Earth Changes

23 dead dolphins being investigated by marine biologist in Argentina

San Fransisco Chronicle
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:17 UTC

© Fundacion Mundo Marino via Associated Press
This Feb. 24, 2016 photo released by Fundacion Mundo Marino, or Marine World Foundation, shows a dead dolphin on a beach in La Costa district in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Marine biologists in Argentina say they are trying to understand why almost two dozen Franciscana dolphins recently appeared dead on a handful of beaches. The Franciscan is an endangered species, and only found waters off of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Buenos Aires — Marine biologists said Wednesday that they are trying to understand why 23 endangered Franciscana dolphins have showed up dead on several beaches.Gloria Veira, spokeswoman for the Mundo Marino foundation, told The Associated Press that the animals were found last week.

Veira said the majority had strange markings on their snouts. She said they were found on beaches south of Buenos Aires, such as La Lucila, Aguas Verdes, Santa Teresita and Las Toninas.Specialists were struck by the number and that they died at the same time, Veira said.

She said marine biologists so far believe climate change or large-scale fishing could be factors.The Franciscan is an endangered species recognized by its long, slender beak. It is only found in waters off Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Source: Associated Press

Unexplained recurring booms in northern Missouri remain a mystery

Nathan Ellgren
News-Press Now
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 15:01 UTC

Unexplained loud booms have been affecting residents around Grundy County for weeks, and the cause has yet to be determined.

"It's weird because it's unlike most booming noises you hear," said Glen Briggs, the emergency management director of Grundy County. "If you hear a car crash or something like that, you can pretty well tell which direction it came from. When I heard it, I couldn't identity which direction it came from. It resembled thunder, but there were no thunderstorms in the area."

Trenton residents began reporting their experiences of these booms after they heard it for the first time Feb. 14. "I instantly made a post on our emergency management Facebook page and asked if anyone else heard it," Briggs said. "We had close to 100 people comment saying they heard it. Several people said they felt it. They described a loud thud, rattling, some saw flashes of light and smoke."

Trenton police arrived in a matter of minutes to the area where residents were affected, but didn't find anything out of the ordinary. "No one lost power, so we quickly ruled out a transformer explosion," Briggs said. "That particular one was heard as far as 5 to 7 miles away. Whatever it was, it was very loud, but we we're never able to identify the source."

Briggs has been working on the mystery ever since, creating a spreadsheet of the sounds' potential origin, which falls into one of two categories. "There's a handful of evidence that says this has to be man-made. And there's a handful of evidence that says no, it's got to be natural," Briggs said. "But we don't have enough evidence either way to say is this an earthquake, or is this someone blowing something up?"

Anomolous hailstorms reported in Oman and Saudi Arabia

Strange Sounds
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 22:23 UTC

Heavy rains and hailstorms were recorded in Samai, Oman and in Saudi Arabia on March 1, 2016.

Here some pictures and videos of these anomalous weather events.

Eastern Mediterranean drought likely the worst suffered in nine centuries

Patrick J. Kiger
D News
Tue, 01 Mar 2016 23:01 UTC

Parched Californians think they have it bad. But people in the eastern's Mediterranean Levant region — which includes Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Israel and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip areas governed by the Palestinian Authority — have been enduring a drought that began back in 1998.

Now, a new study by NASA, Columbia University and University of Arizona researchers confirms that the drought most likely is the worst that the Mediterranean Levant has suffered in the past nine centuries.

The scientists studied tree rings and historical documents in an effort to reconstruct the region's water history. They found that the most recent drought is not only longer but about 50 percent drier than the worst period in the past 500 years, and 10 to 20 percent drier than any drought since the 1100s A.D.

Dead humpback whale found on Isle of Barra, Scotland

BBC
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:51 UTC

A dead humpback whale has been found washed up on the Isle of Barra in the Western Isles.

The 26ft-long (7.9m) juvenile male was discovered on its back at Traigh Hamara at the southern end of the island on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme said the whale's body showed signs of having been entangled in fishing ropes.

Humpback whales can grow to 52ft (15.8m) long.

Heavy symbolism? Bear swats bald eagle with deadly blow on Kodiak Island, Alaska

Jennifer Newton
Daily Mail
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 15:59 UTC

The eagle swooped down on the bear and her cub as they were eating a dead whale in Kodiak, Alaska

This is the dramatic moment a bear took out an American bald eagle in one fell swoop after getting too close to her cub and its food.

The bird had approached the bear and her youngster as they had been eating a dead whale in Kodiak, Alaska.

Other eagles had been swooping down on the pair but managed to keep a respectable distance from the mammals.

One eagle got far to close to the bear's cub and its food angering the large animal into action

The bear then attacks the eagle and ends up swatting it to the ground with its large paws

However, one bird got far too close for the adult bear's liking and she swatted it down with her huge paw.

And even though the blow was not enough to kill the large bird, it was left stricken on the ground and unable to fly due to a broken back.

Long Island residents call 911 to report mysterious booms

Ray Villeda
nbcnewyork.com
Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:30 UTC

Dozens of residents on Long Island called 911 to report hearing mysterious loud booms Tuesday evening, Suffolk County police say.

Suffolk police said they received numerous calls from residents in Lindenhurst, Copiague, Babylon and West Islip just after 6 p.m. Police have no knowledge of explosions in the area but are investigating.

The U.S. Coast Guard also said it is looking into the reports.

Resident Samantha Collins of Lindenhurst told NBC 4 New York she was sitting on the couch watching TV when "the whole house started shaking."

"We went outside, and all my neighbors were like, 'Did you hear that, did you hear that?'" she said.

Residents in the tri-state reported feeling similar booms in late January, when reports of rumbles and house-shaking flooded in from the southern Jersey Shore to Long Island and the Connecticut coast.

Naval officials said later they had been testing fighter jets over the Atlantic Ocean and that some of the maneuvers could have caused sonic booms.

Strange sound in the night sky at l'Assomption, Quebec

Trinysky
Youtube
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 15:19 UTC

Strange sound in the sky

Moscow has heaviest Spring snowstorm in over 50 years

Sputnik
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:48 UTC

Snow in Moscow

A heavy spring snowstorm hit the Moscow region last night. The unexpected weather conditions complicated the situation on Moscow roads and forced Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports to cancel more than a hundred flights.

Weather forecasters predict the strongest snowfall for the end of the week. According to Russia's meteorological service, such snowstorms occur in March once every 50 years.

The snowfall took Moscow's residents by surprise. Pedestrians heading to work are getting stuck in the snow, while many car owners have to dig their cars out of snow banks.

However, many people have not lost their sense of humor and shared their impressions on social networks.

Landslide in São Paulo, Brazil kills 2; Rio de Janeiro floods after 100 mm of rain in 4 hours

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:47 UTC

Heavy rain in south eastern Brazil has caused a deadly landslide in São Sebastião, São Paulo State, and widespread flooding in the streets of Rio de Janeiro city, where some areas saw over 90mm of rain in 4 hours.

São Paulo

The heavy rain began to fall on 28 February 2016. Two people died after they were buried in a landslide in the Boicucanga neighbourhood of São Sebastião on 29 February. The landslide destroyed several homes, leaving at least 11 people homeless. A total of 27 people were evacuated.

Agência Brasil say that a total of 7 people have died in landslides in the state since December.

The heavy rain also caused surface flooding in Baixada Santista on the coast of São Paulo state. Local civil defence personnel were called in to help carry out some evacuations.

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parzival

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Earth Changes

23 dead dolphins being investigated by marine biologist in Argentina

Unexplained recurring booms in northern Missouri remain a mystery

Anomolous hailstorms reported in Oman and Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean drought likely the worst suffered in nine centuries

Dead humpback whale found on Isle of Barra, Scotland

Heavy symbolism? Bear swats bald eagle with deadly blow on Kodiak Island, Alaska

Long Island residents call 911 to report mysterious booms

Strange sound in the night sky at l'Assomption, Quebec

Moscow has heaviest Spring snowstorm in over 50 years

Landslide in São Paulo, Brazil kills 2; Rio de Janeiro floods after 100 mm of rain in 4 hours

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