Environment
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula late on Tuesday, July 29, triggering tsunami alerts across the Pacific region. The 8.8-magnitude quake, occurring at a depth of 18.2 kilometers and approximately 126 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, marks the strongest......
In Denmark, Europe's most significant green methanol production facility, known as Kasso, has begun operations. Located near northern Europe’s largest solar farm and a major power transformer station, the plant will generate e-methanol—a synthetic fuel derived from renewable electricity......
In a report released Thursday, local authorities in Japan announced that rain had slowed the progress of the country’s largest forest fire in over five decades. The fire, which has been raging for a week, has devastated forests around Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, located in the northeastern part......
As 2024 draws to a close, satellite imagery has once again played a pivotal role in providing critical insights and documentation of major global events. From natural disasters to geopolitical shifts, the OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) team has relied on satellite data, videos, and publicly available......
As 2024 unfolds, it is on track to become the hottest year ever recorded, surpassing the previous high in 2023. This milestone signifies the alarming reality that the planet's average temperature has exceeded 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels for the first time, a threshold set by......
Trains and flights have been cancelled across Japan as Typhoon Shanshan, one of the strongest storms to hit the country in decades, wreaks havoc on cities in its path. The typhoon made landfall in south-western Japan on Thursday, resulting in at least six fatalities and over 100 injuries. Now downgraded......
A devastating typhoon, Shanshan, has struck Japan's southern island of Kyushu, resulting in at least three confirmed fatalities. The typhoon made landfall in Kagoshima prefecture around 08:00 local time (23:00 GMT), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). In response to the storm's......
Japan is bracing for the imminent arrival of Typhoon Ampil, a powerful storm system that has prompted authorities to order mass evacuations and caused significant disruptions to air and rail travel across the country. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has classified Ampil as a "very strong"......
Japan Faces Deadly Heat Surge During Typically Mild Summer Months In an unusual turn of events, the normally temperate climate of Japan has been gripped by a severe heatwave, leading to a number of heat-related fatalities in the nation's capital. Over the past weekend, the Shizuoka region became......
