- ...that Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve is an important and isolated cloud forest, however its small size and isolation is jeopardizing its long term survival?
- ...that the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952) found evidence that suggests a portion of Antarctica was once joined to southern Africa?
- ...that seismologists use isoseismal maps (example pictured) to help work out the epicenter, focal depth, magnitude and mechanism of an earthquake?
- ...that Tropical Storm Christine was the easternmost forming Atlantic tropical cyclone on record?
- ...that over 19 days, the magnitude-6 1703 Apennine earthquakes progressed southwards 36 km and killed an estimated 10,000 people?