July 29, 2012 by desertrose

Earthquakes / Tsunamis

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast: USGS

(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.6 quake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea early on Sunday local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The strong quake was centered 81 miles east-southeast of Rabaul, New Britain, at a depth of 43.5 miles, the USGS said.

The quake was not expected to generate a tsunami, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

(Editing by Peter Cooney)

Pacific Ocean Region
Date/Time (UTC)	Message	Location	Magnitude	Depth	Status	Details
28.07.2012 20:11 PM	Tsunami Information Bulletin	New Ireland Region P.n.g.	6.6	71 km

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Tsunami Information Bulletin in New Ireland Region P.n.g., Pacific Ocean

000
WEPA42 PHEB 282011
TIBPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2011Z 28 JUL 2012

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  2004Z 28 JUL 2012
 COORDINATES -   4.7 SOUTH  153.2 EAST
 DEPTH       -   71 KM
 LOCATION    -  NEW IRELAND REGION  P.N.G.
 MAGNITUDE   -  6.6

EVALUATION

 NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
 HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

 HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
 TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
 A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
 IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
 POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION.  IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

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Volcanic Activity

Geothermal activity seen in New Zealand

by Staff Writers

Rotorua, New Zealand (UPI)

disclaimer: image is for illustration purposes only

A long forgotten geothermal spectacle on New Zealand’s North Island could be coming back to life after more than 40 years, scientists said.
In the first half of the 20th century the Waikite Geyser in the Whakarewarewa geothermal area near Rotorua was known for its spectacular hot water eruptions reaching up to 65 feet but had not produced a significant eruption since 1969, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said.
However, in the past year scientists have increasingly noticed geothermal waters coming into the throat of the geyser, a major tourist attraction, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.
Geothermal features like geysers can be naturally variable and stay dormant for years, GNS geothermal scientist Ed Mroczek said in a statement.
“This makes it difficult to distinguish what is part of a natural cycle and what is disruption caused by human activity,” he said.
Scientists say they believe a sharp increase in the number of bores drilled in Rotorua since the 1950s by homeowners and businesses seeking cheap energy caused underground pressures to drop.
But new research at Whakarewarewa suggests pressure has increased and water from deeper in the earth was being pushed toward the surface, scientists said.
“We have no way of knowing if Waikite will recover to its former magnificence, but the signs we are seeing are very encouraging,” Mroczek said.

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather / Drought

Excessive Heat Warning

TULSA OK

Heat Advisory

SPRINGFIELD MO
FORT WORTH TX
KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
TULSA OK
TOPEKA KS
ST LOUIS MO
LITTLE ROCK AR
WICHITA KS
NORMAN OK

28.07.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

Russia [Asia]

Siberia, [Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Region, Tuva, Khakassia and Irkutsk Region]

Forest / Wild Fire in Russia [Asia] on Saturday, 28 July, 2012 at 12:07 (12:07 PM) UTC.

Description

Firefighters in Russia’s Siberia had extinguished 45 forest fires covering 522 hectares of forest in the past 24 hours, but 131 wildfires were still burning on the area of almost 15,000 hectares, the regional forestry department said Friday. A total of 29 wildfires covering an area of more than 5,000 hectares were localized, and 14,948 hectares of forest continued to burn in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Region, Tuva, Khakassia and Irkutsk Region. Some 3,000 people, 412 units of fire-fighting equipment and 24 aircrafts have been mobilized to fight the blazes, which are believed to be caused by hot and dry weather in the region where the temperature reaches 35 degrees. Reports said the wildfires posed no threat to populated areas or industry.

US ‘extreme drought’ zones triple in size July 27, 2012

by Andrew Gully

Almost two thirds of the continental US are now suffering drought conditions Enlarge A field of dead corn sits next to an ethanol plant July 25, in Palestine, Illinois. The drought in America’s breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warned, driving concern food prices could soar if crops in the world’s key producer are decimated. The drought in America’s breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warned, driving concern food prices could soar if crops in the world’s key producer are decimated. Ads by Google EHR Software Demo – Watch the EHR Demo Online Now Meaningful Use with Ease of Use! – AdvancedMD.com/Elec-Health-Record The US Drought Monitor reported a nearly threefold increase in areas of extreme drought over the past week in the nine Midwestern states where three quarters of the country’s corn and soybean crops are produced. “That expansion of D3 or extreme conditions intensified quite rapidly and we went from 11.9 percent to 28.9 percent in just one week,” Brian Fuchs, a climatologist and Drought Monitor author, told AFP. “For myself, studying drought, that’s rapid. We’ve seen a lot of things developing with this drought that were unprecedented, especially the speed.” Almost two thirds of the continental United States are now suffering drought conditions, the largest area recorded since the Drought Monitor project started in 1999. “If you are following the grain prices here in the US, they are reflecting the anticipated shortages with a price increase,” Fuchs said. In some rural areas, municipal water suppliers are talking about mandatory restrictions Enlarge A farmer moves an irrigation system into a cornfield near Whiteland, Indiana. The drought in America’s breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warned, driving concern food prices could soar if crops in the world’s key producer are decimated. “In turn, you’re going to see those price increases trickle into the other areas that use those grain crops: cattle feed, ethanol production and then food stuffs.” In some rural areas, municipal water suppliers are talking about mandatory restrictions because they have seen such a dramatic drop in the water table that they fear being unable to fulfill deliveries to customers, Fuchs said. “Things have really developed over the last two months and conditions have worsened just that quick and that is really unprecedented,” he added. “Definitely exports are going to suffer because there is going to be less available and the markets are already reflecting that. Ads by Google Dating Sites for Seniors – Over 50 and looking for a soulmate? Try here. Free membership! – MatureSinglesClick.com “It’s anticipated that this drought is going to persist through the next couple of months at least and conditions are not overly favorable to see any widespread improvement.” President Barack Obama’s administration has opened up protected US land to help farmers and ranchers hit by the drought and encouraged crop insurance companies to forgo charging interest for a month. Officials have said the drought will drive up food prices since 78 percent of US corn and 11 percent of soybean crops have been hit and the United States is the world’s biggest producer of those crops. The current drought has been compared to a 1988 crisis that cut production by 20 percent and cost the economy tens of billions of dollars. Officials have said the drought will drive up food prices Enlarge A farmer talks with an official from the US Department of Agriculture while veiwing drought damage to his farm, near Goreville, Illinois. The drought in America’s breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warned, driving concern food prices could soar if crops in the world’s key producer are decimated. The US Department of Agriculture issued retail price forecasts Wednesday for 2013 and they already showed an impact from the drought, with consumers expected to pay between three and four percent more for their groceries. “The 2013 numbers reflect higher-than-average inflation which is partly a function of the drought and the higher crop prices,” said Ephraim Leibtag of the USDA’s Economic Research Service. “The drought effects are starting now at the farm and agricultural level. “Those things take two to 12 months to work through the system. So you’ll see some effects as early as the fall (autumn) in terms of the grocery stores and restaurants, certainly later in the year and into 2013.” The full impact of the drought on food prices won’t be known for months. “It’s too early to tell as we don’t know how much of the crop is going to be lost and how much higher corn and soybean prices will go,” Leibtag said. “We are not forecasting major impacts on retail food at this point. If the drought gets worse or corn and soybean prices rise even more, that would start to have a bigger impact.” Even before the last week, farmers were telling AFP they may have to cut their losses — chopping down fields of half-mature, earless corn to feed the stalks to cattle. Weather forecasters predicted no respite. (c) 2012 AFP

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Storms / Flooding

Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Saola (10W)	Pacific Ocean	28.07.2012	29.07.2012	Tropical Storm	340 °	74 km/h	93 km/h	4.88 m	JTWC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Saola (10W)
Area:	Pacific Ocean
Start up location:	N 14° 24.000, E 127° 6.000
Start up:	28th July 2012
Status:	01st January 1970
Track long:	250.21 km
Top category.:
Report by:	JTWC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
28th Jul 2012	05:07:30	N 14° 24.000, E 127° 6.000	17	46	65	Tropical Depression	325	14		JTWC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
29th Jul 2012	05:07:02	N 17° 48.000, E 125° 48.000	15	74	93	Tropical Storm	340 °	16		JTWC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
30th Jul 2012	12:00:00	N 20° 42.000, E 124° 6.000	Typhoon I.	120	148	JTWC
30th Jul 2012	00:00:00	N 19° 42.000, E 124° 42.000	Tropical Storm	93	120	JTWC
31st Jul 2012	00:00:00	N 21° 30.000, E 123° 36.000	Typhoon I.	148	185	JTWC
01st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 22° 54.000, E 122° 48.000	Typhoon II.	176	213	JTWC
02nd Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 24° 18.000, E 121° 36.000	Typhoon I.	148	185	JTWC
03rd Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 25° 48.000, E 119° 54.000	Tropical Storm	111	139	JTWC

Damrewy (11W)

Pacific Ocean

29.07.2012

Tropical Depression

270 °

56 km/h

74 km/h

1.83 m

JTWC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Damrewy (11W)
Area:	Pacific Ocean
Start up location:	N 26° 0.000, E 145° 18.000
Start up:	29th July 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	0.00 km
Top category.:
Report by:	JTWC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
29th Jul 2012	05:07:50	N 26° 0.000, E 145° 18.000	6	56	74	Tropical Depression	270 °	6		JTWC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
30th Jul 2012	00:00:00	N 26° 18.000, E 143° 18.000	Tropical Storm	65	83	JTWC
30th Jul 2012	12:00:00	N 26° 42.000, E 141° 30.000	Tropical Storm	65	83	JTWC
31st Jul 2012	00:00:00	N 27° 36.000, E 138° 48.000	Tropical Storm	74	93	JTWC
01st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 29° 30.000, E 132° 54.000	Tropical Storm	83	102	JTWC
02nd Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 31° 48.000, E 126° 6.000	Tropical Storm	74	93	JTWC
03rd Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 33° 42.000, E 119° 42.000	Tropical Storm	65	83	JTWC

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Today

Tornado

Philippines

Province of Bohol, Jagna

Tornado in Philippines on Sunday, 29 July, 2012 at 04:29 (04:29 AM) UTC.

Description

At least 85 houses were destroyed in the wake of a tornado that struck four barangays in Jagna, Bohol at 11 a.m. last Friday. The tornado struck barangays Can-upao, Bunga Mar, Cantagay and Ipil while a heavy downpour was taking place, according to the Jagna Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. “The residents said they felt their houses shake. In one house, the kitchen got pulled out and landed in the sala. The residents got out of their homes and ran away,” said council staffer Vicente Orias. Orias said some residents described seeing a black funnel of air in the sky which later spun towards the ground. Several houses made of nipa were uprooted, Orias said. The roofs of some houses, including those made of galvanized aluminum sheets, were blown away. “It looked like the roofs were cut open by the wind,” Orias said. Pag-asa Mactan weather specialist Boy Artiaga said the tornado occurred due to the presence of the southwest monsoon winds and the low pressure area in the eastern part of the Visayas. Barangay Can-upao was hardest hit with 43 destroyed or damaged houses, followed by Bunga Mar with 39 houses, two in Cantagay and one in Ipil. No one was reported injured, Orias said. The affected families transferred to houses of their relatives or neighbors. Bohol provincial police said property damage was estimated at P800,000. The tornado also damaged 13 pumpboats worth P300,000, a sari-sari store and fruit-bearing trees worth P200,000. Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto, Vice Gov. Concepcion Lim and social welfare personnel went to the affected areas to distribute rice, noodles, and canned goods.

Flash Flood Watch

ALBANY NY
TAUNTON MA

Flood Advisory

NORTH PLATTE NE

North Korean floods kill 88

From: AFP

FLOODING across impoverished North Korea this month has killed 88 people, left tens of thousands homeless and devastated swathes of farmland.

A week of floods “caused by typhoon and downpour … claimed big human and material losses”, Pyongyang’s official news agency said. The new death toll was a dramatic increase from the figure of eight reported Wednesday.

A total of 134 people were injured and almost 63,000 people were left homeless by the floods, which started on July 18, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, with thousands of houses damaged or destroyed.

The biggest loss of human life was in two counties of South Pyongan province, which were hit by torrential rains on Monday and Tuesday, it said.

More than 30,000 hectares of land for growing crops was “washed away and buried” or “submerged”, KCNA said, a potential blow for a state that is beset by persistent severe food shortages.

With rugged terrain and outmoded agricultural practices, the country faces serious difficulties in feeding its 24 million people. Hundreds of thousands died during a famine in the mid to late-1990s.

UN agencies, after a visit to the North, estimated last November that three million people would need food aid in 2012.

Some 300 public buildings and 60 factories were damaged in the floods, as well as large stretches of road, KCNA said.

State media reported earlier this week that 60 flood victims were rescued thanks to a helicopter urgently sent by leader Kim Jong-Un.

The victims, including children and women, were trapped on Monday on a hillock in the northwest of the country after a river flooded due to heavy rain, the official news agency said.

“Isolated incommunicado, they did not find a way out, in panic at rising water. At that time a helicopter appeared,” it said.

“After receiving an urgent report, the dear respected Kim Jong-Un issued an emergency sortie order to a unit of the Air Force of the Korean People’s Army.”

After decades of deforestation, the impoverished North Korea is particularly vulnerable to flooding.

Dozens were killed or injured by a storm and torrential rain in the North in June and July last year. Thousands were also made homeless and large areas of farmland were flooded.

The United States reached a deal on February 29 this year to offer North Korea badly needed food aid in return for a freeze on nuclear and missile tests.

But it rescinded the plan after the North’s failed rocket launch in April, seen by the United States and its allies as an attempted ballistic missile test.

The North has been developing nuclear weapons for decades and staged two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 13: official

By Elias Biryabarema
KAMPALA

(Reuters) – An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 13 people in Uganda and efforts are under way to contain the hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday.

There is no treatment and no vaccine against Ebola, which is transmitted by close personal contact and, depending on the strain, kills up to 90 percent of those who contract the virus.

Joaquim Saweka, WHO’s representative in Uganda, said that although suspected Ebola infections emerged in early July in Kibale district, about 170 km (100 miles) west of the capital Kampala, the outbreak was not confirmed until Friday.

“There are a total of 20 people suspected to have contracted Ebola and 13 of them have died,” Saweka said.

“A team of experts from the government, WHO and CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control) are in the field and following up on all suspected cases and those who got into contact with patients.”

Saweka said the origin of the outbreak had not yet been confirmed, but 18 of the 20 cases are understood to be linked to one family.

Kibale is near the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the virus emerged in 1976, taking its name from the Ebola River.

The symptoms include sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rashes, impaired kidney and liver function and both internal and external bleeding.

Ebola was last reported in Uganda in May last year when it killed a 12-year-old girl. The country’s most devastating outbreak was in 2000 when 425 people were infected, more than half of whom died.

(Editing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Michael Roddy)

28.07.2012

Epidemic Hazard

Uganda

Western Uganda, [Kibaale District]

Epidemic Hazard in Uganda on Thursday, 26 July, 2012 at 15:57 (03:57 PM) UTC.

Description
Sixteen people are reported dead in Uganda from a mystery illness. The Uganda publication UG Pulse reports that a strange illness, cause unknown, is spreading in the Kibaale district in western Uganda. The District Health Officer, Dr. Dan Kyamanwa, stated that 11 of the deaths were from the same family in the Nyamarunda Sub County. A twelfth death was a health officer. There are also reports of the illness appearing in the clinical officer who treated the family from Nyamarunda and a driver who transported the deceased. Kyamanwa says that symptoms of the illness include high fever, vomiting, diarrhea and systems failure. Death occurs within four to seven days.The Ugandan government is reportedly sending a team of experts to investigate the outbreak.
Biohazard name:	Unidentified fatal disease
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	suspected

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Solar Activity

2MIN News July 28, 2012

Published on Jul 28, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

EARTHQUAKE WATCH: http://youtu.be/SMiHsOYwdCs

TODAY’S LINKS

Red Tide: http://phys.org/news/2012-07-red-tides-chesapeake-bay.html

Drought: http://phys.org/news/2012-07-extreme-drought-zones-triple-size.html

Occupy China: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/us-china-environment-protest-idUSBR…

REPEAT LINKS

Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]

SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it... trust me]

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]

NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/ [CME Evolution]

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/

LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]

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Space

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

Object Name

Apporach Date

Left

AU Distance

LD Distance

Estimated Diameter*

Relative Velocity

217013 (2001 AA50)

31st July 2012

2 day(s)

0.1355

52.7

580 m – 1.3 km

22.15 km/s

79740 km/h

(2012 DS30)

02nd August 2012

4 day(s)

0.1224

47.6

18 m – 39 m

5.39 km/s

19404 km/h

(2000 RN77)

03rd August 2012

5 day(s)

0.1955

76.1

410 m – 920 m

9.87 km/s

35532 km/h

(2004 SB56)

04th August 2012

6 day(s)

0.1393

54.2

380 m – 840 m

13.72 km/s

49392 km/h

(2000 SD8)

04th August 2012

6 day(s)

0.1675

65.2

180 m – 400 m

5.82 km/s

20952 km/h

(2006 EC)

06th August 2012

8 day(s)

0.0932

36.3

13 m – 28 m

6.13 km/s

22068 km/h

(2006 MV1)

07th August 2012

9 day(s)

0.0612

23.8

12 m – 28 m

4.79 km/s

17244 km/h

(2005 RK3)

08th August 2012

10 day(s)

0.1843

71.7

52 m – 120 m

8.27 km/s

29772 km/h

(2009 BW2)

09th August 2012

11 day(s)

0.0337

13.1

25 m – 56 m

5.27 km/s

18972 km/h

277475 (2005 WK4)

09th August 2012

11 day(s)

0.1283

49.9

260 m – 580 m

6.18 km/s

22248 km/h

(2004 SC56)

09th August 2012

11 day(s)

0.0811

31.6

74 m – 170 m

10.57 km/s

38052 km/h

(2008 AF4)

10th August 2012

12 day(s)

0.1936

75.3

310 m – 690 m

16.05 km/s

57780 km/h

37655 Illapa

12th August 2012

14 day(s)

0.0951

37.0

770 m – 1.7 km

28.73 km/s

103428 km/h

(2012 HS15)

14th August 2012

16 day(s)

0.1803

70.2

220 m – 490 m

11.54 km/s

41544 km/h

4581 Asclepius

16th August 2012

18 day(s)

0.1079

42.0

220 m – 490 m

13.48 km/s

48528 km/h

(2008 TC4)

18th August 2012

20 day(s)

0.1937

75.4

140 m – 300 m

17.34 km/s

62424 km/h

(2006 CV)

20th August 2012

22 day(s)

0.1744

67.9

290 m – 640 m

13.24 km/s

47664 km/h

(2012 EC)

20th August 2012

22 day(s)

0.0815

31.7

56 m – 130 m

5.57 km/s

20052 km/h

162421 (2000 ET70)

21st August 2012

23 day(s)

0.1503

58.5

640 m – 1.4 km

12.92 km/s

46512 km/h

(2007 WU3)

21st August 2012

23 day(s)

0.1954

76.0

56 m – 120 m

5.25 km/s

18900 km/h

(2012 BB14)

24th August 2012

26 day(s)

0.1234

48.0

27 m – 60 m

2.58 km/s

9288 km/h

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Source: NASA-NEO

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Planet-forming dust disc surrounding distant star disappears

An artist’s conception of the now-vanished dust disc surrounding the star TYC 8241 2652 1. (Gemini Observatory/AURA artwork by Lynette Cook / July 5, 2012)

By Thomas H. Maugh II Los Angeles TimesJuly 5, 2012, 8:46 a.m.

A disc of planet-forming dust around a distant star has disappeared unexpectedly, leaving astronomers scratching their heads and questioning current theories of how planets are formed. “It’s like the classic magician’s trick: Now you see it, now you don’t,” said astronomer Carl Melis of UC San Diego, who led the team that discovered the phenomenon. “Only in this case, we’re talking about enough dust to fill an inner solar system and it is really gone.” The team has proposed several possible explanations for the disappearance, but “none are really compelling,” Melis said.
The star in question is a called TYC 8241 2652. It is a younger version of our own sun, only about 10 million years old (our own solar system is 4.5 billion years old), and lies 450 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. It was first seen in 1983 by NASA’s Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). The dust disc heats up from absorbed light from its star and re-emits the energy in the infrared, giving the system a characteristic appearance. IRAS has discovered hundreds of such stars.
The team reported Thursday in the journal Nature that they reexamined the star in 2008 using the Gemini South Observatory in Chile and found the same infrared signature observed in 1983. But when they looked at it again in 2009 with NASA’s orbiting Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, about two-thirds of the dust had disappeared. Observations with other telescopes the following year showed that virtually all of the dust was gone. “It’s as if you took a conventional picture of the planet Saturn today and then came back two years later and found that its rings had disappeared,” said co-author Ben Zuckerman of UCLA.
Researchers have offered at least three potential mechanisms for the disappearance. One might be runaway planetary accretion. It is generally believed that the condensation of such dust particle around a star into a planet occurs over long periods — hundreds of thousands of years. In this case, it could have been accelerated by some unknown force, occurring over just a few years. The star is too far away to observe any potential planet, however.
A second possibility is that, for some reason, the dust has all fallen into the star itself, perhaps as a result of the star’s gravity or some external force. The third explanation might be that the dust particles are so small that the constant stream of light from the star has ejected them all into space, where they have cooled off.
“Many astronomers feel uncomfortable with the suggested explanations for the disappearance of the dust because each of them has nontraditional implications,” said co-author Inseok Song of the University of Georgia. “But my hope is that this line of research can bring us closer to a true understanding of how planets form.”
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Biological Hazards / Wildlife

Dogs Die After Playing In Tainted Reservoir

Toxic Algae Found In Salamonie Reservoir, Health Officials Say

State officials found high blue-green algae levels in seven Indiana lakes.

ANDREWS, Ind. — Indiana health officials are warning residents that toxic algae found this summer in several lakes poses a health threat to people and animals.The warning comes after the death of two dogs playing in a northern Indiana reservoir tainted by the toxic algae.The Board of Animal Health said toxins released by blue-green algae are likely what caused two dogs belonging to Larry and Marge Young to die last week after the dogs played in Salamonie Reservoir.

The Wabash couple’s two other dogs were sickened and are being treated for liver failure.State officials have found high blue-green algae levels in seven Indiana lakes, including Salamonie, where record levels were discovered.The others are Raccoon Lake, Hardy Lake, Brookville Lake, Whitewater Lake, Sand Lake and Worster Lake.
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Articles of Interest

Japanese women fall behind Hong Kong in longevity

Elderly Japanese women whose homes were destroyed in last year's tsunami at a temporary housing site on 6 March, 2012 in Minamisanriku, Japan

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami contributed to pushing life expectancy figures down

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Japanese women have fallen behind Hong Kong in global life expectancy rankings for the first time in 25 years.

This was partly due to the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in March 2011, said an annual report by Japan’s health ministry.
The expected lifespan for Japanese women dropped from 86.30 years in 2010 to to 85.90 years in 2011.
The official life expectancy for women in Hong Kong last year was 86.70 years.
Japan has topped the women’s rankings for a quarter of a century, with longevity attributed in part to a healthy traditional diet.
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that left more than 20,000 dead or missing pushed the life expectancy down.
However the report noted that even without the disaster Japanese women would still have dropped behind Hong Kong in the statistics.
Other factors contributing to the dip included a rise in the number of suicides among Japanese women, disease and other natural death causes, the report said.
The life expectancy for men in Japan also declined from 79.55 in 2010 to 79.44 last year.
The men dropped from fourth place in 2010 to eighth last year in the global life expectancy ranking, said Japan’s Kyodo news agency.
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Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk	Source	Details
29.07.2012 08:45:30	4.6	Asia	Japan	Fukushima	Namie		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 08:10:21	2.2	Europe	Italy	Emilia-Romagna	San Prospero		EMSC
29.07.2012 08:10:55	2.7	Asia	Turkey	Van	Yuvacik		EMSC
29.07.2012 08:20:39	3.0	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Luquillo	Luquillo		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 06:27:38	2.5	North America	United States	Alaska	Skwentna		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 06:10:21	2.6	Europe	Greece	Central Greece	Amarynthos		EMSC
29.07.2012 05:51:05	4.5	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Davao	Lapuan		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 06:10:46	4.8	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Davao	Lapuan		EMSC
29.07.2012 05:26:14	4.9	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Caraga	Santa Maria		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 06:11:05	5.0	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Caraga	Barcelona		EMSC
29.07.2012 07:20:36	2.4	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand	Canterbury	Kaiapoi		GEONET
29.07.2012 05:06:01	3.5	Asia	Turkey	Van	Yuvacik		EMSC
29.07.2012 05:06:45	3.0	Europe	France	Rhône-Alpes	Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez		EMSC
29.07.2012 05:07:29	5.0	Europe	Russia	Kamtsjatka	Yelizovo		EMSC
29.07.2012 05:08:02	5.7	Asia	Myanmar	Chin	Falam		EMSC
29.07.2012 04:45:47	5.7	Asia	Myanmar	Chin	Falam		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 04:25:27	2.6	North America	United States	Hawaii	Puako		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 07:15:24	3.2	Caribean	U.S. Virgin Islands	Saint Thomas Island	Charlotte Amalie		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 04:05:24	2.4	Asia	Turkey	Van	Toyga		EMSC
29.07.2012 07:35:27	3.0	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 03:00:25	2.1	Europe	Italy	Sicily	Rodi		EMSC
29.07.2012 02:40:27	2.0	North America	United States	Alaska	Ferry		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 06:12:43	3.2	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 03:00:44	2.8	Europe	Poland	Silesian Voivodeship	Bazanowice		EMSC
29.07.2012 04:05:57	3.1	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 03:01:03	2.7	Europe	Greece	Thessaly	Mileai		EMSC
29.07.2012 07:10:55	3.0	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 04:06:21	3.0	Caribbean	U.S. Virgin Islands	Saint Thomas Island	Charlotte Amalie		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 03:50:55	2.6	Caribean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 03:20:24	2.5	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 03:45:10	2.5	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 03:05:31	3.0	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 01:55:24	3.1	Europe	Greece	South Aegean	Adamas		EMSC
29.07.2012 02:45:26	2.9	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 02:30:27	2.4	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 01:55:48	2.0	Europe	Italy	Emilia-Romagna	San Prospero		EMSC
29.07.2012 01:56:11	4.3	Europe	Cyprus	Famagusta	Protaras		EMSC
29.07.2012 01:57:24	4.5	Europe	Cyprus	Famagusta	Protaras		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 02:20:25	3.2	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 02:10:26	3.1	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 01:50:32	2.9	Caribbean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 01:57:49	2.6	Caribean	Puerto Rico	Culebra	Culebra		USGS-RSOE
29.07.2012 01:56:34	4.2	Asia	Afghanistan	Badakhshan	Ashkasham		EMSC
29.07.2012 01:35:27	4.2	Asia	Afghanistan	Badakhshan	Ashkasham		USGS-RSOE
28.07.2012 23:56:18	2.1	North America	United States	California	Potter Valley		USGS-RSOE
28.07.2012 23:15:32	3.2	North America	United States	Alaska	Port Lions		USGS-RSOE
28.07.2012 23:55:24	3.7	South-America	Chile	Libertador General Bernardo O?Higgins	Santa Cruz		EMSC
28.07.2012 22:55:20	3.3	Europe	France	Rhône-Alpes	Cellier-du-Luc		EMSC
28.07.2012 22:55:47	2.0	Europe	Italy	Emilia-Romagna	San Prospero		EMSC
28.07.2012 22:56:06	5.0	Asia	Japan	Okinawa	Haebaru		EMSC

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Earth Watch Report – Sunday July 29th, 2012

Earthquakes / Tsunamis

RSOE EDIS

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast: USGS

Original Bulletin

Tsunami Information Bulletin in New Ireland Region P.n.g., Pacific Ocean

Volcanic Activity

Geothermal activity seen in New Zealand

Extreme Temperatures/ Weather / Drought

Excessive Heat Warning

Heat Advisory

Forest / Wild Fire in Russia [Asia] on Saturday, 28 July, 2012 at 12:07 (12:07 PM) UTC.

US ‘extreme drought’ zones triple in size July 27, 2012

Storms / Flooding

Tropical Storm data

Tropical Storm data

Tornado in Philippines on Sunday, 29 July, 2012 at 04:29 (04:29 AM) UTC.

Flash Flood Watch

Flood Advisory

North Korean floods kill 88

Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 13: official

Epidemic Hazard in Uganda on Thursday, 26 July, 2012 at 15:57 (03:57 PM) UTC.

Solar Activity

2MIN News July 28, 2012

Space

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

Planet-forming dust disc surrounding distant star disappears

Biological Hazards / Wildlife

Dogs Die After Playing In Tainted Reservoir

Toxic Algae Found In Salamonie Reservoir, Health Officials Say

Articles of Interest

Japanese women fall behind Hong Kong in longevity

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