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Another record-breaking year for whale and dolphin strandings around Ireland

Ann Robinson
Coast Monkey
Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:17 UTC
Record-breaking year 2017 has seen another increase in cetacean strandings
© Jochen Duerr
Record-breaking year 2017 has seen another increase in cetacean strandings
2017 has been another record-breaking year for whale and dolphin strandings.

By 31st August there had already been 201 validated strandings logged - a massive 30% increase compared to the previous two years, according to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG).

The number of dead common dolphins recorded this year has been very high with 78 recorded since the end of August, accounting for 39% of all strandings. In the last seven years the numbers of dead common dolphins washing ashore in late winter/spring has become usually high. The true extent of the dolphin deaths are unknown with many going unrecorded as only a small number are washed ashore whiled others aren't identifiable.

The IWDG has been working with the Marine Institute, National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Department of Agriculture on a post-mortem scheme to better understand what is causing the death of these cetaceans.

Comment: See also this report from February: Dolphin and whale deaths on the Irish coast rise fivefold with 56 cetaceans washing up

In addition, for 2016 see: Record year for cetacean strandings in Ireland as fin whale washes up on Dublin beach

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Bizarro Earth

Methane outgassing discovered in Siberia's Yamal peninsula crater hole say scientists

Anna Liesowska
The Siberian Times
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 05:27 UTC
Measuring methane samples from Yamal Peninsula
© Anton Sinitsky, The Siberian Times
Measuring methane samples from Seyakha crater, Yamal Peninsula
Gas bubbles from waters filling crater hole on Yamal peninsula two months after volcanic-style explosion in thawing permafrost.

Fresh analysis of a new geological phenomenon shows how gas is still gushing from a submerged crater caused by a fierce methane gas explosion in northern Siberia in June.

A 'pillar of fire' from the eruption was caused by stones and pebbles being thrown together as they were thrust out of the ground, sparking the swoosh of gas, like in an oven, a leading expert believes.


Comment: 'Big bang' and 'pillar of fire' as two new craters form on Yamal peninsular, Siberia


Reindeer and dogs from a nearby nomadic encampment fled in terror at the fireball, with some debris thrown as far as 200 metres from the epicentre.

A 50-metre deep funnel or crater was immediately filled by water from the Myudriyakha River flowing beside the site of the explosion.

The video shows Dr Anton Sinitasky, director of the Arctic research Centre in Yamalo-Nenets region, in a small boat measuring gas - previously trapped in the frozen permafrost ground - which continues to leak from under the murky waters.


Comment:
As the man-made global warming hoax spirals out of control, evidence suggests that the world is on the brink of a new ice age. The 'warming' that is taking place nowadays is likely due to increased volcanic activity (connected with a minute slowdown in planetary rotation), especially under the Arctic Ocean, where methane clathrate deposits are being ruptured in enormous quantities these days, releasing methane gas into the atmosphere.

The degassing process is a normal phenomenon in permafrost regions containing quantities of methane. With lightning strength and frequency increasing (an ignition source) and more venting of enormous mounds of methane (a source of fuel) occurring, potentially catastrophic explosions could result.
SOTT Exclusive: The growing threat of underground fires and explosions

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Windsock

Storm Sebastian kills three people across Germany with hurricane-force winds


The Local Germany
Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:29 UTC
Windstorm Sebastian damage in Germany
© picture-alliance/dpa/C.Charisius
Sebastian's winds caused scaffolding to fall on pedestrians in Hamburg, killing one man
Windstorm Sebastian killed at least three people in Germany on Wednesday as hurricane-force winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour were recorded in the north of the country.

A man in a wheelchair was found dead in a river in the northern city of Hamburg, according to local firefighters.

Witnesses saw him fall into the water and despite a rescue effort that included divers, a boat and a helicopter, he could not be saved.

A pedestrian also died in Hamburg after he was hit by scaffolding that fell from the seventh floor of a building, police said. He was taken to hospital where he later died.

A 53-year-old man was the third person to be killed in the storm after being crushed by a tree near the west German spa town Brilon. The man was working in the forest when a 20-metre tall spruce tree fell on him, local police said.

The first autumn storm of the year also managed to uproot numerous trees across Germany. According to the Deutsche Bahn, trees had to be cleared from tracks and damaged overhead lines had to be repaired.

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Boat

Large sinkhole destroys entrance to Florida country club


WPTV
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 12:18 UTC
Indian Town sinkhole
© WPTV
The Martin County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that a large hole destroyed one of the entrances to the Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Indiantown.

Shopping carts and yellow tape were placed in front of the hole to prevent anyone from driving into it.

There is another entrance to the 55+ community.

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Camera

Halo surrounds the sun in eastern North Carolina

Corey Friedman
The Wilson Times
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 22:00 UTC
Wilson NC sun halo
© Corey Friedman/The Wilson Times
Members of St. Therese Catholic Church noticed a halo around the sun visible in Wilson early Sunday afternoon.

Solar halos form when ice crystals in high clouds refract the sun's light, bending the light and producing a ring shape, according to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The phenomenon can also occur with light reflected from the moon, creating lunar halos.

Comment: Another sun halo was seen the same day, 120 miles away, in Greensboro, North Carolina:
My beautiful wife and I, and our son and future daughter-in-law, went to Greensboro today for the North Carolina Folk Festival this afternoon. Weather people had said that he outer clouds from Irma would be responsible for cloudiness today. We could see some clouds approaching from the south by 10 AM. By the time we had gotten to downtown Greensboro, the sky was filled with a very high haze, and about 1-1/2 hours later at 1:03PM I noticed an intense halo around the sun. I took this with my iPhone. It got less and less intense from this time onward. I looked for but did not see a circumhorizontal arc.
Greensboro sun halo
© Cloudy Nights/Surveyor 1


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Attention

3 water main breaks cause sinkhole in Woodland Hills, California


Woodland Hills Patch
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:09 UTC
Woodland Hills sinkhole
© J.T. Alpaugh
A break in three water mains today opened up a sinkhole in a street in Woodland Hills.

About 25 customers were without water service as a result of the ruptured lines, which were reported about 2:30 p.m. in the 23000 block of Hatteras Avenue, according to the Department of Water and Power.

Crews shut off the water and were expected to be working on repairs until at least 10 p.m., according to a DWP spokeswoman who said two 6-inch mains and one 4-inch line broke.

The cause of the breaks was under investigation, she said.
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Question

Monster from the deep: Mysterious & ugly fanged sea creature washes up in Texas


RT
Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:45 UTC
A mysterious and ugly carcass
© Wei Peiquan / Global Look Press

A mysterious and ugly carcass, washed up on a beach in Texas after Hurricane Harvey, has people baffled.

The fanged beast was discovered by Preeti Desai from the National Audobon Society, who took to Twitter to see if the mystery of the unattractive creature could be solved.


"Okay biology Twitter, what the heck is this?" Desai asked, posting a number of photos of the decaying corpse.
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Tornado1

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - August 2017: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs


Sott.net
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:43 UTC
waterspout black sea August 2017
With much of the Western world and media focusing on hurricanes Harvey and Irma in the last week or two, you could be forgiven for thinking that the rest of the world was relatively peaceful, from a climate point of view. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, hurricane Harvey came at the end of yet another month of seriously destructive and 'anomalous' weather around the world, some of which made Harvey look relatively benign.

Comment:
Check out the other releases of 2017:


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Snowflake

Australian ski fields and thundersnow: Global cooling has started

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:57 UTC
Heavy snow sweeps across Tasmania

Heavy snow sweeps across Tasmania
Twisting weather in Australia sees record heat one day followed 18 hours later by snow in the same location. Snow pack for Australian alps at five year highs and more late Spring snow coming through the next week. Tasmania late season snows down to 100 meters, nearly on the beaches in spring, unheard of. Australian MSM claims warmest winter ever, but we all know how the BOM rigged temperature stations to stop registering temperatures cooler than -10.3C, so is this truly the warmest or were the records falsified?


Sources
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Attention

Anthrax kills at least 42 hippos in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania


Xinhua
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:22 UTC
hippos
An outbreak of anthrax has killed at least 42 hippopotami in south-central Tanzania's famed Ruaha National Park, authorities said on Monday.

Christopher Timbuka, Ruaha Chief Park Warden said earlier investigation show the wild animals were killed by anthrax, an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthraces.

According to the official, a survey carried between August and early September, this year, shows that death cases were found in three key areas, which are popular for hosting hippos in the sanctuary.

"This is the largest number of hippos to have been killed in the park by the disease," Timbuka said, adding: "We've already sent samples of the dead hippos to the Chief Government Chemist Laboratory Agency for more investigation."

He cited an acute water shortage in Great Ruaha River as one of the factors for an outbreak of the disease in the sanctuary.
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