Human body is equipped to handle temperature extremes

July 16, 2012

The June and July heat waves scorched the Northeast with unusually high temperatures. Intense heat blasts our bodies with temperatures we're not used to, so we usually spend all day in the air conditioning. But going outside and getting used to the heat can promote

Thousands cut off by floods and landslides in Japan

July 16, 2012

More than 5,000 people have been cut off by landslides as more heavy rain and floods are forecast in southwestern Japan. More than 5400 people have been cut off by landslides since late Saturday as mudslides and fallen trees have cut roads and water supplies in the

Toshka Lakes in Egypt show signs of rapid drying

July 16, 2012

Egypt’s Toshka Lakes were created in the 1980s and 1990s by the diversion of water from Lake Nasser through a manmade canal into the Sahara Desert. Flooding of the Toshka Depression created four main lakes with a maximum surface area of about 1450 square

The Mount Lituya landslide in Alaska from June could be one of the biggest ever seen in North America

July 16, 2012

A massive landslide, one of the biggest ever seen in North America, has covered a more than 9 km run of the Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. A huge chunk of the slope of Lituya Mountain sloughed off June 11 and cascaded into the valley

Wave of destructive tornadoes hit northern Poland

July 16, 2012

Powerful wave of tornadoes ripped through the north-western part of Poland on Saturday evening leaving more than 100 houses destroyed and about 400 hectares of woodlands in Bory Tucholskie forest flattened. Tornadoes hit the Kujawy-Pomerania and Wielkopolska