Photographer and videographer Adrien Mauduit posted this video at EarthSky Facebook this week. He's been working with Project PoSSUM - a research, training and education program supported by NASA - whose goal is the study of noctilucent clouds, also called NLCs or night-shining clouds.
In other words, these clouds are seen at night, shining in the darkness. PoSSUM's 2017 noctilucent cloud airborne campaign recently kicked off, based in the remote town of High Level in northern Alberta, Canada. Mauduit, who is based in Denmark, is also in Alberta, helping the project by acquiring ground imagery.
Unusually high numbers of emaciated great shearwaters, which spend most of their time far out at sea, have been spotted on Long Island beaches in the past week. A member of the Procellaridae family and the largest of the Puffinus genus, shearwaters have distinctive dark-brown caps, white throats and necks, and are between 16 and 20 inches long.
Pauline Rosen, a volunteer at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays, reported seeing 48 washed-up shearwaters while walking along Montauk and Napeague beaches. The Wildlife Rescue Center had found 28 dead birds, making 76 in all.
"We alerted the D.E.C. that we were getting calls about the mass numbers of dead birds, but we don't know the cause," Amanda Daley, an assistant at the center said. "They were not coming in with any injuries, they were coming in ill."
New article by the Geophysical Research Institute Letters and picked up by Climate Central, talk about how sea levels and sinking land are a huge imminent threat to the east coast of the USA as sea level rise is happening 3x faster than anywhere else. At the same time in the same location new islands are emerging form the sea and these high tide events are actually "King Tides" they conveniently leave that part out. The highest tide of the year, "King Tide" is a yearly event, but is shown as proof of sea level rise for political agenda.
Butter prices hit all time highs in the UK, they are even warning of a butter shortage by Christmas 2017. Additionally with the heat wave in the western USA, disposing of dead cattle is overwhelming the disposal facilities. As dead cows sit in the heat, methane from internal rot is causing cows to explode. Back in May 2017 disposal facilities were overwhelmed by 100 million tons of rotted onions due to excessive snowfalls and collapsed storage facilities. We as a planet haven't even gotten into low-mid losses, yet the facilities to dispose of infectious ag and cattle pathogens are paralyzed. We need to quickly rethink these "procedures" moving forward into the grand solar minimum. What happens when we experience high losses?
Hail the size of billiard balls fell from the skies over Evansburg Sunday, causing a damaging racket.
Environment Canada had issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a large area west of Edmonton, and shortly before 5:30 p.m. the storm struck — battering homes and vehicles for nearly half an hour.
'It was insanely loud'
Once the storm passed, many residents took to social media to share photographs and video of the hail, which ranged from the size of a chicken egg to baseball-sized pellets.
Becki Kehler was at Camp Evansburg when the wind started howling and hail rained down from black clouds above.
"It was pretty crazy. It was insanely loud. That's what startled me the most was how loud it was," Kehler said.
The number of dead dolphins washed up on the Black Sea beach, from Sochi to Anapa, has reached 167, Krasnodar Territory prosecutor Sergei Tabelsky said.
"Mass dolphin deaths have been registered beginning in March of this year. The highest number of animals washed up ashore was discovered in May - 84 cases, in June - 16 cases. Scientific organizations concluded that in 99 percent of cases, the mammals died not in the coastal areas of Krasnodar Territory. They were simply thrown ashore by the sea," Tabelsky said at a regional prosecutors' forum on local environmental safety issues on June 27.
Last Thursday, WCTV reported about a 10-foot pilot whale found stranded on the coast in Taylor County. We've since learned it wasn't the only one, and researchers are speculating why.
Researches are starting to think there may be something wrong with the species. These animals travel in groups, and if their leader is sick, there's a good possibility the pack is just following behind.
Over a four day period, rescue teams and Florida Wildlife Conservation responded to 10 different whale strandings in Taylor and Dixie counties. Of those 10, only one was saved. The female whale is being treated at a rehab facility in Clearwater.
The mammal found in Hagens Cove last week washed up on shore and was in shock for hours before vets deemed it in poor condition. It was euthanized, along with eight others found last weekend.
Researches are now looking into what's causing them to beach themselves, and how they can be treated.
Residents of the Thurston area of Springfield reported feeling the neighborhood shake as they were startled by the sound of an explosion shortly before 4 p.m. Monday.
"I was inside with my daughters. There was a huge exploding noise. It caused the houses on the area to shake," said Eve Kuha, who lives on 56th Street. "I immediately told my daughter's to stay inside while i went outside to see where it came from. My neighbors all came outside from their homes as well."
Kuha said she looked up and didn't see any jets - and that the boom didn't sound like a jet to her.
A man swimming at a south Florida beach was bitten on both legs by a shark.
WPLG-TV reports that Lt. Felipe Lay of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue says the unidentified man was swimming Sunday afternoon off Haulover Beach when he was attacked.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Ocean Rescue lifeguards say they became aware of a shark lurking in the water and immediately began alerting bathers to get out of the water. Officials say the bull shark was 4-to-5 feet. Officials say the man, who was able to get out of the water and get aid from lifeguards, was taken to Aventura Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
"In the process of exiting the water, a beachgoer was bitten in the lower extremities by what appeared to be a 4-to-5 foot bull shark," said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokeswoman Erika Benitez. "The person was able to get out of the water, and MDFR Ocean Rescue lifeguards immediately rendered assistance."
The male swimmer was bitten on both legs, Lt. Felipe Lay of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told WPLG-Ch. 10
