October 20, 2015 Botched environmental predictions for 2015 You’ve heard the warnings: Global warming could doom humanity. Overpopulation and deforestation will destroy the planet. We’re going to run out of energy. It isn’t happening right now, experts say, but it could happen in a few decades. Yet, decades ago, experts warned that many catastrophes would happen now – by the year 2015. Yet they have not. FoxNews.com found five predictions that went astray.
October 20, 2015 Hawaii lava flow is slow, gentle yet unrelenting as it edges close to town's road, homes Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, moves gradually and persistently as she deposits lava across the Big Island of Hawaii. People in the small town lying in its path say the lava will reshape th...
October 20, 2015 Supervolcano cleared in Neanderthals' demise VANCOUVER, British Columbia Neanderthals disappeared from Europe 40,000 years ago, about the same time as the region's biggest volcanic blast in the last 200,000 years.
October 20, 2015 NASA images reveal shocking scale of Aral Sea disaster A series of NASA satellite images has revealed the shocking decline of water levels in the Aral Sea, a massive environmental disaster dubbed “the quiet Chernobyl.”
October 20, 2015 Fukushima monkeys' blood shows signs of radiation exposure Wild monkeys living in forests of Fukushima the Japanese city that was the site of a nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011 have lower blood cell counts than monkeys from northern Japan, and carry detectable levels of cesium in their bodies, researchers have found
October 20, 2015 Iceland's Hekla volcano close to erupting, scientist claims Hekla volcano, one of Iceland's most active volcanoes, could be close to erupting, a University of Iceland geoscientist claims.
October 20, 2015 Active volcano discovered under Antarctic ice sheet Earthquakes deep below West Antarctica reveal an active volcano hidden beneath the massive ice sheet, researchers say.
October 20, 2015 Tornado winds: how fast can they get? Inconceivable” tornadoes, rated F6, have wind speeds of 319 miles per hour and can hurl cars and refrigerators like missiles.
October 20, 2015 Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to limit real-time tracking of eruptions amid ongoing federal budget cuts -- moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.
October 20, 2015 Italian court convicts 7 scientists for failing to predict earthquake An Italian court has convicted seven scientists and experts of failing to adequately warn citizens before an earthquake struck central Italy in 2009, killing more than 300 people.