Earth Changes

The Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' this year is the biggest on record

Briana Koeneman
AOL
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:00 UTC

The Gulf Of Mexico's dead zone

Every spring, a "dead zone" appears in the Gulf of Mexico. It happens when the water doesn't have enough oxygen to support fish and other marine life.

And scientists say this year's dead zone is the biggest they've recorded since mapping began in 1985.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this week that the Gulf dead zone measured in at more than 8,700 square miles — an area roughly the size of New Jersey.

Dead zones can occur naturally. But researchers say the Gulf's problem is mainly caused by nutrient pollution from agriculture.

Shrinkflation has started to disguise global food price rises

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:47 UTC

Shrinkflation is a term where the same sized packaging is used but the food weight /contents are reduced. Its the same sized package you grew up with but less inside. This is a backdoor way to hide food price rises. As we head deeper into the grand solar minimum, there will continue to be mounting losses through out the worlds grain belts, this will the way they can fool the public a little bit longer. Word of warning, going forward form this point, you will need to grow your own food to supplement continuously rising food prices.

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Scottish Highlands are rocked by their biggest earthquake for 30 years

Daily Mail
Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:22 UTC

The British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded the magnitude 3.8 tremor in the Moidart area just before 3.45pm

The Scottish Highlands experienced the largest earthquake in three decades yesterday, experts have confirmed.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded the magnitude 3.8 tremor in the Moidart area just before 3.45pm.

It was the biggest earthquake in the region since a magnitude 4.1 quake near Oban in September 1986, officials noted.

On the latest event, the BGS stated: 'This earthquake was felt widely across the west of Scotland.'

People in the area shared their experience of the rumble on Twitter.

One wrote: 'Think I just experienced a minor earthquake, here on Ardnamurchan. West coast of Scotland. Anyone else feel it, my kitchen rumbled.'

'Lucifer' heatwave bakes Europe causing scientists to predict massive numbers of deaths by 2100

RT
Sat, 05 Aug 2017 15:36 UTC

Ten southern and central European countries have declared a red alert after heatwave 'Lucifer' caused temperatures to skyrocket over 40C, with scientists warning that the extreme heat could end up killing 152,000 people a year by 2100.

Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia are on red alert, European forecast network Meteoalarm said on Saturday.

Florence's famous Uffizi Gallery was temporarily closed on Friday after the museum's air conditioning system broke down, ANSA news agency reported.

Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, France, Macedonia, Slovakia, and Moldova have issued orange alerts to stress the potential for worsening weather conditions.

At least two people have died from the heat, one in Romania and one in Poland, Reuters reported, adding that many more have been taken to the hospital for sunstroke.

"In two hours of my shift today I saw four people fainting on the street and complaining of heat exhaustion," a traffic warden told Reuters in Belgrade.

'All the roadways look like a lake': California flooding leaves commuters stranded

Alene Tchekmedyian
LA Times
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:36 UTC

Heavy summer rain and thunderstorms continued to pound Los Angeles County on Thursday evening, leaving drivers trapped in their cars on flooded roadways in Acton and Metrolink train commuters scrambling to find a ride home.

A helicopter rescue team hoisted one man to safety as muddy water flowed down the roadway, said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Gustavo Medina. Aerial footage showed him sitting on top of his black truck, water up to its wheels, before the rescue.

Some people were stuck at a pharmacy because of extreme flooding, while others reported being trapped in their cars in knee-high water.

"All the roadways look like a lake," said Sheriff's Lt. Anthony Gunn, warning commuters to avoid attempting to drive through moving water. "If possible, [do] not drive anywhere at this point."

Comment: Flash flood traps drivers in Acton, California; 1.5 inches of rain in just half an hour

Freaky 'Fognado' blows over Santa Cruz, California

Amy Larson
KSBW 8
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:23 UTC

Sky watchers reported seeing a "fognado" blow through the east and west sides of Santa Cruz Wednesday afternoon.

The freaky, fast-moving cloud formation packed powerful wind gusts.

KSBW Facebook fan Ingrid Schmidt-Wagnaar said, "All of a sudden the trees were bending. Waves of the fog (were) wafting through the garden and it got a bit chilly, whereas it was a balmy 85 degree just moments ago. It was over in less than 3 minutes, and blue sky was again upon us, and it got warm again. Nature's phenomenon."

Santa Cruz resident Ian Babcock was the first to describe it as a "fognado."

1 missing, 7 rescued after flash flooding near Las Vegas Strip

Isabelle Delgado
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:02 UTC

One person is missing after being swept away by water in a Las Vegas wash during Friday afternoon thunderstorms, according to the Clark County Fire Department.

About 2 p.m., a person was reported missing in the wash near Siegel Suites at 3625 Boulder Highway. Another person was rescued and taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, Fire Department spokesman Jeff Buchanan said.

Six people were rescued from the wash behind The Linq Hotel about 1:30 p.m., Buchanan said. One of those people was missing for more than an hour before being rescued by firefighters.

Flash flood turns Brooklyn stairwell into urban waterfall (Video)

Simone Wilson
Sunset Park Patch
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:52 UTC

A U.S. Postal Service deliveryman and local hero doing his rounds through South Brooklyn in the hot, pouring rain Friday morning stumbled across what appeared to be a gigantic, pop-up waterfall staged on a pedestrian stairwell at 76th Street and Colonial Road.

And lucky for the rest of us, instead of scampering back to the safety of his USPS truck, the mailman — 38-year-old Bergen Beach resident Howie Weiss — tapped into his inner National Geographic documentarian and Facebook Lived this epic collision of city grid and nature's wrath.

"I've been in this station for years and seen my flooding," Weiss told Patch, "but nothing like this. It literally took me a few seconds to comprehend how much rain that was."

Behold, the mailman's masterpiece, shot around 9 a.m. Friday, right after a rash of flash floods across NYC:

Elephant kills 2nd mahout in Uttar Pradesh, India

The Times of India
Sat, 05 Aug 2017 10:43 UTC

In a tragic incident, an elephant trampled his mahout to death in Dudhwa National Park on Thursday night. This is the second person that the 35-year-old elephant, Mohan, has killed in six months. At the time of the incident, no other person was in the vicinity. The body was found on Friday morning. The elephant has now been kept under observation, and forest staff have been advised to keep away from the animal.

Piecing together the evidence, forest officials believe that the incident happened when mahout Ranjeet Kumar (37) went inside the enclosure to apply medicine on another elephant, Sundar, on Thursday night. For some reason, he must have approached Mohan, which was in another part of the enclosure. Another elephant, called Gajraj, was near Mohan. It was raining heavily and Mohan may have become nervous, possibly due to the thunder and lightning, and attacked the mahout.

Rare 'heat burst' event causes overnight temperature spike in Vacaville, California

CBS Sacramento
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:24 UTC

Nightfall didn't bring much relief from the heat for residents in Vacaville thanks to a rare weather phenomenon.

Vacaville suffered through high temperatures of 108 degrees on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. By 8 p.m., temperatures had dropped down to the low 80s - like what you'd usually expect to happen when the sun goes down.

However, after bottoming out at 80, temperatures actually started to shoot up as the night progressed.

By midnight, temperatures had spiked at 95 degrees.

NWS says the bizarre temperature spike is due to a rare event called a "heat burst."

Much like downburst, a heat burst is usually associated with decaying thunderstorms. Heat bursts are basically the inverse of a downburst - instead of cool and moist air, hot and dry air is rushed toward the surface.

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Earth Changes

The Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' this year is the biggest on record

Shrinkflation has started to disguise global food price rises

Scottish Highlands are rocked by their biggest earthquake for 30 years

'Lucifer' heatwave bakes Europe causing scientists to predict massive numbers of deaths by 2100

'All the roadways look like a lake': California flooding leaves commuters stranded

Freaky 'Fognado' blows over Santa Cruz, California

1 missing, 7 rescued after flash flooding near Las Vegas Strip

Flash flood turns Brooklyn stairwell into urban waterfall (Video)

Elephant kills 2nd mahout in Uttar Pradesh, India

Rare 'heat burst' event causes overnight temperature spike in Vacaville, California

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