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Firefighters battle the Cave Fire as it flares up along Highway 154 in the Los Padres National Forest, above Santa Barbara, California, on November 26, 2019. Noah Berger / AP





Breathe uneasy

Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them


By Yvette Cabrera on Dec 16, 2019







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Last month, as a wildfire roared through the foothills above Santa Barbara, California, disaster-weary residents knew the drill and prepared for the worst. Some evacuated, while others sheltered in place, tracking news reports on wind patterns and the progress of firefighters battling the blaze known as the Cave Fire.


By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks. Yet most residents rushing through crammed grocery store parking lots and streets during the pre-Thanksgiving rush weren’t heeding the warnings to wear the masks.


Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them​

 

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Have you got climate zombies? We debunk the myths that refuse to dieBy environment reporter Nick Kilvert

Updated 29 July 2019 at 1:28 pm
First posted 27 July 2019 at 10:00 am

Climate denial has been funded by industry and lobby groups.
Climate denial has been funded by industry and lobby groups.

Getty Images: lechatnoir

Have you got climate zombies?

They might pop up in your social media feed, or manifest in comments under climate change news online. They might even appear at your Christmas lunch. And they're rife in some media outlets — they often come out after dark.

They're the cases against climate science that were buried years ago, yet somehow, refuse to die.

"It's the Milankovitch cycles", "CO2 is good for plants anyway", "What have the scientists ever done for us?"

You might have even been infected yourself. It's no surprise really, a multi-billion dollar campaign funded by the likes of Donors Trust, Donors Capital Fund, Koch-affiliated foundations, and parts of the fossil fuel industry has been animating these damned corpses since the '80s.

So consider this your own handy guide for killing the undead. Or at least a shield for deflecting their relentless pursuit of brains.

Good luck out there.

 

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wow,unbeliveable

but then

the Syd/Hobart
usually atrocious weather conditions,oftren with deaths
today
its perfect weather,apparently
150 yatchsd

 

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Animals
‘It’s a boy!’: Meet the rare black rhino baby born on Christmas Eve




https://www.washingtonpost.com/scie...l&utm_source=Newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

 

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Forgive? Yes

Forget? No

 

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sorry Aussies
but you tend to love regurgitating yesteryears news
SKY News I am talking about
perhaps
you've given a lot of staff time off huh
often nothing is better than repetition geeesus


and/but
ENJOY
the updates of the annual Sydney to Hobart yatch race

 

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feral cats,get no sympathy from me

 

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geeesus
apparently Russian hackers operating in NZ
where a iPhone is offered for 1 dollar
with gullible buyers giving there bank details to purchase it
deserve to be ripped off, if they fall for it

 

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your doing well Australia
don't lose heart
entire country ablaze,not just pockets

good for you

Australian wildfires threaten Sydney water supplies

Credit: Jill Gralow/Reuters
Australian authorities said on Friday they are focused on protecting water plants, pumping stations, pipes and other infrastructure from intense bushfires surrounding Sydney, the country's largest city.

Firefighters battling the blazes for weeks received a reprieve of slightly cooler, damper conditions over Christmas, but the respite is not expected to last long.

Temperatures in New South Wales state are forecast to head back towards 104 Fahrenheit early next week, fueling fires near Warragamba Dam, which provides water to about 80% of Sydney's 5 million residents.

It is at 44.8% capacity, down from almost being full less than three years ago, as a prolonged drought ravages the continent's east.

Also: Mural mocking Scott Morrison for Hawaii holiday during bushfires painted over



NO NEED to be saying your the berst in the world
re firefighting ....WHITE
you ignorant AUSSIE BASTARD
Everyones doing there best and no one needs to hear that shit
the SKY interviewer was just as bad

 

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is always a possibility
hoping for then best always

News
Australian fires threaten Sydney water supply
Firefighters are using a brief period of cooler temperatures to establish containment lines ahead of a weekend heatwave. Sydney's water supply is threatened by two fires.

Australian authorities were concerned on Friday that bushfires could jeopardize Sydney's drinking water supply.

Firefighters capitalized on cooler conditions to establish containment lines but about 70 fires continued to burn across the state of New South Wales (NSW) — half of them uncontained.

Temperatures are expected to rise to 41 degrees Celsius (106 F) in some parts of the state on Sunday and the fire danger remains very high.


Australian fires threaten Sydney water supply | DW | 27.12.2019

 

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no complaints from me
even if I enjoy alcohol

New Year's Eve liquor ban for Christchurch pub after intoxicated patron died
Lee Kenny05:00, Dec 27 2019

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JOSEPH JOHNSON
The Carlton Bar and Restaurant on Papanui Rd, in Christchurch, has had its on-licence suspended from 8am December 26 to 8am January 3.

 

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A Year of Fantastic Stories

a/the best fish website
incl conservation
reminds me of a good news story
xmas day a father and daughter used there boat to lead 16 dolphins of varying ages to the sea/ocean
after being trapped in a NZ River
lost there way
project Jonah/NZ DOC involved
a virtual all day rescue mission
apparently the dolphins were super happy/appreciated what was done for them
showed it by exciting displays

The Basketmaker

Through the practice and poetry of basketmaking, lives, cultures, and generations intertwine.

by Laura Trethewey • 4,500 words / 23 mins

Smashing Urchins for Kelp

As they wait for sea otters to return to Haida Gwaii waters, Parks Canada and the Haida Nation take matters into their own hands to foster a healthier ecosystem under the waves.

by Katrina Pyne, Grant Callegari, Jude Isabella • 3 min, 30 sec

 

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Wounded Wilderness: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 30 Years Later

On the surface, Prince William Sound appears to have recovered. But you don’t have to dig too deep—into the soil or into memories—to find the spill’s lingering effects.

by Tim Lydon • 1,100 words / 5 mins

Searching the Forest for the Trees

Indigenous communities rush to find the few remaining monumental cedars for totem poles, house posts, and canoes.

by Katrina Pyne and Grant Callegari • 7 min 30 sec

Fish Below Your Feet and Other Solutions for a Living Harbor

In Seattle, Singapore, and other waterfront cities around the world, engineers are creating life-enhancing designs to encourage marine biodiversity.

by Tyee Bridge • 4,000 words / 20 mins






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The Rat Spill

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.

by Sarah Gilman • 4,400 words / 22 mins

Don’t Forget the Pebble Mine’s Overlooked Port

A source close to the Pebble Mine project says that plans for a new marine port, designed to support the proposed mine, raise a host of environmental concerns that haven’t received much attention.

by Ashley Braun • 950 words / 4 mins

The Tale of Dirty, Old, Leaky Zalinski

A Second World War-era shipwreck is a haunting reminder that you can never fully clean up an oil spill.

by Larry Pynn • 3,200 words / 16 mins

A Humpback Whodunit

A necropsy carried out on a remote British Columbia beach seeks to answer how a young humpback died.

by Larry Pynn • 2,600 words / 13 mins

Gray Laws on White Sharks

A loophole in California law is letting fishers who repeatedly catch great white sharks off the hook.

by Alastair Bland • 2,300 words / 11 mins

The Symbolic Seashell

Collecting seashells is as old as humanity. What we do with them can reveal who we are, where we’re from, and what we believe.

by Krista Langlois • 3,300 words / 17 mins



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Wounded Wilderness: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 30 Years Later

On the surface, Prince William Sound appears to have recovered. But you don’t have to dig too deep—into the soil or into memories—to find the spill’s lingering effects.

by Tim Lydon • 1,100 words / 5 mins

Searching the Forest for the Trees

Indigenous communities rush to find the few remaining monumental cedars for totem poles, house posts, and canoes.

by Katrina Pyne and Grant Callegari • 7 min 30 sec

Fish Below Your Feet and Other Solutions for a Living Harbor

In Seattle, Singapore, and other waterfront cities around the world, engineers are creating life-enhancing designs to encourage marine biodiversity.

by Tyee Bridge • 4,000 words / 20 mins

The Baffling Case of the Belugas that Won’t Bounce Back

What’s keeping Cook Inlet belugas from thriving?

by Amorina Kingdon • 4,500 words / 23 mins

The Hidden Light Show Below

Did you know that reefs can glow? Photographer Louise Murray dips into the dark seas to capture the spectacle of marine fluorescence.

by Louise Murray • 1,000 words / 13 photos

Searching for Keith

A detective’s quest reveals how one idealistic fisheries observer may have collided with criminals and desperate migrants—and paid for it with his life.

by Sarah Tory • 6,100 words / 31 mins

A Visit with the Glacier Squad

For 35 years, a scientist and his team have been taking the pulse of 10 coastal glaciers. The diagnosis is in.

by Madeline Ostrander • 4,100 words / 20 mins

Whale Songs Tell a New Story about Humpback Migrations

Humpbacks from across the North Pacific share songs.

by Ilima Loomis • 800 words / 4 mins

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we
indigenous maori have een eating them for many years
call them KINAand often harvested as a delicacy, apparentlyu akin yo CAVIAR
funerals and weddings is when thyre made available


Smashing Urchins for Kelp | Hakai Magazine

 

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Australia: Thirsty koala stops cyclist to take a drink amid heatwave
Australia's cuddliest marsupials are suffering from the continent's extreme weather, with over 2,000 dying from heat and dehydration. One koala found a solution, stopping two cyclists to sip from their water bottle.

A thirsty koala suffering under the soaring temperatures in South Australia was helped out by a group of cyclists who stopped to offer it a drink from their water bottles.

A video posted on Instagram by cyclist Anna Heusler shows the desperate marsupial climbing onto the frame of a bicycle of one of the cyclists to get a better sip.

The cyclists, who were riding towards Adelaide in 40°C (104°F) heat, spotted the koala as they came around a bend on the road. "Naturally, we stopped because we were going to help relocate him off the road," one of the cyclists, Anna Heusler told Australia's 7 News,reported in the New Zealand Herald.

Australia: Thirsty koala stops cyclist to take a drink amid heatwave | DW | 28.12.2019

 

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Ten of our favorite DIY stories to take you into the new year

And one absolute disaster.

There’s an ancient starburst in the heart of the Milky Way

A stunning new image hints at our galaxy’s tumultuous past.

16 stunning photos of scientific phenomena in action

The winners of this year’s Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition do not disappoint.

popular science running out of 2019 to share,or maybe i am

 

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one thing about you Alan JONES
youve been a genuine Au droght and RURAL supporter from the outset

politicians come and go
your a loyal Aussie

thank you for your voice