Under The Sea It Used To Be.

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"Spanish Stonehenge" emerges from watery grave for second time in last 3 years

Ars Technica|48 minutes ago
Now an ancient site known as the "Spanish Stonehenge"—submerged underwater by a reservoir for decades—has been fully exposed for the second time since 2019 due to low water levels in the reservoir. The site is also known as the Dolmen of Guadalperal,




I've been seeing a lot of these stories recently, and there will be more to come.

 

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Picture from above article.

 

[MrSquished]

Yeah it's crazy what's going on. Bodies in lakes, 600-year-old statues in China, dinosaur footprints somewhere else, sunken world war two boats in European rivers, and way more.

Silver linings because people want to kill the planet

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

^^^ Among others .....


Climate change led to dinosaurs' demise. Now, drought reveals more of their tracks

August 25, 2022 • Dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago were recently uncovered in a Texas state park after drought conditions caused parts of Paluxy River to dry up.

 

[Captante]

PLENTY of salt-water to go around though!

Anyone else notice the EXTREMELY unfortunate and RACIST "black-fish" in this little ditty for the first time? (wtf was disney thinking allowing this?)

But "systemic racism" is made up and doesn't really exist..... /s

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

More strange ....

Danube drought reveals parts of hidden World War II history

By DUSAN STOJANOVICtoday

PRAHOVO, Serbia (AP) — The worst drought in Europe in decades hasn't only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic, it also has exposed a part of almost forgotten World War II history: The hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships have emerged from the Danube River as its water levels have dropped.

 

[Captante]

Extreme drought: Dried-up Italian river reveals unexploded WWII bomb (BBC)

 

[Scarpozzi]

Extreme drought: Dried-up Italian river reveals unexploded WWII bomb (BBC)

That's a-one-spicy-meat-a-ball!

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Looks more like a Chia pet before and after.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

And another one breaks the surface ....

Drought Exposes Steamboat That Sunk in Missouri River Over 100 Years Ago

Exceptionally dry weather is revealing previously submerged artifacts around globe, including a steamboat from the 1800s.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Wait. If it isn't raining and water bodies are drying up, where is the water going??? Outer space?

My theory: hot winds taking the moisture away from one region and causing rains in adjoining regions.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Risen from the deep....





U.S. News // 5 hours ago
Flooded California ghost town resurfaces during drought
Old Kernville, which once served as the backdrop for many classic Western movies before being submerged beneath a reservoir, has now resurfaced.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

A second ancient canoe is found in Wisconsin — this time tracing back to 1000 B.C.


September 24, 2022 • The dugout canoe discovered most recently in a lake is believed to be the earliest direct evidence of water transportation used by native tribes in the Great Lakes region.


Not necessarily drought related, but still ...

 

[Mai72]

 

[Josepsh]

PLENTY of salt-water to go around though!

Anyone else notice the EXTREMELY unfortunate and RACIST "black-fish" in this little ditty for the first time? (wtf was disney thinking allowing this?)

But "systemic racism" is made up and doesn't really exist..... /s

I want too do that Snokerling ?. .

 

[Captante]

I want too do that Snokerling ?. .

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Is the Mississippi River Drying Up From Drought?

Tower Rock, an island in the middle of the river, has become accessible by foot for the first time in living memory.



How dry I am .....

 

[IronWing]

Mmmm, green energy from the sea!

VIDEO: Deep-sea miner stock jumps after first seafloor collection since 1970s

Investors piled into The Metals Company on Wednesday after it said it completed its first collection run of battery metals from more than four kilometres below the surface of the Pacific ocean.

www.mining.com

 

[IronWing]

@skyking , ask if they'll let you operate this:

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Note flood stage ... and it floods every few years.

38 feet below flood stage.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

'Nother shot of Tower Rock.

.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Ancient American Lion Tooth Discovered on Dried Up Mississippi River Bank

The extremely rare fossil belonged to an animal that has not been seen since the last Ice Age.


Gettin' weird now.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Buried 19th-century shipwreck likely uncovered by hurricanes on Florida beach

ABC|20 minutes ago
The wreckage of a cargo-carrying sailing vessel from the 1800s is believed to have been discovered on Florida's east coast in the wake of Hurricanes Ian and Nicole.

Unbeached.

 

[skyking]

^ Nobody proof reads anymore.
Meide told the station. "This definitely has what we would call ribs, or the ship's brains."
Zero effort to proof the article.

 

[lxskllr]

I noticed that too. I paused a second, thought "wat?!", ignored it, then kept on going :^D