Floods Helped the Australian Outback, Inside Iceland’s Ash Cloud
Photo by Angus Emmott
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Why the Australian Floods Were Good for the Outback: Floods in the Australian state of Queensland exacted a terrible toll last December and January. The bill could reach $30 billion, in clean-up costs and lost productivity. But one part of the Australian state welcomed the floods and is now thriving: The Outback. The World’s Jason Margolis has more from Australia.
Australian rancher Angus Emmott’s photos of birds, snakes, kangaroos and more flourishing in the Outback
Inside Iceland’s Volcanic Ash: Ash from a volcano in Iceland is again causing flight cancellations in Europe. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out what the ash cloud might feel like if you are in it, from John Maclennan, a volcano expert at Cambridge University in England.
Volcanic ash air shutdown the ‘right decision’
The study in the journal PNAS that confirmed last year’s flight shut downs as the right decision.
Volcanic ash’s health effects in Podcast 63.
New View of the Night Sky: Seattle-based photographer Nick Risinger traveled the world to create a true-color 360 degree panorama of the night sky. One of his vantage points was the Southern African Large Telescope, nicknamed SALT. It’s the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere. Risinger talks about his project with The World’s Lisa Mullins.
The Photopic Sky Survey.
Interactive Feature: Panorama of Milky Way.
