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The Mysterious Comet Elenin

2011-09-13T14:47:00.001-05:00

New Developments in the Comet Elenin Saga have recently surfaced which infer that the comet has disintegrated. As of this publication, no credible evidence has actually been presented which would back up this reference by some observers, that the highly publicized comet has indeed disintegrated. What is in fact being reported is that Comet Elenin has dimmed and that some astronomers have

Climate Catastrophe

2010-08-19T16:21:00.001-05:00

With much of the east coast smothered in a heat wave this July, it should come as no surprise that 2010 is well on its way to being the hottest year on record. The warming trend that many climate change skeptics felt had been disrupted by a snowy winter is clearly back in a big way, which begs the question, is this the forecast we can expect from now on? Heidi Cullen, one of America’s

Solar Storms and NASA Warnings

2010-08-05T12:45:00.002-05:00

NASA recently stunned the world when it warned that massive solar storms would hit the Earth with potentially cataclysmic consequences by 2013. Are these immanent warnings meant to prepare the world for a radioactive blast from the sun, or rather in anticipation of more catastrophic events to take place from a rogue planet the size of Jupiter that is said to be moving slowly through our

Preparing for Disaster

2010-06-17T17:05:00.000-05:00

Matthew Stein-Author of "When Technology Fails The devastating earthquake in Haiti has shown our human vulnerability when disaster strikes; how nothing seems to work and how chaos rears its ugly head. Matthew Stein, a leading authority on disaster preparedness for individuals and families,discusses ways in which people can prepare for major disasters by organizing a 72-Hour "Grab and Run"

Climate change link to lizard extinction

2010-05-17T12:48:00.000-05:00

Climate change could wipe out 20% of the world's lizard species by 2080, according to a global-scale study. An international team of scientists also found that rising temperatures had already driven 12% of Mexico's lizard populations to extinction. Based on this discovery, the team was able to make global predictions using an "extinction model". They conclude, in an article in Science

Scientists stumped as bee population declines further

2010-03-31T17:34:00.000-05:00

The decline in the US bee population, first observed in 2006, is continuing, a phenomenon that still baffles researchers and beekeepers. Data from the US Department of Agriculture show a 29 percent drop in beehives in 2009, following a 36 percent decline in 2008 and a 32 percent fall in 2007. This affects not only honey production but around 15 billion dollars worth of crops that depend on bees

Thousands of dead fish raise stink at Rio lagoon

2010-03-01T17:05:00.000-06:00

Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of a popular beachside lagoon in Rio over the weekend, offending joggers' olfactory senses and leading the city to fight the stench with disinfectant. The official state news service Agencia Brasil said about 100 city employees working full-time cleared nearly 80 tons of fish as of Sunday (local time). There was no immediate estimate of how many

It's raining fish in Australia, again

2010-03-01T16:56:00.000-06:00

WHILE the Top End and Central Australia have been battered by torrential rains, a Territory town has had fish falling from the sky. The freak phenomena happened not once, but twice, on Thursday and Friday afternoon about 6pm at Lajamanu, about 550km southwest of Katherine. NEWSBREAKER Christine Balmer, who took these photos of the fish on the ground and in a bucket, had to pinch herself when

Mexican species visiting Texas because of unusual weather

2010-02-19T08:13:00.001-06:00

It’s been an unusual year on two counts in south Texas this winter: there have been a lot of unusual bird and there has been a lot of unusual weather. The local birders are beginning to ask if the two are related. The weather has seen one cold front after another drop into southern Texas. We get one or two decent days and then it’s another cold front. Today, I’m sitting here writing this in my

Florida's Wildlife Freezing to Death

2010-02-12T11:02:00.001-06:00

Manatees, sea turtles and fish in the Sunshine State are dying in record numbers because of the unusually long cold snap. With temperature in central Florida dipping down again this week, conservationists are bracing for more animal and plant deaths due to unusually long winter cold snaps that have resulted in record wildlife losses. Manatees have been among the hardest hit, with over 200 killed

20 million farm animals freeze to death

2010-02-09T08:49:00.000-06:00

UP to 20 million farm animals may die in Mongolia before spring as the fiercest winter in living memory grips the country, International Aid Agencies warned today. Sky News reported that local experts have told the Red Cross half the entire

Funnel-web spiders on the rise in Sydney

2010-01-25T17:30:00.000-06:00

We all know Australia is home to some of the most dangerous spiders in the world. What's news to many is that one of those species, the funnel-web spider, is invading Sydney and its surroundings. According to an article in The Independent, this spider's bite can kill a human within two hours. Residents are encouraged to drop off any captured spiders at a reptile park near the capital where

Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across the globe

2009-12-28T16:10:00.000-06:00

Global warming creeps across the world at a speed of a quarter of a mile each year, according to a new study that highlights the problems that rising temperatures pose to plants and animals. Species that can tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures will need to move as quickly if they are to survive. Wildlife in lowland tropics, mangroves and desert areas are at greater risk than species in

Colorado cats test positive for Swine Flu (H1N1)

2009-12-07T15:54:00.000-06:00

The number of feline 2009 H1N1 infections in the US continues to grow. Since early November, cats from Iowa, Oregon, and Utah have tested positive for H1N1. Oregon bears the burden of having animal deaths secondary to H1N1 infection, as the cat and a ferret did not survive. Colorado is the latest state to join that list with two confirmed cases of H1N1 in cats. The cats are from different

Blue whales singing in deeper voices every year

2009-12-07T15:49:00.000-06:00

All around the world, blue whales aren’t singing like they used to, and scientists have no idea why. The largest animals on Earth are singing in ever-deeper voices every year. Among the suggested explanations are ocean noise pollution, changing population dynamics and new mating strategies. But none of them is entirely convincing. “We don’t have the answer. We just have a lot of recordings,”

Global warming a growing threat to Arctic reindeer

2009-11-16T15:24:00.001-06:00

JARFJORD, Norway (AFP) – On Norway's border with Russia, the consequences of climate change are affecting the reindeer population as rising temperatures hit food stocks and industry growth eats into vital grazing land. The reason: the lichen his animals graze on has become tougher to find as winter temperatures rise. The snow thaws, and along with rain, then freezes anew -- covering the ground

50,000 dead starfish found on Irish beach

2009-11-09T14:42:00.000-06:00

Extreme weather conditions have killed tens of thousands of starfish and left them strewn across a sheltered beach. A carpet of pink and mauve echinoderms, a family of marine animals, appeared Thursday morning, November 5, on Lissadell Beach in north Co Sligo. The adult starfish, measuring between 7cm and 20cm in diameter and estimated to be up to 50,000 in number, stretched along 150 metres of

Species' extinction threat grows

2009-11-03T14:06:00.000-06:00

More than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists have warned. Out of the 47,677 species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 17,291 were deemed to be at serious risk. These included 21% of all known mammals, 30% of amphibians, 70% of plants and 35% of invertebrates. Conservationists warned that not enough was

Foam from ocean algae bloom killing thousands of birds

2009-10-27T15:13:00.000-05:00

A slimy foam churning up from the ocean has killed thousands seabirds and washed many others ashore, stripped of their waterproofing and struggling for life. The birds have been clobbered by an unusual algae bloom stretching from the northern Oregon coast to the tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. "This is huge," said Julia Parrish, a marine biologist and professor at the

Hailstones kill 90 percent of wild game in parts of Austria

2009-10-22T18:19:00.000-05:00

Hundreds of deer were discovered either dead or so badly injured they had to be put down by wildlife experts. In the country's rural Salzburg province, 90 per cent of pheasants and 80 per cent of hares were killed in the hail storms. Sepp Eder, the hunting chief, said : "Animals sought shelter in farms, in fields of grain but the hail was so heavy it smashed right into them. It may

New Armageddon-Worthy Cloud

2009-10-16T14:44:00.000-05:00

In hill country from Iowa to the Scottish Highlands, sky-gazers have reported some strange, ominous-looking clouds of late. Dubbed undulatus asperatus (turbulent undulation), the atmospheric anomaly could be headed where only 80-odd clouds have gone before: into the International Cloud Atlas. If it makes the cut, asperatus will be the first new addition in more than 50 years. Where did it come

Killer whales leave porpoises for dead

2009-10-12T16:29:00.000-05:00

Scientists are grasping for answers to explain why southern resident killer whales — a group of fish eaters that prefer chinook salmon — have also been observed toying with harbour porpoises before leaving them dead, including two cases in the past month in Washington state and B.C.’s Strait of Georgia. Joe Gaydos, staff scientist with the SeaDoc Society, speculated in an interview Tuesday that

Fanged frog, 162 other new species found in Mekong

2009-09-25T19:37:00.000-05:00

A gecko with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said Friday. WWF International said that scientists in 2008 discovered 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird species in the region. That works out to be about three

Rare giant squid netted in Gulf of Mexico

2009-09-24T09:25:00.000-05:00

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A giant squid has been netted in the Gulf of Mexico, the first of its kind to be landed in 55 years, scientists say. U.S. government scientists caught the 20-foot-long, 103-pound giant squid while trawling 1,500 feet down, the Houston Chronicle reported. "This was beyond everyone's expectations," said Deborah Epperson, a U.S. Minerals Management Service biologist.

Bee deaths set apiculture congress abuzz

2009-09-20T09:30:00.000-05:00

MONTPELLIER, France — Pesticides, viruses, industrialised farming, fungus... what on Earth is killing our bees? That's the big question being asked at Apimondia, the 41st world apiculture congress, where 10,000 beekeepers, entomologists and other actors in the honey business are gathered in this southern French city until Sunday. Across parts of North America and swathes of Europe, but also now