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The powerful Tropical Cyclone Veronica is slowly tracking towards the coast of Western Australia. The coastal areas are bracing for a particularly intense effects, enhanced by the systems slow motion. Strong winds and torrential rainfall is expected. The system reached Category 4 strength Thursday, with maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h, sporting a tight, pinhole eye and eyewall and undergoing several eyewall replacement cycles (ERCs). It has been on a gradual weakening trend since then. At 1h UT this morning, March 23, Veronica was a Category 1 system with peak sustained winds of 145 km/h. It has is, however, indicating strengthening over the past several hours, completing a large circular eye. Tropical cyclone Veronica as seen by Himawari-8 satellite today, […]

Tartu Linnavalitsus kiitis äsja heaks 2019. aasta Tartu huvihariduse ja huvitegevuse täiendava toetuse kasutamise kava.

Kaljo Põllu „Kahekesi“ sarjast „Kodalased“ (1973).

Eesti Kunstimuuseum.

 

Ilves ehk harilik ilves     Lynx lynx

 

The first of the two tropical cyclones affecting Australia right now, tropical cyclone Trevor, made landfall this morning European time. It hit the coast of the Northern Territory as a Category 4 system. Trevor strengthened from category 3 to category 4 as is passed over the warm waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria yesterday. It made landfall just SE of Sir Edward Pellew Islands, near the evacuated town of Borroloola – one of a number of towns evacuated ahead of Trevor’s landfall. The Category 4 tropical cyclone is producing winds gusting up to 280 km/h and is expected to dump up to 200-250 mm of rainfall by late on Sunday. Tropical cyclone Trevor as seen by Himawari-8 satellite today, March […]

Muusikud Mick Pedaja ning Andres Kõpper ehk NOËP proovivad nädal aega elada nii, et nad kasutaksid võimalikult vähe plastikut, loobudes kilekottidest, ühekordsetest plastiknõudest ning valides poelettidelt võimalusel neid kaupu, mis ei ole pakendatud kilesse.

VALID FOR 23-03-2019 Severe Weather Outlooks FAQ SYNOPSIS An upper ridge still dominates most of Europe while a deep trough from the N Atlantic pushes into Scandinavia with an associated intense surface low pushed into Norway. An upper low moves across the E Black Sea and brings a cold front towards the Middle East. Upper lows are also located over Morocco and Tunisia. DISCUSSION ENH risk has been issued for E Iceland across the Norwegian sea into W Norway with threat for severe to extremely severe winds, locally reaching above 120 km/h. SLGT risk has been issued for areas surrounding the ENH risk including south, central and north Iceland, Faroe islands, N Scotland, parts of Norway and NW Sweden with […]

 

Vesimutt ehk harilik vesimutt       Neomys fodiens

 

Vesimutt on karihiirlane, seega mitte segamini ajada vesiroti ehk mügriga. Mügride suurus ületab vesimutid umbes paar korda seega oluliselt kogukamad.

The ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a new study. The study, focusing on weather forecasts in the northern hemisphere spanning 3-10 days ahead, concludes that the greatest uncertainty increase will be regarding summer downfalls, of critical importance when it comes to our ability to predict and prepare for flooding.

 

Kassikakk        Bubo bubo

 

Reedel, 22. märtsil kell 16-18 tähistab Tallinna loomaaed rahvusvahelist hülgepäeva. Hülgepäeva eesmärgiks on tutvustada hülgeid ja nende eluviise ning tõsta teadlikkust hüljeste kaitse vajalikkusest. Loomaaias saab sel päeval proovida hülgenahas olemist ja jälgida avalikku toitmist.

Sügiseks valmiva uuringu eesmärgiks on huntide arvukuse hindamine enne ja pärast küttimishooaega. Keskkonnaagentuuri tellimusel analüüsivad tehnikaülikooli geeniteadlased kütitud huntide koeproove, väljaheiteid ning huntide murtud lammastelt saadud süljeproove.

Täna, 22. märtsil tähistatakse ÜRO eestvedamisel rahvusvahelist veepäeva, mille eesmärk on pöörata tähelepanu olulistele veeprobleemidele maailmas. Tänavune veepäev keskendub sellele, et kõigi inimeste jaoks oleks puhas vesi ühtemoodi kättesaadav.

Eile, 21. märtsil Aleksei Turovski poolt peetud loenguga sai alguse uus MTÜ Loomuse poolt loodud kampaania "Armas kala", mille eesmärgiks juhtida tähelepanu seni tummadeks vee-elanikeks peetud kalade olemusele.  

Kevadisel huvipäeval, 30. märtsil kutsume loodushuvilisi Tartu Ülikooli loodusmuuseumisse uurima Eesti kevadekuulutajaid.