Major solar flare reaching X1.1 peaked at 23:08 UTC

July 06, 2012

As we got used to M-class and waited a day to pass to report an overview of July 6, 2012 a major solar flare peaked. At 23:08 a major solar flare reaching X1.1 peaked. The flare was centered around Sunspot 1515.Strong R3 radio blackout was reported.Potential

Japan - Fukushima disaster was a man-made disaster & should have been prevented

July 06, 2012

The investigating commission appointed by the Japanese parliament concluded,  "It was a profoundly man-made disaster—that could and should have been foreseen and prevented." The commission held the government, regulators and a nuclear operator responsible for the

SUMI experiment - to study constantly changing magnetic fields on the Sun

July 06, 2012

On July 5, 2012 NASA successfully launched a mission called the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation or SUMI, to study the intricate, constantly changing magnetic fields on the sun in a hard-to-observe area of the sun's low atmosphere called the

USGS reports sea-level rise accelerating in Atlantic coast of North America

July 06, 2012

Rates of sea level rise are increasing three-to-four times faster along portions of the U.S. Atlantic Coast than globally, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report published in Nature Climate Change.Since about 1990, sea-level rise in the 600-mile stretch of

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake near Vanuatu

July 06, 2012

Deep magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck area of Vanuatu on Friday, July 6, 2012 at 02:28 UTC. The epicenter was located 46 km (28 miles) north-northeast of Port-Olry. Epicenter was registered at depth of 162.7 km (101 miles). Considering the depth, this earthquake was not

Tropical Storm Daniel likely to become Pacific hurricane

July 06, 2012

Tropical Storm Daniel has formed in the eastern Pacific and it shows signs of further strengthening.According to US National Hurricane Center's (NHC) latest public advisory, the center of Tropical Storm Daniel was located near latitude 14.2N and longitude 11.7W and

Strong solar activity continues - Minor geomagnetic storm possible

July 06, 2012

Another excitement day is over. Sunspot 1515 was very active today. It produced ten M-class solar flares backed up by ten more C-class flares.20gev_20120705_01052012/07/05 01:05:0001:15:0001:10:00M2.4S17W27 ( 1515 )21gev_20120705_02012012/07/05