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US sees most shark attacks in the world in 2020 - beating Australia and South Africa

Cybele Mayes-Osterman
The Sun (UK)
Mon, 31 May 2021 09:52 UTC
The US had the most shark attacks last year

The US had the most shark attacks last year
A RECENT study found that the US experienced the most shark attacks in the world last year, surprisingly beating out Australia and South Africa.

The study by Florida Panhandle found that the US had 46 attacks in 2020, far and away the greatest of any country, with Australia coming in second with 30 attacks and the Bahamas third with just four attacks.

However, the fatality rate of the attacks was just 6.5 percent in the US, while a whopping 30 percent of Australian attacks were fatal.

Additional insights provided by the study include that 95 percent of shark attacks are unprovoked, and are most likely in the afternoon and on a Sunday.

Surprisingly, although the Great White Shark - the iconic species of the Jaws movie series - had the most attacks, its fatality rate was lower than that of the Tiger Shark.

The Great White had 19 attacks with a 31.6 percent fatality rate, while the Tiger's had seven with a 57.1 percent fatality rate.
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Waterspouts filmed off the coast of Galveston, Texas

Saltwater-Recon.com
YouTube
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:39 UTC
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Waterspouts formed rapidly along an outflow just offshore of Galveston Island on June 1st, 2021. The complex of storms associated with the outflow remained offshore and prompted numerous special marine warnings for the associated waterspout activity.

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One dead, 16 injured as tornado hits China's northeast Heilongjiang province


SCMP Clips
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:51 UTC
China tornado

Screenshot of Weibo video
A tornado slammed China's northeast Heilongjiang province on June 1, 2021, killing one and injuring 16 people. According to Chinese state media, the tornado, which brought along hail, stormed through a suburb of the provincial capital Harbin, damaging 168 homes and wreaking havoc on farmlands. The economic loss was estimated at 5.12 million yuan (US$800,000).

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Delhi, India suffers coldest day in June ever

Sadia Akhtar
Hindustan Times
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:19 UTC
India man on river
A dust storm and late-night rain brought Delhi's minimum temperature on Tuesday down to 17.9 degrees Celsius, the lowest ever recorded in June, ensuring that the city continued the trend of breaking some historical weather record every month since August 2020.

According to IMD data, the previous lowest minimum temperature recorded in Delhi in June was 18 degrees Celsius on June 17, 2006.

HT reported last week that the Capital was on a weather barrier-breaking streak for at least the last nine months.

In August 2020, the city recorded 236.5mm rainfall, the highest for the month since 2013. In September, it recorded the warmest month in almost two decades. The Capital's average maximum temperature that month was 36.2 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous record of 36.1 degrees Celsius in 2015. The last time Delhi recorded higher average maximum temperature in September was in 2001, when the mercury soared to 36.3 degrees Celsius.

In October, the city broke a 58-year-old record by clocking a mean minimum temperature of just 17.2 degrees Celsius. In November, it broke an even older record, with the month's mean minimum temperature dropping to 10.2 degrees Celsius, a level last seen in 1949.
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"Dramatic" increase of landslips in UK's Brecon Beacons

Steffan Messenger
BBC
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 22:07 UTC
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While not unusual, landslips in the Beacons have become increasingly regular
Reservoirs in the Brecon Beacons are increasingly being polluted by landslides that have been described as a "dramatic" warning of climate change.

Extreme rainfall in recent years has led to an increase in the slips, the National Trust and Welsh Water said.

They result in the water being supplied to 1.5 million homes and businesses turning "rosé" pink and requiring additional treatment.

Thousands of trees are being planted to stabilise land near the reservoirs.

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Oxygen levels declining in hundreds of lakes across US & Europe over last 40 years

Drew Costley
Reuters
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:16 UTC
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© Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP, File
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, file photo, Kim Bertini looks over some of the 15,000 dead fish that washed up near her backyard on Lake Madeline in Galveston, Texas. Bertini said she and her husband, Chris, noticed dying fish on a Saturday and woke up the following morning to the dead, floating fish. The Galveston County Daily News reported that experts blame low levels of dissolved oxygen for the fish kill in Lake Madeline. Oxygen levels have dropped in hundreds of lakes in the United States and Europe over the last 40 years, a new study has found.
Oxygen levels have dropped in hundreds of lakes in the United States and Europe over the last four decades, a new study found.

And the authors said declining oxygen could lead to increased fish kills, algal blooms and methane emissions.

Researchers examined the temperature and dissolved oxygen — the amount of oxygen in the water — in nearly 400 lakes and found that declines were widespread. Their study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, found dissolved oxygen fell 5.5 % in surface waters of these lakes and 18.6% in deep waters.

Comment: Overall, our planet is cooling; and so it begs the question: if warming is involved, is the source of heat geothermal? As is the case in Antarctica? It's also notable that during previous periods of climatological and geologic upheaval - as is undoubtedly afoot during our own era - ocean anoxia has been identified as one factor involved in mass extinction events:

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Exceptional snowfall - the biggest in over 2 decades - pummels Patagonia, Argentina

Cap Allon
Electroverse.net
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 16:49 UTC
snow
Ushuaia is a city in Argentina. It is located on the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, the southernmost tip of South America, nicknamed the "End of the World" — for a full week now, historic accumulations of snow have been inundating the city.

The (ongoing) snowstorm delivered more than 50 cm (1.65 ft) of global warming goodness to Ushuaia over the weekend alone, and has dumped over a meter (3.3+ feet) since the storm began around a week ago.

"We have not had a record of such a large snowfall for more than two decades," said Cristian Elías, the region's Civil Defense coordinator, and as reported by ambito.com.

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29-year-old mountaineer 'in prime of life' falls to death near Telluride, Colorado


Out There Colorado
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:50 UTC
aval
A 29-year-old man from Telluride was found deceased on Monday in high-altitude terrain approximately 3.5 miles north of town.

Identified as Patrick Eells and as an experienced mountaineer, Eells was hiking alone on the Dallas-Gilpin ridge near Telluride when he took an apparent fall. It is believed that the traumatic injuries sustained from the fall resulted in his death.

Eells was reported missing by his girlfriend on Sunday night around 11 PM after he failed to return from a trip to the mountains. He had told his girlfriend he was going for a run on the Sneffels Highline with the possibility of summiting Mount Emma at 13,581 feet above sea level. After Eells was reported missing, a Search and Rescue mission launched early on Monday with approximately a dozen crew and aerial support. Eells was located by 2 PM and determined to be deceased, prompting a recovery mission.

The San Miguel County Sheriff said the following of the incident: "We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Eells who so clearly was in the prime of his life."
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39 died in avalanches in France last winter - nearly double the average for last 50 years


Planetski
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:39 UTC
aval
It is much higher than previous years and is nearly double the average over the past 50 years. Covid-19 restrictions, the growth in ski touring and unstable snow are to blame.

With ski lifts closed in France there was comparatively little precautionary measures taken to trigger avalanches and make slopes/ski areas safe.

Many people also took to ski touring in the off piste - some without the necessary skills, training and safety equipment.

In addition there was a highly unstable snow pack, particularly in January.

See here for the full statistics from the National Association for Snow and Avalanche Research (ANENA).
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Severe thunderstorms, strong winds, floods and record-breaking rains hit many places in Guangdong, China - almost 16 inches of rainfall in 3 HOURS

Chun Ming Ng
YouTube
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:59 UTC
floods
In last two days, thunderstorm, strong winds and heavy rains fell in many places in Guangdong, and the prolonged drought in eastern Guangdong ushered in large-scale rainfall. The Pearl River Delta, western Guangdong and other cities began to experience large-scale heavy rainfall in the afternoon of May 31. It is expected that such rainfall will continue in the next few days. In the face of flooding and other risks, Guangdong has issued a level IV emergency response to flood prevention.

From the afternoon of May 30th to the afternoon of May 31st, heavy rain to heavy rain occurred in Heyuan, Huizhou, Jieyang, Shanwei, Shaoguan, and northern Guangzhou, local extremely heavy rains, of which extremely heavy rains occurred in Huizhou Longmen, Boluo, Shanwei Lufeng, Heyuan Zijin Jieyang Huilai.

As of 17:50 on May 31st, due to the heavy rain, the province has relatively high risks of disasters such as floods in small and medium rivers, mountain torrents and geological disasters, and urban and rural waterlogging. On May 31, the Guangdong Provincial Office of Three Preventions and the Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department issued a notice, deciding to initiate a flood prevention level IV emergency response at 8:30 that day.

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