Earth Changes
Producers have already taken action before the possible threat
The drought in the Mexican state of Yucatan has put the agrarian sector up against the ropes. More than three thousand producers have been unable to save their crops due to the lack of irrigation infrastructure.
The situation has been made worse by the lack of official support from the State Secretariat of Rural Development, which, to date, has not provided producers with any economic subsidies or material means, such as inputs, fertilizers, seeds, chemicals, or electrical resources to be able to implement irrigation systems in the fields.
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So far this year, seal watchers in the Northeast have noticed an elevated number of grey seals stranded on beaches — which, for baby seals that have not been weaned, could be a sign that their mothers are sick — but they have not noticed the virus yet in seal pups.
Since July 2018, 2,290 grey and harbor seals have been reported sick or dead along the East Coast between Maine and Virginia, according to federal statistics that were updated last week. That is at least three times the number of any previous outbreak affecting seals that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has documented since 1991.
Of those strandings, 1,179 — more than half — have been reported in Maine. Massachusetts, the state with the second-highest total, has had 627.
The quake was recorded 179 km (111 miles) east of Tadine in the Loyalty Islands at a depth of 14 km (9 miles), the USGS said.
Source: Reuters
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The animal has been hailed as a miracle from God
The animal has been hailed as a miracle from God
A one-eyed calf with no nose was born earlier this month in the Ranaghat area of West Bengal, India.
The Daily Star quotes a villager who said that everything was fine with the calf except its 'bizarre' head.
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Fresh snow falls at Heavenly Mountain Resort early Thursday morning.
Fresh snow falls at Heavenly Mountain Resort early Thursday morning.
A blast of winter weather delivered a fresh coat of Sierra powder to the few resorts that are still operating for the season.
Heavenly Mountain Resort, which will continue Friday-through-Sunday operations until Memorial Day, reported 8 inches of new snow in 48 hours Friday morning.
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North Koreans have been told to protect farm fields after crops were affected with record lows in rainfall
North Koreans have been told to protect farm fields after crops were affected with record lows in rainfall
The South Korean Yonhap news agency reported that on Friday, North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper—the official publication of Kim Jong Un's ruling party—blamed the ongoing drought on lower than expected levels of precipitation, which the United Nations said has put millions in urgent need of food aid.
The Rodong Sinmun said North Korea received just 56.3 millimeters (2.21 inches) of rain or snow from January to May 15, the lowest amount since 1917.
"We expect rain to fall twice by the end of May due to low pressure in the northern area, but we don't think it will rain enough to overcome drought," a weather expert told the newspaper. "Such weather conditions will likely continue into early June."
The newspaper noted that water was running out in the country's lakes and reservoirs, and explained the lack of rainfall "is causing a significant effect on the cultivation of wheat, barley, corn, potatoes and beans," according to Al Jazeera.
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Squaw Valley Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows reported 11 inches of snow in the past 24 hours at Squaw’s upper mountain, bringing the resort’s season total to 700 inches, which is third highest in resort history.
Squaw Valley Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows reported 11 inches of snow in the past 24 hours at Squaw’s upper mountain, bringing the resort’s season total to 700 inches, which is third highest in resort history.
While many Californians might lament snowfall in May, employees at the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort rejoiced, writing, "Our kind of May Showers!" Footage filmed by Kurt Wilhelmy shows thick snow covering snowmobiles and plows at Squaw Valley on Thursday morning.
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Former president of the Australian Cattle Veterinarians Association, Dr Enoch Bergman, says the occurrence is at least one-in-one-hundred-thousand
Former president of the Australian Cattle Veterinarians Association, Dr Enoch Bergman, says the occurrence is at least one-in-one-hundred-thousand
The pure-Angus heifer was a stillborn with two heads, hearts, stomachs and spines and one tail.
It is believed to be caused by a condition called dicephalic parapagus, which is a rare form of partial twinning when the embryo does not split properly during pregnancy.
Another theory points to an inherited genetic condition that causes extra limbs and is passed through certain lines of Angus cattle.
Made Rentin, the head of Bali's Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Chief, stated in Denpasar on Saturday morning that according to data obtained from the Agung volcano monitoring post, the volcanic ash column was thick and gray and leaning in the east and southeast directions. The seismogram recorded this eruption as having a maximum amplitude of 25 mm and lasting for two minutes and 57 seconds.
