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Oceans' Rising Acidity Threat to Shellfish, Humans

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Weather.com - 10/8/12

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IFM Geomar scientists take samples of water from large floating contraptions, that are used to predict the acidity in the oceans sit offshore the scientific outpost of Ny-Alesund on June 3, 2010. The icy Arctic waters around Norway's archipelago of Svalbard may seem pristine and clear, but like the rest of the world's oceans they are facing the threat of growing acidity.
 

Peering into the microscope, Alan Barton thought the baby oysters looked normal, except for one thing: They were dead.

Slide after slide, the results were the same. The entire batch of 100 million larvae at the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery had perished.

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Mount Lokon spews ash clouds in seventh eruption since Sept

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News.com - AFP, 10/8/12

ONE of Indonesia's most active volcanoes has erupted again, spewing clouds of ash, an official has said.

The 1580 metre (5,214 feet) Mount Lokon on northeast Sulawesi island erupted at 2pm local time on Sunday with thunderous sounds heard as far as five kilometres away.


"Lokon has been quite active the past few months. This was the seventh biggest eruption since mid-September," government vulcanologist Farid Bina told AFP from the volcano's monitoring post in North Sulawesi province.

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6.0+ magnitude earthquakes strike Gulf of California and Banda Sea

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October 8, 2012 – CALIFORNIA – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has shaken the Gulf of California coast in Mexico, but there are no reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 11:26 p.m. Sunday local time (2:26 a.m. Monday EST; 0626 GMT) was centered 63 miles (102 kilometers) southwest of Los Mochis. Local officials reported some panic, but no known damage. –Sac Bee 
 

Strong  earthquake strikes Banda Sea: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck off the southeastern Indonesia coast Monday evening, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 6:43 pm Monday (1143 GMT), was located in the Banda Sea 139 km (86 miles) southeast of the town of Ambon, USGS reported. It took place at a depth of 34 km. –Bangkok Post

4.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near Ocotillo Wells, Calif.

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Source: TheExtinctionProtocol.com - 10/8/12

A shallow, magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon 14 miles from Ocotillo Wells, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The temblor occurred at 5:39 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 4.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 16 miles from Julian, 17 miles from Borrego Springs, 45 miles from Escondido and 51 miles from San Diego.  In the last 10 days, there have been two earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby. –LA Times

 

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Launched Sunday

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Weather.com - Marcia Dunn, 10/7/12

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The SpaceX mission is the first under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA that calls for a dozen resupply flights by SpaceX, essential in the post-shuttle era. (AP Photo/NASA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA.

It was the second launch of a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab by the California-based SpaceX company. The first was last spring.This time was no test flight, however, and the spacecraft carried 1,000 pounds of key science experiments and other precious gear. There was also a personal touch: chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream tucked in a freezer for the three station residents.

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Fire Continues to Smolder in Minnesota

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A fire consumes a house in Karlstad, Minn., Tuesday evening, Oct. 2, 2012, after wildfires spread fueled by high winds and dry conditions.

RED LAKE, Minn. -- A wildfire is still burning near Red Lake in northern Minnesota, fire management officials said Sunday.

The North Minnie fire has burned more than 38 square miles. The fire, the largest of several burning in northwestern Minnesota, threatens private land, timber resources, a major power line and a few private hunting cabins in Beltrami Island State Forest. Fire information officer Gill Knight told Minnesota Public Radio that the North Minnie fire is 30 percent contained.

6.0 earthquake strikes off northwest Mexico: USGS

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(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck in the Gulf of California off the Mexican coast early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with initial reports suggesting it caused no casualties or significant damage.

The quake was centered 57 miles southwest of Los Mochis in Sinaloa, Mexico, at a depth of 6.3 miles, USGS estimates showed.

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