Portuguese scientists have found a depression on the Atlantic Ocean floor they think may be an impact crater.The roughly circular, 6km-wide hollow has a broad central dome and has been dubbed the "Fried Egg" because of its distinctive shape. It was detected to the south of the Azores Islands during a survey to map the continental shelf. If the Fried Egg was made by a space impactor, the collision probably took place within the past 17 million years.
Portuguese scientists have found a depression on the Atlantic Ocean floor they think may be an impact crater.
The roughly circular, 6km-wide hollow has a broad central dome and has been dubbed the "Fried Egg" because of its distinctive shape.
It was detected to the south of the Azores Islands during a survey to map the continental shelf.
If the Fried Egg was made by a space impactor, the collision probably took place within the past 17 million years.
Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have killed at least 19 people across Europe as well as severely disrupting air, rail and road transport.At least 15 people froze to death overnight in Poland as temperatures dipped way below freezing. In parts of Germany a figure of -33C was recorded. Flights have been cancelled, train services have been severely affected and roads made impassable.
Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have killed at least 19 people across Europe as well as severely disrupting air, rail and road transport.
At least 15 people froze to death overnight in Poland as temperatures dipped way below freezing. In parts of Germany a figure of -33C was recorded.
Flights have been cancelled, train services have been severely affected and roads made impassable.
Winter mayhem has continued to strike much of Europe on Sunday, with more deaths reported and public transportation around the continent grinding to a halt. Roads in several European countries are gridlocked, many airports on Sunday are closed or have sharply cut services, while many trains have been cancelled or delayed. In Poland, an estimated 19 people, mainly homeless and late-night drunken stragglers, have frozen to death in the extreme weather. In the Czech Republic, two more homeless people died after exposure to the arctic-like temperatures, bringing to eight the number of people killed in that country due to the cold snap. In Germany, a 46-year-old homeless was reported frozen to death in the south-western city of Mannheim. Hundreds of car accidents were also reported around the country, including two separate incidents that claimed the lives of two women. Temperatures in parts of Germany fell to below minus 33 degrees Celsius overnight, as parts of Western and Northern Europe from Portugal in the south to Poland in the east were hit by heavy snowfall. In Eastern Europe, snow as deep as 2.5 meters has been reported, while temperatures in Mediterranean regions such as Spain dropped to around minus 20 degrees overnight.
Roads in several European countries are gridlocked, many airports on Sunday are closed or have sharply cut services, while many trains have been cancelled or delayed.
In Poland, an estimated 19 people, mainly homeless and late-night drunken stragglers, have frozen to death in the extreme weather. In the Czech Republic, two more homeless people died after exposure to the arctic-like temperatures, bringing to eight the number of people killed in that country due to the cold snap.
In Germany, a 46-year-old homeless was reported frozen to death in the south-western city of Mannheim. Hundreds of car accidents were also reported around the country, including two separate incidents that claimed the lives of two women.
Temperatures in parts of Germany fell to below minus 33 degrees Celsius overnight, as parts of Western and Northern Europe from Portugal in the south to Poland in the east were hit by heavy snowfall.
In Eastern Europe, snow as deep as 2.5 meters has been reported, while temperatures in Mediterranean regions such as Spain dropped to around minus 20 degrees overnight.
After 15 years of comparatively trouble-free operations, high-speed train company Eurostar is now facing huge challenges. The company's bosses must get to the bottom of a cold weather malfunction of trains that appears baffling - even to rail experts. And they must then win back the trust of the travelling public -a trust which will have been eroded by all the tales of travel misery that emerged this weekend after the train failures within the Channel Tunnel. If it was a simple mechanical failure of a piece of equipment, then things would be relatively simple for Eurostar. But what the company has said is that its problem with the trains this weekend has been to do with the changes between the sub-zero temperatures outside the tunnel and the 25C (77F) heat within the tunnel. Yet Eurostar has been running since 1994. There have been numerous cold snaps in that time, with the trains running from London through Kent - one of the UK's snowiest counties.
After 15 years of comparatively trouble-free operations, high-speed train company Eurostar is now facing huge challenges.
The company's bosses must get to the bottom of a cold weather malfunction of trains that appears baffling - even to rail experts.
And they must then win back the trust of the travelling public -a trust which will have been eroded by all the tales of travel misery that emerged this weekend after the train failures within the Channel Tunnel.
If it was a simple mechanical failure of a piece of equipment, then things would be relatively simple for Eurostar.
But what the company has said is that its problem with the trains this weekend has been to do with the changes between the sub-zero temperatures outside the tunnel and the 25C (77F) heat within the tunnel.
Yet Eurostar has been running since 1994. There have been numerous cold snaps in that time, with the trains running from London through Kent - one of the UK's snowiest counties.
Thousands of passengers have been left stranded after Eurostar cancelled all services and its chief executive admitted he did not know when trains would be running again. With five days until Christmas, it is a peak time for travel on Eurostar, with 20,000 people due to cross back and forth underneath the Channel each day. Engineers from both Eurostar and Eurotunnel spent the weekend investigating the rolling stock and the track to work out why five trains broke down on Friday night.
With five days until Christmas, it is a peak time for travel on Eurostar, with 20,000 people due to cross back and forth underneath the Channel each day.
Engineers from both Eurostar and Eurotunnel spent the weekend investigating the rolling stock and the track to work out why five trains broke down on Friday night.
