December 16-31, 2017: Philippines tropical storm, Kargil lowest Temperature, Choking levels of Air Pollution, Chile Mud Slides, supernovae ions reach Earth, Kothapalli water falls' frozen at 0 C, Niagara Falls frozen,16 Sounds Kaddi Tantri.

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Volume 2017, Issue No.12a,  Dated: 16 to 31 December 2017,  Time:07:50:57 AM

December 16-31, 2017:  Philippines tropical storm, Kargil lowest Temperature, Choking levels of Air Pollution, Chile Mud Slides, supernovae ions reach Earth,  Kothapalli water falls' frozen at 0 C, Niagara Falls frozen,16 Sounds Kaddi Tantri.

               Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

M.Sc. (Math. Phys.), M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys.), Ph. D. (AU), Int. Edu & Res. (Sweden 1964-65) 

      While returning from Sweden, spent few days in England, Paris, Egypt and etc.

Visited USA about 12 Universities, several National Laboratories and Institutes 

during four months Sept.to December 1988.

In 1989 visited Japan, and South Korea.

 [Retd. Prof of Physics; Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004]

Residential Address: 17- 11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,

      Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.

       kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com; DOB:23-07-1940.

lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com

                                                               ABSTRACT

Dec 16, 2017 15:19 IST: Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude hits Indonesia’s Java, 3 dead. Floods in Philippines: 3 dead, 77,000 flee as storm triggers landslides Strong winds toppled trees, knocking out power while floods, small landslides blocked roads and buried some homes. Tropical storm Kai-Tak pounded the eastern Philippines today, cutting off power and triggering landslides. North India reels under bitter cold, Kargil records coldest at minus 11.2C. The severe cold conditions are likely to prevail in Northern India over the next few days. SANTIAGO. A mudslide on Saturday 16 Dec. 2017, tore through a small village in southern Chile near a popular national park, leaving five people dead and at least 15 missing after a night of torrential downpours. December 17, 2017: Tehran: Iran shut primary schools in the capital and other parts of the country on Sunday due to choking levels of air pollution. Cosmic rays flung out from exploding stars have an impact on our weather, a study has shown for the first time. New research from the Technical University of Denmark as found that supernovae release ions which rain down through Earth’s atmosphere seeding clouds. Fungi made life on Earth possible as they played an essential role in the creation of an oxygen rich phosphates atmosphere. 20/12/2017 12:39 PM IST: How Tribes In Odisha are using Forest Food to keep malnutrition at bay. We are never short of food because the forest has plenty to offer us. Dec 21, 2017: 8:30:Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes near Tehran: An earthquake was felt in the Iranian capital Tehran, sending hundreds of people running out onto the streets. 19 DECEMBER 2017 • 1:08PM: Cosmic rays flung out from exploding stars have an impact on our weather, a study has shown for the first time. New research from the Technical University of Denmark as found that supernovae release ions which rain down through Earth’s atmosphere seeding clouds. As more clouds form, the climate cools, which can have a major impact on the long term weather.

G. Madugula mandalam 'Kothapalli water falls'  has frozen at 0 degree C on Tuesday  Dec.19 and Wednesday, Dec 20, in the early mornings from 4 to 6 AM. It may be that temperature fell below zero degrees C. As a  result small crystals have formed. Since it never happened earlier people have taken photographs and sent them to media persons. Satellite images show landslides triggered by earthquakes have led to three dams being formed upstream of the river, in Tibet.  Dec.21, 2017: The winter solstice, also known as Yule, Midwinter, the Shortest Day of the Year and the Longest Night, occurs at 11:28 a.m. ET Thursday. The sun will appear to pass in front of the constellation Capricorn hours after Saturn does likewise. This will cause both of these orbs to line up for the first time since 1664, according to London astrologer Neil Spencer, who writes for The (London) Observer but first wrote about the alignment on his blog. Foggy weather in Visakhapatnam and hence Sun could be photographed easily. Sunday 24, Dec. 2017: WEYL-KONDO SEMIMETAL: They are called quantum materials with an assorted collection of properties seen in disparate materials such as topological insulators, heavy fermion metals, and high temperature superconductors. All these fall under the heading Quantum materials and display electromagnetic behaviour that cannot be explained by classical physics. Dec 25, 2017:09:50 pm: Vietnam evacuates 74,000 people as it braces for Typhoon Tembin. Tembin hit the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Sunday. 26 Dec. 2017: Dense fog and mist engulfed most parts of the country on Tuesday, causing flight delays and cancellations. 16 Sounds Kaddi Tantri with two veduru  pullalto Dalithula ancient Music  instrument.  Seashachalayya recites the dharmapuri  Ramayana  episode in musical tone.  On this Kaddi we vibrate the Gazzlu, Thalalu, that makes us to listen Rudra Veena, Sitara, Saroj, Violin, tabala, murdangam, dappu, about 16 musical tones.  29 Dec. 2017: 6:54 AM IST: "In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year`s Eve on record," Trump tweeted from his Mar a Lago resort in Florida, where he is on holiday vacation.  BJP MP Hema Malini on Friday 29 Dec 2017, said a limit should be set on how many people can live in a city. It is because of too much population to avoid tragedies of families. 30 Dec 2017: Toronto's extreme cold weather alert had been in effect since Christmas Day when Environment Canada -- Federal Government agency for protecting the environment and providing weather and meteorological information to keep Canadians informed and safe -- noted temperatures of -22 C on Thursday, breaking 57-year-old temperature record, Niagara Falls Frozen on 31 Dec 2017. 

DETAILS 

Dec 16, 2017 15:19 IST: Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude hits Indonesia’s Java, 3 dead. Three people had been killed, seven injured and more than 100 buildings damaged, including a hospital in Central Java. The quake swayed buildings for several seconds in the capital Jakarta. Some residents of high rise apartment buildings in central Jakarta quickly escaped their apartments.

December 16, 2017 18:32 IST: 
                                             

                Fig. 1  storm-generic 41486202433 Kai-Tak Phillipines

Tacloban (Philippines) Floods in Philippines: 3 dead, 77,000 flee as storm triggers landslides Strong winds toppled trees, knocking out power while floods, small landslides blocked roads and buried some homes.Tropical storm Kai-Tak pounded the eastern Philippines today, cutting off power and triggering landslides.

Dec 16, 2017, 19:06 PM IST: North India reels under bitter cold, Kargil records coldest at minus 11.2C. The severe cold conditions are likely to prevail in Northern India over the next few days. 

16 Dec. 2017: NEW DELHI: A vast swath of North India reeled under severe cold conditions on Saturday, with the Kargil town in Jammu and Kashmir recording the season's coldest night at minus 11.2 C. The town recorded a low of minus 11.2C, down by one degree from the previous night, and it was the lowest recorded night temperature of the season. While in Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, the mercury dropped to 1.1C, down by one degree from the previous night, Jammu recorded coldest night of the season at 5.1C. Other places in the state, such as Leh recorded a minimum temperature of minus 9.6 C, Qazigund in south Kashmir was 2.8 degrees Celsius, Kokernag town minus 3.2 degrees Celsius and Kupwara town in north Kashmir registered a low of minus 3.7C, the official added. The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg and Pahalgam in north Kashmir also experienced severe cold conditions, with minus 8.4 degrees Celsius and minus 3.5C respectively. In Himachal Pradesh, the minimum temperature at several places plunged below the freezing point, with state capital Shimla, experiencing an overnight temperature of 4.6C. Manali recorded a low of minus 0.6 degrees. Kalpa, some 250 km from Shimla in Kinnaur district, also saw a low of minus three degrees while it was minus 8.7C in Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district, the coldest in the state. 

December 17, 2017: SANTIAGO. A mudslide on Saturday 16 Dec. 2017, tore through a small village in southern Chile near a popular national park, leaving five people dead and at least 15 missing after a night of torrential downpours. A video taken from a helicopter by Chilean police showed a vast swath of the remote town of Villa Santa Lucia, near Chaiten in coastal Patagonia, buried beneath the mud as the landslide plowed its way down a flooded river valley. Four Chileans and a male tourist whose name and nationality have not been disclosed were died in the mudslide. 
December 17, 2017: Tehran: Iran shut primary schools in the capital and other parts of the country on Sunday due to choking levels of air pollution. Local authorities late Saturday announced the closure of all primary schools in the province of Tehran, which is home to 14 million residents, except in two towns. A blanket of smog has covered neighborhoods in the capital in the past few days. Airborne concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) hit 185 micro-grammes per cubic meter in the south of Tehran and 174 in its center on Sunday morning. 
Dec 19, 2017, 2:18 am : On Sunday, after a long gap, Delhiites got to breathe easy as the air quality index was in the ‘moderate’ category, at 198. After a day of breathing easy, the air quality again turned ‘poor’ by Monday evening in the national capital. While the air quality index (AQI) on Monday was at 234, in the ‘poor’ category, the values for PM 10 and PM 2.5 were at 147 and 84 micro-gramme per cubic meter (ug/m^3) respectively, slightly higher than their prescribed standard of 100 and 60 ug/m^3 but in the ‘moderate’ category.
Dec 19, 2017, 16:20 PM IST:  Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil town experienced the coldest night of the winter so far as the mercury there settled at minus 15.4 degrees Celsius, even as most places in the valley witnessed sub-zero minimum temperature.
19 DECEMBER 2017 • 1:08PM: Cosmic rays flung out from exploding stars have an impact on our weather, a study has shown for the first time. New research from the Technical University of Denmark as found that supernovae release ions which rain down through Earth’s atmosphere seeding clouds. As more clouds form, the climate cools, which can have a major impact on the long term weather.
20 Dec 2017:                                                           

                     Fig.2  Fungi made life on Earth possible.                  

                   Fungi made life on Earth possible as they played an essential role in the creation of an oxygen rich phosphates atmosphere. They made a breathable atmosphere on earth, by mining the nutrient phosphorus from rocks and transferring it to plants to power photosynthesis. 

20/12/2017 12:39 PM IST: How Tribes In Odisha are using Forest Food to keep malnutrition at bay. We are never short of food because the forest has plenty to offer us. 

Dec 21, 2017 08:30: Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes near Tehran: An earthquake was felt in the Iranian capital Tehran, sending hundreds of people running out onto the streets, which hit in the late evening at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Residents were asked to remain calm but ,be prepared for possible aftershocks. The epicenter of the quake was 3 km from the city of Malard, and not far from Meshkin Dasht, which sits about 50 km west of Tehran.

Dec.21, 2017: The winter solstice, also known as Yule, Midwinter, the Shortest Day of the Year and the Longest Night, occurs at 11:28 a.m. ET Thursday. The sun will appear to pass in front of the constellation Capricorn hours after Saturn does likewise. This will cause both of these orbs to line up for the first time time since 1664, according to London astrologer Neil Spencer, who writes for The (London) Observer but first wrote about the alignment on his blog. Every year in December visitors from around the world flock to Stonehenge to mark the winter solstice. Early in the morning on December 21, astronomical phenomenon is celebrated by visitors who gather to see the sunrise above the stones. The sunrise on the day is at 8.04 am (in England).       

     

Fig.3 Frozen Water in G. Madugula on Tuesday and Wednesday

             G. Madugula mandalam 'Kothapalli water falls'  has frozen at 0 degree C on Tuesday  Dec.19 and Wednesday, Dec 20, in the early mornings from 4 to 6 AM. It may be that temperature fell below zero degrees C. As a  result small crystals have formed. Since it never happened earlier people have taken photographs and sent them to media persons.

SATELLITE IMAGES CONFIRM CHANGES IN SUMMIT OF GYALA PERI: Satellite images show landslides triggered by earthquakes have led to three dams being formed upstream of the river, in Tibet. On November 17, at 4 am Indian Standard Time, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck below the summit of Gyala Peri. For the next 32 hours, this region was swarmed by five earthquakes, all measuring more than 4 in magnitude. A final 4.7 magnitude quake struck the area on November 23. No aftershocks were recorded. The satellites have captured dust and debris in the air, indicating that landslides continued even 20 days after the earthquakes struck. This landslide area is 400 km upstream from Pasighat, the headquarters of East Siang district, and 200 km from Geling near the international border with China.                                                                       

Fig. 4 December 28, 2016 and Dec. 10, 2017 pics of 

three dams being formed upstream of the river, in Tibet.

The affected part of the river is 30 km in length. on April 9, 2000, on the Yigong-Tsangpo. That slide was caused by a similar series of events. Two earthquakes, measuring 3.5 magnitude and 4.6 magnitude, struck the Zhamu creek in Tibet that day. The landslide blocked the floodplain river, creating a dam with an area of 2.5 sq km, and 90 meters deep. The natural dam gave way on June 1 that year. Within 12 hours, areas all the way downstream till Assam were flooded. 

  Fig.5 A car made of Cane, Vijayawada on Friday 22 Dec. 2017.

Sunday 24, Dec. 2017: WEYL-KONDO SEMIMETAL: They are called quantum materials with an assorted collection of properties seen in disparate materials such as topological insulators, heavy fermion metals, and high temperature superconductors. All these fall under the heading Quantum materials and display electromagnetic behaviour that cannot be explained by classical physics. Their quirky behaviour arise from only at cold temperatures, where they cannot be masked by the overwhelming forces of thermal energy. The most celebrated quantum materials are the high temperature superconductors discovered in 1980s, with ability to conduct electricity without resistance at well above the traditional superconductors. Another is the heavy fermion materials discovered in 1970s. In these, electrons appear to be effective hundreds of time more massive than normal and, equally unusual, the electron mass seems to vary strongly as temperature changes.

TWO STATES OF WATER: Stockholm University scientists have said that at -44C water exits with different properties depending on the arrangements of its molecules. The team conducted the experiment by discharging X-rays at ‘amorphous-ice.’ The procedure followed the transition of ice took place from high density to low density. While the X-rays fell on the ice, it scattered the water. The observation was that the ice turned into a viscous liquid and then flipped into a less dense but far more viscous liquid. The research was done at a sub-zero temperature to retain the two liquids from mixing, else that would have troubled the detection of structures. Anders Nilsson said that the two liquid forms would behave like oil and water if we happen to pour the liquid into a cup. There would be an interface between them as the two liquids would separate. Also, the difference in the density of the two liquid is 25%, which is quite big. Besides, we know that water exists in three different phases- solid, liquid and gas. But the study proposed that there is one more state water can exist in- that is a plasma-like state. More to our surprise, scientists have noted around 70 properties of liquid water entirely distinct from any other liquid. In short, Water is a complex molecule. With age, our knowledge is getting deeper corresponding to the discoveries that have unlocked various aspects of our physical and living world. Maybe water is not what we are studying it now.

Christmas Day Wonder: A "surprise" asteroid which NASA only spotted on Christmas Day has skimmed past the Earth. The asteroid, named 2017 YZ4, came its nearest to Earth at 3:56pm GMT on Thursday, missing us by a mere 140,000 miles (224,000km).In comparison the moon is 238,000 miles (384,000km) away. It was travelling at approximately 21,000mph (34,000kph) - 16 times faster than a rifle bullet, covering the distance between London and New York in roughly 10 minutes.

Dec 25, 2017:09:50 pm: Vietnam evacuates 74,000 people as it braces for Typhoon Tembin. Tembin hit the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Sunday.

CHRISTMAS SUN IN VISAKHAPATNAM: 25 Dec.2017                                               

                                  

                                                   

                                              Fig.6 At 8:46AM in Visakhapatnam 

                                                     Christmas Day  2017.                            

                                     

                                               Fig.7. At 8:48 AM Christmas Day 

                                                            Visakhapatnam 2017

Foggy weather in Visakhapatnam and hence Sun could be photographed easily.

26 Dec. 2017: Dense fog and mist engulfed most parts of the country on Tuesday, causing flight delays and cancellations.

26 Dec 2017: Airport at Visakhapatnam reels at 17.2C, a minimum temperature on 26 Dec. 2017 on Tuesday, while the area registered 16C on  18, 20 and 21 December 2017. The lowest was recorded as 13.8C on December 20, 2014. Temperature change brought haze at isolated places due to temperature change. It would dip further in this month. 
28 Dec 2017: Large parts of Britain experienced at least some snowfall Wednesday, alongside near-freezing temperatures and gusty winds. Wales, western England and Scotland saw the worst of the weather. Sennybridge in Powys, Mid Wales, recorded the largest snow total with 6 centimetres (2.4 inches).
28 Dec. 2017: Unabated Cold Wave Sweeps Across North India. Jammu & Kashmir: The night temperature in Kargil in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, increased nearly 12 degrees last night as the mercury there settled at a low of minus 3.7C from minus 15.4 degrees the previous night.  Leh town recorded a low of minus 6.2C, up over six degrees from the previous night's minus 12.7C. He said the minimum temperature in Srinagar city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, increased over three degrees from minus 2.6C the previous night to settle at 0.7C last night. The mercury in Qazigund in south Kashmir settled at a low of minus 0.4C, nearly three degrees up from minus 3C the previous night. Kokernag town recorded a low of 0.4C, from yesterday's minus 1.6C. Kupwara town in north Kashmir registered a low of 0.1C last night, up from the previous night's minus 3.4C, the official said. He said the mercury at the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 2.4C,  two degrees warmer than the previous night. The night temperature in Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 0.3C, up over four degrees from Tuesday’s minus 4.9C. Kashmir is currently under the grip of Chillai-Kalan, a 40-day harshest period of winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum and the temperature drops considerably. It ends on January 31 next year, but the cold wave continues even after that in the valley.

CHRISTMAS FALL OF SNOW:

Fig.8 US city of Erie storm dumped 152 cm of snow in 48 hours 

around Christmas 2017 with 86 cm snow on Christmas day, 

eclipsing the previous 51 cm on Nov. 22, 1956.  

ANCIENT DALITHULA Musical  Instrument:

Fig 9 About 16 sounds Kaddi Tantri Dalith ancient

Music instrument, played for Ramayana Episode.

16 Sounds Kaddi Tantri with two veduru  pullalto Dalithula ancient Music  instrument.  Seashachalayya recites the dharmapuri  Ramayana  episode in musical tone.  On this Kaddi we vibrate the Gazzlu, Thalalu, that makes us to listen Rudra Veena, Sitara, Saroj, Violin, tabala, murdangam, dappu, about 16 musical tones. Art practiced by Grandfather Tatayya, Pappayya and  Father Venayya, the instrument with me belongs to my dad, I went round the states Telangana, Maharashtra, and Karnataka giving the music to people, and educated my two sons to PG nowthey are busy doing jobs in Hyderabad, alas they don’t know this art. This instrument has four strings, and we vibrate them with two Veduru pullalu. The instrument was played by my grandfather and later by my father for 50 years, and myself last 40 years.” Vaddolu” make it with Teak Wood now no one knows how to make it. 

Dec 29, 2017, 06:54 AM IST: The bitter December chill in the US and Canada has forced people indoors, stranded motorists with dead car batteries and complicated fire-fighting duties. The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang had also tweeted: "US to be coldest region in world relative to normal over next week." This month`s cold wave caps a year that saw ferocious hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires wreak global havoc.

29 Dec. 2017: US weather latest: Parts of country colder than Antarctica or Mars: Arctic blast sweeps from Midwest to Northeast, bringing heavy snow and freezing temperatures. US officials are urging residents to help the vulnerable as a deep freeze sets in across half the country, bringing colder temperatures than those  Antarctica or parts of Mars. Forecasters warned people to be wary of hypothermia and frostbite from the arctic blast sweeping across from the Midwest to the Northeast, where the temperature, without wind chill factored in, plummeted to -35C degrees in parts of New York state. In Antarctica, temperatures are currently around -16C.

29 Dec. 2017: 6:54 AM IST: "In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year`s Eve on record," Trump tweeted from his Mar a Lago resort in Florida, where he is on holiday vacation. 

BJP MP Hema Malini on Friday 29 Dec 2017, said a limit should be set on how many people can live in a city. It is because of too much population to avoid tragedies of families.

30 Dec. 2017: Adi Sankaracharya has made the efforts to unify India culturally. The solution to all the issues prevailing around the world can be found in Sankaracharya's Advaita Vedanta. Kalady in Kerala is Sankaracharya's birth place but he had spent a part of his life in Omkareshwar on the banks of river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh. Chouhan flagged off a drive from Adi Sankara Nilayam in Veliyanad village to collect soil for a 108-foot statue of Adi Shankaracharya, which will come up at Omkareshwar on the banks of River Narmada. 

30 Dec 2017: Extreme cold weather in Toronto breaks 57-year-old temperature record.

Toronto's extreme cold weather alert had been in effect since Christmas Day when Environment Canada noted temperatures of -22C on Thursday, breaking 57-year-old temperature record. 

30 Dec. 2017: Even as the mercury continued its downward spiral in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir, Leh experienced its coldest night this winter as the minimum temperature there settled nearly 14 degrees Celsius below the freezing point. Leh town, in the frontier Ladakh region, recorded a minimum night temperature of 13.8 degrees Celsius, against minus 11.4 degrees Celsius of the previous night.

Dec 31, 2017 05:38 IST: Port-of-Spain [Trinidad and Tobago], December 31 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck the Caribbean Islands on Saturday evening. According to local media reports, the quake occurred at 7:44 pm (local time) and was felt 39 km north-west of St John's city in Antiqua and Barbuda and about 68 km east of Basseterre, the capital of St. Kitts and Nevis. The depth of the quake was 81 km.

Since morning 9 AM the Visakhapatnam engulfed by clouds on 31 Dec. 2017.

Niagara Falls:

Fig. 10 Niagara Falls Frozen on 31 Dec 2017

 The coldest New Year’s Eve in Times Square came in 1917 when it was -17 C at midnight. This year, the forecast is for -11 C  degrees with a wind chill around -17 C, which would tie for second with 1962. The bitter temperatures this week have been blamed for several deaths and road crashes, along with reports of frozen sharks and cold-shocked turtles.

WRELESS NANOGENERATOR: Polylactic acid a plant derived polymer, is incorporated with graphene to improve its conductivity. The generator is made of grapheme-polylactic acid on the bottom and a Teflon layer on top, they produce large voltages, with one hand tap produces 2000 volts with instant peak power of 70 milli-Watts. And wirelessly transfer the energy produced to a nearby battery.  A tribo-electric nano-generator has been 3D printed from biodegradable materials. It harvests mechanical energy and converts into electrical energy that can be transmitted wirelessly, for three meters to a storage device like capacitor or battery. [Prof. Ramakishna Podilla, Clemson University, South Carolina, U.S.]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

                 The author is indebted to Late Prof. Dr. K. R. Rao (Madras) D.Sc.(London) for his guidance and inspiration to present these articles on my website. He is grateful to his mother Late Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama Rao for her sustained interest.

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