UC Santa Barbara Geography / Earth Gate / Weekly News
from Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
Week Ending Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Ozone Hole Alert
Authorities in the Chilean city of Punta Arenas issued a five day-alert for dangerously high levels of UV solar radiation passing through the ozone hole.
Authorities in the Chilean city of Punta Arenas issued a five day-alert for dangerously high levels of UV solar radiation passing through the ozone hole.
Invasion Deformities
Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah alert U.N. to a spike in birth deformities, which are up to 15 times higher than before the American invasion in 2003.
Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah alert U.N. to a spike in birth deformities, which are up to 15 times higher than before the American invasion in 2003.
Crash Landings
Wildlife experts in New Zealand’s first scratched their heads at reports of migratory birds crash-landing onto roads and smashing into buildings.
Wildlife experts in New Zealand’s first scratched their heads at reports of migratory birds crash-landing onto roads and smashing into buildings.
Simian Justice
Police in eastern India hut down monkey accused of attempted murder of a baby of its species. Human law applies.
Police in eastern India hut down monkey accused of attempted murder of a baby of its species. Human law applies.
Cyclone Anja
Cyclone Anja became the season’s first named storm in the southwest Indian Ocean and quickly intensified to Category 4 force.
Cyclone Anja became the season’s first named storm in the southwest Indian Ocean and quickly intensified to Category 4 force.
Drought Migrations
The worst drought in Somalia in a decade has wiped out livestock and forced a mass migration of farmers into cities.
The worst drought in Somalia in a decade has wiped out livestock and forced a mass migration of farmers into cities.
Gulf Swirls: Earth Image
The passage of former Hurricane Ida churned up sediment that created a very colorful view from space.
The passage of former Hurricane Ida churned up sediment that created a very colorful view from space.
India Quake Damage
A sharp quaker near India’s west coast caused residents to flee buildings as buildings cracked from the shaking.
A sharp quaker near India’s west coast caused residents to flee buildings as buildings cracked from the shaking.
Extreme Temperatures
The world’s hottest and coldest temperatures of the week.
The world’s hottest and coldest temperatures of the week.
