With the aid of the Russian scientific equipment of "Arina" "Resurs" not only sees present, but also gives forecasts. For example, earthquakes. "The cloud structures, which 2-3 weeks prior to earthquake itself are built along the active structures - breakings, the boundaries of plates - and locate their kontury, it turned out that are the most informative classes of signs", says Leonid Doda, the chief specialist of the division of subject processing of information NTs. Today such phenomena are observed in the earthquake-hazard zone in Kamchatka. Soon center forecasts here earthquake by force to 6 marks.
12月25日：第50回地震電磁気セミナー
On November 27, 2008 under the chairmanship of the deputy of the general director NKAU E. I. Kuznetsov and Vice-administrator of KNKA Luo Ge took place the sixth plenary meeting of subcommittee for collaboration in the sphere of experiment and peaceful use of outer space.
At the plenary meeting of subcommittee was discussed the motion of the realization of the plan of Ukrainian-Chinese collaboration in the sphere of experiment and peaceful use of outer space during the years 2006-2010, including the motion of preparation for the realization of the general drafts (system) of the plan of collaboration.
Subcommittee made the decision to continue work on the coordination of preparation for the realization of system projects on the creation of satellites CSES and IONOSAT, and also of satellites Environment-1-B and Sich-2.
Japanese scientists in Greece to mark the group VAN. What are the seismologists and interpret how the strong seismic activity in Kefalonia, and Egialias Vilia Attica.
11月24～27日：ASC-SSJ合同大会（地震学会）
24日：日本における地震予知研究と今後の課題
27日：Electromagnetism and Earthquake Processes, Earthquake Forecast and Prediction
日時：10月24日（金）14:00～15:00
場所：電気通信大学西2号館801号室（早川研）
講師：N.Smirnova博士（ロシア・サンクトペテルブルグ大学）
タイトル：Fractal Characteristics of ULF Emissions along 210 Geomagnetic Meridian
'Earthquakes in different parts of the world are resulting in loss of life and wealth, destroying decades of progress made by countries. India has earthquake problems periodically in certain regions. It is essential to forecast earthquakes using multiple parameters such as pre-shock conditions and atmospheric and ionospheric anomalies,' he said.
'Ten years ago it was impossible but today it is possible to predict earthquakes. Many teams are working on it.'
Dr Eves praised all the finalists. He said of the winning entry: "We're very excited about the potential for the experiment, since, in addition to supporting navigation safety, some scientists in the US and Taiwan think variations in the ionosphere might also help provide indications of impending earthquakes".
According to initial plans for "Volcano" space system development, researchers expected to finish everything in 2005-2006. Insufficient and sporadic funding was the reason they didn't finish the "Volcano" as scheduled - honestly speaking, finding enough money for research has always been a problem for Russian scientists.
８月28日：電気通信大学創立90周年記念 第51回移動体通信研究会（目黒会）
The Greek inventors of an earthquake prediction system claim they are being denied funds because of opposition from the country's scientific establishment.
Malcolm Brabant reports from Greece.
日時：7月24日（木）13：30-14：30
場所：西2号館801号室
講師：Prof. Vadim SURKOV, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow Russia
講演タイトル：Natural ULF electromagnetic resonances and noises: A review
The cosmonauts have installed instrumentation on the outer surface of the service module Zvezda (star) for the conduct of a new geophysical experiment Vsplesk (eruption) the aim of which is to work out methods for a prompt prediction of earthquakes.
Professor Arkady Galper, science director of the experiment, has told Itar-Tass, "We have devised an instrument that can register the fluxes of medium-energy electrons and protons in the near-Earth space".
After moving back to Strela, they moved a foot restraint from its boom to the exterior of Zvezda. They returned to Pirs, got an experiment called Vsplesk and moved with it to the large-diameter section of Zvezda.
There they installed the experiment, which monitors seismic effects using high-energy particle streams in the near-Earth environment. Then they installed cabling.
Nonseismic warning signs are even more problematic. In the hours before the Wenchuan earthquake, a Taiwanese meteorology satellite reportedly detected a decrease in density of charged particles in the ionosphere above Wenchuan. Although some researchers speculate that it may have been due to radon seeping into the air, Huang notes that a link between earthquakes and ionosphere anomalies is controversial.
６月19日：視点・論点 「地震予知の現状」 (NHK)
In the 28 May issue of the Chinese language journal Science and Technology Review, experts led by Wu Lixin from the Chinese University of Mining and Technology in Beijing, report an abnormal temperature rise in the thermal satellite images of the eastern front of Qinghai-Tibet plateau - the fault that caused the earthquake - 20 days before the Sichuan earthquake. [pdf]
Tselentis said that the VAN team had last March submitted a signal that a strong earthquake was expected in the northwestern Peloponese "while the well-known 'circles' had me sent to the prosecutor", adding that a new signal that "we were entering the critical period" had been submitted on May 29. He said that there was no other prediction for an earthquake in the short-term.
The team at Nasa has also been working with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in the UK, to investigate the feasibility of a satellite-based early warning system.
Stuart Eves, head of business development at the company, told BBC News: "The evidence suggests we're now crossing the boundary in terms of technology readiness."
That doesn't discourage Dr. Freund, who is 75 years old. He has invested $1 million of savings held by him and his wife, the novelist Hisako Matsubara, in his research, he said. Their son, Minoru Freund, is the director of the Center for Advanced Aerospace Materials and Devices at the NASA Ames Center in nearby Mountain View, Calif., and has worked with his father on his theories. The pair hope that satellites could help them take their theories to the next step.
Dimitar Ouzounov, the NASA scientist who sent the Sichuan email, was studying thermal patterns as part of his work on atmospheric changes ahead of earthquakes. His research competes with that of Dr. Freund but is predicated on the same concept: that it could be possible to warn that quakes are coming.
日本火山学会長の藤井敏嗣・東大教授によると、文部科学省が地震予知計画に対して配分する予算は年間約２億５０００万円だが、噴火予知計画には約６０００万円。４分の１だ。
４月13～18日：EGU General Assembly 2008
NH5.1 Seismic hazard evaluation, precursory phenomena and reliability of prediction (co-listed in SM & TS)
Convener: Contadakis, M.
Co-Convener: Biagi, P.; Zschau, J.
NH5.2 Electric, magnetic and electromagnetic phenomena related to earthquakes (co-listed in SM & TS)
Convener: Biagi, P.
Co-Convener: Hayakawa, M.; Molchanov, O.; Vallianatos, F. → ４月３日：2007-2008 Colloquia Schedule (Lockheed Martin)
Houliaras confirmed Tselentis' statements, saying that he had read in articles appearing in scientific periodicals that the VAN prediction, made in November, had anticipated seismic activity of up to 6.0 Richter in the specific region.
Sides noted that the scientific purposes of the Ukrainian project IONOSAT and the Chinese project on the creation of seismo-electromagnetic satellite are very close and by those mutually complementing, which gives the possibility of the adjusting of mutually advantageous cooperation on the given projects.
