‘Mercury bomb’ threatens food chain as Arctic thaws, researchers warn

‘Mercury bomb’ threatens food chain as Arctic thaws, researchers warn

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences have discovered that thawing permafrost is releasing vast amounts of toxic mercury into the environment, posing a significant threat to the food chain. With the Arctic warming faster, the element is being released into watersheds such as Alaska’s Yukon River.

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 644

WW 644 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE 222325Z – 230500Z
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 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 644
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
525 PM MDT Thu Aug 22 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Colorado Western Kansas Far Southwest Nebraska * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 525 PM until 1100 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to congeal into a cluster
this evening while moving eastward across eastern Colorado into
western Kansas, with mainly a threat for scattered severe/damaging
winds around 60-70 mph. Isolated gusts up to 75 mph appear possible,
along with occasional large hail around 1-1.75 inches in diameter. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 5 miles north northwest
of Limon CO to 50 miles east northeast of Goodland KS. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25025. ...Gleason 

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