MIAMI – The largest outbreak of Saharan dust so far this summer is moving over the Atlantic, putting a cap on tropical development and threatening to impact air quality throughout the Caribbean. Dust across the Atlantic’s Main Development Region (MDR) has been running below average, but that hasn’t prevented other locales around the African continent […]
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Sun unleashes giant plasma plume and reels it back in apparent ‘failed eruption’ (video)
The sun erupted in a dazzling spectacle on Monday (June 3), firing off an intense solar flare captured in stunning detail by a NASA solar observatory. But when you look closely at the eruption, it appears that much of the solar material in the vast plasma plume didn’t manage to escape the grasp of the […]
Mount Kanlaon volcano erupts sending 3-mile ash plume into the sky
Hundreds of residents living near Mount Kanlaon in the Philippines were ordered to evacuate Tuesday after the volcano erupted, sending a three-mile tall (five-kilometer) ash column into the sky that caused dozens of flights to be cancelled. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Mount Kanlaon erupted for six minutes on Monday evening, […]
Black plume of smoke visible in Fresno as fire erupts near an elementary school
Fire crews were battling a fire in Fresno County that started Saturday afternoon. Black plume of smoke can be visible from miles away into Fresno. North Central Fire, Fresno County and Fresno Fire were fighting the fire at a business across from Orange Center Elementary, located at Cherry Avenue, near Highway 41 and North Avenue. […]
A Lakota student’s feather plume was cut off her cap during commencement at a New Mexico high school
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Lakota student’s traditional feather plume was cut off her graduation cap during her high school commencement ceremony this week in northwestern New Mexico. It was during the national anthem Monday night when Farmington High School faculty members approached the student, Genesis White Bull, and confiscated her cap, the Tri-City Record […]
Satellites watch Iceland volcano spew gigantic plume of toxic gas across Europe
Scientists are tracking a massive plume of toxic gas moving across northern Europe that was spat out by the ongoing volcanic eruption in Iceland. The gas cloud is unlikely to cause any serious health problems. However, it could impact the ozone hole above the Arctic, experts warn. On March 16, an underground volcano in Icealnd’s Reykjanes Peninsula blew […]
Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano ‘El Popo’ spews plume of gas and ash
A volcano in Mexico known as “El Popo” spewed a huge plume of ash cloud into the evening sky on Tuesday. Captivating video shows Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano unleashing smoke, ash and gas about two miles into the air. The near 18,000-foot-high volcano is just 45 miles southeast of Mexico City where some 25 million people […]
Public given more time to comment on LANL’s steps against toxic plume
Feb. 12—The public will have an additional month to weigh in on a federal report assessing the possible impacts of the latest proposed measures for cleaning up a toxic chromium plume beneath Los Alamos National Laboratory. The U.S. Energy Department issued the 115-page environmental assessment in November, then offered a 60-day period for public comment […]
Powerful solar flare unleashes colossal plasma plume, sparks radio blackouts across South Pacific (video)
A powerful solar flare erupted from a giant unstable sunspot last night, triggering radio blackouts on Earth and firing a hot plasma plume through the sun’s atmosphere at speeds of 900,000 mph (400 km/s). The long-duration solar flare from the sunspot region AR3575 began on Monday (Feb 5) at 8:30 p.m. EST (0130 GMT on […]