Earth Changes

Minke whale washes ashore on Truro beach, Cape Cod

Doug Saffir
boston.com
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 04:16 UTC

© David G. Curran
Officials examine a dead Minke whale which washed ashore on a Truro beach overnight on Monday, August 18, 2014.

A minke whale spotted bleeding off the coast of Cape Cod on Sunday died and washed ashore at a Truro beach on Monday morning, The Cape Cod Times reported.

According to the report, the whale, estimated to be between 20 and 25 feet long and weigh between three and five tons, was found when volunteers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare Marine Mammal Rescue and Research program went looking for it early on Monday.

Researchers are planning to conduct a necropsy, but have not yet decided whether it will be performed at the scene or whether the whale will be moved to a separate site first.

The report indicated that this is the third minke whale death this season. One died last week near Barnstable Harbor and another died in June near Provincetown.

Source: The Cape Cod Times

Dead minke whale found in Barnstable Harbor, Massachusetts

Kiera Blessing
The Boston Globe
Mon, 11 Aug 2014 03:55 UTC

© International Fund for Animal Welfare
The whale was originally seen in the harbor in open water with the ability to swim, so no rescue attempt was made. But on Sunday, the animal was found dead near the marina.

An 18-foot minke whale was found dead in Barnstable Harbor near Millway Marina Sunday morning, officials said.

The whale was originally spotted Saturday afternoon and monitored by the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Barnstable harbormaster, said Michael Booth, a spokesman for fund. The whale was originally seen in the harbor in open water with the ability to swim, so a team from the fund did not make a rescue attempt, Booth said.

On Sunday, the animal was found dead near the marina.

Booth said that the fund was trying to get permission to perform a necropsy on the stranded animal to determine its cause of death, but that it could be days before the results were available. He said he expected the carcass would be removed from the harbor some time on Monday.

Sinkhole? 1 km long trench opens up in Mexico (video)

Strange Sounds
Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00 UTC

This one kilometer long and eight meters deep large trench in the Costa de Hermosillo in Mexico is baffling the inhabitants and officials of La Candelaria. But how did it form?

This crack opened up on August 17, 2014. Although social networkers believe it was created by an earthquake at the San Andres Fault, a geologist from the University of Sonora indicates that the ground has probably collapsed because of a stream of groundwater.

Comment: The robotic quality of the video could be explained by the footage being shot from a drone with a remotely operated camera.

As for a hypothesis; An earthquake may possibly have been involved in this event, which again may key into lowered solar activity and the decrease in the surface to core E-field, which reduces the binding force and loosens the tectonic plates relative to each other. In short: Earth is opening up, which is clear from the high increase in seismic activity observed over the last decade.

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Giant, angry rat tries to attack man at New York subway station

Lee Moran
New York Daily News
Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:44 UTC

© New York Daily News
Josiah Ryan from Soho films the beast approaching him from across the 42nd St. station at Bryant Park.

An angry rat has been caught on camera trying to attack a straphanger at a New York subway stop.

Dramatic footage filmed by SoHo man Josiah Ryan shows the aggressive rodent charging down the platform at 42nd St. station at Bryant Park in Midtown late Friday night.

It then jumps up, causing him to scream out: "Ah! Oh s--t!"

"Oh my God, man, got it all on video, too," Ryan is heard saying off-camera.

Historically accurate Old Farmer's Almanac predicts 'super-cold' winter for the US this year

Rik Stevens
Associated Press
Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:00 UTC

The Old Farmer's Almanac, the familiar, 223-year-old chronicler of climate, folksy advice and fun facts, is predicting a colder winter and warmer summer for much of the nation.

Published Wednesday, the New Hampshire-based almanac predicts a "super-cold" winter in the eastern two-thirds of the country. The west will remain a little bit warmer than normal.

"Colder is just almost too familiar a term," Editor Janice Stillman said. "Think of it as a refriger-nation."

More bad news for those who can't stand snow: Most of the Northeast is expected to get more snowfall than normal, though it will be below normal in New England.

Before unpacking the parka, however, remember that "colder than average" is still only about 2 to 5 degrees difference.

Crocodile kills fisherman in front of his wife in Northern Territory, Australia

The Guardian
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:44 UTC

Man's body is recovered overnight and a crocodile is shot dead after fatal attack, police say

A 57-year-old fisherman was attacked and killed by a crocodile in front of his wife while they were fishing in the Northern Territory.

The man was fishing off a bank on the Adelaide River when the attack happened, Northern Territory police say.

His body was recovered overnight on Tuesday and the crocodile believed to be responsible was shot dead.

Three dingoes attack man on Fraser Island beach, Australia

Bridie Jabour
The Guardian
Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:18 UTC

© Fraser Island Dingo Preservation Group, Christian Valenzuela/AAP
A Fraser Island dingo. The island’s dingo population is quite low.

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service still investigating but will not rule out putting animals down

Dingoes which attacked a man on Fraser Island could be captured and put down.

A 25-year-old man suffered injuries to his head, legs and buttocks when he was attacked by three dingoes while on the beach at 10.30pm on Monday. The man was about 100m from the township of Happy Valley, which is fenced off from dingoes, and managed to escape and get to safety.

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) is investigating the attack. On Wednesday it did not rule out capturing and destroying the dingoes.

Two dingoes which mauled a three-year-old girl on the island in 2011 were destroyed, although there were questions about the circumstances of the attack.

Another mysterious die off: Native British crayfish facing extinction following mysterious outbreak of plague

Tom Bawden
The Independent
Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:44 UTC

The UK's endangered native crayfish species could be completely wiped out after a deadly plague was identified in one of its few strongholds.

Around 40 per cent of Britain's remaining 20,000-strong white-clawed crayfish population is expected to die within a year after the government confirmed the existence of crayfish plague in the River Allen in Dorset.

All 8,000 of the river's white-clawed crayfish are forecast to perish at the hands of the plague, a fungal disease carried by the larger Signal Crayfish from America, which is immune to it. Matt Shardlow, head of the Buglife insect charity, said: "Generally there's no coming back once the plague arrives and I think it means we're looking at the imminent end of the species across the south west," adding that there is a real danger it could eventually spread across the whole country.

Triple waterspout vortexes filmed off Swedish coast

Leon Siciliano
The Telegraph, UK
Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:05 UTC

A strange weather phenomenon is recorded in Sweden as three waterspout vortexes can be seen off the coast of Beddingestrand, Skåne

A spectacular video has emerged of three simultaneous waterspouts which appeared off the coast of southern Sweden last week.

The impressive clip was filmed by Phlip Devries in Beddingestrand, Skåne, Sweden.

A waterspout is a vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water.

Military claims jet exercises caused strange sounds heard in Augusta, GA

WJBF
Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:53 UTC

Have you heard the rumbling sound over the CSRA?

We have, too. The phones in the WJBF News Channel 6 newsroom have been ringing off the hook.
Well, we have found out that U.S. military fighter jets are conducting training exercises involving Fort Gordon, so there is no reason to worry.

We are working to confirm where the jets came from and where they may be headed.

We will provide more information as it becomes available.

Comment: Notice that though this alleged drop training was a scheduled event it wasn't announced until after reports of strange sounds were coming in to the local news. Also, there were military planes in the sky at the time, but according to local residents they looked like F-16's and no one has seen the C-130's that were alleged to have made the sounds. So what could be generating these strange sounds that the military and media is blaming on non-existent planes: