Saharan dust blew over the Atlantic Ocean

August 11, 2011

Saharan dust blew over the Atlantic Ocean in early August 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image on August 11, 2011:A dust plume runs northeast-southwest over the ocean, blowing past the

New breed of mice resistant to poisons

August 11, 2011

Scientists say that some European house mice have developed resistance to the strongest poisons. German and Spanish mice have rapidly evolved the trait by breeding with an Algerian species from which they have been separate for over a million years. The researchers say

Activity at Kizimen and Shiveluch volcanoes, Kamchatka Peninsula

August 11, 2011

The Kamchatka Peninsula, along Russia’s Pacific coast, is currently the most volcanically active area in the world: four volcanoes are erupting simultaneously, and a fifth is showing signs of an impending eruption. Ash plumes from two of these volcanoes and a thermal

5.8-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China

August 11, 2011

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region around 6:06 p.m. Thursday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was monitored at the border area between the region's Atux City in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous

Hundreds of dead birds found in Broken Arrow in Oklahoma

August 11, 2011

A News On 6 viewer became concerned Wednesday after shopping at a Broken Arrow Walmart Neighborhood Market when she said she saw hundreds of dead birds strewn across the parking lot."There were about 60-70 around each tree base, plus the ones starting up at the

Routine roadwork on rural roads may contribute to the spread of invasive species

August 11, 2011

Emily Rauschert, a plant ecologist at Pennsylvania State University in State College  presented her findings at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Austin, Texas. A new study found that routine roadwork on rural roads may be aiding the rapid

Cleveland volcano erupts

August 11, 2011

Cleveland Volcano, located on uninhabited Chuginadak Island in the Aleutians, has begun building a lava dome. An Alaska volcano has begun erupting, but it is not yet posing a serious hazard to populations or aviation in the region.The eruption was described as a

Exceptional drought across the United States

August 11, 2011

More of the United States was in exceptional drought in July 2011 than in any other month in the past 12 years, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The worst of the drought is spread across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona, Colorado,