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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake recorded off Guam


The Guam Daily Post
Tue, 16 May 2017 04:42 UTC
Guam quake map
© USGS
An earthquake around 2 p.m. today was strong enough for some island residents to feel a bit of sway, but not powerful enough to knock items off shelves.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was recorded at a magnitude of 5.6 and occurred about 41 miles south southeast of Inarajan village, Guam. USGS initially recorded it at 5.5.

The earthquake had an undersea depth of 40 miles.

Inarajan Mayor Doris Lujan said she has not received initial reports of damage or injury.

Taiwan also recorded a 5.3 quake over the past 24 hours.
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Snowflake

Mt. Washington gets record snowfall as Massachusetts prepares for heat

Andrew Grant
The Boston Globe
Mon, 15 May 2017 18:26 UTC
Mount Washington Observatory record snow
© Mount Washington Observatory
There was snow on Mount Washington on Mother’s Day.

More than 30 inches of snow enveloped Mount Washington Observatory this weekend — just days before parts of Massachusetts are expected to have temperatures in the 90s.

The snow started Saturday night at the New Hampshire observatory and continued through Monday, covering the mountain with about 33 inches before stopping, according to a Facebook post from the observatory.

A May snowfall is not unusual at the observatory, said Chris Kimble, a National Weather Service meteorologist. About 12 inches of snow typically falls in May at the observatory, which has an altitude of 6,300 feet.

But this weekend's storm broke a couple weather records, including the largest snowfall for a single day in May.

"In 1967, 22.2 inches fell, and this weekend we got 22.9 and counting," Kimble said.

The record for the largest single-storm snow in May was also broken, he said. From May 21 to 24, 1997, the observatory was hit with 30.6 inches of snow. This weekend, 33.3 inches fell.

So far, over 45 inches of snow have fallen at the observatory this month.
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Bizarro Earth

Chilling USGS warning: Glacier National Park has lost 124 active glaciers since 1850


RT
Mon, 15 May 2017 20:37 UTC
Montana lake
© National Park Service / Flickr
Global warming has sapped Glacier National Park of its once-abundant ice sheets, according to the US Geological Survey, which says just 26 active glaciers remain at the protected wilderness area in Montana.

Dubbed the 'Crown of the Continent,' the popular North American tourist attraction was once home to an estimated 150 glaciers back in 1850.

However, studies by the USGS concerning the park's 37 named ice giants suggests an uncertain future for the Rocky Mountain site.
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Cloud Lightning

Busy street is hit by lightning before sparks come down like pouring rain in Shenyang, China

Julian Luk
Daily Mail
Mon, 15 May 2017 20:20 UTC
A flash of white bright light appeared over Heping Road as the lightning struck on Thursday

A flash of white bright light appeared over Heping Road as the lightning struck on Thursday
A dashcam footage has captured the terrifying moment a flash of lightning struck a busy road in China.

The footage was filmed on May 11 during the rush hours in Liaoning province, Chinese media reported.

Bright sparks were seen pouring down onto the road full of vehicles.

The 23-second clip, posted to Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, had attracted 37 million views in the past few days.

It was believed to be filmed by the dash cam on a vehicle travelling on Heping Road, Shenyang, at around 5pm on Thursday.

The beginning of the clip shows the car driving down the road during a thunderstorm.

Suddenly a flash of white bright light appeared over the busy street.

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Ice Cube

Atlantic ocean begins to cool, icebergs abound & global warming can't explain cosmic cycles

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Mon, 15 May 2017 18:45 UTC
iceberg
With the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation beginning its 30 year cooling phase in the 60 year cycle, near record iceberg sightings dot the Canadian coastline. Excuses are give such as the Peterman Glacier developing a crack, the ice on Greenland calving as new ice builds in the center, any excuse except the real cause, a cosmic cycle. The late Holocene sea surface temperatures show a warm period at 1000AD, and cool period 100AD which we are beginning to repeat.


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Tornado2

15ft high dust devil filmed in Oswestry, UK

Liz Dunphy
Daily Mail
Mon, 15 May 2017 18:31 UTC
The giant dust devil first gathered into clouds of dust before it concentrated into a compact spiral of whirling dust and wind. The phenomenon is usually found in arid environments

The giant dust devil first gathered into clouds of dust before it concentrated into a compact spiral of whirling dust and wind. The phenomenon is usually found in arid environments
This is the incredible moment a huge dust devil, more commonly seen in deserts, was caught on camera swirling around an industrial park - in SHROPSHIRE.

Managing director Stuart Jones was walking across his site when the piles of dust suddenly whipped up several feet into the air in front of him.

He managed to get his phone out and film the dust swirling around the yard like a mini tornado.

His one-minute video shows the 15ft high dust devil gathering pace as it moves around the site before it eventually fizzles out.

The phenomenon, which is known as a dust devil, is more common in desert or arid landscapes.

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Bizarro Earth

Campi Flegrei: One of world's most dangerous supervolcanoes could erupt sooner than expected

Hannah Osborne
Newsweek
Mon, 15 May 2017 17:21 UTC
Volcanic activity on Campi Flegrei
© Daniel Enchev/Flicrk
Volcanic activity on Campi Flegrei. The supervolcano has shown signs of unrest since the 1950s.
One of the world's most dangerous supervolcanoes appears to be closer to erupting than we once thought, scientists have warned. Campi Flegrei in southern Italy has been showing signs of reawakening over the past 67 years, and new research indicates the volcano has been building energy throughout this period, increasing the risk that it will erupt.

Campi Flegrei is a huge volcanic field that sits about 9 miles to the west of Naples, a city home to over a million people. It is made up of 24 craters and edifices, and appears as a large depression on the surface of the land.

The volcano last erupted in 1538 after almost a century of pressure building up. But though it lasted over a week, this was a comparably small one—40,000 years ago, it produced a "super-colossal" eruption. This is the second highest measure on the volcanic explosivity index, the first being "mega-colossal," like those seen at the Yellowstone supervolcano in the U.S. thousands of years ago.

Comment: Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection

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Bizarro Earth

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake - 39km S of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea


U.S. Geological Survey
Mon, 15 May 2017 20:04 UTC
Papua NG
© USGS
Magnitude: 6.2

Location uncertainty: 4.022°S 152.489°E± 8.7 km

Depth Uncertainty: 10.0 km± 1.7

Origin Time: 2017-05-15 13:22:38.580 UTC
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House

Growing sinkhole unnerves residents at Nova Scotia apartment building


CTV News
Sun, 14 May 2017 18:48 UTC
Glace Bay NS sinkhole
© Jessie Bainbridge
A small sinkhole in Glace Bay, N.S., has turned into a big problem for residents living beside it in an apartment complex.

"It feels like every time you turn your back it grows a little bit more and gets a little deeper," says tenant Blair Brewer.

The hole first appeared a year ago. The building owner has filled it with loose rock and gravel a number of times, but the ground keeps slipping away.

Residents of a Glace Bay, N.S., apartment complex say this sinkhole is getting bigger on a daily basis. It's all unnerving for residents.

"If something should happen and part of the building sinks in, it's not just the person in that part of the building that needs to worry," says Blair. "The whole building will be evacuated and we will have to look for a new home. That's not easy with a new family, especially with a three-month-old daughter."
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Butterfly

Entomologists: Where have all the insects gone?

Gretchen Vogel
Science
Wed, 10 May 2017 09:00 UTC
Hover fly
© Jef Meul/NIS/Minden Pictures/National Geographic Creative
Hover flies, often mistaken for bees or wasps, are important pollinators. Their numbers have plummeted in nature reserves in Germany.
Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. "If you talk to people, they have a gut feeling. They remember how insects used to smash on your windscreen," says Wolfgang Wägele, director of the Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity in Bonn, Germany. Today, drivers spend less time scraping and scrubbing. "I'm a very data-driven person," says Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in Portland, Oregon. "But it is a visceral reaction when you realize you don't see that mess anymore."

Some people argue that cars today are more aerodynamic and therefore less deadly to insects. But Black says his pride and joy as a teenager in Nebraska was his 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1—with some pretty sleek lines. "I used to have to wash my car all the time. It was always covered with insects." Lately, Martin Sorg, an entomologist here, has seen the opposite: "I drive a Land Rover, with the aerodynamics of a refrigerator, and these days it stays clean."

Comment: See also: Vanishing act: Why insects are disappearing and why it matters

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