Tongan Volcano Creates New Island
A newly awakened volcano off an uninhabited Tongan island has finally been viewed up close, with volcanologists saying it has created a substantial new island since it began erupting last month.
Je Suis Charlie
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Cargo Ship Stranded Off Isle of Wight’s Coast, UK
Salvage experts have boarded a cargo ship which is stranded in the Solent after it was deliberately run aground. There are 500 tonnes of fuel on board, most of which is marine diesel oil.
Progreso’s Prolonged Pier, Yucatan
The pier that extends from Progreso into the Gulf of Mexico is among the longest such structures in the world. Despite its arches, the structure as a whole has likely decreased the amount of sediment transported alongshore, leading to updrift accretion and downdraft erosion.
Are Ocean Asteroid Impacts Really a Serious Threat?
If a space rock were to hit the Earth at just the right location in the oceans, it could cause massive waves that could inundate coastlines, a new computer simulation suggests.
Belize’s ‘Blue Hole’ May Help Solve Mystery Of Maya Downfall
Researchers from Rice University and Louisiana State University think they may be one step closer to cracking the mystery of the ancient Maya civilization’s collapse around 900 A.D, thanks in part to evidence from the “Great Blue Hole,” the massive sinkhole located in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize.
Nicaragua Defies Canal Protests
Nicaragua has great expectations for the Grand Canal, a US$50-billion, 5-year project to link its Caribbean and Pacific coasts with a 280-kilometre waterway. But the plan has attracted protests from residents along the proposed route and from scientists around the world.
Rising in the East
As the 2014 calendar year closes and the solstice marks the turning point in the Sun’s march across the sky, many religions and cultures are celebrating festivals. The cradle of those religions —and of much of modern civilization— was captured in a photograph by an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS).
Cyclone College Raises Hopes, Dreams of India’s Vulnerable Fisherfolk
The coastal village of Nemmeli in southern India’s Kachipuram district that saw widespread destruction in the 2004 tsunami and several cyclones since, now has a unique community college where locals can learn disaster management. Half the students are women.