(Reuters) – Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with ice likely to melt, no matter how fast global warming emits from global warming, new research suggests. A fishing vessel will be in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland 12 September 2017. Photo taken 12 September …
Read More »Why Derechos are so devilishly difficult to predict
At 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Mark Licht sat in his home outside Ames, Iowa, for a conference call with other agronomists and meteorologists from around the state. Iowa had a dry spell, the western half of the state was hit by severe drought. What farmers needed was a big storm, …
Read More »Bald Eagle steps on government drone and sends it to the bottom of Lake Michigan | American news
In a rare case of nature adopting and winning a man-made machine, a cold eagle attacked a government drone and destroyed it flying over Lake Michigan on an environmental surveillance mission. The Phantom 4 Pro Advanced quodcopter drone was about 162ft in the air when it is thought the bird …
Read More »Who pays for oil spill from Mauritius and how much?
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese bulk carrier cut off a coral reef off the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilled some 1,000 tons of steel oil and declared a state of “environmental distress”. A general view shows the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, which ran on a reef, …
Read More »‘Massive Poisoned Shock’: Scientists fear for lasting impact of Mauritius oil
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Some corals have lived on the fringes of Mauritius for centuries. Now for days smothered in heavy fuel oil spilled from a wrecked Japanese tanker nearby, parts of those reefs could be in trouble. The full impact of the toxic spill is still lacking, scientists say. While …
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