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Slim Chance of Life after Mudslide Buries Miners

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Weather.com - 4/01/13, APTibet Landslide Traps 83

Rescue workers conduct search and rescue work at the site where a large-scale landslide hit a mining area in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on March 30. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Purbu Zhaxi)

BEIJING — Searchers were continuing to look for miners buried when a landslide swept through a gold mine in an extensively cleared area of Tibet, but authorities said chances were slim any survivors would be found. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the mudslide that buried 83 workers in piles of earth up to 30 meters deep.

The landslide Friday has spotlighted the extensive mining China has encouraged in the mountainous region and questions have been raised about whether the activities have destroyed Tibet's ecosystem.

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Ever-Bigger Algae Blooms on Lake Erie: Report

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Weather.com - 4/01/13, John Flesher

This Oct. 5, 2011 satellite photo from a NASA website shows algae blooms swirling on Lake Erie. A study released April 1 said the warming climate and modern farming practices are creating ideal conditions for gigantic algae formations on Lake Erie. AP Photo/NASA

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie's recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake's surface during the summer and fall of 2011. 

It sucked oxygen from the water, clogged boat motors and washed ashore in rotting masses that turned beachgoers' stomachs.

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Swarms of Locusts Tormenting Middle East, Madagascar

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Wunderground.com - 3/28/13, Sean Breslin

A swarm of locusts fly over the Negev desert near the Egyptian-Israeli border on March 12, 2013 at the Beduin village of Bir Hadage, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

A modern-day plague of locusts have been swarming the Middle East in March, and now, they're even turning up elsewhere.

Millions of the crop-destroying insects were first reported in Egypt, but quickly crossed over into neighboring Israel, where images of the biblical plagues resurfaced. They showed up by the millions, just before Passover, forcing a rapid response to exterminate the critters that are notorious for reproducing and growing their swarms at an alarming pace.

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83 Miners Trapped in Tibet Landslide

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Wunderground.com - 3/31/13


Tibet Landslide Traps 83

Rescuers lead sniffer dogs while searching through rock and debris at a gold mine after a mudslide in Gyama village, in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, Tibet, on March 30. (AP Photo)

BEIJING — Authorities in Tibet said Sunday that chances were slim that any survivors would be found after a massive mudslide at a gold mine buried 83 workers in piles of earth up to 100 feet deep. Searchers have found 11 bodies and were searching for the remaining missing.

The landslide Friday has spotlighted the extensive mining activities in the mountainous Chinese region of Tibet and sparked questions about whether mining activities have been excessive and destroyed the region's fragile ecosystem.
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There goes Peter Cottontail: Iconic rabbit facing extinction

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NBC News - 3/31/13

Credit: Lou Perrotti / Roger Williams Park Zoo

A cottontail, not Peter.

 

By Sofia Perpetua, Writer
 

The grass is not that green for the New England cottontail rabbit anymore, as its habitat is disappearing — and if there is no intervention the Massachusetts famous rabbit could become extinct, experts warn.

This rabbit species was once so popular that it inspired Peter Cottontail, Thornton Burgess children’s story character, a century ago, as well as songs, comic strips, movies and television specials.

News Landslide: Before and After

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Weather.com - 3/29/13

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Image credit: Washington Department of Ecology

Here are before-and-after aerial images of the area near Coupeville, Wash., on Whidbey Island. The before image shows the area in 2006. Move your mouse over the before image to see the after image taken Wednesday, March 27, after a landslide that severely damaged one home and threatens more than 30 others.

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Sinkhole Round-Up

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GFP Note: Sinkholes appearing out of nowhere are the new norm! This phenomenon is part of Mother Earth and Humanity's cleansing process and representative of what we are going through right now - walking the line between Reality and illusion while most of humanity is resistant to change.

 

Check out the following links. There are some amazing photos and vids in these articles.

 

hoboken sink hole

 

Giant sink hole appears in front of mall

 

Security Camera Captures Moment Sinkhole Swallows Guard

 

'Phenomenal' number of sea creatures washed up in Ireland by winds

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BBC.com - 3/27/13

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Octopuses on Blackhead beach, County Antrim

A large number of sea creatures have been washed ashore as a result of the storm forces winds that have brought snow to Northern Ireland.

Large finds have been reported in Annalong in County Down and Whitehead in County Antrim.

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