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Hundreds of 'highly cannibalistic' spiders invade teen's bedroom in Sydney, Australia

Mindy Weisberger
Live Science
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:04 UTC
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The pitter-patter of little feet in a child's bedroom is a joyous sound — except perhaps when those feet belong to hundreds of baby huntsman spiders.

"Gaaaahhhhhhhh, a friend of mine in Sydney just walked into her daughter's room and found this," Hobart, Australia resident Peta Rogers tweeted on Jan. 27. Rogers' Sydney friend, who asked not to be identified on social media, had sent Rogers photos and a video of her daughter's bedroom, after the teen told her "Mom, we've got a bunch of spiders up there," the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) reported on Jan. 30.

When Rogers' friend went to investigate, she found quite a few spiders in the corner of the room. "That's not too bad, there's maybe 50 or 60," she says in the video. And then she turned the camera toward another corner, revealing at least twice as many spiderlings crouching on the walls and ceiling.

"They're so cute!" she exclaims.

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Attention

Unexplained die-off latest blow to Louisiana oyster fishers


U.S. News
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:49 UTC
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Oyster harvesters and a state agency are trying to find the reason for the death of millions of pounds of oysters in some Louisiana harvesting areas in January.

The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that harvesters believe that the worst of the unexplained die-off is over, although small areas of dead oysters continue to appear. The affected waters were in the Plaquemines Parish area, and one of the mysteries is why some oyster reefs located between the affected areas remained healthy and thriving.

Carolina Bourque, the oyster program manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, said her agency and the state Department of Health have collected water samples to look for disease or chemicals.

"We definitely want to understand what's happening so we can be aware and know if there was a reason this was caused or if this is another natural event that we should be watching for," said Bourque.

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Ice Cube

According to the satellites, Earth cooled rapidly during the past 2 months

Cap Allon
Electroverse.net
Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:23 UTC
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During the past two months, Earth has cooled, rapidly.

The Version 6.0 Global Average Lower Tropospheric Temperature (LT) Anomaly for January, 2021 has come out at just +0.12 deg. C above the baseline, down 0.03 deg. C from the December, 2020 value of +0.15 deg. C.

[NOTE: Dr Roy Spencer and Dr John Christy - who update the chart at the beginning of every month - have changed the 30-year averaging period used to compute anomalies from 1981-2010 to 1991-2020. They stress, "this change does not affect the temperature trends."]

Since 1979, NOAA satellites have been carrying instruments which measure the natural microwave thermal emissions from oxygen in the atmosphere.
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Snowflake Cold

Massive snow fall in Scotland leaves 4x4 covered to roof with snow- and there's more to come

Jon Hebditch
Daily Record
Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:42 UTC
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© Cawdor Estate
Massive snow fall across Scotland left a four-by-four covered up to its roof in the white stuff.

The country has been battered by bad weather with more set to come this week.

A stunning picture from the Cawdor estate near Nairn in the Highlands shows the snow up to roof level of the Toyota Hilux.

The vehicles stand nearly six foot off the ground.

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning strike kills 9 children while playing football in Uganda

Leland Griffith
Sunday Vision Lights
Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:34 UTC
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Nine children, ages 13 to 15, died last night in Uganda while playing soccer from a lightning strike in the vicinity of the city. Arua city (Northwest), authorities and the Red Cross reported today.

One died instantly, while the others died shortly after being transferred unconscious to the regional referral hospital in Arua. According to a spokeswoman for police in northwestern Uganda, Josephine Angusia, the minors were playing a soccer match when they were caught in an electrical storm.

The local authorities indicated that three children who also participated in that match managed to survive and were transferred to the hospital in a health center, but they did not publish more data about their health yet.
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Seismograph

Earthquake swarm detected under La Cumbre volcano, Canary Islands

Alex Glenn
Euro Weekly News
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:05 UTC
140 Earthquakes Detected On the Island of La Palma
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140 Earthquakes Detected On the Island of La Palma
140 EARTHQUAKES have been detected on the Island of La Palma under the Cumbre Vieja volcano.

The seismic swarms are being monitored by the Canary Islands Volcanological Institute (Involcan), that is operated by The Canary Islands Seismic Network. They have detected a new swarm of quakes below La Palma's Cumbre Vieja volcano.

As of around 4 am on Monday morning a grand total of 138 seismic events had already been detected. They have registered in at depths varying between 15 and 20 kilometres under the western slope the Cumbre Vieja volcano. The maximum magnitude that has been recorded so far has been 1.8 on the Richter scale.

According to Involcan both visitors to La Palma and local residents are not in any danger and should not be worried about the seismic swarm, as the depth of the earthquakes combined with the small magnitudes is not currently any cause for concern. What has been requested though is that the population keep aware of their environment and ensure they are fully aware of what to do if the volcanic activity starts to change.

Comment: According to a paper published in 2001, geological evidence suggests that a future eruption at Cumbre Vieja volcano could cause a catastrophic failure of its west flank and produce a 10-25m tsunami that would inundate the coast of Florida:
Cumbre Vieja Volcano -- Potential collapse and tsunami at La Palma, Canary Islands

Abstract.

Geological evidence suggests that during a future eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano on the Island of La Palma may experience a catastrophic failure of its west flank, drop-ping 150 to 500 km3 of rock into the sea. Using a geologically reasonable estimate of landslide motion, we model tsunami waves produced by such a collapse. Waves generated by the run-out of a 500 km3 (150 km3) slide block at 100 m/s could transit the entire Atlantic Basin and arrive on the coasts of the Americas with 10-25 m (3-8 m) height.
[...]
Cumbre Vieja
Cumbre Vieja

Figure 4. Evolution of the La Palma landslide tsunami from 2 minutes (a, upper left) to 9 hours (i, lower right). Red and blue con-tours cover elevated and depressed regions of the ocean respectively and the yellow dots and numbers sample the wave height,positive or negative, in meters. Note the strong influence of dispersion in spreading out an original impulse into a long series of waves of decreasing wavelength. See also that the peak amplitudes generally do not coincide with the first wave. Even after cross-ing the Atlantic, a lateral collapse of Cumbre Vieja volcano could impose a great sequence of waves of 10-25 m height on the shores of the Americas.
Authors:
Steven N. Ward Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz California, USA
Simon DayBenfield Greig Hazard Research Centre, Department of Geological Sciences, University College, London, UK
See also: Landslide induced mega-tsunami 'could happen at anytime' at Alaska's Barry Glacier

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Seismograph

Tsunami not expected after shallow M6.6 earthquake strikes near Easter Island, Chile


Reuters
Wed, 03 Feb 2021 06:40 UTC
Easter island quake map
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A tsunami was not expected after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck in sea southeast of Easter Island, Chile, the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said.

The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles)with its epicenter about 1,483 km southeast of Hanga Roa, Easter Island, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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Arrow Down

Avalanche death toll in the Alps continues to climb with over 50 so far this season - already half the annual average


PlanetSki
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:45 UTC
avalanche
There has been another fatal avalanche in Switzerland taking the death toll to 17 this season. Overall in the Alps it is now more than 50 - already half the annual average. In the latest incident 1 person has died & police said others may be buried under the snow, but no other victims have been found so far. It follows 4 deaths in the Tirol over the weekend.

It is one of the most dangerous periods in recent years across the Alps.

There have been more than 50 deaths so far this winter and it comes as many resorts are closed.

Extreme caution is urged across many parts of the Alps.

In the latest incident a 31-year old snowboarder has died and it was feared others may still be buried under avalanche debris in the La Fouly ski area that is above Orsieres near Verbier in the Valais Canton.

Comment: See in addition these recent reports for January:

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Snowflake Cold

Snowfall totals from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut - up to 32 inches deep


abc7ny
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:02 UTC
Arturo Diaz, 4, enjoys playing in a deep snow bank in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Monday

Arturo Diaz, 4, enjoys playing in a deep snow bank in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Monday
Here are the latest snowfall totals from around New York City and the Tri-State area.

More than 17 inches has fallen in Central Park and other parts of the city.

Meanwhile, totals have surpassed 30 inches in parts of northwest New Jersey, including 32 inches in Newton and 30 in Mendham. Totals also topped two feet in Bloomingdale, Passaic County, where 26.2 inches have been reported so far.

Not far behind was Harrison, Westchester County with 24.5 inches.

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Cloud Precipitation

Rivers across France burst banks as Storm Justine dumps half a month's worth of rain in 24 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:26 UTC
floods
A period of heavy rainfall in France has caused rivers to rise and prompted authorities to issue flood warnings for 18 departments in the north and south west of the country.

More than half a month's worth of rain fell in parts of France in 24 hours from 31 January to 01 February, according to Meteo France. River levels are high and as of 02 February, 18 departments were under Orange level (3 of 4) warnings for flooding, including 3 departments in the north and 15 in the south west.

On 01 February a Red level warning was issued for the Maronne river in Argentat, Corrèze department. On 02 February the Maronne river at Basteyroux, Argentat-sur-Dordogne, reached 3.31 metres. Around 150 people were evacuated. The warning has since been downgraded.

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