An unprecedented spike in a rare phenomenon called «thunderstorm asthma» was reported in Melbourne, Australia on November 21, 2016 after wild storms swept through the region, abruptly ending one of the city«s hottest days of the year. By the day»s... Read more...
South American country of Bolivia is experiencing its worst drought in 25 years, state officials said and declared a state of emergency on Monday, November 21, 2016. The government declared the state of emergency due to water shortages in large swaths of the... Read more...
A recently performed temperature analysis shows the North Pole is over 20 °C (36 °F) warmer than over the last decades. At the same time, unprecedented frigid temperatures have been observed in parts of Asia, in a highly unusual temperature anomaly dipole.... Read more...
GNS scientists made field observations of Kekerengu Fault rupture following the Kaikoura Earthquake and the fault scarp and uplifted coastal platform at Waipapa Bay above the Papatea Fault. The Kekerengu Fault is one of the several faults that ruptured during the... Read more...