News and Links from ArmageddonOnline.org http://www.armageddononline.org Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.armageddononline.org/predict-space-weather.html Get ready for some solar action. Earth is entering a period where potentially damaging solar storms can wreak havoc on communications and satellites. That's what the experts at the Space Weather Prediction Center tell us. But how do scientists know what the sun is going to dish out... News - Science-Astronomy Tue, 15 May 2012 17:35:27 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse.html Skywatchers in East Asia and the western United States should circle this upcoming Sunday on their calendars. That's when a solar eclipse will block out most of the sun, leaving a spectacular ring of fire shining in the sky for observers located along the eclipse's path. The... News - Science-Astronomy Mon, 14 May 2012 19:17:14 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/global-diversity-down.html The world's biodiversity is down 30 percent since the 1970s, according to a new report, with tropical species taking the biggest hit. And if humanity continues as it has been, the picture could get bleaker. Humanity is outstripping the Earth's resources by 50 percent — essentially using the resources of one and a half Earths every year, according to the 2012 Living Planet Report,... News - Climate-Environment Mon, 14 May 2012 19:01:28 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/earth-wildfires-2012.html Authorities across the south-western United States were braced for a summer season of wildfire destruction on Monday after an outbreak of five serious blazes in Arizona.In the first serious wildfires of the 2012 season, hundreds of firefighters, backed up by air support, struggled to contain five separate blazes in northern Arizona. The authorities ordered 300 homes evacuated in the historic mining town of Crown King,... News - Climate-Environment Mon, 14 May 2012 14:22:37 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/7x-earth-sun.html The fear that a solar storm may erupt and disrupt the Earth's electrical grids is a legitimate one, but until that day arrives, we can sit back and enjoy the view.This is an image taken by NASA of the sun erupting on Wednesday, May 9th, with a solar flare appearing almost like a sparkling diamond glittering on the surface of our star.A flare... News - Science-Astronomy Mon, 14 May 2012 14:14:18 +0100