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Clip from Article: "...The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. The first confirmed case of what was then an unknown coronavirus was traced back to November 2019 in Hubei..."
Reference Source: en.wikipedia.orgClip from Article: "...At least five people have been confirmed killed and 23 people, including the five dead, were evacuated..."
Reference Source: www.nytimes.comClip from Article: "...Homeowners need not worry about permission to kill them. "The (commission) encourages homeowners to kill green iguanas on their own property whenever possible," the directive says. "Iguanas can also be killed year-round and without a permit on 22 public lands in south Florida..."
Reference Source: www.usatoday.comClip from Article: "...she said Monday that she and other young Americans fear "the world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change." Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., made the remark during an interview with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates..."
Reference Source: www.usatoday.comClip from Article: "...The biological and geological future of Earth can be extrapolated based upon the estimated effects of several long-term influences. These include the chemistry at Earth's surface, the rate of cooling of the planet's interior, the gravitational interactions with other objects in the Solar System, and a steady increase in the Sun's luminosity. An uncertain factor in this extrapolation is the ongoing influence of technology introduced by humans, such as climate engineering,[2] which could cause significant changes to the planet.[3][4] The current Holocene extinction[5] is being caused by technology[6] and the effects may last for up to five million years.[7] In turn, technology may result in the extinction of humanity, leaving the planet to gradually return to a slower evolutionary pace resulting solely from long-term natural processes..."
Reference Source: WikipediaClip from Article: "...grappling with waves of garbage washing up on its shores, a vivid reminder of the presence of thousands of tons of plastic in the world’s oceans...."
Reference Source: www.nytimes.comClip from Article: "...Residents of Ocean Shores, Washington, were startled on the evening of March 7 when a bright flash lit up the sky and a tremendous boom rattled the sleepy seaside town. “They thought it was a spaceship,” local resident Brittany Bryson told the Seattle Times. It wasn’t a spaceship, but it was definitely a visitor from outer space..."
Reference Source: www.digitaltrends.com
Clip from Article: "...Lake Worth warned its residents early Sunday morning to beware of "extreme zombie activity."
The zombie alert, sent at 1:41 a.m., was embedded within an alert meant to inform residents of a power outage.
"Power outage and zombie alert for residents..."Clip from Article: "...recovery of the ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from damaging UV radiation, could be delayed by a decade. The source of the new emissions has been tracked to east Asia, but finding a more precise location requires further investigation. CFC chemicals..."
Reference Source: www.theguardian.comClip from Article: "...Volcanic unrest in the lower East Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano continues. While no lava has been emitted from any of the 15 fissure vents since May 9, earthquake activity, ground deformation, and continuing high emission rates of sulphur dioxide indicate additional outbreaks of lava are likely. The location of future outbreaks is not known with certainty, but could include areas both uprift (southwest) and downrift (northeast) of the existing fissures, or resumption of activity at existing fissures. Communities downslope of these fissures could be at risk from lava inundation..."
Reference Source: volcanoes.usgs.govClip from Article: "...During the thousand years it will take for this change to complete, our vital protective magnetic shield will become significantly weaker — with potentially disastrous consequences. Scientists predict that it could wither to as little as a tenth of its usual force, radically diminishing Earth’s defence..."
Reference Source: www.dailymail.co.ukClip from Article: "...Asteroid will most likely not crash into our planet. We already have a Burj Khalifa, so we’re all set thanks. But say it did… what might happen? You can expect Earth to go through a mini ice age following the impact with an object of that size, according to researchers. Average temperatures around the world would fall by 8° C, and Earth would become a much darker, colder, and drier place..."
Reference Source: bgr.comClip from Article: "...The fire, which began near Santa Paula in the foothills above Thomas Aquinas College on Dec. 4, has burned through 272,000 acres as of Tuesday evening, making it the second-largest wildfire in modern California history..."
Reference Source: www.latimes.comClip from Article: "...Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century..."
Reference Source: www.salon.comClip from Article: "...A recent example occurred in Alabama, when a thunderous noise shook houses and frightened residents on Nov. 20. Not long after, explosion-like sounds were also heard in Colorado, although officials now believe that the Colorado clamor was unrelated to the worldwide phenomenon, likely caused by oil and gas extraction. Other booms around the world, like the one in Alabama, remain unexplained..."
Reference Source: www.mnn.comClip from Article: "...You’re asking me for a logical explanation of a totally illogical idea,” Morrison said on this week’s SETI Institute podcast, after the hosts asked for his take on third scheduled apocalypse in three months. “There is no such planet, there never has been, and presumably there never will be — but it keeps popping up over and over.” We can understand his frustration. Based on just enough pseudoscience to capture the popular imagination, the theory claims that a planet (or “black star”) called Nibiru (or Planet X)..."
Reference Source: www.washingtonpost.comClip from Article: "...theorists say that Nibiru will come near our planet this weekend and throw off our gravitational forces and with it, bring hellfire and brimstone. Nibiru is a hypothesized planet located on the outer edges of our solar system that allegedly completes one orbit around the sun every 3,600 years..."
Reference Source: www.foxnews.comClip from Article: "...Since 1992, with the exception of stabilizing the stratospheric ozone layer, humanity has “failed to make sufficient progress in generally solving foreseen environmental challenges, and alarmingly, most of them are getting far worse,” the paper states. Its authors say they are especially troubled by “the current trajectory of potentially catastrophic climate change…from burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and agricultural production—particularly from farming ruminants for meat consumption..."
Reference Source: qz.comClip from Article: "...According to Christian numerologist David Meade
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Clip from Article: "...The most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in 100 years struck off the nation’s Pacific Coast late Thursday, rattling millions of residents in Mexico City with its violent tremors, killing at least 32 people and leveling some areas in the southern part of the country, closer to the quake’s epicenter..."
Reference Source: www.nytimes.comClip from Article: "...During heavy rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, the Arkema plant at Crosby lost refrigeration of chemical compounds which need to be kept cool, and there is no way to prevent a possible fire, the company said..."
Reference Source: www.bbc.comClip from Article: "...NASA is offering a six figure salary for an out of this world role: that of planetary protection officer. And it seems reasonable remuneration considering the prospective hire's responsibilities will include protecting Earth from extraterrestrial life..."
Reference Source: fortune.comClip from Article: "...The world’s most celebrated physicist and cosmologist issued a call for humans to “continue to go into space for the future of humanity.” “I don’t think we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet,” Stephen Hawking said while delivering a lecture on the universe and the origins of humans..."
Reference Source: www.cbsnews.comClip from Article: "...#BeforetheFlood will be available to stream for free on October 30th! Watch for details ...Before the Flood captures ..."
Reference Source: roller-cone-bits.blogspot.comClip from Article: "...A massive wildfire that has forced all 88,000 people to flee the western Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray and burned down 1,600 structures is now threatening its airport and communities well south of the town, authorities said on Wednesday..."
Reference Source: www.reuters.comClip from Article: "...Those studies noted that the effects aren’t too prominent so far, but new research from the NCAR might suggest that those lower levels may become a bigger problem in little more than a decade from now..."
Reference Source: www.pulseheadlines.comClip from Article: "...argue that a little understood feedback mechanism could drive sea level rise of several meters by the end of the century and contribute to superstorms of unprecedented strength. The coastal rise alone would be enough to drown many of the world’s coastal cities..."
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Clip from Article: "...A mysterious explosion that rocked Nicaragua's crowded capital Managua, creating a large crater, appears to have been caused by a small meteorite...."
Reference Source: www.rte.ieClip from Article: "...Earlier Monday, the World Health Organization released new figures on the Ebola virus, reporting dozens of new fatalities in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It said the total number of cases across four West African countries stands at 1,603, including 887 people who have died...."
Reference Source: www.voanews.comClip from Article: "...The total lunar eclipse of April 15 will begin a so-called tetrad series of eclipses that is making the rounds online as a potential harbinger of doom, due in part to a recent book on the four blood moons that makes the dubious claim...."
Reference Source: www.space.comClip from Article: "...If it blows it will wipe out America - and have enormous impacts on the rest of the world. The university researchers described their discovery as "astounding"...."
Reference Source: www.news.com.auClip from Article: "...In a report published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the loss has been largely attributed to fierce storms, coastal development and activities related to tree farming...."
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Clip from Article: "...Newly analysed NASA satellite data from east Antarctica shows Earth has set a new record for coldest temperature ever recorded: -94.7C (-135.8F). It happened in August 2010..."
Reference Source: www.theguardian.comClip from Article: "...A rescue team was en route and scientists were set to arrive Monday to determine a cause of death for the highly social creatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service said in a Sunday statement...."
Reference Source: www.latimes.comClip from Article: "...The threat of another asteroid strike like the one that hit Russia earlier this year is much higher than was previously thought, a study suggests. ..."
Reference Source: www.bbc.co.ukClip from Article: "...Tepco has struggled with the clean-up of Fukushima, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. It said in April it was running out of capacity to store the water contaminated in its still-makeshift cooling system...."
Reference Source: www.torontosun.com