Earth Changes

Stranded pilot whale found dead on Wassaw Island, Georgia

Mary Landers
Savanna Morning News
Wed, 03 May 2017 09:54 UTC

Pilot whale carcass found on Wassaw Island

A group of scientists releasing a loggerhead sea turtle on Wassaw Island on Tuesday discovered the carcass of a pilot whale on the barrier island beach.

The 11-foot-long female whale appeared to have washed up on the previous high tide, said John "Crawfish" Crawford, a marine educator and naturalist with Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant.

Georgia's marine mammal coordinator, Department of Natural Resources biologist Clay George, performed a necrospy, or animal autopsy, on the whale Wednesday with assistance from Savannah State University students.

"This is only the second pilot whale to strand in Georgia in past 10 years," George wrote in an email. "Pilot whales are fairly common offshore, but their habitat is so far from shore that they rarely strand on the Georgia coast. We saw no signs of human causes or disease, but it was thin and had no food in its GI tract, so I suspect it died from natural causes. We'll send tissues to a pathologist, but it will be a couple months until we get results back. The marks on the fluke looked like fresh shark bites to me, which isn't unexpected if the whale was in bad shape prior to death."

Hundreds of millions of migrating birds killed in window strikes across America

Carl Bachtel
wkyc.com
Tue, 02 May 2017 19:08 UTC

Cemeteries are places people find their final rest. For birds, these green spaces in cities can save their lives.Birders have long known these gardens of stone attract migrating birds, and in downtown Cleveland, it's no different.Birder Ron Greene is visiting Erie Street Cemetery, looking for rarities. "I came in from Chesterland, looking for a yellow breasted chat."He found it. And a Brown Thrasher. And a Northern Waterthrush. And an American Redstart.

Alaska murre die-off followed by reproductive failure for survivors

Yereth Rosen
Alaska Dispatch News
Wed, 03 May 2017 18:55 UTC

The massive die-offs that left Alaska beaches coated with tens of thousands of murre carcasses in 2015 and 2016 also took a big toll on the birds' next generation when survivors failed to breed.

There was a near-total reproduction failure last year at all of the monitored breeding sites in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, federal biologists report.

At about 20 of the rocky outcroppings where common murres nest, lay eggs and hatch chicks, almost no fledglings were found, said Heather Renner, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Murres are black-and-white seabirds related to puffins and auks, are better at diving than flying, and look a bit like penguins. They are plentiful in Alaska's waters, normally numbering about 2.8 million, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Peer-reviewed survey of scientists reveal majority are skeptical of human-caused global warming

James Taylor
Forbes
Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:37 UTC

It is becoming clear that not only do many scientists dispute the asserted global warming crisis, but these skeptical scientists may indeed form a scientific consensus.

Don't look now, but maybe a scientific consensus exists concerning global warming after all. Only 36 percent of geoscientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a global warming crisis, according to a survey reported in the peer-reviewed Organization Studies. By contrast, a strong majority of the 1,077 respondents believe that nature is the primary cause of recent global warming and/or that future global warming will not be a very serious problem.

The survey results show geoscientists (also known as earth scientists) and engineers hold similar views as meteorologists. Two recent surveys of meteorologists (summarized here and here) revealed similar skepticism of alarmist global warming claims.

According to the newly published survey of geoscientists and engineers, merely 36 percent of respondents fit the "Comply with Kyoto" model. The scientists in this group "express the strong belief that climate change is happening, that it is not a normal cycle of nature, and humans are the main or central cause."

Major flooding in Missouri kills at least 5; More rain expected

Barbara Goldberg
US News
Wed, 03 May 2017 17:49 UTC

Floods across the U.S. Midwest that have killed at least five people shut major roadways in the St. Louis area on Wednesday, while residents of vulnerable areas piled sandbags to avert destruction as rivers were expected to crest.

The flooding was caused by a storm that parked over the region last weekend and dumped almost 12 inches (30 cm)of rain, the National Weather Service said.

A faster-moving storm was expected to drop up to 5 inches (13 cm) more rain on Wednesday on already saturated parts of central and southern Missouri, southern Illinois, northern Arkansas, central Indiana and Oklahoma.

"Today adds insult to injury," said NWS meteorologist Bob Oravec. "When you see rivers flooding and it's still pouring, it can zap the spirit. This is additional bad news."

U.S. Mid-South Rice: Floods sink 100,000 acre crop

Delta Farm Press
Tue, 02 May 2017 17:36 UTC

Approximately 100,000 planted acres of Arkansas rice have been lost to flooding, says Dr. Jarrod Hardke, the state's rice Extension agronomist. Powerful storms moved through Arkansas last weekend. The high winds and heavy rain were blamed for seven deaths and Gov. Asa Hutchinson declared a state of emergency.

Some of the higher 24-hour rainfall totals reported by the National Weather Service included 10.59 inches at Rogers, 10.12 at Elm Springs, 9.1 inches at Farmington, and 8.5 inches at Savoy, 7.85 inches at Guy and 7.82 inches at Georgetown.

"There is major flooding along Current and Little Black rivers in western Clay County and thousands of acres of rice and corn will be impacted," said Stewart Runsick, Extension staff chair for Clay County at Corning, Ark. "I am sure replanting will be necessary in many fields. We had the best stand of corn that I had seen in many years."

In several counties, the rain and flooding eroded or destroyed levees, washing out rice fields.

Other crop losses across the world due to cold & Mini Ice Age climate intensification

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Wed, 03 May 2017 16:56 UTC

Frost damage

With the massive losses of at least 32% of US Winter wheat over the first week of May 2017, there are other agriculture losses mounting in regional areas, that when seen combined will add to the overall larger picture. Doubling avocado prices, lemon shortages, massive fruit losses across Europe, vineyards up to 50% loss. The mini ice age crop losses are beginning.

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Comment: U.S. loses 30% of its wheat crop, first Mini Ice Age grain crop damage, global prices up

Some coral reefs are adapting to 'climate change' just fine

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Tue, 02 May 2017 16:59 UTC

WCS coral expert finds that some reefs were less sensitive to warming water over time

A new WCS study reveals evidence that some corals are adapting to warming ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of recent reports of global coral die offs due to extreme warm temperatures in 2016. The study appears in the latest issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series.

The study looked at responses to extreme temperature exposures in the same reefs over time, and found less coral bleaching in 11 of the 21 coral species studied. WCS Senior Conservation Zoologist Tim McClanahan, who has been studying coral responses to climate change since the extreme temperatures of the1998 El Nino, authored the study.

The study took place in two marine national parks of Kenya. Looking at two similarly severe warming events in 1998 and 2016, McClanahan found that the number of pale and bleached coral colonies declined from 73 to 27 percent, and 96 to 60 percent in the two parks with different background temperatures. Most of this change was due to about half of the most common species that did not bleach strongly in 2016. One rare species was, however, more sensitive than in 1998.

U.S. loses 30% of its wheat crop, first Mini Ice Age grain crop damage, global prices up

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Tue, 02 May 2017 16:46 UTC

Wheat field in western Kansas almost completely covered by snow during the morning of April 29, 2017.

The final piece of the puzzle to confirm the Mini Ice Age crop losses have begun and we are indeed transiting into this society changing event was today May 02, as the US lost 20 million acres of wheat due to cold, wind and snow damage. It's now a balancing act of small producers to make up for large producer losses.

The emotions you are feeling is a combination of a step up in the Schumann Resonance of our Earth and the electrical intensification from our Sun during the last solar storm with blue and white auroras.

Other countries lost wheat production as well, but some gained, although the US and Russia are the two main global producers. Losses from this point will mount along with global food price increases.

The Mini Ice Age has begun today!

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Brazil - Record Cold Threatens Safrinha Corn

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Tue, 02 May 2017 16:25 UTC

Record cold temperatures for the end of April. Farmers worry the next blast could be even colder. Safrinha corn needs to be frost free until at least early June to avoid potential damage.

28 April - According to the Brazilian National Institute of Meteorologia, temperatures in the higher elevations of the state of Santa Catarina fell to -1.1°C (30°F) on Thursday morning.

Temperatures all across southern Brazil are expected to set record lows below 10°C (50°F) for the next several nights in all of three state capitals including Curitiba in Parana, Florianopolis in Santa Catarina, and Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul. The low temperatures Friday night in the state of Parana could drop to -5°C (23°F) in higher elevations with the possibility of frosts across the state until Sunday night.

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Earth Changes

Stranded pilot whale found dead on Wassaw Island, Georgia

Hundreds of millions of migrating birds killed in window strikes across America

Alaska murre die-off followed by reproductive failure for survivors

Peer-reviewed survey of scientists reveal majority are skeptical of human-caused global warming

Major flooding in Missouri kills at least 5; More rain expected

U.S. Mid-South Rice: Floods sink 100,000 acre crop

Other crop losses across the world due to cold & Mini Ice Age climate intensification

Some coral reefs are adapting to 'climate change' just fine

U.S. loses 30% of its wheat crop, first Mini Ice Age grain crop damage, global prices up

Brazil - Record Cold Threatens Safrinha Corn

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