2001 15.2.4.1.2.4. Ice Storms
Milder winter temperatures will decrease heavy snowstorms
http://observatory.ph/resources/...
IPCC Draft 1995
shrinking snow cover in winter
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Earth Changes
This image from the Rutgers Snow Lab shows that there was so much snow in the Northern Hemisphere that it broke a December record.
So how is that global warming rhetoric working out for you? Steven Goddard exposed past global warming articles that predicted less snow.
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2013-01-08 14:16:09 UTC
2013-01-08 16:16:09 UTC+02:00 at epicenter
Location:
39.659°N 25.567°E depth=9.9km (6.1mi)
Nearby Cities:
47km (29mi) WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey67km (42mi) WSW of Ezine, Turkey
80km (50mi) NW of Mitilini, Greece
89km (55mi) SW of Canakkale, Turkey
246km (153mi) NE of Athens, Greece
© Rivka Finder
The Ayalon Highway overflows from the River.
The Ayalon Highway overflows from the River.
By mid-afternoon, however, both northbound and southbound lanes of the Ayalon reopened to traffic. The section of the central Namir Road, which had also been closed due to flooding, reopened at around 2 p.m., police said.
The Tel Aviv Municipality provided shelter for 19 residents seeking refuge after heavy rains and flooding damaged their homes. The municipality said five residents had sought shelter in the Beit Barbour community center, and another 14 at the Neve Eliezer center.
© The Courier, UK
Two of the dead birds.
Two of the dead birds.
A mysterious virus or natural event has baffled residents of an Angus town, after a number of seabirds were found washed up on their shore.
At least 17 geese and other unidentified birds were found on the coast of Arbroath on Sunday morning, and dog walkers contacted The Courier to air their concerns.
Despite being obscured by dirt and debris, only two of the birds had any visible wounds. Kevin Murray recorded 18 geese and one mallard duck at the breakwater during a walk.
He said he was out for a walk along the Arbroath beach front, below the breakwater beside Pleasureland and the old outdoor pool.
"This could have resulted from a lightning strike," he said. "But could this be something else?"
A supervisor for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) confirmed a report had been filed on 17 dead seabirds.
It is understood a team may not be available to clear away any contaminated birds until today, so passers-by have been urged not to interfere with the carcasses.
© UB Post
The provincial governors participating in the video-conference remarked that as the depth of the snow has increased, most of the provinces have begun to use the hay and fodder from the state reserve and this is costly. They claim that herders will be in a very problematic situation unless the government finds a way to reduce the price of the state reserve of hay and fodder.
The Governor of Govi-Altai Province noted that Govi-Altai is planning to start using the state reserve from February 10, as it has saved enough reserve itself.
The directors of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment Monitoring participated in the video-conference and described the recent weather trends and the conditions in the provinces. Some provinces are experiencing alarming conditions.
© NOAA/MBARI 2006
Humboldt Squid.
Humboldt Squid.
One report noted a fishing boat that had caught more than 200 squid in an hour, leading the captain to return his ship to port early.
"I have enough for a whole year," John Plaziak, one of the fishermen, told the San Diego Union-Tribune.
"We saw a few of them last year, but nothing in fishable quantities," part-time fisherman Rick Marin told the newspaper. "It has probably been two or three years since we've seen a lot of them."
The squids were first spotted as "dark blobs" near the surface early last week and the fishing boats began hauling in large numbers of the sea creatures over the weekend. Some speculated that tidal forces in the eastern Pacific drove scores of krill into the region. The overabundance of the squid's favorite prey likely attracted the cephalopods.
According to reports, the majority of the squid have been found 3 to 4 miles from Dana Point Harbor, located in southern Orange County. Large groups of the animals were reported as far south as the Mexican border with the U.S.
Conservation of the Humboldt squid off the coast of California is not a major concern because the squid can reproduce in mass numbers.
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During the last 12 months, the ground in some places near the town of Pozzuoli was uplifted by about 8 cm.
The largest uplift, recorded by GPS devices, occurred during the months of July-August 2012 and since December. The trend appears to be continuing at the moment.
Such (sometimes dramatic, totaling up to several meters in a few years) ground uplift and subsidence have been known in the Phlegraean Fields since antiquity and are not a new phenomenon. They can usually be explained by normal pressure, temperature and density variations of the giant hydrothermal system of the Campi Flegrei caldera and may not necessarily indicate an imminent eruption.
© ABC News / Damian McIver
A police road block at Forcett cuts access to the Tasman Peninsula this morning
A police road block at Forcett cuts access to the Tasman Peninsula this morning
The threat for the state's most destructive fires has been downgraded, but residents are being warned to remain vigilant.
More than 100 properties have been destroyed since the bushfires broke out in extreme heat on Friday, and police have warned that bodies may be found as teams go door-to-door in the devastated communities.
© Supri Supri
Increasing sea levels caused some parts of north Jakarta to flood during a high tide in 2009
Increasing sea levels caused some parts of north Jakarta to flood during a high tide in 2009
Some suburbs in the capital already go underwater when there is a big tide but the problem is expected to get even worse.
Jakarta is sinking by up to 10 centimetres a year and Indonesia's national disaster centre says with oceans rising, large parts of the city, including the airport, will be inundated by 2030.
Comment: Hundreds of dead Humboldt squid washed up on beaches Sunday along Rio Del Mar in Santa Cruz County, California