The hopes of an El Nino-driven refill from last summer's plunging levels of the nation's largest reservoir have been dashed as AP reports Lake Mead water levels drop to new record lows (since it was filled in the 1930s) leaving Las Vegas facing existential threats unless something is done.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Australia some 460 kilometers southwest of the town of Alice Springs in the country’s Northern Territory. The quake hit at 3:54 am local time. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers. The USGS originally reported the earthquake as being magnitude 6.2 There have not been any reports of casualties or destruction so far. Details to follow
The mammoth wildfire destroying Alberta is releasing toxic mercury into the atmosphere. The fires have filled Fort McMurray’s air with dangerous contaminants pushing its air pollution to off-the-charts levels. But now the fires are releasing mercury into the atmosphere….and mercury can travel around the globe for as long as a year before settling… anywhere Grist reports: The Fort McMurray fire, which merged with another smaller wildfire last week, has displaced residents and cleared nearly everything in its path, including swaths of the region’s dense boreal forests.
The rapid melting of one the largest glaciers on earth, the Totten Glacier in East Antarctica, could raise global sea level at least 2 meters by the end of the century, according to a new study Scientists say the huge glacier is even more vulnerable than they previously thought and that research indicates that the process may be unstoppable.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to gather across 38 countries and 428 cities to join in peaceful protest against the Monsanto Company as a part of the ‘March Against Monsanto‘ grassroots campaign on May 21, 2016. A complete list of events can be found here: Find March Against Monsanto in your city Natural Blaze reports: This movement seeks to raise awareness to the dangers surrounding Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds and cancer-linked herbicide Roundup.