Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese island of Honshu, is still lacking any measurable snow, extending a record for no snow in October. This is the longest the peak has ever gone in October without snow settling in, breaking a 130-year record.
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ISIS claims responsibility for attack in Istanbul church
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during a Sunday Mass that killed one person.
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Mutinous soldiers in Gabon ousted president whose family has ruled for 55 years
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba was under house arrest, hours after he was declared the winner in an election that extended his family’s 55-year reign in the oil-rich Central African nation. Gabon’s people celebrate his potential ouster because Bongo’s family has been accused of getting rich on the country’s resource wealth while many of its citizens struggle to scrape by.
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Ocean temperatures are off the charts
Ocean surface heat is at record-breaking levels. Temperatures began climbing in mid-March and skyrocketed over the course of several weeks, leaving scientists scrambling to figure out exactly why. Temperatures have fallen since their peak in April as they naturally do in the spring but they are still higher than they have ever been on record for this time of year. Gregory C. Johnson, an oceanographer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which calculates the ocean surface temperature using a network of ships, buoys, satellites and floats said that it is remarkable.
