Red tide continues to kill SWFL manatees

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Fox4Now.com - Katie Jones, 3/08/13

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NAPLES, Fla.- It is wiping out fish populations, causing breathing problems and red tide is killing the Florida Manatee. It is tough to see up close, but natural resource specialist Amber Crooks said red tide algae attacks with a vengeance.

" SWFL is one of the more threatened areas for the manatee, populations are more at risk so the fact we're having a lot of deaths to red tide is very concerning." Crooks said.

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Second salt cavern near sinkhole raises concerns

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KSLA.com - 3/08/13, Kelsey Davis

BAYOU CORNE, LA (WAFB) - The latest news looks worse for the sinkhole in Assumption Parish.  Everyone involved is now eyeing a second cavern that may be too close to the Texas Brine salt dome well. But Texas Brine reps say no one should jump to any conclusion until seismic testing is complete.

"We need to complete the 3D seismic data collection and marry that image with the vertical seismic profiling data," said Texas Brine spokesperson Sonny Cranch.

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Laguna del Maule volcano (Chile): seismic swarms and ground deformation trigger yellow alert

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Volcano Discovery Saturday Mar 09, 2013 09:51 AM | BY: T

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New signs of volcanic unrest - seismic swarms and ground inflation - have been detected at the volcano recently and SERNAGEOMIN raised the alert level of the volcano to yellow.
A seismic crisis began around February and currently has contained nearly 130 quakes of volcanic-tectonic origin (rock fracturing at depth) as well as fluid movements and volcanic tremor.
What is more worrying is the detection of a notable deformation of the area (inflation at a rate of about 20 cm / year) since the end of January.
The area has not had known eruptive activity during the past 3000 years, and these changes in activity need to be followed closely.
Following the report by SERNAGEOMIN, the government (ONEMI) decided to declare yellow alert for the town of San Clemente yesterday.

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Russian Satellite Hit by Debris from Chinese Anti-Satellite Test

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Space.com - 3/08/13, Leonard David

On Jan. 22, 2013, debris from a Chinese anti-satellite program test hit a Russian satellite. CREDIT: Courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc.

A small Russian spacecraft in orbit appears to have been struck by Chinese space junk from a 2007 anti-satellite test, likely damaging the Russian craft, possibly severely, SPACE.com has learned.

The space collision appears to have occurred on Jan. 22, when a chunk of China's Fengyun 1C satellite, which was intentionally destroyed by that country in a 2007 anti-satellite demonstration, struck the Russian spacecraft, according to an analysis by the Center for Space Standards & Innovation (CSSI) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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