Anak Krakatau eruption 2026: Impacts on aviation, education, and shipping in Indonesia, and advised safety measures

Anak Krakatau eruption 2026: Impacts on aviation, education, and shipping in Indonesia This briefing covers how the 2026 Anak Krakatau eruption affected air travel, schooling, and maritime activity in Indonesia, and what safety steps officials advised for residents and travelers. It also explains the eruption timeline, monitoring, and ongoing risks. Aviation disruption and airport closures […]

Equal Earth projection: what it is, how it works, and the 2026 UN resolution

The Equal Earth map projection is an equal‑area pseudocylindrical global projection designed to present landmasses with their true relative areas while maintaining a visually intuitive world map. It was introduced in 2018 by Bojan Šavrič, Bernhard Jenny, and Tom Patterson. Built as an aesthetically appealing alternative to existing equal‑area projections, it emphasizes size accuracy without […]

Decagon on Saturn’s South Pole: A Ten-Sided Atmospheric Wave

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, leveraging the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program and contributions from citizen scientists, has revealed a giant, evolving ten-sided pattern encircling Saturn’s south pole. This marks the first time a large, regular-sided jet pattern has been observed in Saturn’s southern hemisphere and suggests a new atmospheric phenomenon is developing on the […]