Earth changes

• Natural disasters uprooted more than 32 million people in 2012
• Strong earthquake M 6.1 struck near east coast of Honshu, Japan
• Lava fountaining at Pavlof volcano, Alaska
• Earth watching satellite Proba-V opens its eyes to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet
• Active volcanoes in the world: May 8 - May 14, 2013
• Increased volcanic activity at Popocatepetl volcano
• Extensive glacial retreat observed in Mount Everest region
• Low-level eruption of lava and increased seismic activity at Pavlof volcano
• Strong, very deep and harmless earthquake struck Northern Mariana Islands
• Possible magma ascent at Popocatepetl volcano
• M 6.5 earthquake struck near Neiafu, Tonga
• Strong earthquake M 6.2 struck southern Iran - numerous aftershocks
• World earthquakes visualization map 2012-2013

Space

• The growing threat of space debris
• Jupiter's moon Io - new discoveries about the most volcanically active world in the Solar System
• The Beginning of the Universe in 3 Minutes
• Using sound to determine and understand the shape of the universe
• MinutePhysics: The True Science of Parallel Universes

Research

• WMO dubbed last year as disturbing sign of climate change
• Cassini - meteoroids are breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn's rings
• Water in Jupiter's atmosphere came from 1994 comet impact
• Jupiter's moon Io - new discoveries about the most volcanically active world in the Solar System
• Medical application of 'graphene foam' in neural stem cell therapy
• Nano technology solar design cools buildings in full sunlight