Earth Changes

Ski resorts open on six continents as snow falls or remains on slopes worldwide

Patrick Thorne
In The Snow
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:45 UTC

With the start of the ski season in Southern Africa, ski areas are open on six continents simultaneously, as of this weekend.

This is partly thanks to the fact that resorts will open for their winter or summer ski seasons on five continents this weekend.

Fresh snow has also fallen or is reported to be due to fall over the weekend in the Alps, Western North America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and south America, so it's a snowy June picture on ski slopes worldwide.

About half a dozen ski areas are still operating in each of Europe and North America (with Val d'Isere and Whistler Blackcomb due to re-open for summer glacier skiing this weekend and Mammoth pictured still open since last season) and the Gassan spring and summer ski area in Japan, Asia is also open in the northern hemisphere.

New eruption at Poas Volcano in Costa Rica

Laura Alvarado
The Costa Rica Star
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:28 UTC

The National University's Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (OVSICORI) reported an eruption that reached 1,000 meters above the crater, 3,708 meters above sea level (12.162,24 ft.), began at 8:50 a.m. local time this Tuesday and was still in progress at 10:05 a.m.

This past Friday, June 2 the Poás Volcano registered constant activity with small size eruptions and redcolumns of gases and ash, on Saturday some activity continued but Sunday and Monday there were no new eruptions although there was an intense column of steam and gases emanating from the crater.

Mysterious illness hits at least 100 gannets on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Sarah Betancourt
necn.com
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:02 UTC

Wildlife veterinarians have been responding to an unexplained "die-off" of Northern Gannets on Massachusetts' South Shore and Cape Cod.

Gannets are washing up on local beaches, seriously ill, or already dead.

Scientists are stumped over what can be causing the illness. A wildlife technician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates about 100 northern gannets have been affected overall.

The New England Wildlife Center (NEWC) has been scrambling to figure out the mystery. NEWC trying to quickly pinpoint the cause because it "is critical to protecting the fragile eco-system on Cape Cod," explained Dr. Greg Mertz, veterinarian and CEO of NEWC on the NEWC website.

Southern Hemisphere cooling trend is now apparent

Adapt 2030
YouTube
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 07:09 UTC

With the Southern Hemisphere winter getting underway we need to look back at trends to see the future of the coming year. David Archibald has today given the most up to date information on our Sun entering a grand solar minimum and the State of the Sun, now with the past 5 winters under our belts we can look for trends. I present to you the trend of a cooling Southern Hemisphere.

Comment: See also:

Video captures microburst over Austin, Texas

Jim Spencer
KXAN
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:58 UTC

Tree limb damage and a destroyed billboard on North Lamar Boulevard Monday were the result of a weather phenomenon known as a "microburst," and it was captured on video.

Downburst, or on a smaller scale, microburst winds are not rare in Texas thunderstorms, but capturing them in a video time lapse is. That is exactly what Victor Ituarte did while heavy thunderstorms moved over the middle of Austin late Monday afternoon.

His video captured the dramatic moment the collapsing pocket of cold air and rain rushed to the ground, fanning out at speeds of 40-50 mph.

Comment: On Sunday June 4th an incredible downburst engulfed Dallas, Texas.

Rare waterspout recorded in waters off Beihai, S.W. China

CGTN
YouTube
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:16 UTC

A rare waterspout was spotted off the coast of Beihai City, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Wednesday, in a jaw-dropping scene that fascinated residents. Witnesses were quick to take out their phones and record the first video footage of a vortex of water swirling near the city. The whirlwind lasted for about ten minutes.

Dazzling 'ring around the sun' seen across New Hampshire

NH1
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:10 UTC

In all parts of the region Sunday afternoon, people saw a glowing ring around the sun.

Between 1 and 3 p.m., dozens of pictures were posted to social media from the seacoast to the Monadnock Region.

This is known as a 'sun halo' and occurs when sunlight passes through ice crystals high in the sky. The light is refracted by the ice crystals, and its straight path is bent in a 22 degree angle.

Southeastern Queensland residents treated to spectacular halo around the moon

Tobi Loftus
South Burnett Times
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:53 UTC

South Burnett residents were treated to a spectacular sight on Monday night, with a halo forming around the moon.

Professor Michael Drinkwater from the University of Queensland said the phenomenon was created by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. "They're reflecting or bending the light from the moon in our atmosphere," Prof Drinkwater said.

Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist David Bernard said the cool temperatures on the ground had no effect on the phenomenon, as it is always cold in the upper atmosphere. "We saw Cirrus clouds around Kingaroy, they're very high clouds," he said. "There are some remnants in the sky at the moment.

"What that can do is make the sun or the moon appear to have a halo around it, as long as it is not too thick to block out the light."

Oops - Polar ice not receding after all?

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Sun, 04 Jun 2017 20:53 UTC

NASA satellite measurements show polar ice caps

NASA satellite measurements show the polar ice caps have not retreated at all.

In fact it may be standing at its greatest extent in at least 97 years. Al Gore predicted that the Arctic ice cap could completely disappear by 2014.

However, new data released by NASA reveals that the Earth's polar ice caps have not receded at all since satellite measurements began in 1979.

Considering that the late 1970s marked the end of a 30-year cooling trend, the polar ice caps were quite likely more extensive at that time than they had been since at least the 1920s.

This indicates that not only is polar ice not receding, it is now quite possibly at its greatest extent in at least 97 years.

Thanks to Dale for this link

Comment: See also: Arctic Sea Ice Expanded in May - and in the unlikely place of Barents Sea

California's endless winter: 8 feet of snow remains on the ground in June

Doyle Rice
USA Today
Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:33 UTC

Mammoth Mountain

It's an endless winter in the West.

Snow from the barrage of storms that pounded the western mountains over the winter is still on the ground. Many mountains in the Rockies, Sierra and Cascades are packed with at least 8 feet of snow, the National Weather Service said, creating a dream summer for skiers and snowboarders.

The Mammoth Mountain ski area in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., is seeing its "best spring conditions in decades ... and will be operating DAILY into August for one of our longest seasons in history," the resort said on its website. "When will this endless winter end? We don't have that answer yet, but we do know that the skiing and riding is all-time right now."

The snowpack throughout the Sierra rivals, and in places exceeds, records set during the massive winter of 1982-83. As of June 6, the amount of snow on the ground in the central Sierra region was twice as much as usual, marking its biggest June snowpack in decades, the California Department of Water Resources said.

New Lt. Governor of Virginia Winsome Sears: "We're going to have safer neighborhoods, safer communities, and our children are going to get a good...

parzival

Bill Gates is going to be the one with the uncertain future,,, * New Lt. Governor of Virginia Winsome Sears: "We're going to have safer...

parzival

The more we hear about adverse affects the more we will merely shrug. It's a catch 22. Is that an asteroid trail in the photo?

sass

Welcome to the new normal. The more sensory exposure we have about such things, the less it is an issue.

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Earth Changes

Ski resorts open on six continents as snow falls or remains on slopes worldwide

New eruption at Poas Volcano in Costa Rica

Mysterious illness hits at least 100 gannets on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Southern Hemisphere cooling trend is now apparent

Video captures microburst over Austin, Texas

Rare waterspout recorded in waters off Beihai, S.W. China

Dazzling 'ring around the sun' seen across New Hampshire

Southeastern Queensland residents treated to spectacular halo around the moon

Oops - Polar ice not receding after all?

California's endless winter: 8 feet of snow remains on the ground in June

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