Global warming?

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and GOOD LUCK Barack, over this your fight
will call you Barack for this ha

Supreme Court Deals Blow to EPA’s Clean Power Plan, Obama Vows to Fight

ecowatch.com: Supreme Court Deals Blow to EPA's Clean Power Plan, Obama Vows to Fight


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always enjoy NGs contribution ha ..

g scary ..
Gruesome Tumors on Sea Turtles Linked to Climate Change and Pollution
turtle hospital in Marathon, Florida is treating an increasing number of green sea turtles affected by fibropapillomatosis (FP), a global sea turtle disease caused by a herpes virus. The disease leads to the formation of tumors on the turtles’ eyes, flippers and internal organs. The possible culprits? Pollution and warming waters.

A juvenile green turtle afflicted with fibropapillomatosis. Turtles with this disease can grow tumors large enough to hamper swimming, vision, feeding and potential escape from predators, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Photo credit: PeerJ
In all, the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital rescue and rehab facility has admitted 93 sea turtles in 2014, 68 in 2013 and 56 in 2012, the The Miami Herald reported.

ecowatch.com: Gruesome Tumors on Sea Turtles Linked to Climate Change and Pollution

an oddity ha duh'
pretty rugged Qld country town ha, love it, down to earth yay'

Moth 'cloud' covers Winton streets in western Queensland
By Zara Margolis
Updated yesterday at 4:33pm

Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.

PHOTO: Council workers spent hours trying to clean up the moths in Winton. (Supplied: Frank Standfast)

"I've never seen it that thick, but it was obviously under a pretty bright street light - we presume because there's actually some green grass here," he said.

"It hasn't rained here for a week or two, but now we've got some grass we seem to have a heap of moths."

www.abc.net.au: Moth 'cloud' covers Winton streets in western Queensland

From Hottest Place on Earth in Australia to LA and Ontario’s Winter Heat Waves, 2016 Already on Track to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded

http://ecowatch.com/2016/02/09/2016-heat-waves/

now we know where you came from/fearful ..

Fear of vengeful omniscient gods may have helped human societies expand
ABC Science
By Bianca Nogrady
Posted about 2 hours ago

PHOTO: The sense of being watched by a powerful god may have driven cooperation within societies (Andrew Holt/Getty Images)
www.abc.net.au: Fear of vengeful gods may have helped human societies expand

found this of interest considering NZ was a prime instigator
plenty of people are still not 100 pc sure of it, including me, dont know why just seems a little suspect?

The TPP controversy explained

The TPP is a controversial trade deal by Pacific countries. Here is what supporters and opponents think of it.

www.aljazeera.com: The TPP controversy explained

 

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PHOTO: Dairy cow in south-east South Australia (Cassandra Steeth )

bummer as always thought of Nevada as the USAs capital of solar .. maybe it will remain so .
How Money in Politics Is Killing Rooftop Solar in Nevada

You may have noticed that the influence of corporate money in politics has become a hot issue on the campaign trail. All the candidates are talking about it, from Bernie Sanders to Ted Cruz.

And Greenpeace has been chattering more than usual about it since we, along with more than 20 partners, launched a pledge asking all candidates to start fixing democracy by both rejecting campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and protecting voting rights.

Fred Terranova assembles a solar array on the roof of the Eagle Learning center at Eastern University in St. Davids. Photo credit: Tim Shaffer / Greenpeace
With all that chatter, it may be easy to lose sight of what is actually wrong with big money in politics. What are the real-world consequences of politicians bought by corporate money and influence? How does a cozy relationship between a governor and a lobbyist impact you and me?

ecowatch.com: How Money in Politics Is Killing Rooftop Solar in Nevada


including a change of mind, less than 24 hours later
but never mind, im an Aussie, im entitled to ..

you only need the one to head an organisation, and the entire situation changes huh' AUSTRALIA CEO CSIRO

CSIRO boss defends shake-up, says politics of climate 'more like religion than science'
By national science reporter Jake Sturmer
Updated about an hour ago

PHOTO: The redirection of climate science priorities at the CSIRO has drawn international condemnation (CSIRO)

CSIRO boss sorry for saying politics of climate 'more like religion than science'

CSIRO chief Larry Marshall apologises for describing the emotion of the climate debate as almost "more religion than science".

wow naughty NYC huh'

165 Million Plastic Particles Are Floating in Waters Surrounding New York City

NY/NJ Baykeeper has released the results from a plastic collection study detailing the sizes, types and concentrations of plastic pollution within New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary waters. The Harbor Estuary encompasses the Ports of New York and New Jersey, as far north as the Tappan Zee Bridge and as far south as Sandy Hook Bay. NY/NJ Baykeeper’s results represent one of the first examinations of plastic pollution within waters surrounding New York City.

http://ecowatch.com/2016/02/10/plastic-in-water-nyc/

Noam Chomsky: The Biggest Problem We Face, Destruction of the Environment

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Noam Chomsky: The Biggest Problem We Face, Destruction of the Environment

Watch Noam Chomsky's interview with Mehdi Hasan of Al Jazeera as they talk about...

http://ecowatch.com/2016/02/10/noam-chomsky-interview/

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!
Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

 

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EXTREME' winter ills, maybe ..

Stormy weather batters Western European coastlines
Mountainous seas have pounded coastal communities.

cool 'like' what lifes ll about/well used to be huh!!!

Rain Forest Pharmacy - Medicine from the Jungle
Great apes know how to self-medicate. Bonobos, for instance, treat themselves with plants from the tropical rain forest in which they live. What can humans learn from them?

Barbara Fruth observes the bonobos and their diet to find out more about the healing properties of medicinal plants in the rain forest.

Rain Forest Pharmacy - Medicine from the Jungle | Documentaries | DW.COM | 25.11.2015

amazing how some take very little notice of anything to do aith the word toxic..

Toxic Waste Mountains Blighting Communities
Recycling firms are setting-up on private land before going out of business, leaving waste mounds costing millions to clean up.

Sky News research has revealed that environment agencies in the UK are dealing with dozens of abandoned waste mountains left by recycling firms who have gone out of business.

More than 60 rotting waste piles are blighting communities in areas including Wiltshire, Kent, the West Midlands, Yorkshire and Fife.

The Environment Agency said, in 2014-2015 it was dealing with 50 abandoned sites in England, 10 of which contain more than 5,000 tonnes.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency said it was handling the clearance of another 14 sites of varying sizes.

news.sky.com: Toxic Waste Mountains Blighting Communities

the main man who trys hard to place the devlish Monsantos corporate diablical chemicals for greed of wealth and human destruction ..
one of the great and well known real life celebrities, who has and is making that difference, especially with his target Monsanto, that devlish sprays/fetilizer company ..

Neil Young Takes His Anti-Monsanto Message on the Road

Grammy Award-winning artist Neil Young has been a powerful presence in music for the past 50 years. In addition to his artistic career, Young has become a vocal advocate for social justice, working specifically to highlight issues that impact farmers and the food system. In 1985, Young joined Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to launch Farm Aid to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds for family farmers. Today, Farm Aid contributes to the campaign for transparency around genetically modified foods.

Neil Young has become a vocal advocate for social justice, working specifically to highlight issues that impact farmers and the food system.
In 2015, Young released his 36th studio album, The Monsanto Years, a concept-based criticism of multinational agrochemical and biotechnology giant Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed company. A collaboration with Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah, the album also condemns other industrial agriculture giants like Syngenta, Dow, Dupont and Bayer—corporations that, like Monsanto, have garnered control of global seed production.

ecowatch.com: Neil Young Takes His Anti-Monsanto Message on the Road


theres some sensible people around ..

Global Ban on Glyphosate Called for by Portuguese Medical Association President

President of the Portuguese Medical Association, José Manuel Silva, is calling for a worldwide ban on Big Ag’s most used herbicide, glyphosate. With so many health concerns surrounding the chemical, its days are surely numbered. [1]

The announcement follows the World Health Organization’s Cancer research arm, the IARC, called glyphosate ‘probably carcinogenic,’ followed by the State of California’s move to force Monsanto to label Round Up bottles with a carcinogen warning.

www.globalresearch.ca: Global Ban on Glyphosate Called for by Portuguese Medical Association President

Trojan Horse Arguments and the GMO Issue: Indian Food and Agriculture Under Attack

By Colin Todhunter
Global Research, February 11, 2016
Region: Asia
Theme: Biotechnology and GMO

In 2013, India’s former Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar accused US companies of derailing the nation’s oilseeds production programme. Similar claims had been made before. For instance, we could revisit the 1998 mustard oil tragedy. At the time, Rajasthan Oil Industries Association claimed that a “conspiracy” was being hatched to undermine the mustard oil trade and charged that the “invisible hands of the multinationals” were involved (see the article ‘Monsanto and the Mustard Seed

India was almost self-sufficient in edible oils by the mid-1990s. Its farmers met 97% of domestic need. However, its edible oil import bill has increased dramatically since then. By 2013, India was the world’s second biggest importer of edible oils. Food and trade policy analyst Devinder Sharma notes that between 2006-07 and 2011-12 alone edible oil imports rose by 380%.

www.globalresearch.ca: Trojan Horse Arguments and the GMO Issue: Indian Food and Agriculture Under Attack

 

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haha smile, go Michael
competition small time re Trump huh ha ..
Michael Moore: My New Movie Will Change Americ

• FilmmakerMichael Moore is launching the national release of hisnew documentary today, which is said to be both hishappiestand “most subversive” movie yet.

In the film, Where to Invade Next, Moore travels to countries throughout Europe and also Tunisia to “pry loose from them the tools they’ve been using to make their countries happy, shiny places,” he writes, with the goal of “show[ing] millions of Americans what these countries have been hiding from us.” Such tools range from eight weeks paid vacation in Italy to a year of paid maternity leave in Scandinavia to women with “true equality and power” in Tunisia to trusting prisons in Norway.

Michael Moore’s newest documentary, Where to Invade Next, presents uncharacteristically optimistic outlook.
Moore, who is known for such works as Bowling for Columbine andCapitalism: A Love Story, penned an open letter to supporters last week explaining how a recent bout of pneumonia and subsequent hospital stay forced him to cancel all television appearances promoting the film.

ecowatch.com: Michael Moore: My New Movie Will Change America

has been a problem from the outset,yes ..

Palm Oil Industry Is Destroying Habitat of Critically Endangered Animals: Find Out How You Can Help
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ecowatch.com: Palm Oil Industry Is Destroying Habitat of Critically Endangered Animals: Find Out How You Can Help

Illegal Chilean Sea Bass Fishing Could Be Coming to an End, Thanks to Sea Shepherd

Sea Shepherd’s hunting of poaching vessels in the remote Southern Ocean is not as well known as its efforts to stop Japanese whale hunters, but for one species it’s a lifesaver.

The deep-sea-dwelling Patagonian toothfish that inhabits the region has been a lucrative target for illegal fishing. Six vessels, which Sea Shepherd has dubbed the Bandit 6, have been raking in big bucks skirting international fishing regulations. The ships are capable of catching more than $1 million worth of toothfish—popularly known as Chilean sea bass—before returning to port.

A toothfish—known as ‘white gold’ by poachers—caught in an illegal gill net. Photo credit: Jeff Wirth / Sea Shepherd Global

ecowatch.com: Illegal Chilean Sea Bass Fishing Could Be Coming to an End, Thanks to Sea Shepherd

good for you Obama
great achiwement aganst adversity
hopeno future president reverses such ...

Victory: Obama Protects 1.8 million Acres of California Desert
Michael Brune | February 12, 2016 12:03 pm | Comments

nia famously has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to landscapes: spectacular mountains, unique redwood forests and a coastline that ranges from idyllic beaches to rocky cliffs. But as many a lottery winner can tell you, even the most fabulous wealth can be squandered all too easily if one isn’t careful. And once you’ve lost an ancient forest, an unspoiled coastline or a pristine desert, it’s impossible to get it back.

That’s why it’s great news that President Obama has picked up where Congress left off more than 20 years ago when it passed the California Desert Protection Act. The newly designated Mojave Trails, Sand to Snow and Castle Mountains National Monuments protect parts of the Mojave and Sonoran wilderness that were being squeezed by growing populations in both southeastern California and southern Nevada as well as facing threats from mining and other industries.

ecowatch.com: Victory: Obama Protects 1.8 million Acres of California Desert


bold statement/suggestion !!!
nor siyy th..

As the Zika epidemic “spreads explosively” around the world, pregnant travelers have been put on pause due to the virus’s suspected association with microcephaly, the congenital condition in which a baby’s head is abnormally small.

While the link between the mosquito-borne virus and microcephaly has yet to be scientifically proven, Argentinian and Brazilian doctors have suggested an alternate culprit: pesticides.

As the Zika epidemic “spreads explosively” around the world, pregnant travelers have been put on pause due to the virus’s suspected association with microcephaly, the congenital condition in which a baby’s head is abnormally small.

While the link between the mosquito-borne virus and microcephaly has yet to be scientifically proven, Argentinian and Brazilian doctors have suggested an alternate culprit: pesticides.

ecowatch.com: Latin American Doctors Suggest Monsanto-Linked Larvicide Cause of Microcephaly, Not Zika Virus


many have been saying,myself included, stupid andridiculous to rebuild in eartquake prone CURISTCHURCH, buy govts always know best of couse duh'

5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Christchurch, New Zealand
Date
February 14, 2016 - 7:28PM
5.7 earthquake hits near Christchurch
Part of a cliff face crumbles into the sea when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wellington: There were harrowing near misses but Christchurch has emerged from a magnitude 5.7 quake with no deaths and little damage and must wait to see what happens next.

Two kids from Taylors Mistake, on the city's southeastern extremity, were clipped by rocks that fell on a cliff face. Three people were also in a cave at the sight and a couple enjoying a Valentine's Day picnic ran for their lives, media reported.

The quake struck shortly after 1pm on Sunday just a day after Prime Minister John Key visited the city he grew up in to highlight its rejuvenation and eight days before the fifth anniversary of a devastating 6.3 quake that killed 185 people.

The earthquake hit central New Zealand, rattling Christchurch. Photo: Supplied

No serious injuries have been reported and the city's infrastructure has mostly held

Read more: www.smh.com.au: 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Christchurch, New Zealand

Christchurch earthquake: 'Severe' magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits New Zealand city
Updated about 5 hours ago

GeoNet Science, the official New Zealand earthquake monitoring service, warned of aftershocks following the "severe intensity" quake.

There have been more than 40 aftershocks, GeoNet reported.

A police spokesman said there were no reports of damage or major injuries, although the tremor did cause "some major rocks to be dislodged into the sea" near Sumner.

www.abc.net.au: 'Severe' magnitude 5.7 earthquake shakes Christchurch

 

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good for you Neil
one of the few celerities who genuinely use your status for the good,alys have
unlike that money hungry Trum creep ..

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Neil Young Takes His Anti-Monsanto Message on the Road

Neil Young has become a vocal advocate for social justice, working specifically to...

Grammy Award-winning artist Neil Young has been a powerful presence in music for the past 50 years. In addition to his artistic career, Young has become a vocal advocate for social justice, working specifically to highlight issues that impact farmers and the food system. In 1985, Young joined Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to launch Farm Aid to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds for family farmers. Today, Farm Aid contributes to the campaign for transparency around genetically modified foods.

In 2015, Young released his 36th studio album, The Monsanto Years, a concept-based criticism of multinational agrochemical and biotechnology giant Monsanto, the world’s biggest seed company. A collaboration with Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah, the album also condemns other industrial agriculture giants like Syngenta, Dow, Dupont and Bayer—corporations that, like Monsanto, have garnered control of global seed production.

ecowatch.com: Neil Young Takes His Anti-Monsanto Message on the Road


thats a real odd one, no choice i suppose
good for those of you who consume the produce grown from it,to know/think of .. progress huh duh'
and
how about the mentioned Billionaire/philanthropist again, in contrast to the money hungry aspiring to be a pseudo politician Trump
gee i hate saying/using that name!!!

California Farmers Irrigate Crops With Chevron’s Oil Wastewater in Drought-Stricken Central Valley

When most people think of California, the first images that probably come to mind are the state’s sun-soaked beaches, the Hollywood hills and the fog-drenched Golden Gate Bridge. But a new documentary web series, Spotlight California, wants to show viewers the California you don’t see on postcards.

The five-part series, hosted by actress and comedian Kiran Deol, is investigating the impact of drought, water and air pollution, and gas price gouging in California.

ecowatch.com: California Farmers Irrigate Crops With Chevron's Oil Wastewater in Drought-Stricken Central Valley

BRILLIANT, MUST WATCH video, of what goes o..

www.youtube.com: Ep 2: Water & Oil

NEWS
The Faces of the Flint Water Crisis

Intimate Portraits of Flint Show Frustration, Fear, Perseverance

“For months we had city officials tell us that it was OK to drink the water. We all had different types of illnesses going on but we never thought it was from the water.

news.nationalgeographic.com: Intimate Portraits of Flint Show Frustration, Fear, Perseverance

the eyes have it ..

Look Into My Eyes

Photographs by David Liittschwager
Eyes are nature's most exquisite creation, and the animal kingdom holds an endless array of variations: Sea stars have eyes on the tips of their arms, for one. All eyes detect light, but the key to understanding how and why such an array exists lies not only in how the eyes are made, but also how they are used to navigate each animal's environment.

“IF YOU ASK PEOPLE WHAT ANIMAL eyes are used for, they’ll say: same thing as human eyes. But that’s not true. It’s not true at all.”

In his lab at Lund University in Sweden, Dan-Eric Nilsson is contemplating the eyes of abox jellyfish. Nilsson’s eyes, of which he has two, are ice blue and forward facing. In contrast, the box jelly boasts 24 eyes, which are dark brown and grouped into four clusters called rhopalia. Nilsson shows me a model of one in his office: It looks like a golf ball that has sprouted tumors. A flexible stalk anchors it to the jellyfish.

Compound eyes evolved rapidly during the Cambrian period, more than 500 million years ago. A fossilized arthropod eye from Australia with 3,000 lenses (right) would have been able to see even in dim light. “It’s amazing how little has happened since then,” says Dan-Eric Nilsson. A modern flesh fly (Sarcophaga crassipalpis, left) also sees with thousands of lenses.COMPOSITE OF 30 STACKED IMAGES; PHOTOGRAPHED AT SCIENCE CENTRE, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA (FOSSIL). GRAPHIC SOURCE: DAN-ERIC NILSSON


ngm.nationalgeographic.com: Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation

good for them SOLAR
who needsan expensive old fashioned govt electrical energy source/paid for by the taxpayer anyway etc etc
GOOGLE

Solar panels brings cheap energy to India

Solar power is now cheaper than coal in India, where they have prioritised clean energy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a global solar alliance of 120 countries at the Paris climate summit in December. Rooftop solar panels are part of the government’s strategy to bring cheap and clean energy to the masses.

further INDIAs push for individual SOLAR
GOOGLE

India's push for clean energy
In India the push is on to provide clean energy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a global solar alliance of 120 countries at the Paris climate summit in December.

He hopes 40 percent of India’s electricity will come from renewable energy by 2030.

He even wants to export solar technology.

As Bhanu Bhatnagar reports from Unnao, solar energy is already changing lives in rural India.

 

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DEFENSE & SECURITY

The Pentagon Is Betting Big on Space Warfare — Against China and Russia
By Greg Walters

February 12, 2016 |
The US Defense Department has asked Congress for $108 million to fund a new facility in Colorado dedicated to drawing up plans and running experiments for war in outer space, as anxiety grows about the possibility of extraterrestrial conflict with China or Russia.

"Potential adversaries are rapidly developing capabilities to deny the US and its allies' use of space during a conflict," US Air Force Major General Robert D. Rego, the US Strategic Command official responsible for the center, told VICE News.

The facility he'll run is called the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center, which goes by the awkward military handle JICSpOC (pronounced jick-SPOCK). Its job, he said, will be to "better integrate our space operations in response to these threats."

The funding request follows Defense Secretary Ash Carter's preview last week of the Pentagon's budget for fiscal year 2017, which he promised would enhance America's "ability to identify, attribute, and negate all threatening actions in space."

The Pentagon Is Betting Big on Space Warfare — Against China and Russia | VICE News

On a spring evening last March, a handful of people gathered at a city council meeting in Flint, Michigan to voice their concerns. One man talked about the need for new playground equipment at Potter Longway Park. Another said he was worried that a city development project was neglecting poor neighborhoods.

But as the two-hour meeting dragged on, one issue was brought up again and again: the city's sometimes brown, often foul-smelling tap water — and the lack of action on the part of officials to do anything about it.

'Smothering the Outcry': The Inside Story of How the State of Michigan Poisoned Flint

Abandoned homes on Flint's north side. (Photo by Kayla Ruble/VICE News)

Tsunami Memories

Photograph by Alejandro Chaskielberg
The tsunami unleashed by a massive earthquake in Japan five years ago devastated the small fishing community of Otsuchi. Photographer Alejandro Chaskielberg’s first instinct was to create black-and-white images of the destruction, until he discovered a waterlogged photo album. The colors of the smudged photographs became the palette for a dreamlike series of tinted photographs remembering a place once full of life.

Still standing on a small island in Otsuchi Bay, the Benten Shrine somehow survived the deluge. Chaskielberg shot the inspiring sight at night because he “wanted to tell the story of Otsuchi in an intimate way—and show how photography can help us build new memories for the future.”
Launch Gallery


proof.nationalgeographic.com: Life Happened Here: Tsunami Survivors Revisit Ruined Sites
well
weve hit the 'severe' button,but not extreme,and no deaths, mmmmm,thats a mighty big difference to the 000s of deathd elsewhere WW ...

Christchurch hit by severe earthquake

WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR: * 5.7 earthquake struck Christchurch around 1.13pm * 4.0 magnitude aftershock at around 6.27pm * Intensity listed as "severe" * Buildings evacuated * Felt widely around the South Island, as well as Wellington * No reports of serious injuries or damage so far * No tsunami threat to NZ * NZTA advises drivers to stay away from Sumner * Spark network congested - use text messages * Christchurch and Burwood hospitals remain open

www.stuff.co.nz: Quake: The big clean up

pity the genuine farmers especially in the often corrupt African countries ..
admittedly there was water shortages for agriculture in the 60s, even in NZ

Water shortage: Nigerian farmers face daily struggle

The lower price of oil has been a key factor in a drop in confidence in economies around the world. Nigeria relies on it. Now the government is being forced to diversify. Ahmed Idris reports from the town of Daura.

of course, been happening for years, they woldent givea stuff re the consequences, gets the jobe done for them ..

Local councils still using pesticide that WHO warns 'probably causes cancer'
By the National Reporting Team's Josie Taylor
Posted about 2 hours ago

PHOTO: Glyphosate was originally trademarked as "Roundup", used to kill weeds by farms, houses, and councils.(ABC Rural: Rose Grant)
MAP: Australia
Councils across Australia are using the pesticide glyphosate to kill weeds in sensitive areas like playgrounds, despite a World Health Organisation (WHO) warning the chemical probably causes cancer.

Key points:

• Federal authorities are re-assessing the risks of glyphosate to humans
• Councils are free to use chemical until the assessment is changed
• Insurers, lawyers warn councils to reconsider use of the chemical

Glyphosate was originally trade marked as "Roundup" and is commonly used by households, farms and local councils.

Last year, the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) upgraded its assessment of glyphosate from "possibly" to "probably carcinogenic to humans".

The Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Authority (APVMA) and the Federal Department of Health are now re-assessing the risks of glyphosate to humans.

The APVMA told the ABC it expected that investigation to be finalised in May or June.

In a statement the APVMA said, "It was important to note that the hazard assessment conducted by IARC was not a complete regulatory risk assessment".

www.abc.net.au: Herbicide that 'probably causes cancer' being used in playgrounds

 

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GOOD for them, what a way to go, what a thhing to do ..

Volunteers Map Some of the Earth’s Most Remote Areas to Help Aid Workers
By Pierre-Louis Caron

February 16, 2016 | 10:25 am
Sixty or so mapping enthusiasts gathered last Thursday in a hotel in central Paris for the Mapathon, an event organized by the Missing Maps project.

Founded by the American and the British Red Cross, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Missing Maps lists its objective as mapping "the most vulnerable places in the developing world" to help the NGOs and individuals who "respond to the crises in those areas."

The aim of Thursday's event was to collectively map a sprawling area of Uganda using satellite images and data recorded by field teams, in order to facilitate MSF's activities in the area.

During the three-hour event, amateur cartographers were able to pinpoint "more than 4,000 buildings and nearly 170 kilometers (105 miles) of road," organizers said.

Plus de 60 personnes présentes chez @mozilla pr ce #mapathon ! Objectif cartographier une zone en #Ougandapic.twitter.com/Pa9tSc2ihf

— MSF France (@MSF_france) 11 Février 2016

Two days before the Paris event, volunteers gathered in a former whiskey distillery in Glasgow, Scotland, to map residential areas and several streets of South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Missing Maps initiative saw the light of day in November 2014. Ever since, it has been providing aid workers and locals with invaluable maps to some of the most remote areas of the planet. The maps are created by volunteers, and are then checked by the team behind the project.

"The idea came to us following lengthy discussions among NGO officials," explained engineer Dale Kunce, one of the founders of the project. Kunce, a Red Cross worker based in the US, coordinates many of the ongoing online mapping initiatives.

"We'll soon have more than 7,000 volunteer contributors," Kunce told VICE News. "The project is really gathering momentum."

Diagram via Missing Maps.

The way the project works is fairly simple. Responding to a request by an NGO with a need for a particular map, volunteers analyze satellite images — which are available online for free — to determine the location of buildings, streets and public landmarks. Images of buildings that have just been added to a map are streamed in real time.

Once the information has been verified and cross-referenced by teams on the ground, a free, unlicensed map is made available online.

American Red Cross volunteers locate water access points in South Africa to prevent the risk of fire (Photo via Daniel Joseph/American Red Cross)

Image via Missing Maps.

"Field teams record street names, the function of various buildings — in short, anything you can't see from the sky," noted Kunce.

"More than 2 million buildings have already been mapped — that's 14 million people we've put on the map."

Volunteers Map Some of the Earth’s Most Remote Areas to Help Aid Workers | VICE News


personal thought
altho humankind is quick to attribut alot of theworlds disastrous woes/ill weather/floods/droughts, to El Nino
and we were the ones that have helped cause it
perhaps this will be the natural nature phenomena that will eventuallly take us down
goodbye planet, we didour best to helpyou mother nature, in our own demise of this planet ..

Venezuela says El Nino worsening power shortage

Venezuelans have struggled with power cuts for several years. Now the government says the weather system , El Nino, is making the problem worse, and is rationing electricity.

They have even told shopping malls to generate their own power, or reduce their opening hours.

Virginia Lopez reports from Caracas.

This May Be Helping To Melt Greenland's Ice Sheet

CHRISTINE ZENINO TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY VIA GETTY IMAGES
Clouds float above the east Greenland ice sheet and glaciers.


Scientists have long known that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet has been a big contributor to the rise of sea levels around the world in recent years -- and now, an international team of scientists has identified a surprising factor that could be driving the melting.

It turns out that clouds may be playing a bigger role in the melting process than previously thought by acting like a blanket that traps heat above the ice sheet at night, increasing meltwater runoff.

Clouds are responsible for about 25 percent of the Greenland ice sheet meltwater runoff that we see today, Kristof Van Tricht, a Ph.D. student of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Leuven in Belgium and lead author of the research, told The Huffington Post.


www.huffingtonpost.com: This May Be Helping To Melt Greenland's Ice Sheet


surprising consiering its past political background but, good for them ..

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Fiji Becomes World’s First Country to Ratify Paris Agreement

Fiji is the first country in the world to formally approve the...

seems to be yet another cool CHINA innnovation ..

China's space telescope to displace 10,000 humans in search for aliens
Updated about 2 hours ago

PHOTO: A 2015 picture of the 500 metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under construction. (AFP, file)
MAP: China

PHOTO: People standing at the site of the telescope while under construction. (AFP, file)


Residents will receive 12,000 yuan ($2,575) in subsidies for their troubles, with some getting extra support for housing.

FAST, built at a cost of 1.2 billion yuan, will dwarf the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico as the world's largest radio telescope, which is some 300 metres in diameter.

Wu Xiangping, director-general of the Chinese Astronomical Society, said the telescope's high level of sensitivity "will help us to search for intelligent life outside of the galaxy".

www.abc.net.au: Space telescope to displace 10,000 humans in search for aliens

duh
dont they realize more than likely only one is right ha ..

 

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Maps a useful tool for understanding ecosystems

PHOTO: A global snapshot of the Vegetation Sensitivity Index (VSI). Areas in green and red have comparatively lower or higher vegetation sensitivity. Grey areas are barren land or ice-covered.

www.abc.net.au: Plants in drought-ravaged areas may have 'given up'

He said the maps were a useful tool in better understand

ENVIRONMENT

America Keeps Telling Canada That Polar Bears Are Going Extinct; Canada Disagrees

Green groups and the American government are expected to lobby the global community to classify polar bears as a species threatened with extinction.

But Canada, home to sixty percent of the world's polar bears, is prepared to fight back. The indigenous populations in the Canadian Arctic say the polar bear trade is vital for their communities, while the Canadian government says the global trade of the bear's fur continues to be sustainable.

Despite the fact that Washington is raising the alarm about the threat to the bears' population, proponents of the trade point out that the data doesn't show any serious emergency — in 2014, one of the 19 polar bear subpopulations in the Arctic was growing, three were in decline and six were stable, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Data was unavailable on the remaining nine.
America Keeps Telling Canada That Polar Bears Are Going Extinct; Canada Disagrees | VICE News

looks like Ecuadors farmers are placing the blame on El Nino also, for the shortage of cocoa, hence chocolare aaahhh a luxury we can do without ..
imcl coffee, that i hate anyway ha true ..

A World Without Chocolate - Ecuador

ENVIRONMENT

Air Pollution Kills 5.5 Million People a Year — Over Half of Them in China, India

Air pollution caused more than 5.5 million premature deaths in 2013, with more than half of those occurring in China and India, according to a new study, and pollution mortalities are expected to continue rising.

Researchers found that poor air quality in China and India — the world's fastest growing economies — killed 1.6 million and 1.4 million people in those nations, respectively. Emissions from power plants, automobiles, industrial manufacturing, and inefficient heating systems and stoves have become a leading cause of death and disease worldwide, even as air pollution has decreased in high-income countries.

"Air pollution ranks fourth globally as a risk factor for death in the world," Michael Brauer, a public health researcher at the University of British Columbia, said. "It's one of the big ones."

Air Pollution Kills 5.5 Million People a Year — Over Half of Them in China, India | VICE News

Australias had nothing like this ever WOW!!!

10,000 Sharks Swarm Florida Coast Beaches

Cole Mellino | February 16, 2016 3:59 pm | CommentsMore than 10,000 blacktip sharks are swimming off the coast of some popular beach towns in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Every winter, thousands of these sharks migrate along the Atlantic coast in search of warmer waters to mate and give birth. “But this year they’re further north than usual, bringing them within 100 meters of the shoreline,” ScienceAlert explained.

sharkmigration 2 weeks ago

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10,000 Sharks Swarm Florida Coast Beaches

More than 10,000 blacktip sharks are swimming off the coast of some popular beach towns in...

The sharks have arrived! Thousands of sharks spotted off Palm Beach this
’s not unusual, but it’s great to see them,” shark biologist Stephan Kajiura from Florida Atlantic University told ABC News. “There are literally tens of thousands of sharks a stone’s throw away from our shoreline,” he told CNN affiliate WPEC. “You could throw a pebble and literally strike a shark. They are that close.

ecowatch.com: 10,000 Sharks Swarm Florida Coast Beaches

 

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mmmmm real bummer, my AUSTRALIA ha' sigh''

Global satellite map highlights sensitivity of Australia's plants to changes in rainfall and temperature

PHOTO: The global map suggests Australia's outback plants do not respond to sudden increases in rainfall.(Wayne England: user submitted)

MAP: Australia
The plant life of Australia's outback may have "given up", according to satellite-based maps tracking the impact of changing climatic conditions, such as rainfall and temperature, on the world's ecosystems.

The study suggests the vegetation of our interior does not respond to sudden increases in rainfall because it has "learned" that drought will soon follow.

not so good news ..

Water Scarcity Crisis Even Worse than Previously Thought
February 15, 2016 // 06:00 AM EST

When the World Economic Forum, a Swiss non-profit dedicated to “improving the state of the world,” released its annual Global Risks Report last year it cited “water crises” as the number one global risk in terms of impact. This is significant because for the past 8 years, the number one global risk in terms of impact had been financial in nature (either asset price collapse, fiscal crises, or major systemic financial failure), but 2015 was the first year that saw a climate related issue top the list of risks.

Citing “water crises” as the number one global risk ahead of “rapid and massive spread of infectious diseases” and “weapons of mass destruction” certainly speaks volumes about the magnitude of the problem, but figuring out a way to reliably quantify the extent of the crisis remained elusive at the time of the WEF’s report. Yet as a new study published Friday in Science Advances details, researchers from the Twente Water Center at the University of Twente in the Netherlands found a more accurate way to quantify the extent of the global water scarcity problem.

According to the results of the Twente study, the water scarcity crisis is significantly worse than previously assumed.

motherboard.vice.com: Water Scarcity Crisis Even Worse than Previously Thought

intriuging
Australia seemingly lading with solar compared to Chyina, perhaps only being utilized to manufacture the required items ..

certainly one way of geyying the best out of electricity/solar for individual users ..

How solar energy farming could change the way we buy power
Consumers could soon be bypassing major energy retailers and trading rooftop solar-generated electricity amongst themselves.

Trading solar-generated power between households to change the way consumers buy electricity
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By consumer affairs reporter Amy Bainbridge
Updated about an hour ago

PHOTO: Tesla's Powerwall is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that stores energy generated from solar panels at a household level. (Supplied: Tesla Motors)
RELATED STORY: The Tesla Powerwall and what it means for Australia's energy market
MAP: Melbourne 3000http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-17/tesla-trading-

www.abc.net.au: How solar energy farming could change the way we buy power



our POWER TOWER 'like' ha

absolutely brilliant
never heard of it before, hope Israels using its own land for such a project ..

Solar tower poised to energize market Credit: Reuters

ecowatch.com: World's Tallest Solar Tower to Supply 120,000 Homes With Renewable Energy

World’s Tallest Solar Tower to Supply 120,000 Homes With Renewable Energy

 

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ironical that FIJI
ratifies the COP 21, first country in the world to do so, only a few days ago
and then suffers this cyclone, extreme or just ordinary??
rather extreme i would say
power up the saviours NZ/Au

Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston lashes Fiji with winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour
Updated 43 minutes ago

PHOTO: Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston has already hit Fiji's outer islands. (Fiji Meteorological Bureau)
RELATED STORY: Fiji braces for cyclone Winston after Tonga hit twice
RELATED STORY: Aid agencies prepare for Zika spread in Tonga as tropical cyclone looms
MAP: Fiji
A powerful category-five cyclone is lashing Fiji's outer islands with hurricane-force winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston is heading westward and has already hit areas in the Lau group of islands as it tracks towards more populated areas.

The cyclone was about 320 kilometres east-north-east of Suva, the capital, at 5:00am (local time), travelling at 25 kilometres per hour.

The storm was carrying average winds of 220 kilometres per hour, with gusts of up to 315 kilometres per hour, Fiji's Meteorological Service said.

www.abc.net.au: Category five cyclone Winston lashes Fiji's outer islands


intersting ha'
even if its an oddity bit of infgo ha'
but anything these days that affects the existence of humanity is an oddity duh, especially if man made ..

no doubt the US will try to beat China and send them into one of there many war zones for trials, much like the drone era, .. aahhh likely wont be around to see such madness ..

OPINION & ANALYSIS

There's a Pointless War Being Waged on Killer Robots From the Future

We're all going to die at the hands of our killer robot overlords. Or, at least, we would die if not for the brave work of the aptly named Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a non-profit that works "to preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons" (a.k.a. killer robots).

Killer robots and the need to stop them was also a hot topic at the recent Munich Security Conference, which brought together various politicians, bureaucrats, and wonks — along with their affiliated groupies and flunkies — to chat over expense-account cocktails about how things are going straight to hell. One panel in particular, "The Future of Warfare: Race with the Machines," explored the various ways killer robots would be bad and how humanity should stop them from ever being built in the first place.

There's just one problem: There's no logical, possible way to get from the here and now to the dark imagined future of weaponized artificial intelligence (AI).

There's a Pointless War Being Waged on Killer Robots From the Future | VICE New

have a feeling this ones not likely going to get off the ground ha
prefer the young fellas idea more myself ha ..

Solar-Powered Vacuum Could Suck Up 24,000 Tons of Ocean Plastic Every Year
Lorraine Chow | February 19, 2016 10:08 am | Comments

With more plastic than fish expected in our oceans by 2050, cleaning up this mess seems like an impossible task. But a team of inventors from Sussex, England have developed a novel solution. The SeaVax is a solar- and wind-powered ship that can suck up plastic waste.

The inventors at Bluebird Marine Systems LTD unveiled their proof of concept at the government-funded Innovate UK show in London in November. The inventors are entering prototype phase, theExpress reported.

The ship purportedly works by funneling plastic waste as it moves forward. According to this mockup posted to the Innovate UK website, once built, the vessel will be around 144 feet long and fully autonomous. Deck-mounted solar panels and two wind turbines will feed power to electric pumps and filters that can suck up plastic solids and micro plastics. An onboard shredder rips and breaks up larger pieces of debris.

The builders calculated on their website that the finished robovac will be able to generate enough energy to treat an average of 89.9 million liters of seawater in a year, translating to 22,400,000 kilograms of plastic from a body of water that has high concentrations of surface solid plastic, such as river estuaries.

“Working in a fleet, these autonomous robotic boats could keep plastic buildup contained and significantly reduce the existing ocean gyres in around 5-10 years, cost effectively,” the inventors said.

ecowatch.com: Solar-Powered Vacuum Could Suck Up 24,000 Tons of Ocean Plastic Every Year

somehow i dont think so/never thought so
just a personal non qualiofied opinion of course haha
qualify it by saying
we may be going overboard in attributing everything to GW?CC etc ha
'more intense' key words ha

Is Climate Change to Blame for More Intense Hurricanes and Typhoons?
The Climate Reality Project | February 17, 2016 1:46 pm | Comments

With hurricanes and typhoons becoming more intense, we wanted to find out why. What’s going on and what’s the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon in the first place? What kind of damage do these storms cause? And what role does climate change play?

Meteorologically speaking, hurricanes and typhoons are largely one in the same phenomenon, but are given different names depending where in the world they occur.
We answer these questions and more below in our list of most frequently asked questions about hurricanes and typhoons, along with a closer look at how these storms affect the Philippines in particular.

ecowatch.com: Is Climate Change to Blame for More Intense Hurricanes and Typhoons?

 

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had to happen eventually
the return of the space race ...

Feb 12, 2016

Greg Walters
The Pentagon Is Betting Big on Space Warfare — Against China and Russia
By Greg Walters

February 13, 2016 | 7:15 am
The US Defense Department has asked Congress for $108 million to fund a new facility in Colorado dedicated to drawing up plans and running experiments for war in outer space, as anxiety grows about the possibility of extraterrestrial conflict with China or Russia.

"Potential adversaries are rapidly developing capabilities to deny the US and its allies' use of space during a conflict," US Air Force Major General Robert D. Rego, the US Strategic Command official responsible for the center, told VICE News.

The facility he'll run is called the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center, which goes by the awkward military handle JICSpOC (pronounced jick-SPOCK). Its job, he said, will be to "better integrate our space operations in response to these threats."

The funding request follows Defense Secretary Ash Carter's preview last week of the Pentagon's budget for fiscal year 2017, which he promised would enhance America's "ability to identify, attribute, and negate all threatening actions in space."

'Space was seen as a sanctuary. New and emerging threats make clear that that's not the case anymore.'
In the budget proposal, published Tuesday, the Defense Department alsorequested $1.8 billion in funding for space launch activities, as well as hundreds of millions for research into "space technology" and things like "counterspace systems." Congress had last year already authorized an additional $5 billion for Pentagon space programs through 2020.

There's a good reason why Washington is pouring that kind of money into space.

"The US, Russia, and China are engaged in an arms race in space," explained Peter W. Singer, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC who specializes in 21st Century security issues. "Ash Carter isn't just announcing billions of dollars of spending in space because he saw the new Force Awakens movie."

The Pentagon Is Betting Big on Space Warfare — Against China and Russia | VICE News

who wants to come, get off this wretched planet, lets go destroy another 1/2/3 ..

Could space tourism become a reality?

Published on Feb 19, 2016
How long will it be before tourists can send a postcard from space?The US space agency has been giving a glimpse of what travel may be like - sometime in the future.Spaceship companies are working hard to make it happen as soon as possible.Here's our technology editor Tarek Bazley:

a small thing but immpressive nonethelees with APPLE still doing good things for the environment methinks
and combatting the USA govts dogmatic pig headed ways ..

Apple Issues Largest Ever Green Bond by U.S. Company
Lorraine Chow | February 19, 2016 12:07 pm | Comments

As part of its ongoing efforts to minimize its environmental footprint, Apple has issued $1.5 billion in bonds that will financesustainable business projects. This is the largest ever “green bond” issued by a U.S. corporation.

On Earth Day 2014, a green leaf adorned the Apple logo at the company’s Fifth Avenue store in Midtown Manhattan. The store is one of at least 120 Apple stores powered by renewable energy.
The bond—rated Aa1 (or high quality and very low credit risk) by bond rating agency Moodys—pays 2.85 percent over seven years, Sustainable Business noted. The bond is part of an overall package of $10-$12 billion worth of new bonds Apple is selling.

For the uninitiated, this green bond means Apple is specifically raising money from investors to spend on environmentally friendly projects. As any debt instrument goes, Apple will pay investors back with interest. Here is where the funds will go, according to the bond’s prospectus:

ecowatch.com: Apple Issues Largest Ever Green Bond by U.S. Company

What’s the Difference Between a Hurricane and a Typhoon?

who wants to come, get off this wretched planet, lets go destroy another 1/2/3 ..

Could space tourism become a reality?

Published on Feb 19, 2016
How long will it be before tourists can send a postcard from space?The US space agency has been giving a glimpse of what travel may be like - sometime in the future.Spaceship companies are working hard to make it happen as soon as possible.Here's our technology editor Tarek Bazley:

personnallly following this TPP thhing quite closely, seeing its primarily a NZ instigated project, unusual; we are leading the world in such with the US thinking?? iyts a great idea, well the govt that is?
overall,many Kiwis are suspect of it as well, i am indifferent at this stage?

have to admit some incredible cobererage instant these days
frightening, for our nearest neighbours ..
admittedly plenty of natural disasters WW to teach us/give us warnings of how nasty we are as a being, good!!!

Cyclone Winston: Storm slams Fiji, one confirmed dead

JEFF TOLLAN, ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS AND PAUL MITCHELL

Last updated 04:43, February 21 2016

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  Suva, Fiji's capital, pictured as the storm closes in on the island.
  
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Category five tropical cyclone leaves trail of destruction in Fiji
Fiji starts cleaning up after a massive category five cyclone tears across the country, causing widespread damage and killing one person.

natures battlefield
real life stuff,not saying man created wars arent ..
a must watch re Aussie budhfires
not just a fire??

101 East - Australia: In the Line of Fire

Published on Feb 18, 2016
The Jacobs family is just about to sit down to Christmas lunch when they notice the smoke. The blue skies above their home are turning orange."When we saw the smoke directly overhead, then it was pretty apparent that we were going to get hit by the fire," says Tom Jacobs.In Australia, summers bring bushfires - and the loss of lives and homes every year.The question for those in the line of fire is whether to fight or flee.As 101 East discovers, it can be a life-changing choice.

 

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something never knew a thing about, but how interesting and a most unfortunate loss

Justice Antonin Scalia consistently voted in favor of property rights over protection of endangered species, wetlands and other natural resources. He dissented in the court’s landmark ruling in Massachusetts vs. EPA that the Clean Air Act authorizes the agency to regulate the carbon pollution causing global warming and ocean acidification.

ecowatch.com: How Scalia's Death Could Be a Pivotal Factor on Environmental and Climate Issues

brilliant
commonly known as a lessor country, leads the way on more important things, than trying to own the world fr inst ..

Pakistan’s Parliament First in the World to Go 100% Solar
Cole Mellino | February 19, 2016 1:24 pm | Comments

• • Pakistan’s parliament hasbecome the first national assembly in the world to be powered entirely bysolarenergy. The legislative body, known as the Majlis-e-Shoora, is in the capital city of Islamabad

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Pakistan’s Parliament First in the World to Go 100% Solar

Pakistan's parliament is the first in the world to be...onstruction on the project began last year with funding provided by the Chinese government as “an act of friendship,” theIndependentreported.
ecowatch.com: Pakistan's Parliament First in the World to Go 100% Solar

bee a bummer for the bee industry, may help NZs exports tho,unfortunate as it may bee
, a thriving industry for us ..

Tasmanian beekeepers prepare for massive losses after devastating bushfires
By Lauren Waldhuter
Posted about 5 hours ago

PHOTO: Tasmania's honey industry was set for a bumper year before catastrophic bushfires hit the state. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin)
RELATED STORY: Crop pollination clashes with honey production
RELATED STORY: Pollination crisis impacting Tasmanian agribusiness growth
MAP: TAS11,000 hectares of Tasmania's World Heritage Wilderness Area.

Summer is the busiest time of year for apiarists, but thousand of hives are still trapped on the fire ground and some honey producers are facing massive production losses.

John Birchenough from Daybreak Apiaries, based at Wynyard in Tasmania's north-west, has thousands of hives trapped.

PHOTO: Apiarist, John Birchenough, is counting the cost of the bushfires on his business. (ABC News: Lauren Waldhuter)

"We've got about 1,600 to 1,800 hives out there at the moment," he said.

htt://www.abc.net.u/news/2016-02-21/tasmanian-beekeepers-prepare-for-massive-losses-after-bushfires/7183260?WT.mc_id=newsmail


as we know/knew
but,any deniers, whowhy should/would we believedisbelieve,whats it al about anyway ha ..

Einstein Was Right: Gravitational Waves Exist
Major news from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) was broken by a cake.

A pair of ground-based observatories known as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, or LIGO, have definitively detected the existence of gravity waves, the National Science Foundation has announced.

www.snopes.com: Einstein Was Right: Gravitational Waves Exist


1,000 Coloradans: ‘Rejecting the TPP Is Most important Thing Congress Can Do’
Sandra Lupien, Food & Water Watch | February 18, 2016 12:47 pm |Comments

Labor unions, environmental organizations and community, internet freedom and racial justice groups delivered more than 1,000 signatures from Rep. Diana DeGette’s constituents Wednesday urging her to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The TPP is a trade deal negotiated in secret for years by 12 countries, including the U.S. On Feb. 4, the U.S. and the leaders of the 11 other countriessigned the text of the pact. Now a Congressional vote to confirm the deal is imminent. If passed, the TPP will trump commonsense protections for workers, the environment, public health and food safety.

Rejecting TPP means protecting Coloradans and all Americans. Photo credit: Food & Water Watch
The groups urged Rep. DeGette to commit to vote “No” on the TPP and uphold her long-standing reputation as a champion for Colorado’s working families, environment and food safety protections.

ecowatch.com: 1,000 Coloradans: 'Rejecting the TPP Is Most important Thing Congress Can Do'

 

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CONGRATULATIONS to them all,best news ive heaard for some time, considering on the other hand the countrys geing accused of falsifying zika numbers ..

Venezuela food shortages prompt urban garden campaign

Published on Feb 22, 2016
Food shortages in Venezuela are becoming so severe that the president now keeps dozens of hens to lay eggs.Nicolas Maduro has joined an urban garden campaign, which is urging everyone to produce their own food.The plunge in the price of oil has sent the economy further towards collapse.

extreme cyclonic weather in our nearest neighbour, compared to the raindrops NZ invariable suffers ..

Cyclone Winston: Death toll reaches 20 as authorities continue to assess damage
Pacific Beat
Updated 34 minutes ago

PHOTO: Authorities are assessing the damage caused by Cyclone Winston. (Supplied: NaDraki Weather)
RELATED STORY: Death toll climbs as Fiji cleans up after cyclone wreaks havoc
MAP: Fiji
The death toll from Cyclone Winston, which tore through Fiji on the weekend, has risen to at least 20, officials say.

As authorities continued to assess the damage, Australia announced $5 million in emergency aid for the cyclone-ravaged country.

The category five storm is believed to have been the most powerful ever to hit Fiji.

PHOTO: Cyclone Winston caused widespread flooding across Fiji. (Supplied: Fijian Government)
www.abc.net.au: Fiji's Cyclone Winston death toll climbs to 21

Bainimarama calls on Fijians to band together


Bbe interesting if proven to be a truth ..
Latin American Doctors Suggest Monsanto-Linked Larvicide Cause of Microcephaly, Not Zika Virus
Lorraine Chow | February 12, 2016 11:10 am | Comments
[Update: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, suspended the use of the pyriproxyfen—a pesticide that stops the development of mosquito larvae in drinking tanks—to combat the spread of the Zika virus. Read more here.]

As the Zika epidemic “spreads explosively” around the world, pregnant travelers have been put on pause due to the virus’s suspected association with microcephaly, the congenital condition in which a baby’s head is abnormally small.

While the link between the mosquito-borne virus and microcephaly has yet to be scientifically proven, Argentinian and Brazilian doctors have suggested an alternate culprit: pesticides.

ecowatch.com: Latin American Doctors Suggest Monsanto-Linked Larvicide Cause of Microcephaly, Not Zika Virus


more on the favourite devils disciple ..

Interactive Map Shows Where Monsanto’s Roundup Is Sprayed in New York City
Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir | February 16, 2016 2:03 pm |Co
New York City residents can now find out if Monsanto’s Roundup is sprayed on their corners, parks, playgrounds and picnic areas.

The interactive map below will be presented to Mitchell J. Silver, commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation at a meeting Tuesday by the the Black Institute, Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir, Stop The Spray and other members of the Coalition Against Poison Parks. The groups will demand an end to the use of Roundup and glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, in New York City and full public disclosure.

The groups are pursuing legal options to force the city to reveal all locations where glyphosate is sprayed. According to the Pesticide Use by New York City Agencies in 2014, published in May 2015, New York City applied glyphosate 2,748 times. Through a Freedom of Information Law request, the city has revealed only 2,000 locations of glyphosate in 2014. Data from Central Park and other areas managed by non-profit conservancies has not been shared with the public.

ecowatch.com: Interactive Map Shows Where Monsanto’s Roundup Is Sprayed in New York City

The UK Could Send a Group of Climate Change Activists to Jail for the First Time in 20 Years

Did you hear about the time 22 flights were cancelled at London's Heathrow Airport because there was a polar bear on the runway? No? Well he was arrested and now faces up to three months in jail.

The UK Could Send a Group of Peaceful Protesters to Jail for the First Time in 20 Years

Did you hear about the time 22 flights were cancelled at London's Heathrow Airport because there was a polar bear on the runway? No? Well he was arrested and now faces up to three months in jail.

But this wasn't some sort of zoo escape that went very weirdly wrong — it was a direct action protest last summer that will see 13 people sentenced by a London court on Wednesday. The group has been told to expect jail time, a severity of punishment that has shocked many in the legal profession.

The thirteen are all members of Plane Stupid, activists who opposes the expansion of the airport — already one of the world's busiest — due to concerns over climate change. After getting onto the runway by cutting through the airport's perimeter fence in the early hours of July 13, the group chained themselves together and sat in a circle around the man who had dressed up as the North Pole's most famous beast.

The UK Could Send a Group of Peaceful Protesters to Jail for the First Time in 20 Years | VICE News

 

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USA doing its usual bidding to presuade the world to conform to how they wanrt tohe world to run ..

South China Sea: US admiral Joseph Aucoin urges Australia to launch 'freedom of navigation' operation
By defence reporter Andrew Greene in Sydney
Updated 25 minutes ago

PHOTO: Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin says the US has been conducting freedom of navigation missions for "decades".(Supplied: Fairfax)
RELATED STORY: Missile base on South China Sea island a 'serious concern': Kerry
MAP: China
One of the most powerful figures in the United States military has called on Australia to follow America's lead by launching "freedom of navigation" naval operationswithin 12 nautical miles of contested islands in the South China Sea.

Rich in resources and traversed by a quarter of global shipping, the South China Sea is the stage for several territorial disputes that threaten to escalate tensions in the region.

www.abc.net.au: Australia should put warships near contested islands in South China Sea, US admiral says

cool, sooner the better
want 8 billion to be extremely affected tho ..

NASA: 4 Billion People at Risk as ‘Water Table Dropping All Over the World’
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams | February 15, 2016 10:06 am |Comments
A new analysis reveals that global water scarcity is a far greater problem than previously thought, affecting 4 billion people—two-thirds of the world’s population—and will be “one of the most difficult and important challenges of this century.”

Previous analyses looked at water scarcity at an annual scale and had found that water scarcity affected between 1.7 and 3.1 billion people. The new study, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, assessed water scarcity on a monthly basis, more fully capturing the specific times of year when it could be an issue.

“Water scarcity has become a global problem affecting us all,” stated study co-author Arjen Hoekstra. Photo credit: Oxfam International / Flickr
“Water scarcity has become a global problem affecting us all,” study co-author Arjen Hoekstra, a professor of water management at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, said.

The study found that almost half of the 4 billion affected by severe water scarcity for a month or more are in India and China. Millions of others affected live in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Pakistan and Mexico.

The U.S. is far from immune to the problem, with 130 million people affected by water scarcity for at least one month a year, mostly in the states of Texas, California and Florida. And among the rivers the study notes that are fully or nearly depleted before reaching their end is the Colorado River in the West.

ecowatch.com: NASA: 4 Billion People at Risk as 'Water Table Dropping All Over the World'

interesting conceept im thinking, fish farming a/the way to go,been around for years, dont know why its not more popular ..

Northern Territory Seafood Council welcomes north Australia aquaculture report recommending country of origin labelling for fish, pearls and crocodile teeth

The committee made 11 recommendations, which included support for the establishment of a disease research facility in Queensland, funding for infrastructure in the Kimberley, and country of origin labelling for all seafood sold in Australian restaurants.

Barramundi farm

//www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-23/northern-australia-aquaculture-senate-report-recommendations/7192536?WT.mc_id=newsmail

oh my
and thats what a biggest wrry is in the Pacific islands re GW/CC
seas rising..

Sea Levels Rising at Fastest Rate in 3,000 Years
Tim Radford, Climate News Network | February 23, 2016 9:30 am |Comments
Sea levels in the 20th century rose faster than at any time in the last 3,000 years. And in the 21st century, the tides will climb ever higher—by at least 28 cms (11 inches) and possibly by as much as 130 cms (51 inches), according to two new studies.

Human activity is implicated in both studies and although neither delivers a new conclusion, each represents a new approach to studies of sea level rise as a consequence of climate change and each is a confirmation of previous research.

What sea level rise could look like at the AT&T Park in San Francisco. Photo credit: Climate Central
Robert Kopp, a climate scientist and Earth historian at Rutgers University in the U.S. and colleagues reveal in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they tried to look at the greenhouse century—the 100 years in which oil, gas and coal combustion began to change the mix of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and trigger a rise in planetary average temperatures—in the context of the last 27 centuries.

ecowatch.com: Sea Levels Rising at Fastest Rate in 3,000 Years

Mesmerizing Photos of Earth Taken From Space
Cole Mellino | February 20, 2016 11:59 am | Comments


We earthlings have been blessed with some pretty spectacular images from space in recent months. There was the “Blue Marble” image, the dark side of the moon, up close images of the sun, the moon and Pluto and the plumes of smoke from wildfires raging in the Western U.S. and Canada.

Astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have been able to capture some great images. Check out these 10 mesmerizing photos of Earth taken from space:

ecowatch.com: 10 Mesmerizing Photos of Earth Taken From Space

 

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Most literate people, other than the dumb-assed, anti-science Climate Change 'Deniers', are aware that the decline of Polar Bear populations are a major indicator of what is currently happening with the reality of the ice melt in the Arctic... But, did you know this about their history?... Interesting! :

Ancestry of polar bears traced to Ireland: www.sciencedaily.com: Ancestry of polar bears traced to Ireland

Arctic conditions may become critical for polar bears by end of 21st century:
www.sciencedaily.com: Arctic conditions may become critical for polar bears by end of 21st century

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bummer news
its what corps like MONSANTOrely on im figuring, more human destitution, hence creating there own for of suffering, eventually..

Epic Drought and Food Crisis Prompts South Africa to Ease Restrictions on GMOs

In the face of a food crisis and a devastating drought, South Africa is planning to relax its rigid laws over genetically modified (GMO) crops and boost imports of its staple food, maize, from the U.S. and Mexico, government officials told Reuters.

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Epic Drought and Food Crisis Prompts South Africa to Ease Restrictions on GMOs

In the face of a food crisis and a devastating drought, South Africa is...

South Africa to ease some GM crop rules to avert food crisis

www.theguardian.com: South Africa to ease some GM crop rules to avert food crisis

fascination for ancient civilisations
could live amogst those ruins for years ha'

Dream Destinations
The world has a range of idyllic holiday destinations. Do you have video footage of your dream location? If so, please send it in to us.

We want to see your dream destination!

Here is your chance to give DW viewers an impression of your dream destination. Whether it is the charm of a fascinating city, the beauty of nature or your own personal vacation paradise, we want to find out what makes your destination special.

Watch video00:58
UNESCO World Heritage Site 'Leptis Magna' in Libya
You can show us the top sights of a city like Grand Rapids, USA or attractions such as Nymphenburg Palace. Perhaps you’d like to give us a visual insight into a traditional festival. Capture your family on camera as they enjoy a hike, a bike tour or boat trip. Alternatively: show us animals living in a natural paradise such as the Island of Heligoland.

Draw: Dream Destinations | DW Travel | DW.COM | 02.11.2015

feel good story and righly so ..

Humpback Whale Entangled in Illegal Gillnet Saved by Sea Shepherd Crew

Sea Shepherd crew rescued a whale entangled in an illegal totoaba gillnet in the Gulf of California.
Our goal is to save the vaquita porpoises, the most endangered marine mammal.
The vaquita are caught as a result of fishing the totoaba, a fish poached for its swim bladder.
Both the vaquita and the totoaba are endangered species and protected by law.
Both species live only in the Gulf of California.
Learn more at: www.seashepherd.org/milagro2

The crew of Sea Shepherd‘s research vessel R/V Martin Sheen spotted last week a humpback whale entangled in a gillnet in the Vaquita Refuge in the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. While Captain Oona Layolle, campaign leader and captain of the M/V Farley Mowat, notified the Mexican Navy and the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA), the crew began the rescue operation. The whale was estimated to be 35 feet long and crews from both vessels worked to free the whale by cutting the gillnet off the whale’s head and torso.

clever
but prefer if our planet disintergrates, in my lifetime THANKs ..
Astronomers trace source of massive energy explosion to distant galaxy
ABC Science
By Dani Cooper
Updated 5 minutes ago

PHOTO: The Australia Telescope Compact Array at Narrabri were critical to pinpointing the source of the FRB as it detected a six-day afterglow from the explosion. (Alex Cherney)

A rare burst of energy lasting less than a millisecond that happened around six billion light-years ago in a galaxy far, far away has been tracked to its source by scientists for the first time.

www.abc.net.au: Astronomers trace source of massive energy explosion to distant galaxy

glad ive neverevertaken to this American tooth rot gut American liquid ever
cant believe people still but it ..

What Coca-Cola isn't telling you about its health funding in Australia

Revelations of Coca-Cola's funding could shock and embarrass, health advocates say. Photo: Bloomberg

Within six weeks it disclosed that the soft drink giant had given $US21.8 million ($30.5 million) to fund research and $US96.8 million to fund what it calls "health and wellbeing partnerships" in the United States.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/what-cocacola-isnt-telling-you-about-its-health-funding-in-australia-20160217-gmx3l3?eid=email:nnn-13omn656-ret_newsl-membereng:nnn-04/11/2013-news_am-dom-news-nnn-smh-u&campaign_code=13INO010&et_bid=26490592&promote_channel=edmail&mbnr=MTE3MjM0NTc#ixzz411gHfKI7



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find 2 or 3 hours daily viewing/reading such articles enlightening temp
far more engrossing than them damn wars
share items of interest/an interest ha


welcome back A/B

 

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always a coluntry of wonderment,to me anyway ..

Australian climate zones move significantly since 2000


Posted about an hour ago

PHOTO: Australia's seasonal rainfall zones have changed, according to rainfall data from 2000 to 2015. (AEGIC )
MAP: Geraldton 6530
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e maps show regions with a Mediterranean climate and winter dominant rainfall contracting in a south-westerly direction.

Summer dominant and neutral rainfall zones expanded south.

Dr Stephens said the changes appeared to be related to barometric pressure, sea surface temperature and altered upper level westerly winds.

"In the mid '70s there was a weakening of the Indian Ocean trough to the west of Perth that appears to be related to a decline in winter rainfall since then," he said.

"In addition sea surface temperatures have warmed in all season which is beneficial for summer rainfall."

AEGIC's analysis shows that climate variability in some parts of the southwest of Western Australia has actually reduced due to the loss of wet years.

Dr Stephens said the climate had settled into a new pattern and Australian farmers should factor this into their practice.

"I think it would be a little bit naive to be basing your management on climate prior to 2000 it is just a different climate," he said.

www.abc.net.au: New maps show Australian seasonal rainfall zone boundaries move hundreds of kilometres

maybe in the 59s/70s/ outdated now ..2025 andbeyond now FFS..

Why Hydropower Is Not ‘Cheap’ or ‘Clean’
Gary Wockner | February 23, 2016 12:29 pm | Comments


e California think-tank Pacific Institute released a report—Impacts of California’s Drought: Hydroelectric Generation 2015 Update—earlier this month that contains significant false and misleading information that could negatively impact California rivers and delay the transition away from dirty energy.

First, the report and the news stories surrounding it repeatedly say that hydroelectric power is “less expensive” in California than competing sources. This statement gives credence to the anti-environmental mindset of discounting the negative impacts that dams and reservoirs have on free-flowing rivers, and disregards the externalized costs to the environment. In fact, the report omits the devastating impacts hydropower has on fish, wildlife, wetlands and countless other species that depend on healthy flowing rivers for survival. If the report would have included an “environmental full-cost accounting,” the cost of hydropower for California consumers would have been shown to be huge.

O’Shaghnessy Hydroelectric Dam in Yosemite National Park, California.
ecowatch.com: Why Hydropower Is Not 'Cheap' or 'Clean'

Australian fisheries "data rich" but bycatch reporting still failing to protect sea turtles

PHOTO: Research has revealed gaps in the assessment of the impact of fisheries bycatch on turtles (Supplied: Matt Curnock)
MAP: Cairns 4870www.abc.net.au: Bycatch reporting leaves sea turtles vulnerable


welcome
to the real world of human waste, and its usage/abuseage of ..

ENVIRONMENT

Seattle-Area Salmon Are Loaded With Anti-Depressants and Other Drugs Thanks to Human Waste
By Elaisha Stokes

February 25, 2016 | 12:10 pm
The everyday chemicals that humans ingest to relieve pain, fight depression and diabetes, or treat infection are winding up in the tissue of fish in Washington's Puget Sound.

A study in the journal Environmental Pollution detected unusually high levels of drugs like Advil, Benadryl, Prozac, and even birth control pills, in the tissue of salmon.

The culprit, according to the study, is human waste.

"About 45 of the 150 chemicals we examined were found in the fish," said James Meador, the lead author of the study and an aquatic toxicologist working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Some of them were at high concentrations. That's the kind of information that raises eyebrows."

Over 4,000 pharmaceuticals are currently in use or in development in the United States. Many of them are finding their way into rivers, streams, and lakes, raising concerns about how exposure could impact wildlife, or even humans who consume fish.

Related: The Amount of Plastic in the Ocean Could Outweigh Fish by 2050

Seattle-Area Salmon Are Loaded With Anti-Depressants and Other Drugs Thanks to Human Waste | VICE News

and it wouldent surprise me if one of the greedy nations set the ANTARCTIC into a similar situation ..

 

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The Biggest Oil Leak You’ve Never Heard Of, Still Leaking After 12 Years
Tim Donaghy, Greenpeace | February 23, 2016 3:57 pm | Comments

Far away from TV cameras and under the radar of the nightly news, oil has been continuously leaking from a damaged production platform located just 12 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico—causing an oily sheens on the surface that stretch for miles and are visible from space.

The Risks of Offshore Oil Production

Taylor Energy’s Mississippi Canyon 20 platform, before its destruction in 2004. Photo credit: Taylor Energy
These underwater oil wells have been leaking since 2004 andcontinue to leak as you read this. Unless it is plugged, the government estimates the leak might continue for 100 years until the oil in the underground reservoir is finally depleted.

The platform’s owner, Taylor Energy, has no plans to stop the leak and is lobbying behind the scenes for permission to walk away from its mess.

ecowatch.com: The Biggest Oil Leak You've Never Heard Of, Still Leaking After 12 Years


In search of greener alternatives for charging phones

Published on Feb 25, 2016
More than half the world's population - over 4.6 billion people - now have mobile phones and each one of them needs a network to connect with and power to charge. That is having a significant impact on the environment, which is why many operators are looking for greener alternatives.Tarek Bazley reports from the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona.

not surprising, but imagine the same can be said/done for every countrie on the planet ..

180+ Infrared Videos Show Methane Pollution All Across America
Earthworks | February 24, 2016 2:20 pm | Comments

Just as the worst methane leak in California’s history is sealed and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acknowledged thatAmerica pollutes much more methane than previously estimated,Earthworks—the group that filmed the videos revealing the scope of the methane disaster in Los Angeles County—released a map of 180+ infrared videos of oil and gas methane pollution events across the country.

ecowatch.com: 180+ Infrared Videos Show Methane Pollution All Across America


Japan cancelling forever, then they will really CELEBRATE, or will they ..

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Iceland’s Fin Whale Hunt Cancelled for 2016

Great news. Word today from colleagues in Iceland and now reports in both Icelandic and English-language media confirm that the planned hunt for fin whales will not happen this summer. The man behind that whaling is claiming that he’s stopping because of “hindrances” in exporting the meat. That’s great news for whales and everyone who has been opposing this needless, senseless hunt.

http://ecowatch.com/2016/02/25/icelands-fin-whale-hunt-cancelled/

 

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personal/original conservationist,in those days plain and simple ha,love him yes ..

David Suzuki: We Must Save the Honeybees and Here’s How You Can Help

Many environmental campaigns over the past 50 years have aimed at getting people to care for imperiled species in wild, far-off places. The focus in Canada has often been on large, photogenic, culturally important animals, with bonus points for campaigns that include alliteration, bumper sticker-friendly slogans and plush toys. This has been a sensible and often successful strategy.

About a decade ago, beekeepers in Europe and North America started noticing serious declines in honeybee populations.

ecowatch.com: David Suzuki: We Must Save the Honeybees and Here's How You Can Help


oh FFS a usual Sunday am media news grabber, happens so often with boring NZ media
nothing of any consequence, lucky if we get light showers
talk about other countries media reporting
i dont mind rubbishing ours and placing it outthere
top story indeed, notice how short it is,absolutely no substance to it ..

Severe thunderstorm warning as heavy rains hit North Island

Last updated 23:58, February 27 2016

Power outage leaves 1000 homes in dark in Aucklan

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  Shortly before midnight 960 households remained without power.
  
  Lines company Vector estimated they would have power restored by Sunday morning.
  
  MetService said there was a risk of severe thunderstorms in southwestern Northland, Auckland, southern Coromandel, Waikato, Waitomo, northern Taumarunui, northern Taupo, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua on Saturday night through until Sunday morning.
  
  MetService's rain radar showed heavy falls hitting the New Plymouth area and moving inland towards Whanganui National Park.
  
  Thunderstorms were forecast to hit parts of Waitomo, Taumarunui, western Taupo and northern Taranaki on Saturday night or early Sunday.
  
  www.stuff.co.nz: Severe storm warning
  MetService said the rainfall in those areas could include bursts of 25 to 40mm per hour.
  
  A severe weather watch was in place for Auckland, Waikato, Waitomo, Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Taihape, Taumarunui, Taupo and Taranaki.
  
  The sodden weather has been brought by a very moist tropical air mass moving onto the North Island from the northwest.
  
  It created a particularly muggy feel across Auckland, meteorologist Emma Blades said.
  
  "Overnight the temperature won't drop to below 20 degrees so it's going to be a really, really sticky night," she said.
  
  "It's unusually muggy for February to see these levels of moisture."
  
  There was still uncertainty regarding the timing and exact location of severe outbursts.
  
  However, there was a risk that rainfall amounts could be greater than 50mm within six hours, especially in north Taranaki, Waitomo and Taumarunui.
  
  Localised downpours could also cause surface flooding from Waikato to North Taranaki.
  
  Coromandel and eastern Bay of Plenty were more likely to see heavy rainfalls on Sunday.
  
  People in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather and listen for possible weather warnings, MetService warned.
  
  - Stuff

7 NASA Selfies Show Just How Much Our Climate Is Changing

We’ve all heard the line that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” So to bring home what’s happening to our planet, we rounded up a series of pictures of Earth through the years from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). And while some pictures could use a thousand words to make their point, these images only need four: “Our climate is changing.”
Lyell Glacier, Yosemite National Park

Photo credit: U.S. National Park Service. 1883 photo: USGS / Israel Russell. 2015 photo: NPS / Keenan Takahashi

ecowatch.com: 7 NASA Selfies Show Just How Much Our Climate Is Changing

BEAUTIFUL NG'

In the Seychelles, Taking Aim at Nature’s Bullies

Nick Page, a genial New Zealander with a sunburned face and curly black hair, holds a photograph of Assumption Island’s Most Wanted: a red-whiskered bulbul, a bird about the size of a cardinal with a black Mohawk crest and a fiery red tuft of feathers behind each eye. Since 2013, a team of conservation rangers have shot and netted 5,278 red-whiskered bulbuls on this four-square-mile comma of land 250 miles north of Madagascar. There is now one bulbul left.

Aldabra giant tortoises escape searing daytime heat by taking refuge in caves within the rugged coral rock of the island of Grande Terre. It’s a slow, cumbersome commute between the caves and the tortoises’ grazing areas.

Pitcher plants feed on insects that get trapped in their liquid-filled carafes. This endemic species survives on only two islands in Seychelles.



www.nationalgeographic.com: In the Seychelles, Taking Aim at Nature’s Bullies