Record heat, drought point to longer-term climate issues

Rain's picture

 

GFP Note: Extreme weather events are generally seen as signs of Mother Earth's ascension process.

The Tribune-Democrat
By Peter WhoriskeyThe Washington Post
August 13, 2012

Most summers, the pastures are lush for Brent Gundy's Brangus cows in Walker, Mo., but he has been feeding them hay and now soybean bales to help them get through the high temperatures.

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Driving by a boat ramp one Saturday morning last month, a local man noticed some white spots on the Des Moines River. He stopped to have a look.

 

Turns out the spots were fish bellies. The undersides of dead sturgeon formed glistening constellations in the muddy brown water.

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