Article: Planet watch. (What's Up).(Brief Article)

Article: Planet watch.(Brief Article)
Odyssey;  April 1, 2005 ;     530 words ...Evening Planets: Venus (in Pisces, moving into Aries) is not visible for most of April. Look for our sister planet to re-emerge, low in the west, in the late April evening sky. Jupiter (in Virgo) rises in the east near 6 p.m. at the start of the month, and an hour earlier in late April. Jupiter

Article: PLANET WATCH.(Brief Article)
Popular Mechanics;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Recent events changed our Earth. * SOUTH AFRICA--Rains came late this year after a stalled high-pressure system forced the region into one of its longest droughts in recent memory. Relief agencies say they now expect damaged crops to recover. * ISRAEL--The heaviest snowfall in a decade fell in

Article: PLANET WATCH.(Brief Article)(Column)
Popular Mechanics;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Recent events that changed our Earth * MOZAMBIQUE--A cyclone and floods left thousands dead and more than a million homeless when they swept through villages already damaged by unseasonable rains that continued into March. * MICHIGAN--Winter sportsmen rushed onto lakes, which are normally frozen,

Article: Planet Watch.(Brief Article)(Column)
Popular Mechanics;  September 1, 2001 ;     612 words ...* BRAZIL Being dependent on hydroelectric power has its own price. A prolonged dry spell has forced urban residents to curtail hot showers and the use of microwave ovens. * PHILIPPINES The Mayon Volcano continues to toy with area residents. A sudden increase in activity in late June forced the

Article: PLANET WATCH.(disasters)(Brief ...
Popular Mechanics;  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Recent events that changed our Earth. * MEXICO--Adolph, the first hurricane of the 2001 season, hurtled toward Acapulco at 165 mph, the highest recorded speed for a May hurricane, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It was expected to remain in the Pacific Ocean, causing only heavy

Article: PLANET WATCH.(Briefs)(Brief Article)
Popular Mechanics;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Recent events that changed our Earth. * NORTH POLE--Ice that lingers from year to year is receding so fast that the arctic could be icefree by the summer of 2050. "The changes we've seen have been much faster and more dramatic than most people imagine," says Tore Furevik, of Norway's University of

Article: California.(Planet Watch)(wildfires)(Brief ...
Popular Mechanics;  January 1, 2004 ;     410 words ...What are believed to be the deadliest blazes in the state's history raged through California in late October, blackening more than 800,000 acres and leaving thousands homeless. Hot, dry Santa Ana winds were blamed for rapidly spreading the flames. As PM went to press, 22 had died.