Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: 2017 - JAN

http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2017/01/the-effects-of-earthquakes-in-arctic-on.html

2017-01-09 - Shallow magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes coastal Antirrio (Greece):
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2017-01-09-09-53-17-utc-4-9-10
http://www.sott.net/article/339088-Shallow-4-9-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-at-Antirrio-Greece

2017-01-09 - High levels of air pollution hit coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-10/sydney-high-air-pollution-prompts-warning-from-nsw-heath/8171618

2017-01-09 - Lightning strike kills man in Dowa (Malawi):
http://malawi24.com/2017/01/09/lightning-kills-man-dowa/
http://www.sott.net/article/339042-Lightning-bolt-kills-man-in-Dowa-Malawi

2017-01-09 - Heavy rain, flooding and landslides hit parts of Nevada, evacuations ensue:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4101252/Floods-force-hundreds-evacuations-Nevada-mountains.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339044-Floods-force-hundreds-of-evacuations-along-northern-Nevada-mountains

2017-01-09 - Death toll from flooding hits 21 in Thailand, over a million people affected:
http://floodlist.com/asia/thailand-floods-south-leave-21-dead-1-million-affected
http://www.sott.net/article/339043-Update-Floods-in-south-Thailand-leave-21-dead-with-over-a-million-affected

2017-01-09 - Good-sized asteroid whips close by Earth:
http://www.rt.com/news/373171-asteroid-flashes-earth-quickly/
http://www.sott.net/article/339166-Very-quickly-very-nearby-Jumbo-asteroid-has-close-shave-with-Earth

Quote: "An asteroid between 11 to 34 meters across (36 to 111ft), roughly the size of 10 jumbo African elephants, made a remarkably close approach to Earth on Monday morning, passing by at a distance only half that of the Moon."

Note: Their elephant-based math sucks. A rock 36 feet in diameter would be a hell of a lot bigger than 10 elephants...

2017-01-09 - Two meteors burn up in the sky over Arkhangelsk Region (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CO-20170109-56698-RUS
http://www.sott.net/article/339046-Two-large-meteor-fireballs-caught-on-camera-in-northwestern-Russia

2017-01-09 - Cirrus clouds create 22-degree sun halo in Alabama sky:
http://whnt.com/2017/01/08/cirrus-clouds-create-22-degree-sun-halo-in-the-sky-sunday-afternoon/
http://www.sott.net/article/339134-Cirrus-clouds-create-22-degree-sun-halo-in-Alabama-sky

2017-01-09 - It's a retail apocalypse as Sears, Macy’s and The Limited close stores:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/its-a-retail-apocalypse-sears-macys-and-the-limited-are-all-closing-stores

2017-01-09 - Man arrested and jailed for meth, but it was actually kitty litter, in Cypress (Texas):
http://keyetv.com/news/local/houston-area-man-says-deputies-mistook-cat-litter-for-meth

2017-01-09 - More than 60 cities celebrated 2017's No Pants Subway Ride:
http://improveverywhere.com/2017/01/09/no-pants-subway-ride-2017/
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/photos-from-the-no-pants-subway-ride-010917
http://www.chicagotribune.com/photos/ct-no-pants-subway-ride-photos-20170108-photogallery.html

2017-01-10 - Unknown chemical gas hospitalizes firefighter during fire in Fort Worth (Texas):

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article125777389.html

2017-01-10 - Volcano Sinabung erupts in Indonesia:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/earthquake-triggers-strong-eruption-at-sinabung-volcano-in-indonesia.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339317-Earthquake-triggers-strong-eruption-at-Sinabung-volcano-on-Sumatra-Indonesia

2017-01-10 - Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Philippine Islands:
http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/philippines/7-3-magnitude-quake-strikes-philippines-1.1959365
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2208555-large-7-3-earthquake-strikes-near-philippines/
http://www.worldbulletin.net/haberler/182929/powerful-earthquake-hits-off-north-indonesia
http://www.sott.net/article/339148-Huge-7-3-magnitude-undersea-earthquake-strikes-near-the-Philippines

2017-01-10 - Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Solomon Islands:
http://sputniknews.com/asia/201701101049447874-solomon-islands-earthqauke-magnitude/
http://www.sott.net/article/339231-Strong-shallow-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-near-Solomon-Islands

2017-01-10 - Lightning strike kills 2 people in Chivhu (Zimbabwe):
http://www.thezimbabwedaily.com/news/104857-lightning-kills-two-in-chivhu.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339156-Lightning-bolt-kills-two-in-Chivhu-Zimbabwe

2017-01-11 - Parts of Russia freeze at -53C -63F, while Australia bakes with temps of +43C +110F:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2017/01/extreme-weather-globally-01102017.html

2017-01-10 - Blizzard dumps 10 feet of snow on Sierra (California), I-80 closed:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/I-80-in-Sierra-closed-as-rare-blizzard-warning-10847604.php
http://www.sott.net/article/339268-Interstate-80-remains-closed-as-blizzard-dumps-10-feet-of-snow-on-Sierra-California

2017-01-10 - Humans will drive polar bears to extinction without climate action, feds say:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/humans-drive-polar-bears-extinction-165758210.html

Note: The implication is that we CAN do something to prevent their extinction. We can't even do anything to prevent our OWN extinction, so fat chance that there's anything we can do to save polar bears...

2017-01-10 - Department of Defense testing swarms of autonomous 3-D printed drones:
http://www.cio.com/article/3156567/robots/the-dod-is-testing-a-swarm-of-autonomous-3-d-printed-drones.html
http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1044811/department-of-defense-announces-successful-micro-drone-demonstration

Quote: "The Department of Defense is testing low-cost, autonomous, micro-drones for low-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. The drones, dubbed Perdix, operate as a swarm and are not individually pre-programmed. Instead, they act as a collective organism with one distributed brain for decision-making, the DOD said in a statement on Monday."

2017-01-10 - Chinese company implants 3-D printed blood vessels into monkeys:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/health/china-3d-printed-blood-vessels/index.html

Quote: "Chinese scientists working for Sichuan Revotek have successfully 3-D printed blood vessels and implanted them in rhesus monkeys, the company said. It is a major step on the road to mass printing human organs for transplants."

2017-01-10 - Monkey has sex with a deer on coastal Yakushima Island (Japan):
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/01/11/monkey-caught-making-love-to-deer/

Quote: "Scientists on Tuesday revealed the 'highly unusual' behaviour of a male monkey filmed trying to have sex with female deer in Japan -- a rare case of inter-species nookie."

2017-01-10 - Over 60% of Swedes see US as major threat to world peace:
http://www.rt.com/news/373249-sweden-us-threat-security/
http://www.sott.net/article/339220-Over-60-of-Swedes-see-US-as-major-threat-to-world-peace

2017-01-11 - Man, 50, has 'medical event', collapses onto tractor exhaust, on coastal Waiheke Island (New Zealand), 1 injured:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/88316710/seriously-injured-person-airlifted-to-hospital-after-fire-incident-on-waiheke

Quote: "A man has been airlifted to hospital with serious burns to the face after falling on to a tractor's hot exhaust pipe on Waiheke Island, Auckland. St John Ambulance and the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter were called to the scene at 1.15pm on Wednesday. The rescue helicopter spokeswoman said a 50-year-old man appeared to have suffered a medical event and collapsed, falling onto the exhaust of his tractor lawnmower."

2017-01-11 - Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes coastal Seddon (New Zealand):
http://www.skymetweather.com/content/global-news/a-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-central-new-zealand-again/
http://www.sott.net/article/339276-Third-shallow-earthquake-rattles-Central-New-Zealand-within-a-fortnight-magnitude-5-1

2017-01-11 - Tornado touches down and damages homes in Sacramento (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NWS-Confirms-that-tornado-struck-Sacramento-10850531.php

2017-01-11 - European rivers and bays freeze, Istanbul paralyzed and record snow hits Greece again:
http://www.sott.net/article/339270-European-rivers-and-bays-freeze-Istanbul-paralyzed-and-record-snow-hits-Greece-again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7AOg717qsw

2017-01-11 - Dangerous long-duration ice storm looming for 1000-mile swath of the Central US:
http://www.sott.net/article/339339-Dangerous-long-duration-ice-storm-looming-for-1000-mile-swath-of-central-US
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/dangerous-potentially-destructive-ice-storm-looms-for-1-000-mile-swath-of-central-us-to-end-the-week/70000533

2017-01-11 - Meteor spotted over the Central US and Canada:
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/01/11/fireball-seen-over-lansing-and-around-midwest/96419964/
http://www.sott.net/article/339353-American-Meteor-Society-receives-145-reports-of-meteor-fireball-over-US-Midwest-and-Canada

2017-01-11 - Firefighters train for aircraft fires in Lakeland (Florida):
http://www.newschief.com/news/20170111/lakeland-fire-department-trains-to-battle-aircraft-fires

2017-01-11 - Walmart and Boeing laying off workers:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/why-are-wal-mart-and-boeing-laying-off-workers-if-the-u-s-economy-is-in-good-shape
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-12/why-are-wal-mart-and-boeing-laying-workers-if-us-economy-such-great-shape

2017-01-11 - Raising a child in the US costs over $230,000:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2012/06/14/have-235000-thats-what-it-costs-to-raise-a-kid-today-before-college/#3f749edc17b2

2017-01-12 - Hydrogen sulfide blowing off landfill onto homes in East Orlando (Florida):
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/228811833-story

Quote: "The problem goes back years, when construction trash mixed with trash from homes. It created a build-up of hydrogen sulfide gas, which stinks."

Quote: "Over the last couple of days, many Orange County residents have been crying foul over the odors coming from the county's landfill. Officials say they're aware of the problem and working hard to fix it. People living in the Randal Park neighborhood, in East Orlando, describe the smell like this: 'It smells like rotten eggs,' says John Tice, a Randal Park Resident. 'Diarrhea,' says Michael Carlucci, another Randal Park Resident. They're worried about smells coming from the Orange County Landfill, just a few miles north of the community."

2017-01-12 - Hydrogen sulfide kills worker, injures 2 more, at refinery in coastal Ciudad Madero (Mexico):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4115196/Mexico-state-oil-company-Worker-killed-refinery-accident.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-pemex-refinery-idUSL1N1F302B
http://sputniknews.com/latam/201701131049545635-pemex-blast-kills-injuries/

Quote: "Petroleos Mexicanos says in a statement that the employee came in contact with a release of toxic hydrogen sulfide while doing maintenance work. Two others were injured and were in stable condition Thursday."

2017-01-12 - Unknown chemical odor emanates from the River Clyde in Rutherglen (Scotland):
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-chemical-odour-rutherglen-9597074
http://rwstory.com/dailyrecord/mystery-surrounds-chemical-odour-rutherglen-river-clyde
http://article.wn.com/view/2017/01/12/Mystery_surrounds_chemical_odour_in_Rutherglen_at_River_Clyd/

2017-01-12 - Volcano Krakatoa rumbling and quaking in Indonesia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20170113-56753-IDN

2017-01-12 - Hospitals overflowing with patients needing medical care in the UK:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20170113-56756-GBR

Quote: "Crisis has ensued at UK's NHS with more than 23 hospitals having called a BLACK ALERT on account of overcrowding of patients so much so that the said hospitals can no longer guarantee patient safety and provide their full range of normal services. Hospitals have declared a black alert - the highest level, which means they cannot cope with the number of patients - while others are on 'red alert', which means they are under 'extreme pressure'. Unable to cope with the sheer number of patients, Struggling hospitals have been forced to take highly unusual steps in order to manage a surge in demand for care."

Note: So first there was a spike in dying in the UK, mentioned in the 2016-03-14 update, which resulted in the funeral industry posting some hefty profits. And now the hospital system in the UK is overloaded with people needing medical care. More people dying, more people sickening, on an island nation...

2017-01-12 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits the Waimea River and the Wai-iti River (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170113-56739-NZL

2017-01-12 - Record flooding hits the US West Coast, Californians evacuate by the thousands:

http://www.rt.com/usa/373389-california-floods-thousands-evacuate/
http://www.sott.net/article/339351-Record-floods-hit-US-West-Coast-Californians-evacuate-by-the-thousands

2017-01-12 - 350 billion gallons of water top off California reservoirs after record flooding:
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/01/09/california-storms-fill-drought-parched-reservoirs/
http://www.sott.net/article/339431-350-billion-gallons-of-water-top-off-California-reservoirs-after-record-flooding

2017-01-12 - Heavy snowfall collapses roofs in Oregon and Ontario:
http://www.oregonlive.com/editors/index.ssf/2017/01/heavy_snow_starts_to_damage_ro.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339476-Heavy-snow-collapses-roofs-in-Oregon-and-Ontario

2017-01-12 - Too much snow closes second resort in 2 days in Colorado:
http://www.9news.com/weather/another-colorado-ski-resort-closes-because-of-too-much-snow/384814140
http://www.sott.net/article/339428-An-overabundance-of-snow-causes-second-Colorado-ski-resort-closure-in-two-days

2017-01-12 - Blizzards and heavy snow hit Scotland:
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/424369/scotlands-roads-descend-into-chaos-as-heavy-blizzards-batter-the-country-causing-series-of-crashes/
http://www.sott.net/article/339440-Chaos-on-Scotlands-roads-as-heavy-blizzards-batter-the-UK

2017-01-12 - Heavy snow hits northern Japan:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/northern-japan-hit-by-heavy-snowfall/3432754.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339436-Heavy-snowfall-hits-Northern-Japan

2017-01-12 - Light-pillar phenomenon photographed over Ontario (Canada):
http://www.livescience.com/57482-light-pillars-photo-ontario.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339410-Light-pillar-phenomenon-photographed-over-Ontario-Canada

2017-01-13 - Man, 45, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found, in coastal Little Egg Harbor (New Jersey):

http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2017/01/13/coast-guard-state-troopers-search-water/96534870/
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Search-on-for-missing-clammer-at-Jersey-Shore.html

Quote: "Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson released a statement Friday, clarifying that the missing man's 'boat was reportedly found containing fishing gear on Hither Island earlier.' Firefighters from Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton were also on scene, Goez and Johnson said. Goez said a relative reported the boater missing Friday morning."

2107-01-13 - Increased volcanic activity for Bogoslof (USA), Bezymianny (Russia), Reventador (Ecuador), Lopevi (Vanuatu) and Nyamuragira (Congo):
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/volcanic-eruption-bogoslof-bezymianny-reventador-lopevi-nyamuragira.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339576-Increased-volcanic-activity-for-Bogoslof-USA-Bezymianny-Russia-Reventador-Ecuador-Lopevi-Vanuatu-and-Nyamuragira-Congo

2017-01-13 - Storm Egon brings hurricane-force winds and snow to Germany, blackouts ensue, flights cancelled:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20170113-56758-DEU

2017-01-13 - Storm Egon pounds France, 300,000 homes lose power:
http://www.france24.com/en/20170113-violent-winter-storm-lashes-northern-france-egon
http://www.sott.net/article/339475-Violent-winter-storm-lashes-northern-France-300000-homes-without-power

2017-01-13 - Meteor explodes in the sky over Puerto Rico:
http://www.sott.net/article/339577-Bright-meteor-fireball-explodes-over-Puerto-Rico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KZmzPvkXzw

2017-01-13 - Obama renews seven national emergencies:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/13/bridge-transition-obama-renews-seven-national-emergencies/96559870/

2017-01-13 - Trump picks Rudy Giuliani to be his advisor on cybersecurity:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/12/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani-russia-cybersecurity/96482616/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2604224/rudy-giuliani-former-mayor-of-new-york-donald-trump-cyber-security-adviser/

2017-01-13 - 'Chicago Fire' actor Joe Minoso rescued from elevator by Chicago Fire in Chicago (Illinois):
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/chicago-fire-actor-joe-minoso-rescued-from-elevator-by-chicago-fire-department-1052645.php
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Fire-Actor-Rescued-by-Firefighters-After-Becoming-Trapped-in-Elevator-410538755.html

2017-01-14 - Hydrogen sulfide found in the water at beach area in coastal Playa del Carmen (Mexico):
http://www.riviera-maya-news.com/water-samples-show-playa-beaches-not-contaminated/2017.html

Quote: "According to a release issued by City Council, the Department of Environment carried out a tour of the area taking eight water samples and found the presence of hydrogen sulfide which is being generated by the natural decomposition of organic matter. The smell has been particularly troublesome to beachgoers and business owners in that area as the smell of sewage has been detected as far away as Shangri-La beach, some 300 meters away."

2017-01-14 - Colony of cat-rat chimeras found in home in Lethabong (South Africa):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/strange-creatures-appear-half-rat-9612652
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2599199/bizarre-half-rat-half-cat-creatures-discovered-stuck-behind-familys-kitchen-cupboard/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/578106/Rats-invasion-cats-family-home

Quote: "Strange creatures that appears to have a cat’s head and rat’s body has apparently been discovered by a terrified family who called their local church leader to kill them. The animals were found in a house in Lethabong, Rustenburg, in South Africa."

Note: Those are genetic chimeras, a combination of two species. As methane and hydrogen sulfide react away the UV protection in the atmosphere and turn the Sun whiter, the Earth is being hit by more UV, which damages DNA/RNA. It appears Mother Nature has a trick - which humans have replicated in labs - where holes in DNA/RNA are filled with genetic information from another species. We do it in labs with retroviruses, so it is my working hypothesis that Mother Nature also uses viruses to blend species in an effort to 'patch up' genetic damage. Not every species will be able to be blended with any other species. Birds and mammals have different genetic structure, and I haven't seen a bird-mammal chimera yet, so that looks unlikely or impossible. But lizard-human, cow-human, wolf-human, pig-human, cat-rat, fish-human, anything like that - all possibilities which could appear anywhere at any time now.

As this extinction event progresses, we're extremely likely to see all kinds of new lifeforms, and sometimes there will be enough to form a breeding colony and establish a new species. Some of these could be extremely dangerous to humanity, like human-lizard chimeras which reproduce via parthenogenesis, needing only one individual for reproduction, and which have hands and near-human (or better) intelligence. If such a species gains a foothold, they could rapidly raise armies and they would not be likely to be friendly to humans. On the plus side, this means that even if humans go extinct (extremely likely), fragments of our DNA may yet live on, embedded in other new species that arise, species which may have a much better chance of surviving this extinction event than we do...

2017-01-14 - Volcano Lopevi erupts on Lopevi Island (Vanuatu):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20170114-56762-VUT

2017-01-14 - Magnitude 6.1+ earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Fiji Islands:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/754116/Earthquake-6-2-magnitude-Fiji-Pacific-Ring-Of-Fire-tsunami-damage
http://www.sott.net/article/339575-6-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-near-Fiji
http://sputniknews.com/asia/201701141049587057-fiji-earthquake-coast/

2017-01-14 - Heavy flooding and nine-foot storm surge hit Britain:

http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/extreme-weather-across-northern.html

2017-01-14 - 2016 was the deadliest year ever for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/2016-deadliest-year-ever-for-migrants.html

2017-01-14 - Exxon ordered to hand over climate documents – 'Exxon must come clean about what it knew about climate change':
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/exxon-ordered-to-hand-over-climate.html

2017-01-14 - SpaceX sends 10 satellites into orbit, lands rocket booster on drone ship in first flight since September explosion:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-spacex-idUSKBN14Y0H3
http://www.rt.com/usa/373696-spacex-satellite-iridium-launch/
http://6abc.com/news/spacex-returns-to-flight-with-successful-falcon-9-launch/1702867/
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-launch-20170113-story.html

2017-01-14 - Mystery object spotted in galaxy Cygnus A:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/mystery-object-in-cygnus-a-galaxy-1301201623/
http://www.sott.net/article/339572-Mystery-object-spotted-in-Cygnus-A-Galaxy

2017-01-14 - Ben Affleck gets frisked by TSA at airport in Los Angeles (California):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4110968/Ben-Affleck-frisked-TSA-agent-LA-airport-just-like-regular-guy-days-hobnobbing-Golden-Globes.html

2017-01-15 - 2016 shattered previous record for hottest year ever recorded globally:

http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/world-heat-shatters-record-in-2016-in.html

2017-01-15 - 2016 was second-hottest year ever recorded in the US:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/2016-was-second-hottest-year-on-record.html

2017-01-15 - Climate doomsday is already here:
http://extranewsfeed.com/the-climate-doomsday-is-already-here-556a0763c11d

2017-01-15 - Antarctica seeing rain and melting:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/it-rains-regularly-in-antactica-where.html

Quote: "'When I used to come to Antarctica in the 1990s, it never used to rain,' said Rodolfo Sanchez, director of the Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA). 'Now it rains regularly—instead of snowing,' he told AFP during an Argentine government visit to King George Island, off the tip of the western Antarctic peninsula."

2017-01-15 - Antarctic ice shelf crack expanding near British research base, Britain abandons base:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/01/16/british-antarctic-survey-abandons-polar-base-worrying-crack/
http://www.sott.net/article/339832-British-Antarctic-Survey-abandons-polar-base-as-Brunt-Ice-shelf-crack-grows-larger

2017-01-15 - Heatwave and new hottest-night record hit Sydney (Australia):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/record-heat-in-sydney.html

2017-01-15 - Tornadoes cause damage in parts of Texas:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20170116-56782-USA

2017-01-15 - Deadly ice storm threatens 44 million people in the US Midwest:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4121950/Four-dead-roads-closed-NFL-game-postponed-Deadly-ice-storm-threatens-44million-people-puts-freeze-Midwest.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339750-Deadly-ice-storm-threatens-44-million-people-as-US-Midwest-freezes

2017-01-15 - Russian TV talks ice age even as Arctic ice disintegrates like never seen before:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/freezing-conditionsin-russian-federation.html

Note: Well, it's reassuring that the US doesn't have a complete monopoly on stupidity!

2017-01-15 - UFO hunter demands inquiry into mysterious black object filmed over the Bristol Channel:
http://www.rt.com/uk/373859-ufo-bristol-aliens-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/339793-UFO-hunter-demands-inquiry-into-mysterious-black-object-filmed-over-Bristol-Channel

2017-01-15 - Live cam video of 'bigfoot family' at Yellowstone Park in Wyoming divides web:
http://www.rt.com/viral/373878-bigfoot-family-yellowstone-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/339824-Compelling-live-cam-video-of-bigfoot-family-at-Yellowstone-divides-web

2017-01-15 - 2017, the year when the world economy starts coming apart?
http://ourfiniteworld.com/2017/01/10/2017-the-year-when-the-world-economy-starts-coming-apart/

2017-01-15 - C-SPAN interrupted by 10 minutes of broadcast from Russian news site RT:
http://news.sky.com/story/us-congress-broadcast-interrupted-by-russian-channel-rt-10726705

2017-01-16 - Three men gassed to death by hydrogen sulfide in manhole, firefighter injured, in coastal Key Largo (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20170117-56793-USA
http://www.local10.com/news/3-dead-after-keys-workers-overcome-by-fumes
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/01/16/crews-work-to-free-workers-in-key-largo/
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/01/17/firefighter-who-tried-to-save-key-largo-workers-remains-critical/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/17/firefighter-hospitalized-after-underground-rescue-attempt.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article126799319.html
http://www.bradenton.com/news/state/florida/article126976469.html

Quote: "A law enforcement source told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench this was a chain reaction. One worker went into the manhole and collapsed because of gasses. A second worker went into rescue him and collapsed as well. The same thing happened to a third worker who tried to help him. Ramsay said the men were overwhelmed by a combination of methane and hydrogen sulfide gas coming out of the 15-foot deep hole."

Quote: "A woman who lives near the manhole told Local 10 News that the area has smelled of rotten eggs for the past couple of months."

2017-01-16 - Municipal water smells like sulfur and tastes like sewage in Southgate (Michigan):
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/foul-odor-sparks-worries-about-downriver-water
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/01/13/whats-that-smell-downriver-residents-complain-about-tap-water/

Quote: "Foul odor sparks worries about Downriver water. Residents say water smells like sulfer, tastes like sewage."

Quote: "Residents living Downriver in Metro Detroit are complaining about the water quality, saying their tap water smells like sulfur and tastes like sewage. After testing the water, the Great Lakes Water Authority and individual municipalities said the water is safe to drink, despite the smell. But residents are still leery. Kristina Bacon, of Trenton, is hesitant to drink her own tap water after her cats and dogs got sick last week. '(My) big dog started vomiting and so did (my) little dog, so we said, "No. no. We're switching to bottled (water),"' Bacon said."

2017-01-16 - Man in his 20s goes missing while diving at coastal Pahoehoe Beach in Kailua-Kona (Hawaii):

http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/coast-guard-hfd-searching-overdue-diver-big-island

2017-01-16 - Continuous eruptions at Colima (Mexico), Turrialba (Costa Rica) and Sinabung (Indonesia) volcanoes:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/current-eruptions-colima-turrialba-sinabung-volcanoes-video-pictures.html

2017-01-16 - Effect of methane on climate change could be 25% greater than we thought:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2017/01/10/effect-of-methane-on-climate-change-could-be-25-greater-than-we-thought/

2017-01-16 - Atmospheric CO2 levels continue rising:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/atmospheric-co2.html

2017-01-16 - Never in the history of humanity has global sea ice been so weak and reduced:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/01/13/the-human-world-has-never-experienced-a-time-when-global-sea-ice-was-so-weak-and-reduced/

2017-01-16 - Heatwave heads to the Sunshine Coast (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20170116-56785-AUS

2017-01-16 - Researchers develop battery with built-in fire extinguisher:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38637357
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/battery-tech-mini-fire-extinguisher/
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/17/technology/lithium-ion-battery-fire-prevention-stanford/index.html

Quote: "Researchers have designed a lithium-ion battery that contains a fire-extinguishing material, which is released if the battery gets too hot. Flame retardant triphenyl phosphate (TPP) sits inside a shell within the electrolyte fluid. The shell melts when the temperature reaches 150C (302F), releasing the chemical compound. In tests, battery fires were extinguished in 0.4 seconds."

2017-01-16 - Lightning strike kills 4 people, injures 4 more, at church in Tsomo (South Africa):
http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2017/01/17/lightning-kills-4-in-new-tsomo-church/
http://www.sott.net/article/339937-Lightning-bolt-kills-4-at-new-church-in-South-Africa

2017-01-16 - Russia hit by lots of snow:
http://www.iceagenow.info/snow-top-head-russia/
http://www.sott.net/article/339939-Snow-over-the-top-of-your-head-in-Russia-Record-snowfall-in-some-areas

2017-01-16 - Meteor explodes in the sky during the daytime over Norway:
http://watchers.news/2017/01/17/daylight-fireball-norway-january-15-2017/
http://www.sott.net/article/339933-Daytime-meteor-fireball-explodes-over-Norway

2017-01-16 - Protestors take aim at Louisiana pipeline that would traverse 600 acres of wetlands and 700 bodies of water:
http://www.rt.com/usa/373881-bayou-bridge-pipeline-protests/
http://www.sott.net/article/339838-DAPL-effect-Protestors-take-aim-at-Louisiana-pipeline-that-would-traverse-600-acres-of-wetlands-700-bodies-of-water

2017-01-16 - Airbus intends to test flying car before the end of the year, CEO says:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/airbus-test-flying-car/
http://www.itnews.com.au/news/airbus-could-have-self-flying-car-prototype-by-end-of-year-447752

2016-01-16 - Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at age 82 in Houston (Texas):
http://abc7chicago.com/news/gene-cernan-last-astronaut-to-walk-on-the-moon-dies-at-82/1705215/

2017-01-16 - Mysterious flashing lights speed past ISS, astronaut hides evidence from camera with hand:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mystery-flashing-lights-speed-past-9626551
http://www.sott.net/article/339818-Mysterious-flashing-lights-speed-past-ISS-astronaut-hides-evidence-from-camera-with-hand

2017-01-16 - The world's 8 richest people have the same wealth as half of humanity combined:
http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-eight-richest-as-wealthy-as-half-humanity-oxfam-tells-davos-2017-1
http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2017-01-16/just-8-men-own-same-wealth-half-world
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-inequality-idUSKBN150009

Quote: "Oxfam’s report, ‘An economy for the 99 percent’, shows that the gap between rich and poor is far greater than had been feared. It details how big business and the super-rich are fuelling the inequality crisis by dodging taxes, driving down wages and using their power to influence politics."

2017-01-16 - Bruce Springsteen cover band drops out of the Trump inauguration:
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/bruce-springsteen-cover-band-latest-act-to-drop-out-of-donald-trumps-inauguration-20170117-gttfdm.html

2017-01-17 - Hydrogen sulfide leaking from sewers in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island), smoke test to be performed:
http://warwickpost.com/warwick-sewer-authority-smoke-test-thursday-morning-seeks-odors-source/

Quote: "The mystery cause of odors from sewer lines along Cedar Swamp Road, a long-time source of area residents’ complaints, may soon be uncovered as the Warwick Sewer Authority (WSA) conducts a 'smoke test' of the system there. Janine Burke-Wells, WSA’s Executive Director, said her office has received complaints about odors in the area for the last nine years. In fall of 2011, a sewer line on Cedar Swamp Road, corroded by hydrogen sulfide, collapsed. The corrosive gas, which smells like rotten eggs, also generated complaints from neighbors. Following the collapse, the WSA installed odor control chemicals at three pump stations, removed an obstruction that was causing hydrogen sulfide buildup, adjusted pumping frequencies to prevent stagnant wastes, flushed the lines there, added carbon filters and sent staff to investigate complaints. Those efforts were focused on controlling the odors. Now, 'We would like to prevent the odors, if possible,' she said."

Note: I wonder how many people in this area have dropped dead from heart attacks, strokes and brain aneurysms in the last few years...

2017-01-17 - More than 30 hot springs in Japan found to have dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide:
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201701170044.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/17/national/hydrogen-sulfide-levels-top-limit-33-hot-springs-baths-across-japan/
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/Thoton/820867756694204416

Quote: "The onsen study was conducted after a news report last autumn about a man who was found unconscious at a hot spring in Ashoro, a town in Hokkaido, in October 2014. The man showed signs of hydrogen sulfide poisoning. The case prompted the ministry to call on local governments to measure gas levels at onsen in their jurisdictions."

2017-01-17 - Ocean layering around Antarctica could signal major meltdown:

2017-01-18 - Hydrogen sulfide kills 3 oilfield workers in Nargesi (Iran):
http://en.trend.az/iran/society/2710677.html

Quote: "The incident occurred on Jan. 18 morning as a massive leak of toxic hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas from a crude oil storage tank in the Nargesi oil field killed at least three workers."

2017-01-18 - Volcano Bogoslof erupts again on coastal Bogoslof Island (Alaska):
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Explosion-at-Bogoslof-Volcano-prompts-ninth-aviation-warning-since-eruption-began-411143435.html
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bogoslof/news/61182/Bogoslof-volcano-Aleutian-Islands-new-strong-explosion-ash-plume-to-at-least-31000-ft-altitude.html
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-alaska-volcano-20170118-story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/340063-Alaskas-Bogoslof-Volcano-erupts-again-sends-ash-cloud-to-31000-feet

2017-01-18 - Four earthquakes, magnitudes 5.3, 5.7, 5.3 and 5.1, shake central Italy, buildings collapse:
http://www.kptv.com/story/34284846/4-quakes-shake-italy-isolating-towns-blanketed-under-snow
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/four-earthquakes-rattle-central-italy-no-deaths-reported-1.3940547
http://www.9and10news.com/story/34284845/4-quakes-shake-italy-isolating-towns-blanketed-under-snow
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/18/italy-hit-four-powerful-earthquakes-four-hours-bringing-terror/
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/01/18/central-italy-struck-by-3-large-earthquakes-within-space-of-an-hour.html
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2017-01-18-EU--Italy-Earthquakes/id-064aa86252864ca89da00db8eaaa96ea

Quote: "The first tremor, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3, hit Montereale at about 10:25 a.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A second quake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit the same area about 50 minutes later, and 10 minutes later a third was measured at magnitude 5.3. Several hours later another 5.1-magnitude quake shook the same area. Throughout the day, seismologists registered more than 100 aftershocks."

Quote: "The four quakes, which came in quick succession, caused buildings to collapse but miraculously resulted in no deaths or injuries."

2017-01-18 - Magnitude 3.8 earthquake strikes near Hawthorne (Nevada):
http://mynews4.com/news/local/38-magnitude-earthquake-reported-west-of-hawthorne

2017-01-18 - Thousands of Portuguese men-of-war washing ashore and stinging people on beaches in Brevard County (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170118-56809-USA

2017-01-18 - Endangered wolves freely prowling suburbs of Paris (France):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/french-told-not-fear-wolves-9638206
http://www.sott.net/article/340002-Parisians-on-edge-as-endangered-wolves-freely-roaming-suburbs-fear-they-may-make-the-capital-their-new-home

Quote: "French told not to fear wolves roaming Paris streets as 'they only eat four-legged animals'..."

Note: ..unless they're really hungry. They forgot to add that part for some odd reason!

2017-01-18 - Waxwings coming to the UK, probably because of harsh Siberian winter and/or lack of food:
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-01-16/a-waxwing-winter-soaring-numbers-of-rare-bird-species/
http://www.sott.net/article/339966-A-Waxwing-Winter-Soaring-numbers-of-rare-birds-invade-the-UK

Quote: "An unusual species of bird is enjoying a winter vacation here in the UK, according to the RSPB charity. Waxwings are a small starling-sized bird with a prominent crest and colourful markings. They only travel here from Siberia and northern Scandinavia when they experience a particularly harsh winter or if there is a shortage of food."

Note: Could be they don't like the atmosphere in Siberia too - that's where those giant exploding methane craters are, and Moscow itself has been hit by hydrogen sulfide three times in the last 26 months too...

2017-01-18 - 4-6 inches of rain in 12 hours hits Houston (Texas), more flooding possible:
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-weather/article/The-high-water-spots-to-avoid-when-it-rains-in-10864913.php
http://www.sott.net/article/340039-Houston-TX-hit-with-4-6-inches-of-rain-in-12-hours-more-flooding-possible

2017-01-18 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Misamis Oriental (Philippine Islands), 4 killed, thousands displaced:
http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-misamis-oriental-january-2017
http://www.sott.net/article/340005-4-dead-15-thousand-displaced-as-floods-hit-Misamis-Oriental-Philippines

2017-01-18 - Heavy snow hits Mediterranean countries:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/01/snow-falls-mediterranean-countries-170118080230215.html
http://www.sott.net/article/339994-More-heavy-snowfall-across-Mediterranean-countries

Note: Yet more high-precip events...

2017-01-18 - Flooding and cold causing food scarcity in Europe:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/crop-failures-and-so-it-starts.html

Quote: "Floods in Spain's south-eastern Murcia region combined with cold weather in Italy has meant that many field crops such as lettuce and broccoli have been nearly wiped out, Nationwide Produce food marketing company managing director Tim O'Malle told the BBC. Peppers and aubergines are among others that have been hit. Murcia is reported to have recently had its heaviest rainfall in 30 years and is estimated to supply about 80% of Europe's fresh produce during the winter months."

2017-01-18 - Warm atmospheric river aims parade of storms at the US West during La Nina year of 2017:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/01/17/warm-atmospheric-river-aims-parade-of-storms-at-u-s-west-during-la-nina-year-of-2017/

2017-01-18 - ‘Weather bomb’ set to hit New Zealand:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/extreme-weather-in-new-zealand.html

2017-01-18 - Avalanche hits hotel in Pescara (Italy), 30+ killed:
http://www.newsincyprus.com/news/55204/some-30-bodies-found-in-avalanche-buried-hotel-in-italy
http://famagusta-gazette.com/some-bodies-found-in-avalancheburied-hotel-in-italy-p38199-69.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/340056-Tourists-staff-feared-missing-after-avalanche-hits-Italian-ski-resort-hotel
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/italy-avalanche-shocking-first-footage-from-inside-hotel-hit-by-avalanche-a3444461.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/19/c_135997260.htm
http://www.rt.com/news/374152-italy-avalanche-resort-hotel/

2017-01-18 - Mysterious giant cloud bubble captured by satellite over the Island of Meanguera (El Salvador):
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/mysterious-giant-cloud-bubble-captured-by-satellite-over-el-salvador-pictures.html

2017-01-18 - Six-wheeled robots are about to start delivering food in the US:
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/18/14300054/food-delivery-robots-postmates-doordash-us-launch

Quote: "A small number of Americans will soon be able to have food and other goods delivered to them by an adorable semi-autonomous robot. Starship Technologies announced the first two commercial partnerships for its ground-based delivery robots in the US today — one with DoorDash in Redwood City, California, and one with Postmates in Washington, DC. The commercial trials will see these services start making deliveries in the coming weeks using Starship’s six-wheeled robots within a four-mile-wide test area in each city."

2017-01-18 - Vampire bats found to be feasting on humans in Brazil:
http://www.livescience.com/57521-vampire-bats-drink-human-blood.html

2017-01-18 - Wilbur Ross, Trump's Commerce pick, offshored 2,700 jobs since 2004:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-jobs-idUSKBN1510FM
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/314512-wilbur-ross-offshored-2700-jobs-report
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/17/wilbur-ross-donald-trumps-secretary-of-commerce-nominee-has-offshored-2700-jobs-since-2004/

Quote: "Companies controlled by Wilbur Ross, a billionaire known as 'the king of bankruptcy' for buying struggling businesses and turning them around into profitability, cut roughly 2,700 jobs since 2004 by shipping their production into other countries, according to data obtained by Reuters under a Freedom of Information Act request on Tuesday. These included textile, finance, and auto-parts companies."

Note: You couldn't possibly ask for a more corporatist and elitist group than that which Trump has selected to fill his cabinet positions. I see what Trump meant by 'Make America Great Again' now - he meant great for BILLIONAIRES!

2107-01-18 - Blackwater founder and notorious mercenary Erik Prince is Trump's secret advisor:
http://theintercept.com/2017/01/17/notorious-mercenary-erik-prince-is-advising-trump-from-the-shadows/
http://www.sott.net/article/339963-Blackwater-Founder-Erik-Prince-is-Trumps-secret-advisor

2017-01-18 - Unlike Trump, Americans want strong environmental regulator, says Reuters/Ipsos poll:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/unlike-trump-americans-want-strong.html

Note: I highly doubt any of the oil and chemical bigwigs with which Trump is filling the government are going to care about the environment, since they never have before...

2017-01-19 - Hydrogen sulfide leaking from landfill in Cleveland (Ohio):

2017-01-21 - Woman goes into distress while diving near coastal Jupiter (Florida):

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local/breaking-diver-distress-off-jupiter-taken-hospital/o8x6DKpq5FpwZ0wnwhx1QN/

2017-01-21 - Central Italy hit by more than 48,000 earthquakes since deadly August 24, 2016 quake:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/more-than-48000-earthquakes-hit-central-italy-since-deadly-august-24-2016-quake.html

2017-01-21 - Magnitude 3.3 earthquake and 3 smaller quakes shake West Yellowstone (Montana):
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/yellowstone-earthquake-swarm.html

2017-01-21 - The warming of the planet is accelerating:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/01/20/nasa-data-shows-the-rate-of-global-warming-is-accelerating-2016-is-third-consecutive-hottest-year-on-record/

Quote: "Over just the past three years, global temperatures have risen by about 0.4 degrees Celsius. This was an extreme acceleration in the rate of warming. One that is unmatched in all of the past 136 years of climate record keeping."

Note: Feedbacks are kicking in at a faster and faster rate now, each feedback amplifying others. The methane clathrates in the Arctic could go bonkers with explosive methane releases at any time now, especially if the Arctic continues to be hit by record warmth. And then the global firestorms will begin, starting in the northern hemisphere and spreading southward. That's probably why George W. Bush bought almost 100,000 acres in Paraguay. He and his family might be able to live an extra year or two or three that far south...

2017-01-21 - Runaway warming baking the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/runaway-warming-in-arctic.html

2017-01-21 - All references to climate change eliminated from the White House website:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/all-references-to-climate-change-have.html

Note: If only that would do anything other than making Trump look like an idiot. Alas, people will keep on falling over dead and burning to death until we run out of people. The Earth doesn't care about 'presidents' or 'websites' or 'politics' or 'economies'...

2017-01-21 - Permafrost thaw will have devastating impact on buildings in Russia's Arctic:
http://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2017/01/permafrost-thaw-will-have-devastating-impact-buildings

2017-01-21 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Harrington Park Lake in Harrington Park (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20170121-56848-AUS

2017-01-21 - Tornado rips through Hattiesburg (Mississippi), 4+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20170121-56851-USA
http://abc7ny.com/news/at-least-4-dead-as-tornadoes-batter-the-southeast/1713611/

2017-01-21 - More than triple average January snowfall breaks records at California ski resort:
http://www.iceagenow.info/california-ski-resort-breaks-snow-record-month/
http://www.sott.net/article/340335-More-than-triple-average-January-snowfall-breaks-records-at-California-ski-resort

2017-01-21 - Freak winter storm dumps snow on resort during the summer in Cardrona (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/88652853/freak-snowfall-brings-winter-to-cardrona-in-summer
http://www.sott.net/article/340313-Freak-snowfall-brings-winter-to-New-Zealand-resorts-in-summer
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/01/cardrona-gets-mid-summer-snow-dump.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11786752

Note: The climate system is seriously destabilizing now. Winter warmth and melting at the North Pole during the winter, rain instead of snow in Antarctica, snowfall in New Zealand during the summer. This kind of climate chaos will disrupt food production with the obvious inevitable result...

2017-01-21 - Heavy rain and 'once-in-a-decade' flooding hit parts of New Zealand:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/88651364/Live-Wild-weather-blasts-NZ-cutting-off-thousands-and-bringing-once-in-a-decade-floods

2017-01-21 - Huge waves destroy historic concrete ship at Seacliff State Beach (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/01/22/huge-waves-break-apart-cement-boat-ship/
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/us/ap/the-latest-huge-waves-break-apart-historic-california-ship/article_e184d039-f848-5fc9-ab92-356bbb2248ee.html
http://kron4.com/2017/01/22/photos-concrete-ship-destroyed-by-surf-in-aptos/
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/storm-flips-concrete-ship-at-pier/8627845

2017-01-21 - Massive waves pound the coast in Oregon:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=GW-20170123-56870-USA

2017-01-21 - Double sun halo photographed over Fairbanks (Alaska):
http://earth-chronicles.com/science/a-double-sun-halo-in-alaska.html
http://www.sott.net/article/340275-Double-sun-halo-captured-in-Fairbanks-Alaska

2017-01-21 - Chinstrap penguin makes rare 1500-kilometre trip from Antarctica to Macquarie Island:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-21/chinstrap-penguin-makes-rare-trip-to-macquarie-island/8197346
http://www.sott.net/article/340263-Chinstrap-penguin-makes-rare-1500-kilometre-trip-from-Antarctica-to-Macquarie-Island

2017-01-21 - West Virginia lab manager gets 2 years in prison for doctoring water samples to benefit coal industry:
http://www.rt.com/usa/374474-west-virginia-water-samples-coal/
http://www.sott.net/article/340316-West-Virginia-lab-manager-gets-2yrs-in-prison-for-doctoring-water-samples-to-benefit-coal-industry

2017-01-22 - The 50 doomiest stories of 2016:

http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/50-doomiest-stories-of-2016.html

Quote: "For a long time, Desdemona has feared that when the effects of global warming become obvious to everyone, governments will shut down our Earth observation science, so that collectively, the human species can bury its head in the sand. The year 2016 saw huge strides toward this goal of dismantling science and blinding us all. The May government in the UK and the Turnbull government in Australia defunded their climate science research programs. In the U.S., the Trump team declared that they are seeking quick ways of withdrawing from the Paris agreement on climate change, and that NASA Earth science will be defunded. Scientists undertook a desperate effort to copy public climate data from government servers, in the event that Trump’s climate denialists order its destruction."

2017-01-22 - 'Mystery illness' sickens 200+ people at Humber College in Toronto (Canada):
http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/7079160-public-health-officials-say-nearly-200-affected-by-mystery-illness-at-humber-college/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-public-health-illness-humber-college-north-1.3947328

Quote: "Symptoms so far have included stomach pain, vomiting, cramping, nausea and dizziness."

2017-01-22 - Minnesota's Governor Mark Dayton loses consciousness and collapses during speech in St Paul (Minnesota):
http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/minnesota-governor-mark-dayton-faint-pass-out-video/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/minnesota-governor-mark-dayton-faints-during-speech-1485227646
http://abc30.com/news/minnesota-gov-doing-great-after-fainting-during-speech/1717415/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/23/minn-governor-collapses-during-speech/96975358/

2017-01-22 - Mount Paektu supervolcano in North Korea is set to erupt and cause a global catastrophe:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/mount-paektu-supervolcano-eruption-global-catastrophe-video.html

Quote: "Mount Paektu once underwent one of the most devastating eruptions in history in 946 AD when it erupted so powerfully that it formed a five kilometre caldera at its summit and produced enough ash that it even showered Japan – almost 1,100km away."

2017-01-22 - Magnitude 7.9+ earthquake strikes near coastal Bougainville (Papua New Guinea):
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id5647
http://newsok.com/magnitude-8-quake-hits-solomon-islands-no-tsunami-reported/article/feed/1153699
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/powerful-m7-9-earthquake-hits-solomon-islands-possible-tsunami-threat-no-giant-wave.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/757287/Tsunami-warning-earthquake-massive-8-magnitude-Papua-New-Guinea-Ring-of-Fire-Bougainville
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-22/earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea-tsunami-threat-passes/8201724
http://www.sott.net/article/340318-Major-8-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-Papua-New-Guinea

Quote: "A powerful magnitude 8 earthquake hit the Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands on Sunday, but no tsunami was reported hours after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert for nearby islands. The quake struck at a depth of 167 kilometers (103 miles) under Papua New Guinea's most eastern province of Bougainville, where the two South Pacific countries meet in a continuous archipelago, said Chris McKee, assistant director of Papua New Guinea Geophysical Observatory in Port Moresby."

2017-01-22 - Magnitude 3.2 earthquake strikes near North Bend (Oregon):
http://komonews.com/news/local/32-earthquake-reported-near-north-bend

2017-01-22 - Leading ocean researcher says we could see iceless Arctic in 2017:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=18120

2017-01-22 - The North Island in New Zealand getting hotter, with more droughts, floods and erosion:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/climate-change-and-extreme-weather-in.html

2017-01-22 - Tornado rips through mobile home park, 20 homes destroyed, in Cook County (Georgia), 7+ killed:
http://www.richmond.com/news/national-world/ap/article_b38faaca-df49-5d6c-9b86-cb6ec266c29d.html
http://www.khq.com/story/34318475/georgia-officials-14-dead-statewide-from-storms
http://cbs12.com/news/nation-world/11-people-killed-in-georgia-following-severe-weather-01-22-2017-144605811
http://abc7.com/news/at-least-2-dead-in-georgia-as-tornado-outbreak-continues/1714979/

Quote: "On Sunday, a tornado blew through a mobile home park in rural Cook County in southern Georgia — sheering off siding, upending homes and killing seven people, officials said."

2017-01-22 - Heavy rain and flooding hit California:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20170122-56867-USA
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/la-me-new-storm-california-floods-muslides-snow-20170121-story.html
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-new-storm-california-floods-muslides-snow-20170121-story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/340351-Dangerous-flooding-hits-California-Arizona-several-rescues-reported

2017-01-22 - Heavy flooding displaces thousands in Malaysia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20170122-56862-MYS

2017-01-22 - Devastating drought spreading across Africa:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20170122-56866-MLC

2017-01-22 - Flyboard firefighting system showcased in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://www.rt.com/news/374714-dubai-water-jet-firefighter/
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/01/23/dubai-firefighters-debut-cool-new-tech/
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/34325572/dubai-firefighters-show-off-flame-dousing-jetpacks
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38711494
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_aDT12WKXs

2017-01-22 - Meteor spotted in the sky over Donegal (Ireland):
http://www.sott.net/article/340399-Meteor-fireball-seen-over-Donegal-Ireland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2N1-YsetIw

2017-01-22 - Psychic who predicted Trump, Brexit and Nice attack releases predictions for 2017:
http://www.sott.net/article/340330-Psychic-who-predicted-Trump-Brexit-and-Nice-attack-releases-predictions-for-2017
http://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2661582/psychic-who-predicted-brexit-trump-and-nice-attack-gives-his-2017-forecast-including-a-fire-in-the-houses-of-parliament-and-a-deadly-flu-epidemic/

2017-01-23 - Abnormal Antarctic heat, surface melt, giant cracks in ice shelves — more troubling signs of a world tipping toward climate chaos:
http://robertscribbler.com/2017/01/23/abnormal-antarctic-heat-surface-melt-giant-cracks-in-ice-shelves-more-troubling-signs-of-a-world-tipping-toward-climate-chaos/

2017-01-23 - Volcano Bogoslof back to red alert in Alaska, eruptions and increased activity at Reventador (Ecuador), Erta Ale (Ethiopia) and quake swarm at Katla (Iceland):
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/volcanic-eruptions-bogoslof-reventador-ecuador-erta-ale-ethiopia-katla-video.html
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/environment/2017/01/24/bogoslof-eruption-sends-ash-cloud-toward-unalaska/

2017-01-23 - Volcano Takawangha shaken by earthquake swarm on coastal Tanaga Island (Alaska):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20170125-56894-USA
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/takawangha/news/61293/Takawangha-volcano-Tanaga-Island-Aleutians-earthquake-swarm-alert-level-raised.html

2017-01-23 - Lightning strike kills 3 cows near Maryborough (Australia):

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/4419838/bolt-from-the-blue-bowls-down-cows/
http://www.sott.net/article/340464-Three-cows-killed-by-lightning-bolt-near-Maryborough-Australia

2017-01-23 - Ferocious hailstorm and an earthquake hit the coast in Spain:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/581055/Benidorm-Costa-del-sol-blanca-altea-Spanish-spain-holiday-weather-temperature-forecast
http://www.sott.net/article/340452-Spanish-holiday-hotspots-hit-by-earthquake-AND-monster-hailstone-storm-in-worst-winter-for-50-years

2017-01-23 - Heavy snow isolates 12 municipalities in Algeria:
http://www.iceagenow.info/algeria-snow-isolates-12-municipalities-outside-world/
http://www.sott.net/article/340522-Snow-isolates-12-municipalities-from-outside-world-and-each-other-in-Algeria

2017-01-23 - Charting irreversible climate change with Jason-3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDB7QBjxoW8

2017-01-23 - US health officials cancel climate conference, don’t say why:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/us-health-officials-cancel-climate-conference-dont-say-why/2017/01/23/07709336-e1a4-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html

Quote: "But a co-sponsor said he was told by the CDC that it was worried how the conference would be viewed by the Trump administration."

Note: Buh-bawk! Heh, unlike gubment employees, Trump can't fire ME, and no corporations or organizations have their hands in my pockets - too poor to afford pockets! - so I'm free to speak the truth, even if every science organization in the world is shut down, which is starting to seem vaguely possible...

2017-01-23 - Trump plans to ban the EPA from funding science, report says:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-plans-ban-epa-funding-183300111.html
http://www.axios.com/trumpworld-prepares-to-hammer-the-epa-2209021483.html

Note: Science, who needs it! We've got plenty of that other stuff, whatever they call it, you know, the stuff that isn't science - delusions? Yeah, that's it!

2017-01-23 - Toxic pit at Superfund copper mine site killing birds in Butte (Montana):
http://www.heraldnet.com/business/thousands-of-bird-deaths-draw-focus-on-brimming-toxic-pit/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/brimming-toxic-pit-nears-critical-level-after-bird-deaths/2017/01/23/1b3b7f5e-e143-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html?utm_term=.a4ebf4af1383

2017-01-23 - Foreigners are dumping US debt at a record pace and our $20 trillion debt is poised to become a major crisis:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/foreigners-are-dumping-u-s-debt-at-a-record-pace-and-our-20-trillion-national-debt-is-poised-to-become-a-major-crisis

2017-01-23 - Viruses communicate with one another helping them decide how to proceed with process of infection:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170119163345.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/340462-Chatty-stealth-invaders-Viruses-communicate-with-one-another-helping-them-decide-how-to-proceed-with-process-of-infection

2017-01-23 - Dark matter may be killing galaxies across the universe:
http://phys.org/news/2017-01-galaxy-mystery.html
http://www.sott.net/article/340467-Dark-matter-may-be-killing-galaxies-across-the-Universe

2017-01-23 - Beautiful 'tulip sun' photographed in Chile:
http://strangesounds.org/2017/01/tulip-sun-picture.html

2017-01-24 - Volcano Colima erupts in Mexico, third eruption this week:

2017-01-29 - Gary Null and Guy McPherson - collapse of civilization within next 10 years due to climate change:

http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/guy-mcpherson-in-conversation-with-gary.html

2017-01-29 - More info on Arctic Ocean feedbacks:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/more-arctic-ocean-feedbacks.html

2017-01-29 - Trump administration seizing computers related to climate science:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/01/climate-change-research-back-to-year.html

Quote: "POTUS isn’t just suppressing, he’s destroying data — they’re taking computers."

2017-01-29 - Lethal plague detected among rare Mongolian antelope:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/01/alarm-as-lethal-plague-detected-among.html

2017-01-29 - Rainbow in freezing temps - which should be impossible - appears in Alaska:
http://www.sott.net/article/341003-Rainbow-in-freezing-temperatures

2017-01-29 - Polar vortex brings rare nacreous clouds to Britain:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/01/27/polar-vortex-brings-rare-multi-coloured-clouds-britain/
http://www.sott.net/article/341075-Polar-vortex-brings-rare-nacreous-clouds-to-Britain

2017-01-29 - Thousands of black birds swarm the sky over Houston (Texas):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4157810/Eerie-video-shows-huge-swarm-birds-swarming-Houston.html
http://www.sott.net/article/341073-Thousands-of-black-birds-seize-control-of-sky-in-Houston-Texas

2017-01-29 - Asteroid whizzes by Earth closer than 41,000 miles distance:
http://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-2017-bh30-whizzing-by-earth-at-six-times-closer-than-the-moon/

2017-01-29 - Cancer warning label on Roundup clears hurdles in California:
http://sustainablepulse.com/2017/01/28/california-clears-hurdle-for-cancer-warning-label-on-roundup/
http://www.sott.net/article/341026-Cancer-warning-label-on-Roundup-clears-hurdles-in-California

2017-01-29 - The US is on the precipice of widespread civil unrest:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-united-states-is-on-the-precipice-of-widespread-civil-unrest

2017-01-29 - Scientists confirm brand new form of matter - time crystals:
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-just-announced-a-brand-new-form-of-matter-time-crystals
http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.030401

2017-01-29 - Man climbs into tiger enclosure at feeding time, gets mauled to death, at Ningbo Youngor Zoo (China):
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/three-tigers-maul-man-death-chinese-zoo-1603711
http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/29/tourist-mauled-by-three-tigers-after-climbing-into-zoo-enclosure-6413514/
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nation/Tiger-killed-after-gnawing-tourist-to-death-in-Ningbo-zoo/shdaily.shtml
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2066336/tiger-kills-tourist-chinese-zoo
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2732898/tourist-mauled-to-death-in-front-of-his-wife-and-child-by-three-tigers-after-climbing-into-zoo-enclosure-at-feeding-time/

Note: He was a young man, there with his wife and child. Doesn't sound like he was suicidal, so I dunno what he was thinking, but approaching tigers, at feeding time - not the brightest move!

2017-01-29 - Man, 27, right-wing nationalist, kills 6 people at mosque in Quebec (Canada):
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/quebec-mosque-attack-suspect-liked-trump-israeli-army-french-far-right
http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/alexandre-bissonnette-quebec-city-canada-mosque-shooting-attack-suspect-gunman-shooter-photos-pictures-video-motive/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/multiple-deaths-injuries-mosque-shooting-quebec-city-canada-n713976
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-mosque-shooting-toll-idUSKBN15E0F6

2017-01-30 - Man, 44, has severe chest pain on fishing ship near coastal Lanvéoc-Poulmic (France), medevac'd off:

2017-01-31 - Volcano Kilauea spews firehose of lava into the ocean in Hawaii:
http://cbs6albany.com/news/offbeat/video-this-hawaiian-volcanos-flowing-lava-is-mesmerizing
http://klewtv.com/news/offbeat/video-this-hawaiian-volcanos-flowing-lava-is-mesmerizing
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/astonishing-video-shows-firehose-of-lava-from-kilauea-volcano-shooting-into-the-sea
http://www.sott.net/article/341266-Hawaiis-Kilauea-volcano-lava-firehose-Never-seen-anything-like-it-says-scientist-VIDEO
http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2017/02/kilauea_lava_hawaii.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38825330

2017-01-31 - Underwater volcano erupting near Tonga:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20170201-56980-TON
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/323569/scientist-discovers-underwater-eruption-in-tonga
http://www.sott.net/article/341265-Underwater-volcano-eruption-spotted-near-Tonga

Quote: "An underwater volcano situated near Tonga named 'Submarine Volcano III' has been erupting for over a week, according to a GNS scientist and Nasa images. On January 31, a plume was seen emanating from a 'submarine volcano' by University of Auckland geographers. It is situated about 46km northwest of Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa. Satellite images taken from the Tongan area proved the underwater eruption is underway - and still going."

2017-01-31 - Arctic continues warming at never-before-seen rate:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2017/01/27/today-in-weather-climate-record-arctic-anomaly-edition/

Quote: "Essentially, there has been no winter this year in the Arctic, at least not anything remotely resembling winters of even the recent past. Mark Serreze, the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, has a good description of the likely culprits. His conclusion: 'after studying the Arctic and its climate for three and a half decades, I have concluded that what has happened over the last year goes beyond even the extreme.' It’s not yet known what the consequences of this will be. The Arctic is changing far faster than most scientists believed was likely, or even possible, just a few years ago."

2017-01-31 - Hydrogen sulfide hitting parts of Plano (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/i-team-plano-testing-air-for-hazardous-gas-as-neighbors-complain-about-awful-smell/

Quote: "For years, residents have complained to the city about a 'rotten egg smell' in their neighborhood. 'You can’t ignore it,' said homeowner Tami Stepp. 'It’s just awful.' Plano’s Public Works Department said what residents smell is hydrogen sulfide, or H2S, coming from poorly designed sewer lines in the area."

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