Earth sciences
Foreign Minister’s response to Turkey: The accusations about the islands are beyond common sense
“Greece rejects the Turkish unilateral objections for the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Eastern Mediterranean”
Weather in Bulgaria: Sunny with Max. Temperatures between 9°-14°C
Today it will be mostly sunny. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the on-duty weather forecaster from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Boryana Markova.
Albania’s ‘Revision’ of Protected Areas Alarms Environmentalists
Greens suspect government is changing map of Protected Areas to shrink the size of coastal and wetland areas - where pressure to develop and build is greatest.
Ice of 2,000 years melts in 25 years on Everest
The highest glacier on the world's tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows.
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The “ghost” village of Greece: In Ropoto the buildings have a greater slope than the Leaning Tower of Pisa (photos)
A landslide destroyed the houses
Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and burn it up?
Beyond temperature, there are other good reasons not to burn our trash in volcanoes
Houses damaged after earthquake in central Turkey
The Sarıoğlan district of the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri was hit by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake early on Jan. 19.
"The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.7 kilometers at 02.28 a.m.," the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced.
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Indonesia volcano death toll rises
The death toll from a sudden, spectacular eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru has risen to 13, disaster officials said on Dec. 5, as rescuers searched villages blanketed in molten ash for survivors.
The eruption of Java's biggest mountain caught locals by surprise on Dec. 4, sending thousands fleeing its path of destruction and forcing hundreds of families into makeshift shelters.
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Existing Covid vaccines much less effective against Omicron, says Moderna’s chief executive
“I do not think there is a chance that efficiency will be at the same level as we had with Delta,” he told the Financial Times
Earthquake – 5.1 Richter rattles Ikaria
A strong earthquake off Ikaria was registered shortly after 6 in the morning .
Specifically, there was a seismic tremor of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale with the first data indicating a epicenter 20km northwest of Ikaria.
The focal depth of the earthquake was 17.5 km.
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