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Heavy snowfall in Alpine regions leaves 30,000 skiers stranded


abc.net.au
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:18 UTC
The Italian resort of Cervinia had two metres of fresh snow.
© Twitter/Anna G Milan
The Italian resort of Cervinia had two metres of fresh snow.
Winter storms have swept across western Europe, with the blizzard conditions turning chairlifts into swings and leaving thousands of people stranded in ski resorts.

Heavy snowfall saw the avalanche risk raised in Alpine regions across Italy, France and Switzerland, and resulted in the closure of roads and railways leading into popular resorts.

Up to 10,000 tourists were stuck at the Cervinia ski resort in Italy, local media reported.

At Val Thorens in France, Europe's highest ski resort, local media reported that 20,000 skiers staying in the resort were stuck when the main access road was closed due to avalanche risk.

The Alps stretch for more than 1,000 kilometres across eight Alpine countries, including France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany.

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Crocodiles attack inflatable boat in Zimbabwe, kill 90-year-old man and critically injure woman

Bethany Minelle
Sky News
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 12:43 UTC
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© EPA
Crocodiles in Zimbabwe have killed a 90-year-old man and critically injured a 65-year-old woman.

John Bowman, 90, and Rosemary Mitchell, 65, were attacked as they paddled in an inflatable boat in Matopos National Park.

They were relaxing with a group at Mpopoma Dam, an area of natural beauty and known crocodile hotspot.

"The crocodiles attacked the air-pumped boat they were using until it punctured," Wildlife Management Authority spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said.
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Al Gore on record cold wave: 'Bitter cold is exactly what we should expect from climate crisis' - UPDATE: Twitter responds

Marc Morano
Climate Depot
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 10:07 UTC
Stop global warming sign under snow
Former Vice President Al Gore has weighed in on the record cold and snow in the U.S. "It's bitter cold in parts of the US, but climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann explains that's exactly what we should expect from the climate crisis," Gore wrote on January 4 on Twitter.

Gore linked to one of his organizations' articles on the brutal winter weather written by Climategate professor Michael Mann: The Climate Reality Project: A 'PERFECT STORM': EXTREME WINTER WEATHER, BITTER COLD, AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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Ice-cold iguanas plunge from Florida trees during winter storm cold snap - UPDATE (VIDEO)


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 02:02 UTC
iguana
© Jorge Silva / Reuters
Frozen iguanas are tumbling off their perches in Miami's suburbs, as South Florida and much of the US Southeast are in the grips of a frigid winter storm, as the freezing weather grows in intensity as it moves up the East Coast.

The iguanas were seen dropping from the trees Thursday because they are cold-blooded creatures, and if the temperature drops below 50 degrees, the reptiles become sluggish. If the temperature drops lower than 50, as it has in some parts of South Florida, the creature becomes completely immobilized, according to the Daily News.

The National Weather Service (NWS) reported Thursday morning that some parts of South Florida experienced temperatures below 40 degrees.
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Antarctic dry valleys experiencing significant shifts in flora and fauna


Phys Org
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 12:00 UTC
In Antarctic dry valleys, early signs of climate change-induced shifts in soil
© Ashley Shaw
There are no plants, birds or mammals in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, which are located in the largest region of the Antarctic continent.
In a study spanning two decades, a team of researchers led by Colorado State University found declining numbers of soil fauna, nematodes and other animal species in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the world's driest and coldest deserts. This discovery is attributed to climate change, which has triggered melting and thawing of ice in this desert since an uncharacteristically warm weather event in 2001.

There are no plants, birds or mammals in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, located in the largest region of the Antarctic continent. But microbes and microscopic soil invertebrates live in the harsh ecosystem, where the mean average temperature is below -15 degrees Celsius, or 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

Comment: The climate is certainly changing, it's getting colder and weather events are becoming much more intense, but it has nothing to do with the global warming lie and this is becoming clear for all to see, even Al Gore has had to change his tune: Al Gore's Global Warming: 'Bitter cold' is 'exactly what we should expect from the' err 'climate crisis'

The planet experiences periods of cyclical cooling and other more dramatic changes driven by much more massive influences than cow farts and old cars, see:

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UK: 'Very unusual' sinkhole on train tracks after Storm Eleanor, 'ground shifting' say engineers

Tom Embury
Independent
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:15 UTC
sinkhole rail storm eleanor
A "mysterious void" has been discovered next to train tracks on the Cumbrian coast.

The sinkhole is around 4ft deep and 2ft wide and was found in the village of Harrington.

Engineers said the ground around the hole appeared to be "shifting". Services between Whitehaven and Workington were disrupted.

Network Rail, which manages Britain's railway infrastructure, said in a statement: "Engineers are working to repair and make safe the section of line after the mysterious void appeared yesterday in the wake of Storm Eleanor."

Phil James, head of operations for Network Rail's London North Western route, said: "Sinkholes are very unusual on the railway.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Bombogenesis USA - Icy sea flooding - Blizzards rage (VIDEO)


Adapt 2030
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:38 UTC
Boston icy floods
© Nancy Lane
Billy Carey and Justin Plaza, at right, from Boston Fire Rescue swift water team haul their boat after saving a man from his flooded car on Commercial Wharf during the storm on Thursday, January 4, 2018.
Here we are again same as 2016, Bombogenesis. Once considered rare, now twice in two years. The grand solar minimum is here. Ten thousand flights cancelled, blizzard warnings from Alabama to Maine, Florida swimming pools freeze, NYC snow bound, ocean ice floats in on floods from 100MPH + winds. The amplification begins, 2018 will be the year the world wakes up.


Comment: An update to this report can be found here.

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Sea recedes in unusually strong syzygy in Santa Elena, Ecuador


Strange Sounds
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:00 UTC
Sea recedes in Santa Elena Ecuador
© Twitter
Sea disappeared in Santa Elena, Ecuador stranding hundreds of boats in the Bay.
After the powerful hailstorm that buried several cars in ice in Biblian, another strange phenomenon occurred on the coast of Ecuador. After several months, the strange phenomenon of the 'disappearing sea' has been reported again by frightened fishermen in Santa Rosa, a small port located in the province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. Yes, the sea receded 'a little more than normal', stranding at least 800 fishing boats on January 3, 2018 as well as two days before.

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Seven Sisters cliffs in the UK caught on camera shattering, falling into sea


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 22:29 UTC
Seven Sisters cliffs
© Sojka Libor / Global Look Press
An enormous chunk of Britain's iconic white cliffs has collapsed into the sea, as Storm Eleanor battered the country. Dramatic footage shows a huge slab of chalk stone breaking away, before crashing into the sea.

The footage was uploaded to social media and has since gone viral, garnering more than 7,000 views in less than 24 hours.

Comment: Three cliff falls in just two days near iconic Seven Sisters, UK; woman killed

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Rare ivory gull from Arctic turns up in Lake County Fairgrounds, Illinois

Sheryl DeVore
Chicargo Tribune
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:16 UTC
An adult ivory gull, pure white with yellow tip on black bill, sits in the parking lot at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Jan. 3, 2018.
© Amar Ayyash
An adult ivory gull, pure white with yellow tip on black bill, sits in the parking lot at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Jan. 3, 2018.
If anyone deserves to find an ivory gull at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake, it's Amar Ayyash.

Known throughout the nation as a gull expert and the administrator of the North American Gulls Facebook page, Ayyash of Orland Park has found plenty of rare gulls for birders to look at.

Still, Ayyash said it was pure luck that he discovered on a bitterly cold January day a very rare, small, all-white gull that flew into the parking lot and landed next to his car near several other much more common gull species called herring gulls.

Ivory gulls nest in Russia, Greenland and Canada, and, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, spend winter on icy waters north of Newfoundland. The gull's population is estimated to be at the most 27,000 individuals in the world, according to Birdlife International.

"It's a dream bird," said Ayyash. "It's one of the holy grails. There are not a lot of people who get the chance to find their own ivory gull in the lower 48 states."
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