The active preparation phase of the International "Ark" Project started in January 2010, almost simultaneously with the beginning of the campaign to join scientists from around the world to the communiqué on global changes of the geological environment prepared by the International Committee GEOCHANGE on global geological and environmental change.  Within this Project, a new, very unusual social network ArkNow.net has been created to prepare the world's population for self-rescue and survival under the increasing scale of natural disasters.

Professor Elchin Khalilov's information explaining the strange sounds coming from the sky, communicated to the WOSCO information agency has aroused great interest worldwide. The debate over this interview is still going on. A lot of letters have been sent to the agency requesting a more detailed account of these studies. Professor Khalilov has kindly agreed to give an exclusive interview to the WOSCO information agency. It is to be reminded that Professor Khalilov is President of the Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes (London, UK) and Chairman of the International Committee GEOCHANGE on Global Geological and Environmental Change (Munich, Germany).

The International Geodynamic Monitoring System, a part of GNFE (London, UK), has registered on November 15, 2011 a powerful energy release emanating from the Earth's core. The intense three-dimensional gravitational anomaly was almost simultaneously recorded by all ATROPATENA geophysical stations separated by vast distances from each other in the following cities: Istanbul (Turkey), Kiev (Ukraine), Baku (Azerbaijan), Islamabad (Pakistan) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). According to GNFE President Professor ElchinKhalilov, the detailed analysis of ATROPATENA station records indicates a powerful energy release emanating from the Earth's core. According to the scientist, this fact may herald intensification of geodynamic processes in our planet and as a result, a higher number of strong earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.

Following a decision of the Board of the GEOCATACLYSM-2011 International Congress, the Russian Academy of Sciences has become an organizer of International Congress and Exhibition "Natural Cataclysms and Global Problems of the Modern Civilization - GEOCATACLYSM-2011" is planned to be held 19-21 September, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.