tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post2561019433054158055..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: Genaris Eco oceans News (January 2016)antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-82800051919169545052016-01-29T18:59:37.774+02:002016-01-29T18:59:37.774+02:00Rescuers on Friday pulled out four miners who had ...Rescuers on Friday pulled out four miners who had spent 36 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine in China, state media reported...<br /><br />The gypsum mine in east China's Shandong province collapsed on Christmas Day, killing one and leaving 17 missing, including the four survivors. In the days that followed, rescuers detected the four 200 metres (660 feet) below the surface.<br /><br />Eleven other people in the mine made it to safety or were rescued earlier.<br /><br />Earlier on January 4, rescuers dropped provisions to the four Chinese mine workers. The same narrow opening used for the cameras was used to deliver bottles of nutritional liquid, which would have to float on water toward the trapped men.<br /><br />Rescuers initially believed they had found eight trapped survivors but were able to make contact with only four......http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com<br />29/1/16 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-68367427697501140542016-01-29T09:28:21.816+02:002016-01-29T09:28:21.816+02:00Venezuela announces 4,500 suspected cases of zika....Venezuela announces 4,500 suspected cases of zika...<br /><br />A total of 4,500 suspected cases of the zika virus have been detected in Venezuela, the country's Health Minister Luisana Melo revealed on Thursday.<br /><br />The minister also announced the start of a national action plan against zika, dengue and chikungunya in 590 community health units across the country. All three viruses are carried by the same mosquito, Aedes aegypti.<br /><br />This plan will seek to halt the spread of the epidemic in two phases, vigilance in eradicating potential mosquito breeding sites and reducing potential contamination, and rolling out treatment mechanisms where needed.<br /><br />"Only a very small percentage of cases can present neurological complications," explained Melo.<br /><br />According to the government, the worst hit are the western state of Zulia, the eastern state of Sucre and the southeastern state of Bolivar.......http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/966332.shtml<br />29/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-15614899019996384182016-01-29T09:17:19.476+02:002016-01-29T09:17:19.476+02:00Japanese space agency on Thursday released a globa...Japanese space agency on Thursday released a global forest map free of charge by using its radar Earth observation satellite, which may help prevent global warming through understanding of forest distribution...<br /><br />The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) "developed a whole-globe forest map of 25-meter resolution, 'Global Forest/Non-forest map,' using the DAICHI-2 (ALOS-2) launched on May 24, 2014, and released it from today free of charge," said JAXA in a release on Thursday.<br /><br />In recent years, deforestation has been expanding in tropical and sub-tropical areas and is widely deemed as one of the causes of global warming. Therefore, many governments in the world place priority on understanding forest areas and maintaining them as important measures against global warming for political decisions.......http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2016-01/29/content_37691101.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-3951871388971036742016-01-28T12:08:19.954+02:002016-01-28T12:08:19.954+02:00Brazilian mine that caused environmental disaster ...Brazilian mine that caused environmental disaster has another spill...<br /><br />The Samarco mine in the southeastern city of Mariana, where last November a huge toxic waste spill caused Brazil's worst environmental disaster, has had a new spill although no victims have been reported, the company announced Wednesday.<br /><br />The new landslide is of smaller proportions than the November incident and involves residues that remained at the site after the earlier spill - with 19 people confirmed dead or still missing - caused irreparable damage to the environment.<br />efe.com<br />28/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-85713876237727858142016-01-27T11:53:03.973+02:002016-01-27T11:53:03.973+02:00Deadly landslide at planned French nuclear waste s...Deadly landslide at planned French nuclear waste site...<br /><br />One person died and another was left seriously injured on Tuesday after a landslide at a planned underground nuclear waste site in France.<br /><br />The deadly landslide occurred in an underground laboratory site at Bure in the Meuse department.<br /><br />The two people involved in the incident were in a tunnel currently being dug at the site, a spokesman for the emergency services said.<br /><br />Officials said no nuclear waste was at the site at the time of the incident.<br /><br />Psychological counselling was offered to employees at the facility.<br /><br />The site is managed by the National Agency for the Management of Nuclear Waste (Andra) and is designed to hold waste 500 metres underground, once it opens for use.<br /><br />The project is still in a testing stage with scientists examining whether the most toxic nuclear waste could be contained safely underground.<br /><br />Known as Cigeo, the project is still awaiting approval from the French parliament.....http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/100684-160127-deadly-landslide-at-planned-french-nuclear-waste-site<br />27/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-84278502683327138422016-01-26T18:18:25.814+02:002016-01-26T18:18:25.814+02:00Mexico’s Popocatepetl Volcano Eruption Prompts Aut...Mexico’s Popocatepetl Volcano Eruption Prompts Authorities to Shut Down Airport Operations...<br /><br />Authorities temporarily shut down operations of airport of the central Mexican city of Puebla as ashes from the Popocatepetl volcano have rained down. Four explosions and 39 low-intensity exhalations of ash were recorded between Sunday and Monday at the 5,452-meter volcano. Puebla state civil protection department director Jesus Morales said airport operations would be closed for three hours so workers could remove ash from the runway. <br />http://www.ubalert.com/o2fc<br />26/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-68424069008939962962016-01-25T11:02:08.266+02:002016-01-25T11:02:08.266+02:00No reports of casualties, major damage after Spain...No reports of casualties, major damage after Spain earthquake...<br /><br />There were no immediate reports of any casualties or major damage across Spain's southern coast early on Monday after a major earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck about 162 km (100 miles) southeast of Malaga.<br /><br />The quake hit at 11.22 p.m. ET on Sunday (0422 GMT), the Spanish National Geographic Institute said, and was followed by six lesser aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey had earlier reported the tremor had a magnitude of 6.6 and was registered at 33 km (20 miles) deep.<br /><br />Emergency services in the southern region of Andalucia said in a statement on their Twitter feed they had received 250 calls from alarmed residents.<br /><br />The tremors and aftershocks were felt throughout the region, including in the cities of Malaga, Cordoba, Seville and Granada.<br /><br />In Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the Moroccan coast, emergency services said they had received more than 200 calls from people warning of damage to properties. Schools would remain shut on Monday so buildings could be inspected.<br /><br />Media in Melilla said power was being restored to areas where it had been cut. <br />REUTERS<br />25/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-36015404655600866712016-01-25T10:58:19.462+02:002016-01-25T10:58:19.462+02:00Erdbeben vor der marokkanischen Mittelmeerküste......Erdbeben vor der marokkanischen Mittelmeerküste...<br /><br />Angaben des Nationalen Geografie-Instituts in Spanien hatte es eine Stärke von 6,3. Es folgte ein Nachbeben der Stärke 5,3. In der spanischen Nordafrika-Exklave Melilla entstanden am Montag einzelne Gebäudeschäden. Wie die Behörden mitteilten, wurden weder in Melilla noch auf dem südspanischen Festland Menschen verletzt.<br /><br />Die US-Erdbebenwarte USGS und das Geoforschungszentrum (GFZ) in Potsdam gaben die Stärke mit 6,1 an. Das Erdbeben ereignete sich den Angaben aus Potsdam zufolge in zehn Kilometern Tiefe, das Zentrum lag 160 Kilometer südöstlich von Gibraltar.<br /><br />In Melilla ordneten die Behörden an, dass die Schulen am Montag geschlossen bleiben sollen. Es müsse zuerst geprüft werden, ob die Schulgebäude ernsthaft beschädigt worden seien. Die Erdstöße waren auf dem spanischen Festland in der gesamten Region Andalusien zu spüren. In der Hafenmetropole Malaga und den Urlaubergebieten an der Costa del Sol wurden viele Menschen aus dem Schlaf gerissen.<br />diepresse.com<br />23/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-33856392321383100092016-01-25T10:42:11.074+02:002016-01-25T10:42:11.074+02:00A cold snap sweeping across East Asia has led to m...A cold snap sweeping across East Asia has led to more than 50 deaths in Taiwan and stranded at least 60,000 tourists in South Korea.<br /><br />Taiwanese media reported a rash of deaths from hypothermia and cardiac disease following a sudden drop in temperature over the weekend.<br /><br />Meanwhile heavy snow forced the closure of the airport on the Korean holiday island of Jeju, cancelling flights.<br /><br />The cold spell has also hit Hong Kong, southern China and Japan.....http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35397763<br />25/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-62319879117296107372016-01-24T10:46:26.748+02:002016-01-24T10:46:26.748+02:00Temporal de nieve azota el oeste y el centro de Ja...Temporal de nieve azota el oeste y el centro de Japón...<br /><br />Un temporal dejó hoy nevadas de hasta 74 centímetros en zonas del oeste y el centro de Japón y causó la cancelación de numerosos vuelos así como la reducción de la velocidad en algunas líneas del tren bala nipón.<br /><br />La Agencia Meteorológica de Japón prevé que el temporal se prolongue hasta el lunes en el oeste y en el centro del país y anunció que habrá nuevas interrupciones en el tráfico.<br />EFE<br />24/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-88241122203026610772016-01-24T10:02:05.205+02:002016-01-24T10:02:05.205+02:00Rio announces plans to prevent Zika virus spread a...Rio announces plans to prevent Zika virus spread ahead of Olympics...<br /><br />Alarm over thousands of birth defects blamed on the mosquito-borne Zika virus spread Saturday, as the United States expanded a travel warning for pregnant women.<br /><br />With the sting of a mosquito bite and a fever, many pregnant women may not know that they caught the Zika virus -- until it strikes their unborn child.<br /><br />Now authorities in some Latin American countries are warning women to avoid getting pregnant for fear of the virus.<br /><br />Babies across the region, and at least one in the United States, have been born with abnormally smaller heads -- a condition doctors call microcephaly, which can cause brain damage.<br /><br />The scare has struck hardest in Brazil, which hosts the summer Olympic Games in August.<br /><br />Authorities in the city announced plans to prevent the spread of the virus by ordering inspections of Olympic facilities four months before the Games to get rid of mosquito breeding grounds..........http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/100315-160124-rio-announces-plans-to-prevent-zika-virus-spread-ahead-of-olympics<br />24/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-92226213513077095412016-01-23T22:35:16.828+02:002016-01-23T22:35:16.828+02:00Thousands on Evacuation Alert as Mexico Volcanoes ...Thousands on Evacuation Alert as Mexico Volcanoes Spew Ash...<br /><br />Families living near Popocatépetl are on evacuation alert after the mile high plume began. <br /><br />The volcano , located 35 miles from Mexico City, is showing warning signs for its first eruption since 2000. <br /><br />If it went up again, an estimated nine million could be in the blast zone. <br /><br />Another Mexican volcano, Colima, could be about to blow for the first time in 100 years after expelling a 1.8 mile high cloud of smoke and ash. <br />http://www.ubalert.com/txfc<br />23/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-17712874137858554512016-01-23T12:51:51.507+02:002016-01-23T12:51:51.507+02:00Schwerer Schneesturm an US-Ostküste: Wegen "J... Schwerer Schneesturm an US-Ostküste: Wegen "Jonas" sollen alle zu Hause bleiben...<br /><br />Einer der schwersten Schneestürme der vergangenen Jahre hat den Osten der USA erreicht. Zehntausende Menschen sind ohne Strom. Auf den verschneiten und vereisten Straßen gab es zahlreiche Unfällen. Mehrere Menschen kamen ums Leben.<br /><br />Der angekündigte Schneesturm hat den Osten der USA erreicht. Medienberichten zufolge kamen mindestens acht Menschen bei witterungsbedingten Verkehrsunfällen ums Leben. Die Behörden befürchten bis zu 60 Zentimeter Neuschnee und forderten Millionen Menschen auf, sich in Sicherheit zu bringen.<br /><br />"Schwerer Schneefall, zunehmender Wind, Gefahr von Blitzeinschlägen", twitterte der Wetterdienst NWS und warnte vor "einer Bedrohung für Leben und Besitztümer". Die Blizzard-Warnung galt für ein Gebiet von Washington bis New York. Bis zu 85 Millionen US-Bürger - rund ein Viertel der Gesamtbevölkerung - könnten betroffen sein. Tausende Flüge wurden gestrichen.....http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/usa-blizzard-101.html<br />23/1/16 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-79309460808984841492016-01-23T12:42:00.382+02:002016-01-23T12:42:00.382+02:00Three people test positive for Zika virus in New Y...Three people test positive for Zika virus in New York...<br /><br />Three people in New York have tested positive for the Zika virus, which has been blamed for a surge in babies born with abnormally small heads in Latin America, city officials said Friday.<br /><br />All three had traveled to areas outside the United States where the mosquito-borne ailment is spreading rapidly, the New York State Department of Health said, without specifying where.<br /><br />Officials said one person has completely recovered, while the others are still getting better.....i24news.tv<br />23/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-140163071535448222016-01-21T10:24:20.404+02:002016-01-21T10:24:20.404+02:00Brazil Zika outbreak: More babies born with birth ...Brazil Zika outbreak: More babies born with birth defects...<br /><br />New figures from Brazil show a further rise in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus.<br /><br />There have been 3,893 cases of microcephaly since October, when the authorities first noticed a surge, up from 3,500 in last week's report.<br /><br />Zika is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue and chikungunya.<br /><br />Brazil is experiencing the largest known outbreak of Zika.<br /><br />The Zika virus has already killed five babies in the country, said the Health Ministry. Another 44 deaths are being investigated to determine if they were caused by Zika.<br /><br />Last week, Health Minister Marcelo Castro said a new testing kit was being developed to identify quickly the presence of either of the three viruses.<br /><br />He also announced extra funds to speed the development of a vaccine for Zika "in record time"......http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35368401<br /> 21/1/16<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-63314267699592282762016-01-19T12:13:47.395+02:002016-01-19T12:13:47.395+02:00Hawaii baby with deformed head becomes first US ca...Hawaii baby with deformed head becomes first US case of mosquito-transmitted Zika virus...<br /><br /> US health officials have confirmed that a baby born with brain damage in Hawaii tested positive for the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus that has been sweeping Latin America and the Caribbean. Pregnant women are advised to postpone traveling plans.<br /><br />Zika is believed to cause microcephaly, or a dramatically shrunken head, in newborns, which prevents babies’ brains from developing properly.<br /><br />There is no vaccine or treatment for the virus as of yet and what makes matters worse is that the symptoms in infected pregnant women are not that obvious: a slight fever, headaches and a rash that last up to a week.......rt.com<br /> 19/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-64882227741902309422016-01-18T11:39:07.980+02:002016-01-18T11:39:07.980+02:00Heavy snow in eastern and northeastern Japan wreak...Heavy snow in eastern and northeastern Japan wreaked havoc with transportation systems and injured more than 100 people Monday as central Tokyo was blanketed with 6 cm.<br /><br />At least 30 people were sent to hospitals in Tokyo alone, and another 30 were reported injured in Saitama Prefecture, police and fire departments across the region said....japantimes.co.jp<br />18/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-89138197518378076592016-01-17T19:38:34.458+02:002016-01-17T19:38:34.458+02:00Florida tornado leaves multiple residents dead, in...Florida tornado leaves multiple residents dead, injured...<br /><br />Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube says that two adults were killed and five people injured, including four children, when a tornado touched down in central Florida.<br /><br />Steube said two adults, their adult son, and their four grandchildren were inside the mobile home when the twister hit.....http://wqad.com/2016/01/17/florida-tornado-leaves-residents-dead-injured/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-8324243115954508742016-01-17T19:13:57.277+02:002016-01-17T19:13:57.277+02:00Particles could reveal Pyramid’s secrets...
EXPER...Particles could reveal Pyramid’s secrets...<br /><br />EXPERTS have revealed new findings at two of Egypt’s famed pyramids, boosting efforts to unravel whether the ancient world’s iconic monuments contain secret chambers.<br /><br />For the past three months a team of researchers from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan have been scanning four pyramids with thermal cameras to see if they contain unknown structures or cavities.<br /><br />Operation ScanPyramids began on October 25 to search for hidden rooms inside Khufu — also known as the Great Pyramid — and Khafre in Giza and the Bent and Red pyramids in Dahshur, all south of Cairo.<br /><br />The project is expected to continue until the end of 2016, and applies a mix of infra-red thermography, muon radiography imaging and 3D reconstruction — all of which the researchers say are non-invasive and non-destructive techniques.<br /><br />On Sunday, experts revealed new findings on some of the limestone blocks that make up the western flank of the Red pyramid and northern flank of Khufu.....http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/particles-could-reveal-pyramids-secrets/news-story/e49f6adc8e113fcdd359f2631827fe1a<br />17-18/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-37522296827851564042016-01-17T18:14:18.568+02:002016-01-17T18:14:18.568+02:008 Injured in 5.5 Magnitude Indonesia Quake ...
A ...8 Injured in 5.5 Magnitude Indonesia Quake ...<br /><br />A government official said eight people were hurt and about 120 houses damaged when a 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook remote eastern Indonesia on Sunday. <br /><br />The earthquake struck at a depth of 46km in the Banda Sea near the Maluku islands. <br /><br />Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said there was no tsunami, but that the quake caused the injuries and damage on a small nearby island. <br /><br />No deaths were reported. <br />http://www.ubalert.com/nlfc<br />17/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-44115419069708859142016-01-16T19:21:04.338+02:002016-01-16T19:21:04.338+02:00Nieva en Arabia Saudita por primera vez en 85 años...Nieva en Arabia Saudita por primera vez en 85 años ...<br /><br />Arabia Saudita ha registrado en los últimos dos días la primera nevada en 85 años, informa Europa Press. Los conductores de la carretera entre La Meca y Medina se vieron obligados a reducir la velocidad para no resbalar por el asfalto completamente cubierto de nieve.<br /><br />Los saudíes aprovecharon la oportunidad para sacar fotos de tan extraño fenómeno en la zona.....https://actualidad.rt.com/ultima_hora/197015-primera-nevada-arabia-sauditaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-61192409684821189332016-01-16T19:10:40.341+02:002016-01-16T19:10:40.341+02:00Zika Virus: A New Threat and a New Kind of Pandemi...Zika Virus: A New Threat and a New Kind of Pandemic...<br /><br />The leader of infectious disease research in the U.S. government says that the pandemic of Zika virus spreading across the global south, which may be causing an epidemic of birth defects in South America, heralds a new kind of infectious disease threat. It is exploding at the same time and in the same areas as other diseases carried by the same vector, mosquitoes—and thus demonstrates that it is no longer enough to be prepared to counter one disease at a time.<br /><br />Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, writes in a study released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine with Dr. David Morens of NIAID that Zika arrives in the Americas on the heels of three other mosquito-borne diseases: West Nile virus, in the United States since 1999 and still causing cases; chikungunya, which has invaded the Caribbean and Central America; and dengue, which moved north from the tropics to become re-established in Florida.<br /><br />“Zika virus forces us to confront a potential new disease-emergence phenomenon: pandemic expansion of multiple, heretofore relatively unimportant arboviruses previously restricted to remote ecologic niches,” they write. “To respond, we urgently need research on these viruses and the ecologic, entomologic, and host determinants of viral maintenance and emergence. Also needed are better public health strategies to control arboviral spread.”......http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/13/zika-2/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-7833847526133764552016-01-14T21:35:54.280+02:002016-01-14T21:35:54.280+02:00Rare January hurricane over Atlantic...
A sub-tro...Rare January hurricane over Atlantic...<br /><br />A sub-tropical storm over the Atlantic has become a hurricane, the first in January in the region since 1938.<br /><br />The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said the storm - "Alex" - was 785 miles (1,260km) south-west of the Azores, with winds up to 85 mph (140km/h).<br /><br />Storm Alex is moving north-east and is expected to hit the Azores on Friday, prompting a hurricane warning.<br /><br />It is one of the earliest tropical systems to form in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin since records began.....http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35316509<br />14/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-36931427686858785932016-01-14T12:46:46.796+02:002016-01-14T12:46:46.796+02:00Dike of Barrier Lake in Central China Collapses, W...Dike of Barrier Lake in Central China Collapses, Water Floods Village...<br /><br /> Local officials said the dike of a barrier lake in Hubei Province collapsed on Thursday, with water flooding a nearby village. The lake is situated in Longfeng Township of Enshi City. It contains hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of water. As of press time, no casualties have been reported. <br />http://www.ubalert.com/2gfc<br />14/1/16Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-33645127907154917712016-01-14T07:35:39.103+02:002016-01-14T07:35:39.103+02:00An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 ...An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked the Hokkaido region of northern Japan at 12:25 JST on Thursday, the weather agency said...<br /><br />According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the epicenter was located at Urakawa-Oki at a depth of 50 km.<br /><br />On the Japanese seismic scale of 7, the temblor registered a lower 5, with the tremor felt across the entire Hokkaido region and northern parts of Japan. No tsunami warning has been issued, the JMA said.<br /><br />On Monday, the northeast of Japan was also struck by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 although no tsunami warning was issued. Meteorologists have noticed an increase of seismic activity in the north of Japan of late.<br />http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2016-01/14/content_37575498.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com