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The biggest snowfalls have been reported on higher slopes in the Alps and the Stubai Glacier in Austria's Tirol region has posted the biggest falls with 70cm in the last 48 hours and 105cm (3.5 feet) in the past week. It still has nearly two months of its ski season left being open for snowsports to June 10th, 2019.
Comment: Spring snow across Europe has also fallen over this past weekend in Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and central Italy.
Fresh snow in Ostwestfallen-Lippe, Germany today, April 13. Report: Jurnal de Vreme pic.twitter.com/kMlrU72GMz
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) April 13, 2019
Total winter on Campo Imperatore (up to 1900 m), Abruzzo, central Italy today, April 14. Report: Meraviglie d'Abruzzo / Meteo AQ Caput Frigoris pic.twitter.com/LRYDpHXlge
— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) April 14, 2019
A webcam screenshot this morning showed snow atop Mauna Kea
A little over an inch of snow dusted the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island overnight, due to deep moisture wrapping around a broad, low-pressure system to the east, according to National Weather Service officials. More snow is expected to accumulate today and tonight, adding another 1 to 3 inches.
A winter weather advisory for Big Island summits above the 11,500-foot elevation level remains in effect through 6 a.m. Saturday.
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The most affected areas are those between Entresierras and Polope and the lower part of El Raso, where the harvests of other fruit trees, especially peaches, have also been lost.
© Twitter photo/Jaclyn DobleBrown snow coats white snow in southern Minnesota on Thursday, April 11, 2019.
Snow appeared to have a yellow, orange or brown tint to it in parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Minneapolis was one of the bigger cities that saw this unusual weather phenomenon.
Social media users commented that it looked like bits of frozen ice tea were mixed in with the snow. Some even said that it looked poopy brown.
The origins of these colors can be traced back hundreds of miles to Texas and New Mexico.
Sheep farmers were the hardest hit because of the unpredictable weather of 2017-2018
Extreme weather contributed to losses of up to £161m for Scotland's farmers during 2017 and 2018 amid fears such unpredictable weather will soon become the norm.
Last year's adverse weather had an impact on livestock and yields of key crops across Scotland according to a new report published this week.
Sheep farmers suffered the biggest losses of £45m as the Beast from the East hit during lambing season.
The largest impact on beef producers was the increased cost of feed, as cattle were kept inside for longer during the bad weather and grass growth was low during the dry summer. This cost farmers £28m.
Cereal crops were also significantly impacted, costing the sector £34m. Total production, area grown and yields were down in 2018 due to previous year due to the poor weather conditions at key points in the season.
At the UK level, wholesale prices of some staples like carrots, lettuce and onions rose by up to 80%.
Comment: Erratic seasons and extreme weather devastating crops around the world
Crop and cattle losses are on the rise everywhere, whether it is due to extensive drought, massive hail, epic flooding, huge dust storms, unexpected frosts, and even epidemics. See also:
- More than 1 million acres of U.S. cropland ravaged by floods
- Video: US grain bins collapse under catastrophic Iowa floods
- Blizzard kills thousands of Washington dairy cows
- Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest - The worst in 25 years
- Huge crop losses expected as Hurricane Florence battered North Carolina just before harvest
- Extreme weather affecting crop harvests in Europe - North too dry, south hit by hail
- Preparing for crop losses? China successfully harvests saltwater rice that could feed another 80 million people
- 'This is a crisis' - Unusually brutal winter doubles farmers' costs and endangers cattle in Montana
- More than half of Nova Scotia blueberry crop wiped out by JUNE killer frost
- Unusual 'killer' spring frost damages crops across the Canadian Maritimes
- Flooded fields, frost and frozen corn affecting farmers across USA
- 70% crop losses due to extreme weather in Australia
- Potato crop in Jersey, UK hit by worst early season in 40 years due to severe frost
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© MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty ImagesThe re-establishment of species diversity following an extinction event is consistently slower than evolutionary theory predicts.
Yet, the paleontological record suggests that this doesn't happen at anywhere near the expected pace. Now, research published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution argues that understanding something called "morphospace" might help us find the cause.
Extinction events happen with alarming regularity: there's the "big five", but a host of slightly smaller, yet still devastating extinctions have peppered the planet's history.
Scientists now worry that we might be in the middle of one of our own making, so this makes it all the more important to understand how the natural world bounces back from such catastrophes.
Perhaps the most well-known of the earth's mass extinctions is the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event. This took place 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked into the earth next to what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, creating the nearly 200-kilometre-wide depression known as the Chicxulub crater. This impact drove the extinction of all the non-avian dinosaurs, and much else besides.
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