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Extreme weather decimating US farming

Art Cullen
The Guardian
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:00 UTC
corn farm
Research forecasts Iowa corn yields could drop in half within the next half-century thanks to extreme weather - yet it's not part of the political conversation

Farmers around here are itching to go after that amber wave of soya beans, but there was that 5in rain a couple of weeks ago and then a 7in rain, and it drives even the retired guys batty.

Those beans aren't worth much at the elevator thanks to a Trump trade war with China, but they're worth even less getting wet feet in a pond that was a field which the glacier made a prairie bog some 14,000 years ago - until we came along and drained it.

This year, crops in north-west Iowa are looking spotty. Up into Minnesota they were battered by spring storms and late planting, and then inundated again in late summer. Where they aren't washed out, they're weedy or punky. If you go south in Buena Vista county, where I live in Storm Lake, the corn stands tall and firm.

Welcome to climate change, Iowa-style.

Comment: Over the past few years in particular, no where on the planet has been spared from the increasingly erratic seasons and extreme weather, and it seems the world is scarcely prepared to deal with the coming food shortages: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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Ice Cube

NASA discovers huge perfectly rectangular iceberg floating in Antarctica


Evening Standard
Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:45 UTC
rectangular ice berg
© @NASA_ICE/NASA
A gigantic and perfectly rectangular iceberg has been spotted in the Antarctic by NASA scientists.

The enormous block of ice, known as a Tabular berg, is thought to be a mile in length, experts said.

It was found off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, near the Larsen C ice shelf, by scientists flying over the region.

The iceberg's sharp angles and flat surface suggest it was recently calved from the ice shelf, NASA Ice researchers said.

And it was not the only iceberg formed as a geometric shape the scientists spotted on their flight over the Atlantic last week.

Comment: One wonders the increasing activity of Earth's undersea volcanoes coupled with the cooling above ground is partly responsible for the migrating ice bergs, and perhaps their unexpected shapes: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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Bug

Shore of Greek lake gets covered in gigantic spider webs


Sputnik
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:10 UTC
A man carries a branch as spider webs blanket shrubs at the banks of Lake Vistonida, Greece, October 19, 2018.
© REUTERS / ALEXANDROS AVRAMIDISA man carries a branch as spider webs blanket shrubs at the banks of Lake Vistonida, Greece, October 19, 2018.
The shores of Lake Vistonida in Greece were transformed into a truly surreal landscape as they became blanketed in massive spider webs.

This peculiar phenomenon was apparently caused by unusually warm weather which led to an increase in the mosquito population and therefore triggered an overpopulation of spiders that feed on these insects.

The spiders are from the genus Tetragnatha, known as stretch spiders due to their elongated bodies.

They are known to build webs near watery habitats, with some species even said to be able to walk on water.

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Snowflake

Flake news: More October snow on Mauna Kea, Hawaii


Big Island Video News
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:34 UTC
NOAA Mauna Kea cam at 7:12 a.m. on Oct 21
NOAA Mauna Kea cam at 7:12 a.m. on Oct 21
More snow coated the summit of Mauna Kea overnight, as the Flash Flood Watch that has been in effect for Hawaiʻi Island for most of the weekend is no longer in effect.

"The road to the summit of Maunakea is closed to the public at the Visitor Information Station at 9200 ft. due to high humidity, fog, wet and icy road conditions," a ranger message stated this morning.

"Today, the trough aloft will continue to move slowly eastward, with a drier airmass continuing to filter across Maui County and the Big Island during the day," the National Weather Service said. "This should put an end to the threat for flash flooding or thunderstorms, and we have cancelled the Flash Flood Watch. A few heavier showers may still be possible on the Big Island, especially in the afternoon, but thunderstorms appear unlikely as the airmass dries out and stabilizes during the day."

Comment: For a comparison with the above photo, here's a shot taken 2 days earlier on the 19th of October from the same spot:
On Mauna Kea, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array webcam image looks at the south sky and Mauna Loa in the distance.
On Mauna Kea, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array webcam image looks at the south sky and Mauna Loa in the distance.
Summits in Hawaii receive October snowfall

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Earth's crop yields are now affected by the sun


Adapt 2030
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:35 UTC
Calgary was hit by an early fall snowstorm
© Sarah LawrynuikCalgary was hit by an early fall snowstorm Monday night.
Canadian crops destroyed by all-time record snow and cold across Alberta, Canada in October.

All-time means the old records were broken by 5X as daily & monthly totals were crushed in both September and October 2018.

The Eddy Grand Solar Minimum continues to intensify along with decreases in global grain yields.


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Snowflake

Summits in Hawaii receive October snowfall

Chelsea Jensen
Hawaii Tribune Herald
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:57 UTC
On Mauna Kea, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array webcam image looks at the south sky and Mauna Loa in the distance.
On Mauna Kea, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array webcam image looks at the south sky and Mauna Loa in the distance.
The Maunakea and Mauna Loa summits were dusted with snow as heavy showers and thunderstorms moved over the island Thursday night into Friday.

The Kona area saw the most activity with the inclement weather resulting in 1.16 inches of rainfall at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole, according to the National Weather Service. Kaloko-Honokohau registered 0.84 inches of rainfall.

In Ka'u, Kapapala Ranch recorded 2.25 inches and Pahala 3.26 inches. Closer to the island's summits, Pohakuloa Training Area and Waikii each saw just under a half-inch of rain.
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Snowflake

New Hampshire's Mount Washington receives nearly 10 inches of new snow

Sophia Eppolito
Boston Globe
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:14 UTC
Snow on Moutain Washington, NH
© MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY
It may be October, but it already feels like winter on Mount Washington.

Clear skies on Mount Washington Friday morning revealed nearly 10 inches of new snow, according to a tweet from the Mount Washington Observatory.

The temperature at the summit was about 20 degrees when the tweet's photo was taken Friday morning.

"After many days in sub-freezing fog, with nearly 10 inches of new snow and hurricane force winds, clouds have finally cleared to reveal quite a wintry scene!" the tweet said.
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Snowflake

Rain and early season record snowfall delay North Dakota harvests

Nick Austin
Freight Waves
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:23 UTC
Snow in Manvel, ND on October 10, 2018.
© Eric HyldenSnow in Manvel, ND on October 10, 2018.
On the same day that Hurricane Michael destroyed parts of the Florida Panhandle, Old Man Winter hit early in the Northern Plains, blanketing fields with snow in eastern North Dakota.

It started as rain shortly before midnight on October 10, but within a few hours the wet stuff changed to the white stuff and fell much of the day. This is according to Dan Riddle, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Grand Forks.

Riddle tells FreightWaves that, on average, a trace of snow might fall on any given day in early October, but a record 5.7 inches fell at his office just west of downtown last Wednesday. This beat the old record of 3.0 inches from October 10, 1921. A whopping storm total of 17.4 inches was measured at the Grand Forks Air Force Base, and several other reporting sites received anywhere from 10 to 15 inches.

Comment: View also this report from 8th October: Early cold snap and snow impacts crops in North Dakota and then this from 3 days later: As much as 17 inches of snow dumped on eastern North Dakota as early season snowstorm hits

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Snowflake

Snow arrives in South Korea's mountainous region 16 days earlier than last year


Yonhap
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:07 UTC
snow
South Korea's northeastern mountainous region observed the first snowfall of the season on Thursday, with a torrential rain warning issued for parts of the east coast, the Gangwon Local Meteorological Administration said.

Four centimeters of snow had accumulated by 9:00 a.m. in most parts of the high mountainous region, and snow accumulation of 7 centimeters was observed on the peaks of Mount Seorak in Yangyang in South Korea's northeastern province of Gangwon as of 9:30 a.m.

The snowfall came 16 days earlier than last year, according to the administration.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Most October snow in 15 years in N.Hemisphere


Adapt 2030
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:37 UTC
US record snow
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Most snow in 15 years in October and the month is only half over and a blizzard is expected for the New England states over Thanksgiving as a Nor'easter churns up the east coast. Record cold smashes into the 35F below normal category in Texas and Northern Mexico. One can only guess where the climate goes from here and how quickly.

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