Random thoughts

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not sillyimmediate action,admirable i think
take pollution into account

Siberian Wildfires Prompt Russia to Declare a State of Emergency
Temperatures that have been soaring with climate change combined with lightning and winds to burn vast areas of forest and send smoke hundreds of miles into cities.
BY HENRY FOY & NASTASSIA ASTRASHEUSKAYA, FINANCIAL TIMES
JUL 31, 2019

Volunteers fought a wildfire near a summer camp for children in Siberia in late May. With rising temperatures, wildfires have also broken out in Alaska and across the northern boreal forests this year. Credit: Kirill Shipitsin\TASS via Getty Images

ICN occasionally publishes Financial Times articles to bring you more international climate reporting.

Russia has declared a state of emergency in five Siberian regions after wildfires engulfed an area of forest almost the size of Belgium amid record high temperatures as a result of climate change.

Officials said 2.7 million hectares of forest (about 10,400 square miles) were ablaze on Tuesday as soaring temperatures, lightning storms and strong winds combined, sending smoke hundreds of miles to reach some of Russia's biggest regional cities.

The fires, which began earlier this month, and the Russian government's lacklustre response have raised concerns over Moscow's commitment to addressing climate change. The country relies heavily on the oil and gas industry and has a poor record of enforcing green initiatives.

Siberian Wildfires Prompt Russia to Declare a State of Emergency

 

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proud of humanity,on rare occassions

176 lakes identified

As lakes grow warmer, the race is on to save Minnesota’s cold-water fish
As lakes warm, scientists hope to nurture refuge waters for tiny cisco, a key food for game fish

As lakes grow warmer, the race is on to save Minnesota's cold-water fish

 

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How Does an Atomic Clock Work?

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both
look like me
am awakening mode above

general look thruout the day,when bored ... bulldog grumpy

Should You Worry About Getting Bitten by a Shark?
See This

 

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As If Ticks Weren't Terrifying Enough, This Giant Bloodsucker Will Hunt You Down
By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | July 30, 2019 04:43pm ET

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Ticks in the Hyalomma genus are nearly twice the size of sheep ticks (Ixodes ricinus).
Credit: Adam Cuerden
Giant, invasive ticks have been spotted in the Netherlands, and they do something that's frankly horrifying: They run after their hosts.


As If Ticks Weren't Terrifying Enough, This Giant Bloodsucker Will Hunt You Down

• Live Science
• Animals

Should You Worry About Getting Bitten by a Shark?
By Livescience.com, staff | July 29, 2019 01:43pm ETMORE

Sharks don't "hunt" humans. And shark bites are almost always cases of mistaken identity.
Credit: Shutterstock
Should You Worry About Getting Bitten by a Shark?

 

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Health & Medicine

How the Ebola crisis in DR Congo has changed in the last year

August 01, 2019 · 3:15 PM EDT

A health worker wearing Ebola protection gear, walks before entering the Biosecure Emergency Care Units at the Alima Ebola treatment center.

Credit:
Baz Ratner/Reuters

How the Ebola crisis in DR Congo has changed in the last year

 

[rbkwp]

dont
you just hate that shit
the big C
plus the above

one of the only things i like re humankind combating
not much faith in anythinh me

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SCIENCE

How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World

 

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HAKAI magazine
a/the best oceanic website out there
- i think
smile
you/we have to be broughtup on these foods i think
we are too used to the modern processed foods

The Local-Carb Diet
Dedicated Pacific Northwest plant lovers nurture an indigenous food with ancient roots.
Authored by
by Madeline Ostrander

These periwinkle-colored flowers are a familiar sight on Washington State’s San Juan Islands. Below the surface lie edible bulbs that were once widely consumed by Indigenous peoples. Photo by Don Paulson/Alamy Stock Photo

The Local-Carb Diet | Hakai Magazine

 

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Greenland Lost 217 Billion Tons of Ice Last Month

 

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Haider Warraich: ‘We do everything in our modern lifestyle to hurt the heart’ | Heart disease | The Guardian

Can you die from a broken heart?
It’s possible – but you’d be surprised by what breaks people’s hearts. This is a condition called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, first reported by Japanese cardiologists who were seeing a lot of mostly elderly women coming in after emotional traumas with very weak hearts. The mortality from this condition is the same as that from a heart attack, so it needs to be taken seriously.

 

[rbkwp]

thanks FSU
never knew/thought a great deal re that,but totally believe so,thats highly probable and certainly not anything i would peresonally discount
not foolish enough to want/wish/desire nor expect more details either
even inclined to be thinkiong its more than likkely with the females of our species than us often BS macho males often brougght up by bullshit macho fathers,disciplined violently by some,more than likely because of there own inadequacies etc
who think us male kids shouldent cry etc
what a lot of F'kn crap


Can you die from a broken heart?

 

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Cow poop could help us make clean(er) energy

Extracting methane from biogas could create fuel without fracking.

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Money, shoes, poop, and other highlights from the 796 items we’ve left on the moon

We mapped out all the space trash.

 

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The urge to shave my head is strong. I cleaned up my undercut and now I wanna go ham on my dome.

But.

I am saving my locks to negotiate second chances for a sister.

 

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funny
just today i was thinking as a teen my black mop of 60es era nair
im sure dad wondered why i never/refused to wear the raincoat hat he provided
nowadays 1 min of live rain and virtually saturated ha


I am saving my locks to negotiate second chances for a sister.

 

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4 Amazing Shark Stories to Enjoy This Shark Week



has it actually taken them this long to praise the goodness of the simple purple cabbage

8 Impressive Benefits of Purple Cabbage

 

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can
you blame him/her for hiding away from the rest of this cruel ignorant world

 

[rbkwp]

i would certainly believe that
and insist on my wife not to partake till after the child

if even then

Marijuana during pregnancy might be as dangerous as alcohol

But there’s still a lot we don’t know.

From tapeworm heads to weevil sex, 10 big photos of tiny things

This year's winners of Nikon's small world photography contest.

 

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likely no other country in the wo5rld has lost neartly as much
even with devils like Braxil has/Trumplike animals

U.S. has lost 24 million acres of natural land in 16 years: independent report

Valerie Volcovici
2 MIN READ
FILE PHOTO: Timber clear cuts inside the Elliott State Forest in southwest Oregon, U.S. on July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Johnson
(Reuters) - The United States has lost the equivalent of nine Grand Canyon national parks, or 24 million acres (9712455.41 hectares) of natural area, between 2001 and 2017 due to agriculture, energy development, housing sprawl and other human factors, making the country more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, according to a report released Tuesday.

The study by progressive think tank Center for American Progress titled “How Much Nature Should America Keep” said the U.S. needs to set a goal to protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030 to stem the rapid decline of natural areas, which will protect the country from the worst impacts of climate change and wildlife extinction.

The report attempted to calculate the rate of loss of natural lands by assessing the impact of oil and gas extraction, road construction, housing sprawl, agriculture and other human activities.

Currently, 12% of U.S. land area has been conserved as national parks, wilderness areas, and other types of protected areas while 26% of U.S. ocean territory is safeguarded from extractive activities like oil and gas drilling, the report said.

“The United States is entering an era in which it will rely more than ever on the integrity and stability of the natural world to provide economic prosperity, safeguard the health of communities, and weather the effects of a changing climate,” the report said.

The steepest losses of natural areas - untouched by human development - occurred in the southern and midwestern U.S. as the footprints of cities, farms, roads, power plants, and other development increased from cover 47% and 59% of their land area.

To achieve a goal of protecting 30% of land by 2030, the U.S. would need to beef up existing land conservation policies at both the federal and local level, the report said.

Reporting by Valerie Volcovici; editing by Diane Craft

Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

 

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Cats to be main food providers post-Brexit

"Cropsey" Was the Terrifying Boogeyman Who Turned Out to Be Real

"Cropsey" Was the Terrifying Boogeyman Who Turned Out to Be Real

 

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we never stopped to ask hw that can be
too interested in being bettere than anotrher huh

killing in the process to attemt to achieve your goals
enlisting likemined forever and a day, both sides

Alaska Chokes on Wildfires as Heat Waves Dry Out the Arctic

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Alaska Chokes on Wildfires as Heat Waves Dry Out the Arctic