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El Paso, Texas: A million aggressive Africanized bees threaten an entire neighborhood

Ashley Claster
KFOX14
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:40 UTC
bee keeper bees
© KFOX14/CBS4A colony of about 1 million bees invaded the walls and roof of a home in far east El Paso.


An aggressive colony of bees invaded a far east El Paso neighborhood.

An extractor went out to the home where the bees have been for several years to relocate them, but the aggressive bees wouldn't allow it.

Our sister-station, CBS4, reported about the homeowner's problem with these bees on Monday. Reporter Ashley Claster got a look at the beehive Monday in the Mission Estates community, and the bees were everywhere around her.

The bee specialist estimates there are almost 1 million Africanized bees living in the walls and the roof of the house. An older couple currently lives in the home and they said the beehive has been in their walls for three years. But now the bees are getting mean and the homeowners are worried about the neighbors, their pets and their children, who walk right past this house every day after school.
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Attention

UK: Devon village rising 2cm a year, London suburb sinking, and scientists have no idea why

Sarah Knapton
Telegraph
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:03 UTC
The village of Willand in Devon, which is rising 2cm every year
© SWNS.comThe village of Willand in Devon, which is rising 2cm every year
But the small parish of Willand in Devon is not enjoying an unexpected economic boom, but rather a strange geological upsurge.

Scientists have discovered the village is rising by 0.7 inches (2cm) a year, and are utterly baffled about the reason.

The curious elevation was spotted by researchers from the University of Nottingham's spin-off company Geomatic Ventures Limited (GML) who have been compiling satellite images between 2015 and 2017 to create the first country-wide map of land motion in Britain.

"We generally see this sort of uplift where there has been mining works and the pumps have been switched off, allowing the water to gradually seep back into the ground," said Dr Andy Sowter, Chief Technical Officer at GVL.

Comment: Mainstream scientists probably have no idea why because they're lost in a specialised bubble and are not paying attention to what's going on all over the planet: Also check out SOTT's monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - March 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

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Ice Cube

SOTT Focus: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - March 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Sott.net
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:45 UTC
noreaster
© Sott.net
Four Nor'easters hit the East coast of the US and Canada this March, bringing arctic conditions and meters of snow, leaving millions without power, disrupting traffic and destroying crops. Interestingly enough, the fourth Nor'easter arrived just hours after the Spring equinox. Storms in Texas and Alabama dumped enormous hailstones that caused widespread destruction over many counties. Meanwhile, California suffered one of its worst floods in decades, and record snowfall hit elsewhere in the US West.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the UK continued to suffer the ravages of the 'Beast from the East' that joined forces with Storm Emma, plummeting temperatures and breaking March snowfall records. The rest of Europe also had its share of unseasonable extreme cold, with rare snowfalls in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Romania. Meanwhile, frozen canals in Amsterdam stunned locals.

Saudi Arabia was battered once and again in March by (formerly rare) snowfall, hail, and flooding. Kenya suffered one of their its heaviest rainy seasons, with record flooding, landslides and a 3 km crack in the earth that disrupted traffic and baffled locals. Meanwhile Algeria was blanketed with a rare snowfall that damaged crops and disrupted transport.

Australia continued to suffer from heavy rains, hail and flooding during March, not least from tropical cyclone Marcus, which smashed into Darwin and left widespread destruction.

The animal kingdom is apparently also telling us that something is not quite right with the environment: March also saw another series of enraged animals, stranded whales and dolphins, and mass animal deaths. Recent news that our planet's ocean currents are undergoing dramatic change just adds to the rather frigid global outlook.

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Snowflake

Is the Gulf Stream about to collapse and is the new ice age coming sooner than scientists think?


UK Independent
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:54 UTC
Big ben ice age
Two new studies published in the scientific journal Nature have brought a new threat to the world's attention: the shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean currents including the Gulf Stream.

Barely a day goes by without new research emerging warning humanity of its impending doom, but the collapse of the Gulf Stream is an event with particularly ominous connotations.

Scientists have previously linked disruptions to Atlantic currents with everything from heatwaves in Europe to rising sea levels in coastal US cities.

Comment: Famous last words above. Why is it that when 'experts' make "likely" statements about the linear progression of large scale environmental systems, they generally turn out to be completely wrong?

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Arrow Down

Massive landslide in Hunza, Pakistan - 3 people killed


GEO NEWS
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:24 UTC
A view of the rescue operation.
© PamirtimesA view of the rescue operation.
The bodies of three tourists missing after a landslide in Hunza have been recovered, rescue officials informed on Thursday morning.

A total of five tourists had been buried under an avalanche near Karimabad's Ultar Glacier on Monday.

Locals with the assistance of rescue officials had managed to rescue two injured tourists — both locals — later but three others remained missing.
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Telescope

Rare video of aurora phenomenon "Steve" - formally discovered in 2017


Space weather
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:00 UTC
steve april 10 2018
On April 10th, a G1-class geomagnetic storm was brewing over Canada as a stream of solar wind buffeted Earth's magnetic field. Matthew Wheeler of Robson Valley, British Columbia, stepped outside to see what was up--and STEVE appeared. "My dog barked at it for the entire hour it was visible," says Wheeler. "It was flowing like a river at astonishing speed."

STEVE may look like an aurora, but it is not. For one thing, it is soft purple, not green like typical auroras. And it has its own special form--tightly collimated into a narrow ribbon that can bisect the entire sky.

Researchers are only beginning to understand the phenomenon--aided by a chance encounter between STEVE and a European satellite a few years ago. In situ measurements revealed that STEVE is a hot (3000 degrees C) ribbon of ionized gas slicing through Earth's upper atmosphere some 300 km above the ground. It appears unpredictably during some, but not all, geomagnetic storms.

Comment: He may have noticed it in the 1980's but it has only officially been recognised since around 2017, and was a surprise to many veteran aurora guides - and interestingly, sightings of Steve are on the increase:

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Snowflake

More snowfall could negatively impact farmers in Wisconsin

Katarina Vergara
weau.com
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:06 UTC
crops
The cold weather and snow could impact when local farmers start to harvest their crops.

SkyWarn 13 Chief Meteorologist Darren Maier says the snow probably won't be leaving anytime soon.

"Until this pattern breaks to where we can get temperatures consistently back to normal or above, that possibility of seeing additional snow I'd say is likely still in the forecast," says Maier.

Agriculture Agent, Mark Hagedorn, at UW-Extension in Eau Claire says this time of year, the snow is usually gone and farmers are getting ready to do field work.
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Attention

Another dead dolphin washes ashore in Algoa Bay, South Africa - 11th to die in under 2 weeks

Gareth Wilson
Herald Live
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:49 UTC
Bayworld experts arrived on the scene after an adult common dolphin was found in a tidal pool on the beach at Cape Recife Nature Reserve on Wednesday, 11 April 2018.
Bayworld experts arrived on the scene after an adult common dolphin was found in a tidal pool on the beach at Cape Recife Nature Reserve on Wednesday, 11 April 2018.
Another dolphin has washed ashore in Algoa Bay, the second such stranding since last week.

The adult common dolphin was found dead in a tidal pool on the beach at Cape Recife Nature Reserve this morning.

This brings the total number of dead dolphins found on the Bay shores to 11 in less than two weeks.

Bayworld staff rushed out to the reserve where the adult female common dolphin was found.
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Attention

Volcano in Vanuatu spills heavy ash as acid rain falls from the sky, evacuation fears for 11,000 residents

Brianne Tolj
Daily Mail
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 10:40 UTC
A state of emergency has been declared for Vanuatu's Ambae Island as a volcano continues to spill heavy ash
A state of emergency has been declared for Vanuatu's Ambae Island as a volcano continues to spill heavy ash
A state of emergency has been declared for Vanuatu's Ambae Island as a volcano continues to spill thick heavy ash.

Thousands of residents who call the island home have been warned they may need to evacuate after up to 1cm of ash has fallen in some areas north of the island on Tuesday night.

The situation was described as 'becoming critical in some areas' and national EMT coordinator Dr Basil Leodoro told Vanuatu Daily Post they had 'received reports of houses collapsing due to the weight of the ash.'
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Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico erupts and sends huge plume of smoke and flaming debris into the sky

Amanda Cashmore
Daily Mail
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:11 UTC
The smoke begins to turn a dark red colour as it continues spewing out of the volcano
The smoke begins to turn a dark red colour as it continues spewing out of the volcano
This is the incredible moment a volcano explodes into life sending a huge cloud of smoke into the sky and flaming debris flying.

The Popocatepetl volcano, located between the central Mexican states of Morelos, Puebla and Mexico, burst into life.

In the video, a huge plume of black smoke can be seen coming out from the volcano's crater.

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