20th June 2012 - Victoria Shook by Earthquake

In Australia, magnitude 5.4 strong earthquakes shakes Victoria

In Colorado, nuns, boy scouts among new wildfire evacuees  and record-breaking heat hits Denver as Colorado sizzles.  A scorcher possible for Northeast's 1st summer day  as well.

Yesterday, powerful typhoon hits Japan, 150,000 ordered to evacuate, with now  1 killed, 1 missing as Typhoon Guchol leaves Japan

Don't blame the weather - it's those forecasters!  Says a Felixstow caravan park owner.   Though I'm not sure where he got the idea that all caravan parks in Southern England were on flood alert last weekend from?

Aberdeen woman hurt and dog killed in lightning strike

Curbs in sulphur emissions do their job as acid rain all but eliminated over Britain - until we start pumper sulphur back into the atmosphere to curb global warming, that is ....

Size of particles in Martian clouds of carbon dioxide snow calculated

And a slightly strange story from India where it's claimed that less carbon emission slows snow melt - apparently it's being suggested that since fewer cars have been using a Himalayan pass this year, and less CO2 is being emitted there, it's colder and the snow is not melting as quickly as last year .....  So reversing that logic,  if you want a heatwave in Britain this summer, get in your car and drive!!!