Sarah Gibson, a solar scientist at the High Altitude Observatory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo.
Gibson is also an author on all three cavity papers.

“Sometimes these cavities can be stable for days and weeks, but then suddenly erupt into a CME. We want to understand how that happens.”

We’re accessing so much data, so it’s an exciting time – with all these observations, our understanding is coming together to form a consistent story.”
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Space

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name	Apporach Date	Left	AU Distance	LD Distance	Estimated Diameter*	Relative Velocity
333578 (2006 KM103)	25th September 2012	0 day(s)	0.0626	24.4	250 m – 560 m	8.54 km/s	30744 km/h
(2002 EZ2)	26th September 2012	1 day(s)	0.1922	74.8	270 m – 610 m	6.76 km/s	24336 km/h
(2009 SB170)	29th September 2012	4 day(s)	0.1789	69.6	200 m – 440 m	32.39 km/s	116604 km/h
(2011 OJ45)	29th September 2012	4 day(s)	0.1339	52.1	18 m – 39 m	4.24 km/s	15264 km/h
(2012 JS11)	30th September 2012	5 day(s)	0.0712	27.7	270 m – 600 m	12.60 km/s	45360 km/h
137032 (1998 UO1)	04th October 2012	9 day(s)	0.1545	60.1	1.3 km – 2.9 km	32.90 km/s	118440 km/h
(2012 GV11)	05th October 2012	10 day(s)	0.1830	71.2	100 m – 230 m	6.96 km/s	25056 km/h
(2009 XZ1)	05th October 2012	10 day(s)	0.1382	53.8	120 m – 280 m	16.87 km/s	60732 km/h
(2006 TD)	06th October 2012	11 day(s)	0.1746	68.0	88 m – 200 m	13.03 km/s	46908 km/h
(2009 TK)	06th October 2012	11 day(s)	0.0450	17.5	100 m – 230 m	11.10 km/s	39960 km/h
(2004 UB)	08th October 2012	13 day(s)	0.1995	77.6	240 m – 530 m	14.65 km/s	52740 km/h
277830 (2006 HR29)	11th October 2012	16 day(s)	0.1917	74.6	190 m – 440 m	7.88 km/s	28368 km/h
(2008 BW2)	11th October 2012	16 day(s)	0.1678	65.3	3.1 m – 6.8 m	11.10 km/s	39960 km/h
(2005 GQ21)	12th October 2012	17 day(s)	0.1980	77.0	620 m – 1.4 km	23.86 km/s	85896 km/h
(2012 GV17)	12th October 2012	17 day(s)	0.1500	58.4	160 m – 370 m	16.11 km/s	57996 km/h
256004 (2006 UP)	14th October 2012	19 day(s)	0.1374	53.5	65 m – 140 m	3.06 km/s	11016 km/h
(2005 ST1)	14th October 2012	19 day(s)	0.1319	51.3	230 m – 510 m	12.88 km/s	46368 km/h
(2011 OB57)	14th October 2012	19 day(s)	0.1553	60.4	17 m – 37 m	4.95 km/s	17820 km/h
(2012 KB4)	14th October 2012	19 day(s)	0.1271	49.4	22 m – 49 m	4.98 km/s	17928 km/h
(2004 RX10)	15th October 2012	20 day(s)	0.0819	31.9	150 m – 340 m	11.86 km/s	42696 km/h
(2006 WV1)	15th October 2012	20 day(s)	0.0910	35.4	17 m – 39 m	6.15 km/s	22140 km/h
(2012 LA)	16th October 2012	21 day(s)	0.0449	17.5	8.3 m – 19 m	1.86 km/s	6696 km/h
329275 (1999 VP6)	17th October 2012	22 day(s)	0.1766	68.7	300 m – 670 m	7.15 km/s	25740 km/h
136993 (1998 ST49)	18th October 2012	23 day(s)	0.0737	28.7	790 m – 1.8 km	16.63 km/s	59868 km/h
(2002 TR190)	19th October 2012	24 day(s)	0.1712	66.6	430 m – 960 m	13.58 km/s	48888 km/h
(1998 XX2)	20th October 2012	25 day(s)	0.1356	52.8	290 m – 650 m	10.62 km/s	38232 km/h
(2003 UC5)	21st October 2012	26 day(s)	0.1750	68.1	260 m – 580 m	35.80 km/s	128880 km/h
(2008 CT1)	22nd October 2012	27 day(s)	0.0674	26.2	8.2 m – 18 m	15.82 km/s	56952 km/h
(2008 GD110)	23rd October 2012	28 day(s)	0.1482	57.7	33 m – 75 m	5.20 km/s	18720 km/h
(1992 JD)	24th October 2012	29 day(s)	0.1946	75.7	26 m – 59 m	8.29 km/s	29844 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

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Sinkholes

09/22/2012 Sinkhole Site Video (Update)

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