World's Oldest Trees Dying At Alarming Rate: Study (VIDEO)

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The Huffington Post  |  By Ryan Grenoble

Posted:   |  Updated: 12/10/2012 5:34 pm EST

Oldest Trees Dying

According to a disturbing new report, the world's oldest and largest trees may be dying off -- and fast.

The study determined that trees between 100 and 300 years old are perishing "en masse" because of a deadly combination of large destructive events like forest fires, and other, more incremental factors like drought, high temperatures, logging and insect attack. The steady increase in threats means old trees are dying at 10 times their normal rate, researchers concluded. Their study appears in the Dec. 7 issue of the journal Science.

The Morning Blessing 12.11.12

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The Morning Blessing
 12.11.12
 

FIGURING STUFF OUT FROM A MULTIVERSAL VIEWPOINT ....

 

i Always reason from perfection and work your way backward from there! Suggest to yourself: "Everything in my life is perfect. It's exactly the way my Soul planned it to be."  Do this no matter how ridiculous it feels. 

Arctic conditions to persist across UK until Thursday

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The Guardian - Martin Wainwright, 12/11/12

Wednesday may prove to be coldest day of week as icy spell continues before giving way to milder weather from the west

Winter weather

A dog walker makes her way through Ashton Court Estate in Bristol, where temperatures dipped to -3 in the city amid bright winter sunshine. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
 

Clear skies have brought plunging temperatures to the UK with lows of –10.5C (13.1F) as a stubborn area of high pressure fends off weak assaults by warmer and wetter westerly fronts.

Behind 30 hours of fog: warm air moving over cold ground, “advection fog”

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The Washington Post - 12/10/12, Jason Samenow


D.C.’s historic monuments are barely visible from less than a mile away at 11 a.m. Monday (National Park Service)

Since Saturday night, widespread fog has covered large parts of the Washington, D.C. metro region. The explanation is pretty simple: the ground has been relatively cold compared to the air trying to sneak in from the south.

We’ve had a prolonged episode of what’s known as “advection fog”. It’s caused by “the horizontal movement of warm moist air over a cold surface” says the National Weather Service. Note: advection sounds like a fancy word, but it really just means moving air.

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Snow, freezing cold hammer central and southern Italy

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Gazetta del Sud - 12/10/12

Schools and public offices close, body found in burned camper

Snow, freezing cold hammer central and southern Italy

Rome, December 10 - Southern and central Italy was in the grip of sub-zero temperatures and snowstorms Monday which caused schools and courts to close as well as forcing the evacuation of a hotel in Sicily. During the night, temperatures in parts of Italy's central regions went well below freezing, dropping as low as -9 in the Gran Sasso natural park in the Abruzzo region, and heavy snow fell on towns including earthquake-stricken Aquila.

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Tornadoes Strike the South

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Weather.com - 12/11/12, Jon Erdman

Storm damage in Baker, Louisiana

A line of severe thunderstorms swept through the Deep South Monday morning, spawning damaging winds and several possible tornadoes from Louisiana to Alabama.  We break down some of the most notable damage reports by state below...

Louisiana

- UPDATE:  An NWS survey team confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down just before 7 a.m. CT in Baker, La.  A car wash was destroyed, according to the city's police department.  Widespread damage to trees and powerlines was also observed.

Observing 2012 Geminid meteor shower

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Source: The Watchers - By Chillymanjaro, 12/10/12

Observing at the Northern Hemisphere started as early as December 6, when one meteor every hour or so could be visible. During the next week, rates increase until a peak of 50-80 meteors per hour is attained on the night of December 12/13. By December 18 meteor shower disappears in the vast space. Luckily, the Moon will be absent when the Geminids are at their peak on the evening of December 12/13. The following charts will help you find Geminids from both hemispheres:   More weaker meteor showers going on around the same time as the Geminids - Delta Arietids (December 8-January 2), Canis...

 Observing at the Northern Hemisphere started as early as December 6, when one meteor every hour or so could be visible. During the next week, rates increase until a peak of 50-80 meteors per hour is attained on the night of December 12/13. By December 18 meteor shower disappears in the vast space.

Nature of strong quakes changing? 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes region of Banda Sea

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/11/12

December 11, 2012 – INDONESIA - A magnitude 7.3 (7.1 USGS) earthquake in the Banda Sea off Indonesia has been felt more than 600 kilometers away in Darwin. Geoscience Australia says there could be more aftershocks from the quake that shook the Top End of the Northern Territory overnight. Tremors were felt in Darwin and Katherine at about 2:30 am local time and were the strongest in the north for about 20 years.

 

Tornado wreaks havoc in Indonesia: 519 houses damaged

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/11/12

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman said on Saturday that the tornado — which had a radius of  two kilometers at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour — lasted for 10 minutes and hit 10 villages in Sleman, with the Bromonila village in the subdistrict of Purwomartani reporting the most damages.

December 11, 2012 – INDONESIA – More than a dozen people have been injured and hundreds of houses left damaged after a tornado swept through the Yogyakarta district of Sleman on Friday. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman said on Saturday that the tornado — which had a radius of two kilometers at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour — lasted for 10 minutes and hit 10 villages in Sleman, with the Bromonila village in the subdistrict of Purwomartani reporting the most damages.

 

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