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Black Hole Wakes Up, Eats Planet

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Weather.com - 4/03/13, Agence France Presse

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European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite project reveals a black hole that had been slumbering for years chomping on a giant, low-mass object that had come too close.

Astrophysicists have witnessed the rare event of a black hole awakening from its slumber to snack on a planet-sized object in a galaxy 47 million light years away, the University of Geneva said Tuesday.

The observation made using the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite project, revealed a black hole that had been slumbering for years chomping on a giant, low-mass object that had come too close.

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Signs the Gulf Is Sick

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Weather.com - 4/02/13, AP

A new National Wildlife Federation report says dolphins and sea turtles are dying at an alarming rate. Mario Tama/Getty Images

NEW ORLEANS — Continuing deaths of dolphins and sea turtles are a sign that the Gulf of Mexico is still feeling effects from the 2010 spill that spewed 200 million gallons of oil from a well a mile below the surface, a prominent environmental group said Tuesday.

The deaths — especially in dolphins, which are at the top of the food chain — are "a strong indication that there is something amiss with the Gulf ecosystem," said National Wildlife Federation senior scientist Doug Inkley.

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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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Green Meteorite May Be From Mercury, a First

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Weather.com - 4/01/13, Miriam Kramer


This green meteorite that landed in Morocco in 2012 could be from Mercury. Stefan Ralew/sr-meteorites.de

 

Scientists may have discovered the first meteorite from Mercury.

The green rock found in Morocco last year may be the first known visitor from the solar system's innermost planet, according to meteorite scientist Anthony Irving, who unveiled the new findings this month at the 44th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas.

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Scientific Study Shows a Small Group of Companies Have Enormous Power Over the World

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A major scientific study identified a number of companies with outsized control over a huge portion of the earth's economy.
In October of 2011, New Scientist reported that a scientific study on the global financial system was undertaken by three complex systems theorists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. The conclusion of the study revealed what many theorists and observers have noted for years, decades, and indeed, even centuries: “An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.” As one of the researchers stated, “Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it’s conspiracy theories or free-market… Our analysis is reality-based.” Using a database which listed 37 million companies and investors worldwide, the researchers studied all 43,060 trans-national corporations (TNCs), including the share ownerships linking them.

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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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