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Huge sinkhole opens up in Anatolia, Turkey; thirteenth in 2 years


BGN News
Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:21 UTC
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A 10-meter wide, 7-meter deep sinkhole has formed on farmland in the district of Karapınar, in Turkey's central Anatolian province of Konya. This is at least the thirteenth sinkhole to form in two years, and the tenth since the spring.

The sinkhole formed in Karapınar's Kirkitoğlu region, about 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the town center and about 500 meters from the nearest residence.

Farmer Atilla Köken said the sinkhole probably formed a few days ago. "Several sinkholes have already formed in the area before. This one is 10 meters across and 7 meters deep. Even if we're anxious about them there is nothing to do; we've grown accustomed to living here.

The Kirkitoğlu region of Karapınar has several old sinkholes, some reaching even 70 meters (230 feet) in depth. The increase in rainfall during the spring accelerates their formation, with locals claiming that nine sinkholes had formed this past spring alone.

Selçuk University Geological Engineering professor Fetullah Arık said that over 200 sinkholes have been identified in the area so far.
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Fire truck swallowed by large sinkhole in Ulan-Ude, Russia


Strange Sounds
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:11 UTC
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Fire truck in sinkhole
On its way to extinguish a blaze, a fire truck was swallowed by a large sinkhole in Ulan-Ude, the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia.

So who extinguished the fire, finally?

I don't know but no firefighters have been injured and that's the most important.

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Herbicide resistance: Zombie weeds that just won't die

Matt Smith
news.vice.com
Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:27 UTC
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On many farms, the most commonly used weed killer in the United States isn't cutting it any more.

Researchers say heavy reliance on glyphosate, commonly known by the brand name Roundup, has made the surviving weeds tougher, forcing farmers to shift tactics and rely on more costly methods to get rid of them.

"The areas infested with our main culprits — mare's tail, water hemp, giant ragweed — they increase pretty substantially every year, maybe 10 percent in terms of acres affected," said Bill Johnson, a weed science professor at Indiana's Purdue University.

Comment: The rise of 'Super Weeds' has been an ongoing problem for years!

For a more in depth look at the 'Superweed' issue plaguing America's industrial agribusiness industry read the following articles:
So the dramatic recent increases in resistant weeds have occurred despite years of urging farmers to use additional chemicals to avoid resistance. Weed scientists now say that superweeds from GMO crops infest over11 million acres of US farmland - nearly five times more acreage than just three years ago - at a cost to US farmers of $1 billion a year.

What irks many farmers facing superweed problems and rising costs (not to mention consumers facing the prospects of more chemicals sprayed on our food and environment) is that Monsanto markets the use of a single herbicide as the main benefit of its GMO Roundup Ready crops. Even after all the publicity about this GMO failure, the "Council for Biotechnology Information," a front-group funded by Monsanto and other GMO crop producers, continues to put forth this now laughable claim.


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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rocks Sedona, Flagstaff areas


Tuscon News Now
Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:18 UTC
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A pretty big earthquake shook Yavapai and Coconino counties late Sunday night.

The event occurred at 10:57 p.m. about seven miles north of Sedona near Munds Park, according to the Arizona Geological Survey in Tuscon.

"The location is quite close to the Oak Creek fault zone, a down-to-the-east normal fault with 700 feet of vertical displacement in the past 10 million years or so," said Phil Pearthree, chief of Environmental Geology at the Arizona Geological Survey.

"We think this fault has been active in the past 2 million years, but don't know how recently it has ruptured in a large earthquake," Pearthree said.

More than 1,000 people reported to the U.S. Geological Survey that they felt the earthquake.

Marjorie Tuttle told CBS 5 News that she hasn't felt an earthquake since she lived in San Francisco 17 years ago.

"We were rocking and rolling tonight about 11 p.m. when we felt [it] here in Munds Park," she said. "This is the first time I have felt one here!"
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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake jolts Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines

Roel Pareño
The Philippine Star
Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:10 UTC
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There was no immediate report of destruction in the areas near the earthquake occurrence.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck Zamboanga del Norte offshore on Tuesday noon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Engineer Allan Rommel Labayog, Phivolcs area officer, said the tremor was detected about 12:25 p.m. with its epicenter located some 42 kilometers deep and 26 kilometers southwest of Siocon town, Zamboanga del Norte.

The earthquake was tectonic in origin.

Labayog said the tremor was felt in this city with intensity 2. There was no immediate report of destruction in the areas near the earthquake occurrence.

The Phivolcs said residents in Siocon need not to be alarmed since the earthquake occurrence was deep and was not strong enough to generate a tsunami.
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Earth changes result in wide-scale flood related destruction outside Guatemala City


RT
Tue, 06 Oct 2015 23:32 UTC
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Mexican Army rescue team members and sniffer dogs survey an area affected by a mudslide in Santa Catarina Pinula, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, October 4, 2015.
Five days after 120,000 tons of mud and rocks buried a small Guatemalan town, the death toll has reached 152 people as search and rescue operations continue. Search teams have uncovered entire dead families as hope of finding survivors dwindles.

"We found almost all of them huddled together, which means that they were going to try and evacuate but sadly they didn't have time," Sergio Cabanas, an official at Guatemala's disaster agency Conred told Reuters.

Comment: Wide-scale earth changes are becoming a recurring phenomenon. For more check out last month's summary.

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Wild boar attacks and injures beach-goers in China

Helen Whitehouse
Daily Mirror, UK
Mon, 05 Oct 2015 19:51 UTC
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The boar charges through the tourist area during the scary footage
This terrifying footage, captured on CCTV, shows the moment a massive oar wandered into a heavily populated area

You've probably heard the expression 'bull in a china shop' but what about boar on a beach?

That's exactly what happened in this clip, when a 12 stone (176lb) boar invaded a tourist beach in China.

People were enjoying a relaxing meal outside when the massive animal appeared from nowhere.

The incident took place in Da Peng area of Shenzhen at around 9pm on September 19.

The footage, captured by a CCTV camera, shows the moment that the wild boar appeared and started to charge.

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Teenage surfer bitten by shark off New Smyrna Beach, Florida; 10th attack in the area this year

Steven Lemongello
Orlando Sentinel
Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:06 UTC
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A teenage surfer was bitten by a shark off of New Smyrna Beach Sunday morning, a Volusia County Beach Patrol spokesman said.

The 14-year-old boy from Vero Beach was with four other surfers in the water about 100 yards out in the water near Beachway Avenue, Capt. Aaron Jenkins said.

Just before 8:30 a.m., the boy was paddling out when he was bitten on the left hand by what was described as a 4- to 5-foot-long blacktip shark.

The boy "punched it away," Jenkins said, and returned to shore, where he flagged down a beach-safety ocean-rescue officer who treated his injuries.

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Strange animal behaviour: Wild boar found swimming 6km off Italy coast


thelocal.it
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:28 UTC
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The wild boar was caught on camera 6km off the Puglian coast by amateur fishermen.
It was probably the last thing a group of Italian fishermen expected to see - an exhausted wild boar swimming in circles, 6km off the coast of Taranto in Italy's southern Puglia region.

The amateur fishermen had taken their recreational boat out for a spin when and were stunned to see the creature on the high seas.

They captured the moment in the video below.

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Fisherman finds whale carcass on a reef near Nukulau Island, Fiji

Tevita Vuibau
The Fiji Times
Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:15 UTC
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Baswa Sunny Nand, a fisherman of Vatuwaqa, was caught by surprise when he stumbled upon a whale carcass near Nukulau Island yesterday.
Baswa Sunny Nand has been a fisherman for more than 30 years and in that time he has seen a lot of things at sea.

But yesterday he was surprised when he stumbled upon the carcass of a whale on a reef near Nukulau Island.

Mr Nand said he was on his way back from a fishing trip when he saw the stranded carcass.

"At first I thought that it was a capsized fibreglass boat. I came close to investigate thinking that I may be able to tow it in to shore. But when I got closer I saw that it was a whale," Mr Nand said.
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