Sea Ice Max Continues Downward Trend

In September 2012, the ice cap over the Arctic Ocean shrank to its lowest extent on record, about half the size of the average summertime extent from 1979 to 2000. That sea ice minimum continued a long-term trend of diminishing ice cover over the past few decades.

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Typhoon Tembin Strengthens Further

Across the island of Taiwan, about 7,000 residents evacuated their homes and 50,000 households lost power after Tembin made landfall, Agence France-Presse reported. Although earlier forecasts had called for Tembin to continue moving westward, eventually coming ashore in China, the storm changed course, and lingered over the ocean off southwestern Taiwan in late August 2012.

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Typoon Bolaven Tracks Toward Korean Peninsula

Bolaven formed as a tropical depression over the western Pacific Ocean on August 20, 2012, and strengthened to a typhoon the following day. By Friday (August 24), the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that Bolaven was located roughly 410 nautical miles (760 kilometers) southeast of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.

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TMT World Volcanic Activity Report 17 August 2012

Each week, The Meteo Times provides information on new and continuing volcanic activity throughout the world. The TMT World Volcanic Activity Report is filed in conjunction with the most up-to-date date from the Smithsonian Institute. This week's report features updates from Monsterrat, Guatemala, New Zealand, Indonesia, USA, Mexico, Russia, Japan, Ecuador and Colombia.

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