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Volcano eruption in Japan on July 26


RSOE EDIS
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:48 UTC
Mt. Aso
© Japan Meteorological Agency
Mt. Aso
A small eruption was observed Friday on Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan, spewing smoke as high as 1,600 meters, the weather agency said. The eruption occurred at 7:57 a.m. at the No. 1 crater of Mt. Aso's Nakadake, which is 1,506 meters above sea level, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

There were no immediate reports of injuries. It was the latest in a series of small-scale eruptions at the volcano in Kumamoto Prefecture since April. No volcanic cinders were detected but the agency warned of volcanic gas.

The agency raised Mt. Aso's volcanic alert level to 2 on a scale of 1 to 5 in April, urging people not to approach the crater. Local municipalities have restricted entry to areas within 1 kilometer of the crater.

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Tropical 'Booby' birds make rare appearances in Dana Point and Long Beach, California

Laylan Connelly
The Orange County Register
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:03 UTC
Rare Booby birds, known for living in the tropics
© Matt West/Harbor Breeze Cruises
Rare Booby birds, known for living in the tropics, have been spotted off the Southern California coast in recent days.
The muggy, humid weather is making the Southern California coastline feel like a tropical getaway — and even exotic birds are making their way here for vacation.

A handful of Booby birds have been spotted off of Long Beach and Dana Point in recent days by boaters who have captured images of the rare sightings.

The report from Dana Point came Thursday, July 25, by boat Capt. Frank Brennan, who was out on a fishing charter aboard the vessel Reel Fun.

Brennan said he immediately recognized it was one of the tropical species — either a Nazca or Masked Booby — and took a photo to share with bird expert Robin Lowe, who later identified the bird as a Nazca Booby.


Comment: The last 2 years or so has seen a notable number of these extralimital records of tropical seabirds in North America, presumably for the most part due to the increasingly chaotic weather, here's a list of such reports: Bird from the tropics, the brown booby, seen for first time in New Hampshire

Wrong place, wrong time: Tropical seabird turns up at Point Pelee, Ontario

Rare sighting of frigatebird in Wausau, Wisconsin, a likely hurricane refugee

Rare red-billed tropicbird turns up in Gulf Breeze, Florida

Wrong place, wrong time: Nazca Booby from the Galapagos Islands turns up at Dana Point, Califorina

Although displacement caused by severely adverse weather conditions seems the most plausible explanation in most cases, the following extract from a 2015 report of a brown booby turning up near Cape Race in Canada, indicates that at least some of these seabirds had been getting lost due to other factors:
Most historic records of brown boobies north of the Florida Keys are hurricane waifs. However, about three years ago brown boobies started doing odd things. They started appearing in the northeast United States without an obvious explanation. These were not storm driven birds, but individuals flying north of their own free will. One even reached the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick. And the first for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador landed on a tour boat just off St. Anthony.


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Massive ash eruption on Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy


Yahoo! News
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 10:44 UTC
etna
An eruption occurred on Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy on Saturday morning (July 27), sending a large plume of ash into the sky.

"During the late morning a new fracture has opened on the southern flank of the southeast crater accompanied with a massive emission of ash," the filmer wrote online.

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NOAA team explores methane gas seeps off North Carolina

Mark Price
Charlotte Observer
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:44 UTC
NOAA team explores methane gas seeps off North Carolina
© NOAA
Deep-sea explorers investigating a spot 39 miles off North Carolina's Outer Banks say they encountered a surreal stretch of seafloor filled with geyser-like bubble plumes, some of them "continuous and others turning off and on over periods of less than a minute."

In some spots, the bubble plumes are plentiful enough to resemble florescent lace curtains in the glow of a camera deployed by NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research.

Adding to the spectacle: The bubbles rise amid "dense" beds of mussels that are seen in a video stretching as far as the camera lens could penetrate.

The bubbles are methane gas, seeping constantly from the ocean floor off Bodie Island, at a depth of about 1,300 feet, according to a report by the NOAA-backed team.

Video link here.


Comment: In recent times hundreds of methane plumes have been discovered erupting along the US Atlantic coast, as well as for the first time in deep Arctic Ocean areas.

It is likely this increased methane outgassing and undersea volcanic activity (it is estimated there are up to one million of these 'submarine volcanoes') are contributory factors to the devastating huge ocean 'dead zones' which have quadrupled around the world since 1950, including in Atlantic open waters for the first time.

The significant increase of fish die offs and strange migratory behaviour of marine life could be considered other potential signs of such activity.

Methane outgassing may also be a significant factor for over 100 wildfires burning across the Arctic region, which have generated smoke plumes visible from space covering two million square kilometers.

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near south coast of Japan's Honshu


Channel News Asia
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 20:53 UTC
Epicentre of the 6.3 magnitude
© USGS
Epicentre of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck near the south coast of Japan's island of Honshu early Jul 28, 2019.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the south coast of Japan's island of Honshu early on Sunday (Jul 28), the European earthquake monitoring service EMSC reported.

The estimated population of the area where the earthquake was felt is 30 million inhabitants, EMSC said.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Source: Reuters
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"California is being overrun by rodents" - And in this case we aren't talking about the politicians

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:55 UTC
Dirty rat

Dirty rat
California is being hit by a "plague of rats", and some commentators are suggesting that this is exactly what they deserve. In fact, some have even gone so far as to suggest that the name of Los Angeles should be formally changed to "Los Ratas" because the rat problem is so severe there. From Crescent City in the north all the way down to Chula Vista in the south, the rats are seemingly everywhere. There are millions of them, and the more poison that people put out the more they seem to multiply. The state of California has never seen anything like this before, and it is getting worse with each passing month.

At this point, things are already so bad that many are calling for Governor Newsom "to declare a public health emergency"...
Pest control and public health experts are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a public health emergency over what they say is a sharp rise in the state's rodent population.

"California is being overrun by rodents - and without immediate emergency action by state and local government, we face significant economic costs and risk a public health crisis," said Carl DeMaio, chairman of Reform California, at a news conference Tuesday at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
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Huge swarm of grasshoppers invade Las Vegas Strip

Ross DiMattei
ktnv.com
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:14 UTC
Massive Swarm of Grasshoppers Invade Las Vegas

Massive swarm of grasshoppers invade Las Vegas
Our grasshopper problem in the valley is far from over. In fact, it may be getting worse.

On Thursday night, thousands of grasshoppers were seen swarming on the Las Vegas Strip. Thousands of people saw them the day after in videos that have now gone viral.

When a 13 Action News crew went back to the Strip on Friday, they found thousands of grasshoppers still in the same spots where they were seen on Thursday night.

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History shows that the warmest US decade on record was the 1930s

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:46 UTC
This was "long before industry emitted significant amounts of carbon dioxide," writes Steve Goreham.
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heat map
According to NOAA, "23 of the 50 state record high temperatures were recorded during the 1930s," says Goreham. "Thirty-six of the 50 state record highs occurred prior to 1960."

But never mind such inconvenient facts.

Seventy-four US medical and public health groups released a "U.S. Call to Action" last month, in which they declared climate change to be a "true public health emergency." They also claimed that we urgently need to transition away from hydrocarbon energy and a move to a low-carbon economy.

"(Trouble is), "actual weather and health trends don't support either the alarm or the demanded actions."
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Snowflake Cold

Temperature extremes: Coldest-ever July temperatures recorded in Russia's Far East

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:45 UTC
frost
The largest number of record low temperatures came in the Magadan region.

On July 24 in Susuman was -4.1°C, the previous record of -3.5°C was observed in 1973.

In Seimtchane was -2.9°C, which is lower than the previous record by 0.5 degrees set 28 years ago.

In Brokhovo, the new absolute low for July 24 is +4°C, which is lower than the previous record by 0.6 for 1973.

In Talon -1.4°C, the former absolute low of -0.6°C was observed in the 1973.

Comment: With most media outlets exclusively and almost hysterically focused on the record-breaking hot temperatures being recorded this July, it's also of equal (or maybe greater?) significance that many new records are also being set at the other (cold) extreme, see these reports for the same month: Also pertinent: Extreme Heat Dominates Headlines, But Rollercoaster Weather Should Worry us Most - What's Going on?

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Cloud Precipitation

At least 127 dead as flood situation worsens in Bihar, India - 8 million affected


Timesnownews.com
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 17:16 UTC
Army personnel rescuing woman in Katihar
© ANI
Army personnel rescuing woman in Katihar district in Bihar
The flood situation remained grim in Bihar with the death toll climbing to 127 on Friday, even as the Nitish Kumar government said it will be writing to the Centre for help in the wake of the calamity which has affected over 80 lakh people in the state.

Two deaths each were reported from Darbhanga and Kishanganj districts, the state Disaster Management Department said in a release.

The total number of casualties in Darbhanga now stands at 12 and seven in Kishanganj.

Thirteen districts in the state are hit by the floods, which have affected 82.84 lakh people till date, the release stated.

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