Drought shrinks Poland’s Vistula river to lowest level in 226 years – Archaeologists uncover treasure trove of historic artifacts

Environment News Weekly Featured Welcome to the Before It's News Weekly Featured 5 Stories. We deliver the most important and interesting space news stories to your inbox. Be the first among your friends and colleagues to get the scoop on the stories everyone should be talking about today. Drought shrinks Poland’s Vistula river to lowest level in 226 years – Archaeologists uncover treasure trove of historic artifacts CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair By Stanislaw Waszak 4 September 2015 Warsaw (AFP) – Archaeologists are having a field day in Poland's longest river, the Vistula, which because of a drought has hit a record low water level allowing them to uncover a treasure trove of historic artifacts. "There are pieces of marble... Click here to read, "Drought shrinks Poland’s Vistula river to lowest level in 226 years – Archaeologists uncover treasure trove of historic artifacts"... ....................................................................................................................... The Pacific “Blob” And The Global Warming Pause CONTRIBUTOR: . Something strange is happening to the north Pacific. It is setting sea temperature records, scrambling weather patterns, damaging ecosystems, and nudging up the global temperature. The scientists who have observed it call it after what it looks like on temperature maps of the Pacific – behold the “blob.” The warmth... Click here to read, "The Pacific “Blob” And The Global Warming Pause"... ....................................................................................................................... When the wells run dry: California families cope in drought – ‘It’s not an earthquake or flood where you can drive down the street and see the devastation’ CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair By Scott Smith6 September 2015 TULARE, California (AP) – Looking for water to flush his toilet, Tino Lozano pointed a garden hose at some buckets in the bare dirt of his yard. It's his daily ritual now in a community built by refugees from Oklahoma's Dust Bowl. But... Click here to read, "When the wells run dry: California families cope in drought – ‘It’s not an earthquake or flood where you can drive down the street and see the devastation’"... ....................................................................................................................... Hazardous chemicals in pristine nature: why don't we get rid of them? CONTRIBUTOR: . Who hasn't dreamt of being in the untouched wilderness of the Himalayas, the Andes or the Altai Mountains, hiking or climbing in these incredible natural landscapes? Nowhere in the world is the snow purer or the water cleaner than in a clear mountain lake far from civilisation. Very few nature... Click here to read, "Hazardous chemicals in pristine nature: why don't we get rid of them?"... ....................................................................................................................... NASA zeroes in on ocean rise – ‘It’s pretty certain we are locked into at least 3 feet of sea level rise, and probably more’ CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair 26 August 2015 (NASA/JPL) – Seas around the world have risen an average of nearly 3 inches (8 centimeters) since 1992, with some locations rising more than 9 inches (25 centimeters) due to natural variation, according to the latest satellite measurements from NASA and its partners. An intensive... Click here to read, "NASA zeroes in on ocean rise – ‘It’s pretty certain we are locked into at least 3 feet of sea level rise, and probably more’"... ....................................................................................................................... The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior: 30 years later, the first apology CONTRIBUTOR: . Only a few months ago, Greenpeace supporters worldwide marked the 30-year anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, when French government agents used limpet mines to sink the ship in Auckland, killing Portuguese photographer Fernando Pereira.But it came as a surprise when Jean-Luc Kister, one of the agents responsible... Click here to read, "The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior: 30 years later, the first apology"... ....................................................................................................................... VIDEO: Watch Greenpeace prank Finland's prime minister CONTRIBUTOR: . See what happened when a Greenpeace activist turned himself into a representative of Russian nuclear company Rosatom and participated in a gala dinner with the Finnish prime minister.The Tsar Bomba our guy Dima speaks about in the video is the nickname for the AN602 hydrogen bomb, the most powerful nuclear... Click here to read, "VIDEO: Watch Greenpeace prank Finland's prime minister"... ....................................................................................................................... Anthropocene climate: The new (deadly) normal CONTRIBUTOR: . Cross-posted from Climate and Capitalism, an online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the ecosocialist alternative. A temperature increase of less than one degree has already disrupted the global climate system, and this is only the beginning. Will the Anthropocene bring a totally new climate regime?... Click here to read, "Anthropocene climate: The new (deadly) normal"... ....................................................................................................................... Washington State Professor Allies With Organics Industry - And names of the commercial anti-GMO team in Group Emails CONTRIBUTOR: . Washington State Professor Allies With Organics IndustryCharles M. Benbrook, formerly the chief scientist at the Organic Center, left the nonprofit organization in 2012 after concluding that he could get more traction for his research, which has questioned G.M.O. crop safety, by joining a university. His organic foods industry funders went... Click here to read, "Washington State Professor Allies With Organics Industry - And names of the commercial anti-GMO team in Group Emails"... ....................................................................................................................... Drought’s lasting impact: Forests across the planet take years to rebound from drought, storing far less carbon dioxide than assumed in climate models CONTRIBUTOR: . Desdemona Despair 30 July 2015 (University of Utah) – In the virtual worlds of climate modeling, forests and other vegetation are assumed to bounce back quickly from extreme drought. But that assumption is far off the mark, according to a new study of drought impacts at forest sites worldwide. Living... Click here to read, "Drought’s lasting impact: Forests across the planet take years to rebound from drought, storing far less carbon dioxide than assumed in climate models"... ....................................................................................................................... Get Free Before It's News Headlines For Your Blog or Website  You can display Before It's News headlines on your blog or site with our new easy-to-use news widget. It's 100% free and takes just a minute or two to install. 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