Category: Environment
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Pilot whales stranded in New Zealand
On the 11th of February, 2017 an estimated 600 pilot whales washed up on the shores of Farwell Spit. The beach sits atop New Zealand’s South Island. Volunteers from around the Island and from the Jonah Project, which aims to protect and to guide back whales when beached, worked over the weekend to attempt to…
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Hottest year 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA declared 2016 as the warmest year, breaking the record three years in a row. NASA data shows that average surface temperature in 2016 was 0.12 degree centigrade warmer that in 2015. This is the third year in a row that records have been broken consecutively.