An interesting "earthweek"...

Find out more about where the hottest and coldest temperatures were recorded this week... earthquakes in Japan, Greece, Turkey, Indonesia, the USA and New Zealand... volcanic eruptions in Columbia and Burma... El Nino storms in Peru and Bolivia... cyclones in the Indian Ocean... intoxicated deer in the Czech Republic... and "space junk" in Australia...

Montserrat on high alert...

I've mentioned Earthweek before, but it is always good to be reminded of these things!

This week's edition tells of an ash plume from the Soufriere Hills volcano on Montserrat, which has resulted in the island being put on high alert, and hundreds of people being evacuated.

It also reports of snakes in China being observed for unusual behaviour - which would be a sure sign of an earthquake on the way...

What's happened in the world this week?

I saw this excellent site a while back, but have just been reminded about it on a geography forum...

Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet has a clickable map with information about the natural and environmental events that have occurred during the week... For example, this week, there have been earthquakes in Greece, Italy, India and Taiwan (amongst other places)... And, if you think it's cold here, spare a thought for the people of Oymyakon in Siberia - temperatures of -52oC were recorded there this week!