Today Is the 2020 Autumnal Equinox.
Why Are Migratory and Songbirds Dropping Dead Out of the Skies in New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado?
“We’ve never seen anything like this before.”
— Joe Lewandowski, Spokesperson, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Denver, Colorado
“Many of the Valarde birds have little to no fat, many are underweight, and there’s not a lot of external signs that they have been inhaling a lot of smoke.”
— Jenna McCullough, Ornithology Ph.D. student, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Today NOAA and NASA Announced Solar Cycle 25 Has Begun; Sunspots Will Increase to 2025 Maximum.
“As we emerge from Cycle 24 solar minimum and approach Cycle 25’s maximum in 2025, it is important to remember solar activity never stops; it changes form as the pendulum swings.”
— Lika Guhathakurta, Solar Physicist, Heliophysics Division, NASA, Washington, D. C.Click for report.
What Is Creating Phosphine — A Biosignature on Earth — in the Atmosphere of Venus?
“I thought we’d just be able to rule out extreme scenarios, like the Venus clouds being stuffed full of organisms. When we got the first hints of phosphine in Venus’ spectrum, it was a shock!”
— Jane Greaves, Ph.D., Astronomy Group, Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy
“Either this Venus phosphine discovery is a mistaken identity, that we don’t know what the chemical is? Or some strange chemistry that we are not aware of? Or biology.”
— Sanjay Limaye, Ph.D., Sr. Scientist, Solar System Planet Atmospheres, Space Science and Engineering Center, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Click for report.
Satellite View of Wildfires Burning Millions of Acres in California, Oregon and Washington.
“These are not just wildfires, they are (changing) climate fires.”
— Governor Jay Inslee, WashingtonClick for report.
400 Cattle, Horses and Deer Blood-Sucked-To-Death in Louisiana.
“They’re vicious little suckers.”
— Craig Fontenot, D.V.M., Ville Platte, LouisianaClick for report.
California’s #CreekFire Is Generating Heat So Intense It’s Producing Pyrocumulonimbus 8 – 9 Miles High.
#CreekFire, Fresno and Madera Co, CA.
Was This Mutilated Deer Dropped from Sky On Turnpike Near Bloomingdale, NJ?
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French Agriculture Official Says “At Least 30 Cases” of Surgical Horse Mutilations Throughout France Since 2018.
