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Stunning Turquoise Ice on Ancient Lake

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Wunderground.com - 3/22/13, Camille Mann

 

Russian landscape photographer Alex Trofimov’s favorite place to take pictures is Lake Baikal, which is located in the southern Russian region of Siberia. Lake Baikal is one of the world’s largest and oldest freshwater lakes. (Alex El Barto Trofimov)

 

“Lake Baikal is a real jewel of our planet,” Trofimov told Weather.com over email. “I shoot on Lake Baikal [in the] summer and winter.” The lake contains roughly 20 percent of the world’s unfrozen surface fresh water and more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, with more than 80 percent of the animals being unique to the area.

 

PERRIS: Man nearly swallowed by sinkhole

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PE.com - 3/22/13, Peter Surowski

 

 

 

Jose Morales was working in the yard of his home near Perris when something he never expected happened. The earth collapsed underneath him.“I thought, oh man, this is it,” Morales said of the incident, which happened on Wednesday, March 20.He quickly spread his arms and legs and clung to his weed whacker, which caught at an angle stopping it from slipping into the 6-foot-deep hole that appeared under him.

Relentless Lake-Effect Snow to Depart Soon

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Accuweather.com - 3/22/13, Courtney Spamer

 

 

The cold weather pattern for the month of March has included a great deal of snow for areas downwind of the Great Lakes into the Appalachians.

 

The towns south of Buffalo, N.Y. have received more snow this week than they have all winter off of Lake Erie.

 

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Thousands Of Dead Prawns Washed Up In Chile

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News Sky.com - 3/21/13

 

Victor Casanova, of Chile's Environmental and Cultural Heritage Crimes Unit, said police were going to investigate a variety of possibilities in an effort to understand how the animals died.

 

"We are going to go out to Coronel Bay to determine the physical temperature parameters, electric conductivity, and above all the oxygen, which is an important issue to highlight," he said.

 

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Surpising Inner Earth Discovery

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Before Its News.com - 3/18/13, James Devitt

 

 

Earth and atmosphere cutaway illustration:  1: Crust, 2: Moho, 3: Upper Mantle, 4: Low-velocity Zone, 
5: Lower Mantle, 6: D"- Layer, 7: Outer core,  8: Liquid-solid boundary, 9: Inner core
A: Troposphere, B: Stratosphere, C: Mesophere, D: Thermosphere, E: Exosphere

 

"Mantle plumes appear to show regular cycles," Rampino explained. "So what's remarkable is there is a strong indication of a connection between changes on the earth's surface—such as volcanic activity and rising sea levels—and what's occurring deep inside the earth. This suggests a fascinating and powerful union between below-surface geological events and changes in our climate."

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