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Orca 'apocalypse'? Industrial areas losing whales but Arctic population doing well

Damian Carrington
The Guardian
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:00 UTC
orca whale killer
© Audun Rikardsen/ScienceKiller whales hunting seals off the coast of northern Norway.
At least half of the world's killer whale populations are doomed to extinction due to toxic and persistent pollution of the oceans, according to a major new study.

Although the poisonous chemicals, PCBs, have been banned for decades, they are still leaking into the seas. They become concentrated up the food chain; as a result, killer whales, the top predators, are the most contaminated animals on the planet. Worse, their fat-rich milk passes on very high doses to their newborn calves.

PCB concentrations found in killer whales can be 100 times safe levels and severely damage reproductive organs, cause cancer and damage the immune system. The new research analysed the prospects for killer whale populations over the next century and found those offshore from industrialised nations could vanish as soon as 30-50 years.

Comment: While pollution is clearly devastating vast swathes of our planet, it's essential we factor in the ongoing climatic shifts to truly understand what's happening to wildlife:

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Huge tornado mesmerises onlookers in flood-ravaged Mexico

Aurora Bosotti
Daily Express (UK)
Sat, 29 Sep 2018 08:41 UTC
The tornado formed after a massive storm struck the Sinaloa district
The tornado formed after a massive storm struck the Sinaloa district
A storm ravaging the northwestern district of Mexico sparked an impressive tornado in the city of San Pedro.

Footage shared online from the National Weather Commission (Conagua) shows the tornado forming close to a trafficked street of the Sinaloa town.

Onlookers can be seen curiously watching the funnel of swirling air sucking up more warm air from the ground to strengthen its walls.

Local authorities said the tornado began to form at around 7pm on Thursday before disappearing into thin air less than five minutes latest without causing any damage.

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'Medicane', a rare, hurricane-like storm, rolls across southern Europe

Josephine McKenna
The Telegraph
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:06 UTC
Medicane
Rare cyclone called 'Medicane' which is currently careering across the Mediterranean and set to batter Greece and Turkey this weekend
Emergency services in Italy and Greece were on high alert on Friday bracing for a powerful cyclone that was expected to bring gale-force winds and torrential rain to the eastern Mediterranean this weekend.

Greece was already feeling the impact of thunderstorms and high winds ahead of a small but intense cyclone known as a "Medicane" which is rarely seen in the Mediterranean.

Meteorologists said the weather system was expected to strike the southern coasts of Sicily and Calabria before moving eastward across the Aegean and Ionian Seas to Greece where it could bring winds of up to 160 kmh (100 mph) and waves as high as 12 metres (39 feet).

Schools in Athens and several other parts of the country were closed Friday, as heavy storms swept across the mainland and islands on Thursday.

Some ferry services from ports near the Greek capital resumed after being mostly halted for the previous two days, while the poor weather conditions also caused flight delays.

Comment: The Medicane has been building since September 20th: Medicane expected to fully form east of Sardinia over next 24 hours

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Up to 6 inches of early snow blankets the Black Hills, South Dakota

Shawn Cable
ksfy.com
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:25 UTC
Black Hills snow on Friday morning, Sept 28, 2018.
Black Hills snow on Friday morning, Sept 28, 2018.
Our weather will be cooler and a bit fall-like this weekend, but that's nothing compared the weather some residents of the Black Hills woke up to on Friday morning.

4 to 6 inches of snow blanketed higher elevations of the Central and Northern Black Hills Thursday night into Friday morning. While most places that got snow received between 1 and 4 inches, the snow was a bit heavier in the highest elevations. The National Weather Service Office in Rapid City reported 6 inches of snow near Hill City and 6.5 inches of snow near Deerfield.

The snow will end by early Friday afternoon. It won't stick around for long, either. Temperatures will warm back into the 50s by Saturday afternoon.

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Germany - Coldest September morning since weather records began!

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:31 UTC
COLD MAP
Not just for the day, mind you, but for the entire month.
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Greetings Robert! I am a follower and Reader of Iceagenow living in Munich Germany and I think this bit of news is worth posting on iceagenow.

Just like in the Netherlands, Germany is also experiencing record low temps for September! Just days after Summer officially ended, an unusually strong Polar Air mass with record subfreezing temperatures has settled across West Central Europe.

Here is the Graphic and Translated Text from Wetteronline.de
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Ice Age Farmer Report: Time is short - Record colds globally - Cover-up in overdrive - Prepare NOW


Ice Age Farmer
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 19:14 UTC
A view of a snow-covered hills, at Keylong
© PTIA view of a snow-covered hills, at Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district, Monday, September 24, 2018. Over 1,500 tourists are stranded in the district due to heavy snowfall even as rescue operations are continuing.
All-time cold/snow records in Netherlands, France, Germany, India, Canada, Aus, NZ.

Establishment is frantically changing the data, rewriting history, and censoring opposition, but the crop losses are impossible to hide.

Start growing your own food and preparing immediately.


Sources
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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Arctic methane release & 50% crop losses in W. Australia


Adapt 2030
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:44 UTC
WA wheat crop losses
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Sydney Morning Herald has a spooky headline Arctic Methane seeping from lakes its runaway global warming greenhouse gasses, oh wait, its a remote lake off the Brooks Range in Alaska's North Slope oil and gas production areas. It gets better, they blame humans for causing permafrost melt but then say this methane isn't from permafrost melt its an oil field seep, all they while forgetting record cold and crop losses in W. Australia during the same week. So much for unbiased media.

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Young man dies of hypothermia after early blizzard in Romania's mountains


Romania Insider
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 16:25 UTC
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A 22-year old hiker died at the hospital in Sibiu after a blizzard caught him on a ridge at over 2000 meters in the Fagaras mountains.

The mountain rescuers brought him and the girl who was with him down from the mountain, but the doctors couldn't save him, local Digi24 reported. He suffered from extreme hypothermia and was in critical condition. The girl who was with him was also admitted in the hospital with hypothermia and frostbites.

The mountain rescuers said the hikers had mountain equipment suitable for this period of the year but that the weather conditions were extreme and only winter equipment could have saved the young climber.

The weather in Romania got very cold at the beginning of this week and it even snowed at over 2000 meters. The famous high-altitude roads Transalpina and Transfagarasan were covered in snow and the mountain rescuers were called to help some tourists who were blocked by snow on Transalpina and had to sleep in their cars.

Comment: See also: Early snowfall hits Sibiu, Romania

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Flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela leave 2 dead

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:36 UTC
Floods Tachira, Venezuela, September 2018
© Venezuela Civil ProtectionFloods Tachira, Venezuela, September 2018.
Flooding in the state of Vargas in Venezuela has cause severe material damage and left at least 2 people dead.

Torrential rain hit areas of the state on 25 September, 2018. Local media reported that, although the rain lasted just a few hours in La Guaira it was enough to turn the city's streets into rivers. La Guaira, the capital city of the state of Vargas, is situated about 15 km north of Caracas and is the country's main port. Flooding was also reported in neighbouring Maiquetía.

Images on Social Media showed the devastation caused by the fast-flowing flood waters, which were strong enough to drag vehicles through the streets of La Guaira.

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Hurricane Florence's death toll includes millions of farm animals in North Carolina

Michael Sasso and Justina Vasquez
Tampa Bay Times
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:22 UTC
North Carolina farming flooding
North Carolina farming flooding
For Chris Smith, whose North Carolina farm is home to 30,000 chickens and 150 acres of sweet potatoes, the fight to survive Hurricane Florence is not yet over.

As torrential rains from the storm filled local waterways and flooded nearby roads, Smith, one of hundreds of local farmers in a state known for its poultry and hog operations, found himself cut off from supplies, power and any way to move his birds out.

The ferocity of the storm was surprising, according to Smith. "We thought we weren't in a flood-prone area, but we had a pretty good scare," he said. He rationed the feed he had on-hand as best he could, and used 250 gallons of diesel per day to keep his generators running.

Now Smith, who counts himself lucky that his flock survived, is looking to quickly move his chickens to processing plants before the weekend, when more showers are forecast and the nearby Neuse River may flood further. He's not alone. Seeking to minimize deaths from a storm that's already killed millions of animals, farmers are turning to helicopters, boats and heavy trucks to supply farms stranded by flooding and debris.
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