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Snowflake

The beaches of Barcelona snow-covered and a temperature of -21°C recorded in Spain


Euronews
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:03 UTC
Barcelone
Snow in Paris but also on the beaches of Barcelona. The snow fell on much of the Spanish territory. Thirteen regions were on alert yesterday. Barcelona activated its emergency plan but on the beach, it was a party.

A temperature of -21 degrees Celsius (-5,8 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded in the city of Girona between Barcelona and the French border.

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Cloud Precipitation

SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - January 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Sott.net
Sat, 10 Feb 2018 18:59 UTC
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Extreme cold is becoming the new normal around the world with multiple snowfall records being broken each winter amid extremely frigid temperatures. This phenomena is already causing significant worldwide impact on crops, basic infrastructure and daily life.

Most of the US continued to experience one of the worst winters in its history this year. As temperatures got a little less cold, snow and ice melt has been causing destructive ice-laden flooding in the Mid and Northwest.

Meanwhile China, Japan and Taiwan also saw record snowfalls and freezing temperatures, and extreme cold was also present in unusual places like Morocco, Tanzania, Turkey, Irán, Israel and Saudi Arabia. And of course, Europe got its fair share as usual.

This month, hurricane like winds wreaked havoc in Europe, the US, Asia and Latin America, and in some cases was accompanied by unprecedented tornadoes.

The Ring of Fire showed increased activity, with volcanoes erupting around the globe along with several earthquakes of significant magnitude. Some researchers link these phenomena to the increased incidence of cosmic rays.

So get your big coats on folks, because with the sun's minimum in its 11 year cycle just around the corner, we may soon have to confront the beginning of a new mini (or 'maxi') ice age.

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Comment:
Check out the other releases of 2017:


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Attention

8 dead as massive sinkhole swallows eight-lane road in Foshan, China (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Tracy You
Daily Mail
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:23 UTC
Massive sinkhole swallows eight-lane road in a China, at least eight dead
A sinkhole measuring about 30 metres (100 feet) wide and six metres (19 feet) deep appeared in Foshan, China, yesterday
Eight people have died and three remain missing in southern China after a massive sinkhole yesterday swallowed a major road in the middle of a city.

The eight-lane road caved in after a water leak occurred on the construction site of a subway station in Foshan, a city of seven million people, authorities said Thursday.

Nine people were rescued from the sinkhole, which is said to be as big as two basketball courts. The condition of the survivors are reportedly stable.


Comment: When we take into account the surge in sinkholes and other related phenomena being recorded around the world, there's a good likelihood of it being related to the changes occurring on our planet :

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Snowflake

New snow record set for Calgary, Alberta

Tyler Hamilton
The Weather Network
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:47 UTC
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© Environment Canada
Calgary, you might need a little time to process this...

For this time period in February you have the most snow on the ground ever recorded—and in such an arid climate, it's a true feat to exceed 30 cm of snow on the ground for this region.

The city is facing similar amounts of snowfall to the September 2014 super-snowfall (30+ cm) which brought numerous power outages and crippled the city for several days, but in much more manageable portions.

These consecutive systems are really beginning to add up. In fact, Thursday was the snowiest single day recorded in Calgary since this massive event back in September 2014.
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Snowflake

Mountains of snow: Redfield in New York passes 300 inches for season

Jim Teske
Localsyr
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:31 UTC
Redfield, Oswego County, weather observer Carolyn Yerdon marks 300 inches of snow Thursday night.
Redfield, Oswego County, weather observer Carolyn Yerdon marks 300 inches of snow Thursday night.
Snow keeps piling up....

Earlier this week Syracuse passed the 100" seasonal snowfall, about two and a half weeks ahead of schedule.

However, for folks over the Tug Hill, 100" is nothing. Our weather watcher in northern Redfield, Carol Yerdon, received over a foot of lake effect snow Thursday night, bringing her seasonal total to 307." That's more than 25 feet!

Carol is no stranger to staggering amounts of snow. Her yearly average is 288" and last year she reached 300" on February 12th.

Is she closing in on a seasonal record? Not quite. Her record is 424" set during the winter of 1996-'97 so she has more than 100" to go. But with more than half of February to go and all of March and April too that record may not be safe.
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Magnify

The underestimated threat of land-based microplastic pollution


phys.org
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:34 UTC
microplastics
© Anderson Abel de Souza MachadoPolyacrylic fibers in soil.
Tiny plastic particles present a threat to creatures on land, and may have damaging effects similar or even more problematic than in our oceans. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and their Berlin colleagues warn that the impact of microplastics in soils, sediments and freshwater sources could have a long-term negative effect on terrestrial ecosystems throughout the world.

It is now widely accepted that microplastics contaminate the oceans and are harmful to coastal and marine habitats. And yet what effect do fragments of plastic have on land ecosystems?

Comment: Australian researchers: 'We found evidence of microplastics pretty much everywhere we looked'

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Ambulance

Timelapse video captures 70 vehicles piling into each other during blizzard in Ames, Iowa

Jessica Green
Daily Mail
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:36 UTC
Some cars manage to swerve to avoid getting caught up in the dangerous scenes and many motorists can be seen fleeing from their vehicles in a bid to avoid any oncoming traffic
Some cars manage to swerve to avoid getting caught up in the dangerous scenes and many motorists can be seen fleeing from their vehicles in a bid to avoid any oncoming traffic
Footage has emerged that captures a timelapse of the terrifying moment when more than 50 vehicles - including a Dancing with the Stars tour bus - piled into each other during a blizzard.

A traffic camera shows how motorists on a busy Iowa highway battled against horrific driving conditions before colliding into one another.

The accident, which killed one person and left at least five people in critical condition, happened on interstate 35 in Ames where temperatures on the road had plummeted to below -18C.

The Iowa Department of Transportation released the clip - which shows dozens of vehicles, including trucks, slide into the large pileup on Monday.

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Cloud Precipitation

Roads turned into rivers, mass blackouts and hundreds of islanders are evacuated as Cyclone Gita slams Samoa (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Kylie Stevens and Emily Pidgeon
Daily Mail
Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:01 UTC
Power has been cut, main roads flooded and more than 200 people have been evacuated from their homes in Samoa
Power has been cut, main roads flooded and more than 200 people have been evacuated from their homes in Samoa
Residents in Samoa hope the worst is over as tropical cyclone Gita moves away from the island nation after wreaking havoc.

Power has been cut and more than 200 people have been evacuated from their homes after major flooding, which include main roads in the capital city of Apia.

A category 2 cyclone warning on Saturday morning has since been cancelled.

'Tropical cyclone warning category 1 (39-54mph) remains in force for all of Samoa,' Samoa Meteorological Service's Facebook page states.

'Heavy rain warning remain in effect for Samoa; flooding and landslide is possible for vulnerable areas. Flood advisory remains in effect for low-lying coastal areas due to high surf.'

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Blue Planet

'Sinking' Pacific Island is actually growing

James Delingpole
Breitbart
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
hammock beach coconut drink man
© TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty
Tuvalu - the Pacific island group often cited by climate alarmists as the nation most immediately at risk from rising sea levels caused by 'global warming' - is not sinking after all.

In fact it's getting bigger, scientists now admit.

Comment: Earth's rotation is slowing with scientists predicting an upsurge in earthquakes, and we're seeing a dramatic increase in sinkholes, landslides and other earth movements; wind speeds are changing, as is the gulf stream, and the behaviour of the jet streams are increasingly erratic; more cosmic rays are reaching earth, and in tandem with all this, the Sun is entering a grand solar minimum, its quietest in 200 years, and we're seeing solar system wide climate change.

Meanwhile on Earth, the evidence of these changes are everywhere:

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Arrow Down

Rain-fueled landslide kills 2 in Bolivia, 1 missing


ABC News
Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:27 UTC
Rocks and mud clog a street outside a flooded home, where a couple and a dog stand by, after a river overflowed in Tiquipaya near Cochabamba, Bolivia, Wednesday, Feb. 7
© The Associated PressRocks and mud clog a street outside a flooded home, where a couple and a dog stand by, after a river overflowed in Tiquipaya near Cochabamba, Bolivia, Wednesday, Feb. 7
Two young people were found dead Wednesday and one person was missing after heavy rains caused a mudslide and flooding in a central Bolivia town, authorities said.

The governor of Cochabamba province said both of the known dead were minors.

The overnight swelling of the Taquina river damaged buildings and covered streets in mud and rubble in the small community of Tiquipaya, about 150 miles (250 kilometers) east of La Paz.

President Evo Morales issued a state of emergency for several regions that were worst-hit by torrential rains. The decree sets out money to help the more than 6,300 families affected.

Source: The Associated Press

Comment: The latest is now 3 dead, 6 missing.

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