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100 sinkholes found in Bohol after quake

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InquirerNews - 11/2/13, Carmel Matus

A family of four died in this sinkhole in Antiquera, Bohol. Contributed Photo Paula Cacho

 

TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines—Close to 100 sinkholes have been discovered in nine towns and one city in Bohol after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook the province on Oct. 15.

Environment officials said not all of the sinkholes posed dangers to the public as long as no houses were built over them. In Poblacion Uno village in the capital Tagbilaran City, however, 200 families were asked to leave their homes, as the structures were built on the roof of a sinkhole.

‘Crazy Ants’ Invasion Threatens Southern United States, ‘Much Bigger Pests’ Than Fire Ants

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International Business Times - Zoe Mintz, 10/28/13

 

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An invasive arthropod species known as the "Tawny crazy ants"
have invaded parts of the southeastern United States,
threatening native species like fire ants.  
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People living in the southeastern United States might have to brace themselves for a “crazy" ant invasion.

According to researchers at the University of Texas, an invasive species native to South America has been threatening biological diversity, which can have lasting consequences on the ecosystem, Ed LeBrun, a research associate with the Texas invasive species research program at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory in the College of Natural Sciences, said in a statement.

Moose die-off is massive, and a mystery to scientists

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Theextinctionprotocol, 10/19/13

October 17, 2013 MONTANAAll across the U.S., moose are dying – and scientists yet don’t know how to save them. Moose populations across swaths of the U.S. – from the West Coast to the East Coast, from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River – are declining at an unprecedented rate, imperiling fragile ecosystems and putting the moose tourism industry on edge, the New York Times reported. But though scientists have a long list of culprits – disease; climate change; over-hunting – it’s not clear just what is causing moose to die in droves. And that means that scientists are at the moment unsure how to save America’s moose. Once, moose made headlines for doing a bit too well in the U.S. As the largest members of the deer family, Cervidae, blooming moose populations meant more accidents on rural, mountain roads, and more reports of moose attacks against humans. But the news has changed. In New Hampshire, the moose population has dropped from some 7,000 moose to around just 4,600 animals.

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Another rare 'sea monster' lands in California: a 15-foot saber-toothed whale

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CNN -  Updated 10/18/13, Michael Martinez

 

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This time, it's a saber-toothed whale, better known to live in deep Alaskan waters than in the warm surf of tourist-choked Venice Beach in Los Angeles where it stranded Wednesday.

 

Just three days earlier, another rarely observed species -- a sea-serpent-like animal called an oarfish -- was discovered dead at Catalina Island off the Los Angeles coast.

 

Video and more: CNN.com

 

Living On Shaky Ground

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http://humboldt.edu- 10/14/13

 

Plate Tectonics Map

Most earthquakes occur at or near plate boundaries. The motion of these plates stress faults through Northern California.

In the past 150 years, nearly 40 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or larger have affected Northern California. Most of these earthquakes were centered on faults nearby. But very large earthquakes located elsewhere in the Pacific basin, like the 1964 magnitude 9.2 Alaska earthquake can generate tsunamis that threaten our coast.

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A Record-Setting Blizzard Killed 75,000 Cows and You Might Not Have Even Heard About It

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The Blaze - 10/10/13, Liz Klimas

 

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Homes outside of Ellsworth Air Force Base.
(Image source: iWitness Rob Griffith/The Weather Channel)

 

Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week and over the weekend.

One would think the death of 75,000 cows by upwards of five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger observed, it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to reach outside of local media.

Earth Shift: Underwater Landslides Taking Place*

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While the crisis above ground seems to be multiplying, our Earth has its own agenda, or is it the same agenda?

To say it’s an awesome feeling to witness lands suddenly disappear in the vicinity in which one lives is an understatement, but what if the land is sliding under the sea. One feels well it doesn’t affect me or does it?

Experts can give us a clue, but one thing is sure, we cannot take nature for granted!

67 underwater landslides found off the Maltese Islands

 

A high concentration of submarine landslides have been documented from an area of 370 square km of seafloor in the north-east of Marsaxlokk. The discovery was made using advanced seafloor exploration techniques and was reported in a study led by Dr Aaron Micallef, a marine geologist at the Department of Physics, University of Malta.

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