tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post8829929632159492949..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: SeptiGeo Eco R El Niño (September 2015)antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-57525272057627462192015-09-30T20:34:44.190+03:002015-09-30T20:34:44.190+03:00Egypt took delivery of its second liquefied natura...Egypt took delivery of its second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal on Wednesday and plans to start operations in the third week of October, Khaled Abdel Badie, boss of state gas board EGAS, told Reuters on Wednesday...<br /><br />The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), provided by Singapore-based Norwegian group BW Gas, has a capacity of 600 to 700 million cubic feet per day, the oil ministry said.<br /><br />FSRUs allow Egypt to import LNG and convert it to natural gas to feed into its energy-starved power grid.<br /><br />Egypt took delivery of its first FSRU from Norway's Hoegh LNG in April, allowing the country to begin LNG imports.<br /><br />Once an energy exporter, declining oil and gas production and increasing consumption has forced Egypt to divert energy supplies to the domestic market and have turned it into a net energy importer.<br /><br />The deal with BW Gas was worth about $60 million per year, then-oil minister Sherif Ismail told Reuters in August. Ismail is now prime minister.<br /><br />The BW Gas terminal arrived and will remain at the Gulf of Suez port of Ain al-Sokhna port where the Heogh terminal is also moored.<br />Reuters<br />ahram.org.eg<br />30/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-29651353156772555582015-09-29T13:12:34.636+03:002015-09-29T13:12:34.636+03:00New Zealand to turn Kermadec into vast marine rese...New Zealand to turn Kermadec into vast marine reserve...<br /><br />New Zealand has revealed plans to turn an area of the South Pacific about the size of France into a marine reserve.<br /><br />The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary lies north of the mainland and includes a chain of islands and underwater volcanoes.<br /><br />Prime Minister John Key made the announcement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.<br /><br />Fishing and mining will be banned in what Mr Key called "one of the most geographically and geologically diverse areas in the world."<br /><br />"New Zealanders value our coasts and oceans, which are an important part of our culture, economy and environment and we are committed to managing them sustainably," he said in a statement.<br /><br />The government is aiming to pass legislation to create the marine reserve next year.<br />'No forewarning'<br /><br />The area to be protected is a vast 620,000 sq km (239,400 sq miles) stretch of the South Pacific, about 1,000km north-east of North Island.<br /><br />It contains the 10-km deep Kermadec trench, one of the deepest ocean trenches in the world, and is rich in sealife including whales, dolphins, endangered turtles and sea birds...........http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34387945<br />29/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-22400423397715984222015-09-28T19:27:31.151+03:002015-09-28T19:27:31.151+03:00THE giant sinkhole at a Queensland camping spot is...THE giant sinkhole at a Queensland camping spot is now relatively stable and may have actually been a landslide, a geotechnical engineer says...<br /><br />About 300 campers were evacuated from Inskip Point near Rainbow Beach on Saturday night after the large cavity opened up and swallowed a caravan, car, trailer and tents.<br /><br />“Preliminary advice is that the event may have been a ‘near shore landslide’ rather than a true sinkhole,” the Department of National Parks said in a statement on Monday.<br /><br />The cavity is now about 200 metres long, 50 metres wide and up to nine metres deep.<br /><br />A geotechnical engineer also advised the site is now relatively stable, with a flat beach edge forming.<br /><br />Coastal erosion is still occurring, so more trees may fall down, and the exclusion zone has been expanded by 200 metres for safety reasons.<br /><br />Camping grounds on either side of the site remain closed and the public has been urged to avoid the area, observe traffic barriers and warning signs.<br /><br />All the school holiday campers escaped and no injuries were reported................couriermail.com.auAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-35349375768706593852015-09-28T18:58:50.227+03:002015-09-28T18:58:50.227+03:00La Nasa a fait une «une découverte majeure» sur Ma...La Nasa a fait une «une découverte majeure» sur Mars...<br /><br />L’agence spatiale américaine sait ménager son suspens. Ce lundi, elle a annoncé qu’elle tiendrait une conférence pour annoncer la découverte majeure réalisée sur la planète rouge.<br /><br />Il n’en fallait pas plus pour agiter la planète entière en termes de spéculation. La Nasa a-t-elle découvert une présence de vie sur Mars ? L’annonce concerne plus probablement la découverte d’eau sur la planète.<br /><br />Et la présence de scientifiques ayant étudié la présence d’eau sur les planètes est un indice qui va dans ce sens. La question étant de savoir si de l’eau est effectivement présente sur Mars, et si celle-ci peut se retrouver à l’état liquide.<br />lesoir.beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-37132992487864434212015-09-28T18:54:55.029+03:002015-09-28T18:54:55.029+03:00NASA is set to announce a "major science find...NASA is set to announce a "major science finding" Monday regarding its ongoing exploration of Mars, with many media sources speculating the reveal could be that flowing water has been found on the planet....<br /><br />The announcement is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) Monday at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington.............http://www.voanews.com/content/nasa-major-announcement-on-mars/2982391.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-77657913211701470052015-09-28T12:02:12.820+03:002015-09-28T12:02:12.820+03:00Umstrittene Suche nach Öl.... Shell stoppt Bohrung... Umstrittene Suche nach Öl.... Shell stoppt Bohrungen in der Arktis ...<br /><br />Mangelnder Erfolg und zu hohe Kosten: Shell hat seine umstrittenen Ölförderpläne in der Arktis gestoppt. Die Probebohrungen seien enttäuschend gewesen, teilte der Konzern mit. Umweltschützer hatten die Bohrungen scharf kritisiert.<br /><br />Der britisch-niederländische Ölkonzern Shell stoppt seine umstrittenen Erkundungen vor der Küste Alaskas. Als Gründe nannte Shell mangelnden Erfolg und zu hohe Kosten. Probebohrungen in der Tschuktschensee nördlich der Beringstraße hätten sich als enttäuschend erwiesen, hieß es. "Die Quelle wird versiegelt und verlassen." Weitere Bohrungen seien dort in "absehbarer Zukunft" nicht geplant.<br /><br />Die finanziellen Belastungen für den Stopp bezifferte Shell auf etwa drei Milliarden US-Dollar, bezogen auf den Buchwert des Projektes. Weitere 1,1 Milliarden Dollar dürften für zukünftige Vertragsverpflichtungen anfallen. Weitere Details will das Unternehmen bei Vorlage der Zahlen zum dritten Quartal geben.<br />Scharfe Kritik und Proteste an Ölbohrungen<br /><br />Das Bohren nach Öl und Gas in Alaska ist sehr umstritten. Die Ölbohrungen waren von Umweltschützern scharf kritisiert worden, weil sie negative Folgen für die Tierwelt in der Arktis fürchten. Sie argumentieren, dass das geförderte Öl den Klimawandel vorantreibe und die Förderung Eisbären, Walrosse und Robben gefährde. So hatte die Umweltschutzorganisation Greenpeace erst am Samstag in mehr als 40 deutschen Städten gegen die Ölbohrungen protestiert.<br /><br />Ungeachtet der Proteste erlaubte US-Präsident Barack Obama Shell im Mai aber unter Auflagen Öl- und Gasbohrungen in der Arktis. Die demokratische Präsidentschaftsbewerberin Hillary Clinton allerdings sprach sich Mitte August dagegen aus. Sie nannte die Arktis einen "einzigartigen Schatz", das Risiko der Bohrungen sei zu groß.<br />http://www.tagesschau.de/shelll-101.html<br />28/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-30154291092884017352015-09-28T11:34:30.289+03:002015-09-28T11:34:30.289+03:00Shell stops Arctic activity after 'disappointi...Shell stops Arctic activity after 'disappointing' tests...<br /><br />Royal Dutch Shell has stopped Arctic oil and gas exploration off the coast of Alaska after "disappointing" results from a key well in the Chukchi Sea.<br /><br />In a surprise announcement, the company said it would end exploration off Alaska "for the foreseeable future".<br /><br />Shell said it did not find sufficient amounts of oil and gas in the Burger J well to warrant further exploration.<br /><br />The company has spent about $7bn (£4.5bn) on Arctic offshore development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas.<br /><br />"Shell continues to see important exploration potential in the basin, and the area is likely to ultimately be of strategic importance to Alaska and the US," said Marvin Odum, president of Shell USA.<br /><br />"However, this is a clearly disappointing exploration outcome for this part of the basin."<br /><br />Environmental groups oppose Arctic offshore drilling and say industrial activity and more greenhouse gases will harm polar bears, walrus and ice seals.<br /><br />Over the summer, protesters in kayaks unsuccessfully tried to block Arctic-bound Shell vessels in Seattle and Portland, Oregon.<br /><br />Shell said it would take financial charges as a result of halting exploration, which it would disclose during its third quarter results. The company has existing contracts for rigs, ships and other assets. <br />BBC<br />28/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-26503631618458204192015-09-27T20:44:18.559+03:002015-09-27T20:44:18.559+03:00Big Tokyo quake will damage 20% of medical institu...Big Tokyo quake will damage 20% of medical institutions: ministry study...<br /><br />About 20 percent of medical institutions will be crippled if a huge earthquake occurs beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area, with nearly 50,000 beds becoming unusable, a health ministry study team has found.<br /><br />Also according to the study results learned by Jiji Press on Sunday, 19 of 141 designated disaster relief hospitals in Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama will not be able to admit patients.<br /><br />The ministry team calls for establishing systems in which surviving medical institutions can cooperate with each other to accept and treat patients...........japantimes.co.jp<br />27/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-65996418942995701312015-09-25T17:40:52.092+03:002015-09-25T17:40:52.092+03:00La fracturation hydraulique a multiplié par 300 le...La fracturation hydraulique a multiplié par 300 les séismes en Oklahoma...<br /><br />Les dangers écologiques de la fracturation hydraulique sont mis en avant depuis plusieurs années par ses opposants. Ils pourront désormais s'appuyer sur l'augmentation du nombre de séismes dans l'Oklahoma, au centre des États-Unis.<br /><br />Les grandes plaines de l'Oklahoma subissaient jusqu'à récemment deux séismes par an, mais il y en a désormais deux par jour. Avec une coupable toute désignée : la fracturation hydraulique pour récupérer des hydrocarbures.<br /><br />Situé en plein milieu des États-Unis et bien loin des principales failles géologiques, l'Oklahoma a enregistré 585 séismes de magnitude d'au moins 3 sur l'échelle de Richter en 2014. C'est plus du triple que les 180 survenus en Californie située, elle, sur plusieurs failles.<br /><br />Et le rythme s'affole, avec déjà 600 séismes depuis début 2015. La secousse la plus puissante, d'une magnitude de 4,5 a été mesurée dans la petite ville de Crescent. "C'est complètement sans précédent", souligne George Choy, sismologue au Centre de surveillance géologique...............http://www.france24.com/fr/20150925-etats-unis-oklahoma-gaz-petrole-schiste-fracturation-hydraulique-augmentation-seismes<br />25/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-34476105065064624872015-09-21T11:10:50.720+03:002015-09-21T11:10:50.720+03:00Britain pledges 2 billion for nuclear plant ...
B...Britain pledges 2 billion for nuclear plant ...<br /><br />Britain pledged 2 billion ($3.1 billion) on Sept.21 for a nuclear plant set to be built in England by a consortium, including Chinese firms, which would be the country's first such new power station in decades.<br /><br />Chancellor George Osborne announced the funding during a visit to China, saying the Hinkley Point plant was necessary to meet Britain's energy needs as older coal and nuclear plants are retired.<br /> <br />A consortium led by French energy company EDF is expected to make a final decision this year on whether to invest in the plant, but the firm's chief executive welcomed the funding pledge.<br /> <br />"The Chancellor's approval of the infrastructure guarantee is a clear sign of the Government's commitment to Hinkley Point C," Vincent de Rivas was quoted as saying in a statement from the British Treasury.<br /> <br />EDF is the lead contractor in the consortium, which also includes state-run Chinese firms China General Nuclear Corporation and China National Nuclear Corporation.<br /> <br />The Chinese companies are expected to largely finance and get a stake of around 40 percent in the project, which will have two new reactors that authorities hope will generate seven percent of Britain's electricity.<br /> <br />The announcement came during a five-day trip by Osborne during which he is pushing for closer trade ties with the world's second-largest economy, even as global concerns deepen about its health.<br /> <br />"We very much welcome Chinese investment not just in that project but the potential for majority Chinese investment in future nuclear projects in the United Kingdom," he told reporters.........AFP<br />21/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-5565672689834011232015-09-20T13:42:46.859+03:002015-09-20T13:42:46.859+03:00More Than 1,000 Homes Destroyed By California Wild...More Than 1,000 Homes Destroyed By California Wildfires ...<br /><br />The tally of homes destroyed by two massive Northern California wildfires topped 1,000 Saturday after authorities doing damage assessments in the Sierra Nevada foothills counted another 250 houses destroyed by flames still threatening thousands of more structures.<br /><br />California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said the count of 511 homes destroyed by the blaze burning for more than a week in Amador and Calaveras counties comes as firefighters make progress and damage-inspection teams have access to affected areas.<br /><br />Cal Fire had reported 252 homes destroyed as of Friday night by the fire that has charred nearly 300 square kilometers.<br /><br />"Some of the homes are tucked back in rural areas, so it's taken time to reach them," Berlant said................http://www.voanews.com/content/california-wildfires/2971078.html<br />20/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-17954485117102626832015-09-17T14:00:03.513+03:002015-09-17T14:00:03.513+03:00Up to Half of World's Food Goes to Waste ...
...Up to Half of World's Food Goes to Waste ...<br /><br />The statistic has been repeated so often, it might have lost its potency: up to half of the food the world produces is thrown out, rather than eaten.<br /><br />But wasteful consumers in wealthy nations are not the only culprits. Poor countries, too, are tossing out perfectly good food, sometimes at the same scale, according to Elliot Woolley, lecturer in sustainable manufacturing at Loughborough University in Britain.<br /><br />What’s notable, though, is that developed and developing countries have different causes and solutions for their waste, whether it’s food or any other items that could wind up in landfills.<br /><br />In poor places like Chad, Woolley said, food is usually lost while still in the field or during storage and transportation, thanks to business inefficiencies. Once the produce is sold, families tend to eat everything they buy. That’s in contrast to British, American, and other consumers, who discard as much as half of their food purchases.<br /><br />“I think this is a disgrace,” Woolley said Wednesday at the 13th annual Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, this year hosted by the Vietnamese-German University.................http://www.voanews.com/content/up-to-half-of-world-food-goes-to-waste/2967359.html<br />17/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-2383724618812670382015-09-16T12:08:22.293+03:002015-09-16T12:08:22.293+03:00Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and rep...Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by 49% since 1970, a report says....<br /><br />The study says some species people rely on for food are faring even worse, noting a 74% drop in the populations of tuna and mackerel.<br /><br />In addition to human activity such as overfishing, the report also says climate change is having an impact.<br /><br />The document was prepared by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London.............http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34265672<br />16/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-60899792862218155162015-09-16T07:11:39.167+03:002015-09-16T07:11:39.167+03:00USA: 15 morts dont six enfants dans des inondation...USA: 15 morts dont six enfants dans des inondations éclairs dans l'Utah...<br /><br />(Belga) Quinze personnes, dont six enfants, sont mortes dans des crues subites dans l'Utah (ouest des Etats-Unis), selon les autorités locales mardi.<br /><br />Douze des victimes sont issues de deux familles qui étaient à bord de deux voitures emportées par les flots lundi dans la petite ville de Hildale. Les trois autres victimes ont été surprises par la subite montée des eaux dans le Parc national de Zion, au nord-est de Las Vegas. (Belga)<br />rtl.be<br />16/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-5071370326190222652015-09-15T17:37:33.138+03:002015-09-15T17:37:33.138+03:00Des chercheurs chinois ont découvert d’immenses ré...Des chercheurs chinois ont découvert d’immenses réserves d'eau souterraines dans l'une des régions les plus arides de la planète...<br /><br />La découverte a été faite dans le bassin du Tarim, dans la province chinoise du Xinjiang (nord-ouest), rapporte la chaîne Discovery.<br /><br />Pendant des travaux de recherche sur le réchauffement climatique dans cette région, les scientifiques se sont aperçus que d'importantes quantités de dioxyde de carbone y disparaissaient sans aucune raison apparente.<br /><br />En fait, le bassin du Tarim est un énorme "puits de carbone", une zone qui contribue à limiter le réchauffement climatique. D'habitude, ce sont des forêts ou des océans qui aspirent le carbone. En mesurant des échantillons de dioxyde de carbone dans différents emplacements du désert, les chercheurs sont parvenus à estimer la quantité d'eau infiltrée dans le bassin........http://sptnkne.ws/JJn<br />15/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-26805153174758177692015-09-14T23:00:15.652+03:002015-09-14T23:00:15.652+03:00Un lanceur russe Proton-M transportant le satellit...Un lanceur russe Proton-M transportant le satellite de télécommunications Express-AM8 a décollé lundi depuis le cosmodrome de Baïkonour, au Kazakhstan, a annoncé l'Agence fédérale spatiale russe (Roskosmos)...<br /><br />"Le tir du Proton a eu lieu à l'heure prévue (…). Le bloc d'accélératoin DM-03 et le satellite se sont déjà séparés du troisième étage du Proton", a indiqué un représentant de Roskosmos.<br /><br />Il s'agit du deuxième tir d'un Proton après l'accident du 16 mai dernier, qui a provoqué la perte du satellite mexicain MexSat-1.<br />http://sptnkne.ws/J8u<br />14/9/15<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-57198664117334045162015-09-14T19:33:27.849+03:002015-09-14T19:33:27.849+03:00 A meteorite spotted over Thailand’s capital, Bang... A meteorite spotted over Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, on September 7 has become the largest celestial body to reach the Earth’s atmosphere this year, the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand said on Monday....<br /><br />The four-meter-diameter, 66-ton meteorite was travelling at 75,600 kilometres per hour before exploding at an altitude of 29.3 kilometers above ground, the astronomers said. Its trail of white smoke was caught on dashcams of dozens of Bangkok motorists.......http://tass.ru/en/science/820928<br />14/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-34600951381676962742015-09-14T11:23:26.920+03:002015-09-14T11:23:26.920+03:00Alerte au volcan au Japon: touristes éloignés et v...Alerte au volcan au Japon: touristes éloignés et vols annulés...<br /><br />Le Mont Aso, l’un des volcans les plus surveillés au Japon, est entré en éruption. Le pays a demandé aux touristes de s’éloigner du site. Plusieurs vols ont également dû être annulés.<br /><br />Le Japon a demandé lundi aux touristes de s'éloigner du volcan Aso qui est entré en éruption dans la matinée et crachait toujours en tout début d'après-midi de la fumée et des cendres.<br /><br />Alerte niveau 3<br />Les autorités ont élevé à 3 le niveau d'alerte volcanique sur une échelle de cinq, alors qu'un épais panache de fumée blanche et de cendres noires s'élevait à environ 2.000 mètres au-dessus de l'énorme volcan situé sur l'île de Kyushu dans le sud-est du pays. Ni victimes ni dégâts n'ont été signalés, ont précisé les autorités, appelant les visiteurs de ce site très apprécié à évacuer rapidement............rtl.be<br />14/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-83338946283531003742015-09-14T11:19:58.613+03:002015-09-14T11:19:58.613+03:00Tepco on Monday discharged into the ocean filtered...Tepco on Monday discharged into the ocean filtered groundwater taken from wells around the damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in an effort to curb the buildup of toxic water...<br /><br />The project has been touted as one of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s key measures in tackling the contaminated water problem.<br /><br />Some 300 tons of untainted groundwater seeps into the buildings each day, where it mixes with water made radioactive by keeping the damaged reactors cool.<br /><br />By pumping up groundwater through 41 wells and discharging it into the sea after treatment, the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. hope to halve the amount flowing into the reactor buildings..............japantimes.co.jp<br />14/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-54467578845683490322015-09-14T07:21:18.885+03:002015-09-14T07:21:18.885+03:00Visitors around Mount Aso, a volcano and a tourist...Visitors around Mount Aso, a volcano and a tourist spot located in Kumamoto Prefecture in southwest Japan, have been ordered to evacuate from the area following the volcano eruption early Monday...<br /><br />The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued level-3 alert on the scale of 5 around the crater shortly after the volcano erupted at around 9:49 a.m. local time.<br /><br />It said there was a danger from falling rocks and from smoke from the plume.<br /><br />Footage of Japan's national broadcaster NHK showed tourist buses and other visitor vehicles parking in a service area close to the volcano.<br /><br />There is no immediate report on injuries.<br /><br />The volcano last erupted Aug. 8, when the alert level was raised to 2.<br /><br />Japan lies on the "Ring of Fire" and is home to more than 100 active volcanoes.<br />http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/942272.shtml<br />14/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-63777380657777158722015-09-14T06:50:32.585+03:002015-09-14T06:50:32.585+03:00Californie: des milliers de personnes fuient les i...Californie: des milliers de personnes fuient les incendies ...<br /><br />Des incendies se sont propagés rapidement dans le nord de la Californie, détruisant des centaines de maisons et forçant des milliers de personnes à fuir leur domicile, ont annoncé les autorités dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche. Quatre pompiers ont été blessés, des brûlures au second degré, en luttant contre les feux et se trouvent dans un état stationnaire à l'hôpital.<br /><br />Une sécheresse exceptionnelle <br /><br />Les incendies dans le comté des lacs, dont la progression a été accélérée par des vents puissants et des températures élevées se sont étendus sur 10 117 hectares, a précisé sur Twitter le porte-parole des pompiers, Daniel Berlant.<br /><br />L'incendie dans les comtés d'Amador et de Calavera se développe sur une étendue de plus de 30 000 hectares, selon les pompiers. Près de 4000 pompiers luttent contre ces incendies qui ont détruit 86 maisons et 51 immeubles.<br /><br />Les feux se propagent dans l'ouest des Etats-Unis frappés par la sécheresse cette année et pourraient être les plus dommageables de l'histoire...............rtbf.beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-59474474321895909462015-09-14T06:48:23.295+03:002015-09-14T06:48:23.295+03:00California wildfires: Governor declares state of e...California wildfires: Governor declares state of emergency...<br /><br />The governor of California has declared a state of emergency after wildfires forced thousands of people to flee their homes in the north of the state.<br /><br />Governor Jerry Brown said the fires had destroyed buildings in the Napa and Lake counties and threatened hundreds of others.<br /><br />More than 1,300 people fled Middletown, north of San Francisco, as their homes were consumed by the flames.<br /><br />Four firefighters who were badly burned are receiving treatment in hospital.<br /><br />The fires across northern California are being blamed on high temperatures and years of drought.<br /><br />The state spent $212m (£137m) fighting the flames in July alone, California's forestry and fire protection department spokesman Daniel Berlant told the AFP news agency.<br /><br />He said more than 275 homes and other buildings had been destroyed and the Red Cross is opening emergency shelters for evacuated residents.....BBCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-57384177476330065912015-09-13T19:09:25.909+03:002015-09-13T19:09:25.909+03:00Les abeilles tueuses envahissent la Californie...
...Les abeilles tueuses envahissent la Californie...<br /><br />Selon les écologistes, les abeilles africanisées risquent de remplacer les abeilles locales dans toutes les régions du sud des Etats-Unis.<br /><br />Les abeilles tueuses, une lignée d'abeilles hybrides très agressives, conquièrent de nouveaux territoires en Californie et se déplacent vers le nord, ce qui risque de provoquer la disparition des abeilles locales dans le sud des Etats-Unis, ont indiqué les écologistes Yoshiaki Kono et Joshua Kohn dans un article publié par le magazine PloS One.<br /><br />Introduites au Mexique en 1985, les abeilles tueuses ont atteint le Texas et d'autres Etats du Sud des Etats-Unis cinq ans plus tard, a indiqué Joshua Kohn, de l'Université de San Diego (Californie). Ces insectes agressifs au venin très toxique ont déjà provoqué la mort de plusieurs centaines de personnes dans le monde entier.............http://sptnkne.ws/Jnn<br />13/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-33368294662395673812015-09-13T06:05:45.993+03:002015-09-13T06:05:45.993+03:00Hundreds of people rushed to escape a massive wild...Hundreds of people rushed to escape a massive wildfire charging across the tinder-dry Sierra Nevada foothills, and another fast-moving blaze broke out in Northern California on Saturday that caused burn injuries to four firefighters...<br /><br /><br />The firefighters, all members of a helicopter crew, got burned while battling the 400-acre blaze that began in Lake County, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, and forced the evacuation of a town of about 1,800, said Daniel Berlant, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman.<br /><br />The firefighters were rushed to a hospital burn unit for treatment; their conditions have not been released.<br /><br />To the east, a blood-red sun pushed through a choking fog of smoke and ash that turned the grassy, tree-studded Sierra Nevada foothills about 70 miles southeast of Sacramento an eerie white. Away from the burned-out cars and smoldering remains of homes, Area residents who fled the flames rested at evacuation centers...............AP......voanews.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-29875996248818190882015-09-12T19:40:29.275+03:002015-09-12T19:40:29.275+03:00A relatively small but fast-moving wildfire in Cal...A relatively small but fast-moving wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada mountains grew overnight, destroying homes and threatening about 6,000 residences, fire officials said Saturday...<br /><br />The so-called Butte Fire has destroyed 15 homes in rural Amador and Calaveras counties, where it covers an estimated 64,728 acres (26,195 hectares), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokeswoman Lynn Tolmachoff said.<br /><br />She said the fire grew overnight after officials initially overestimated the area of the blaze Friday.<br /><br />Tolmachoff said she expects the tally of destroyed homes to grow as inspectors assess the damage Saturday. Residents in the area were required to evacuate Friday.<br /><br />"There are a lot of homes there, but they're spread pretty far and wide," she said.<br /><br />About 3,300 firefighters are working to contain the fire, which erupted Wednesday and spread late Friday near the former gold mining town of Jackson. Officials listed it has 10 percent contained Saturday morning.......Reuters.......dailystar.com.lb<br />12/9/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com