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The airport has closed its primary runway until Jan. 13 to repaint the numeric designators at each end and change taxiway signage to account for the shift in location of the Earth’s magnetic north pole.
… The busiest runway will be re-designated 19R/1L on aviation charts. It’s been 18R/36L, indicating its alignment along the 180-degree approach [...]

People near the epicentre in Ripon, in North Yorkshire, reported hearing what they described as an ‘explosion’ or a ‘rumbling’ when the quake hit.
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This unusual opportunity to see two gas giants in the same field of view is actually the third time in eight months there has been some alignment. This week Jupiter happens to be the brightest celestial body in the sky. During sunset it is very high in the sky and will set in the western [...]

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Charlotte Pearsall, whose family have lived at Little Bay for the last 30 years, said she had never seen anything like it.
…People with binoculars said the snapper stretched as far as they could see and boaties reported ”a carpet of floating fish further out to sea all along the coast”.
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The Maryland Department of the Environment says an estimated 2 million fish have been reported dead from the Bay Bridge south to Tangier Sound.
… Meanwhile along the Coast of Brazil, officials have reported that more than 15 tons of fish have washed up along the shores. The dead fish include sardines and smaller fish.
‘Very large’ [...]

From dead fish in Arkansas to deceased jackdaws in Sweden, there’s been a spate of stories this week about mass animal deaths. Below, the incidents, mapped. Click to view a larger version.
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… Necropsies performed Monday on the birds in Arkansas showed the birds suffered internal injuries that formed blood clots leading to their deaths, The Associated Press reported.
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What is going on… ?
STOCKHOLM — In a week that saw unexplained massive bird deaths in the southern United States, up to 100 birds were found lying in a snow-covered street in Sweden Wednesday, officials said.
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VICTORIA — Horrified nature-lovers at Goldstream Provincial Park watched as the Goldstream River turned bright green late Wednesday afternoon.
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Update: Green chemical in B.C. river not toxic, study confirms