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• NASA says that there are more than 27,000 pieces of space junk being tracked by the Department of Defense.
• Space junk travels at extremely high speeds, which equals approximately 15,700 mph in low Earth orbit.
• With a growing commercial space industry, the volume of space junk is expected to grow significantly.

As more and more debris accumulates in space and surrounds Earth’s orbit, one researcher believes our planet will eventually develop rings made completely of space junk.

Jake Abbott, a robotics professor at the University of Utah,told The Salt Lake Tribunethat “Earth is on course to have its own rings. They’ll just be made of junk.”

Abbott was part of a team of researchers…

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Bird flu outbreaks could cause a shortage of turkeys this Christmas. Photo: Declan Cahill

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November 23 2021 02:30 AM

There’s a real possibility of turkey shortages this Christmas, according to Nigel Reneghan, Chair of the IFA’s Organics Project Team and former IFA Poultry Chair.

It comes after the Department of Agriculture confirmed a case of avian flu in a Monaghan turkey flock over the weekend.

“If there’s more cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, it’s going to result in massive losses. The last thing anyone wants is to be left without a turkey dinner on Christmas Day, so my advice is to order from your butcher or supplier this week,” Mr Reneghan said.

“I do feel we have a very high level of biosecurity here, but even with that, it could be difficult to curtail the spread. It’s an airborne disease, like any virus, so it’s…

This is the third outbreak of the highly-contagious H5N1 strain of avian flu in the East Anglia region recorded by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs in recent days

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This is the third outbreak of the highly-contagious H5N1 strain of avian flu in the East Anglia region in recent days(Image: East Anglia News Service)

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A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed on an aristocrat’s estate in an area where millions of turkeys are being raised forChristmas dinner.

The disease is carried by migrating birds and has been found in a small flock of pet birds including chickens and turkeys on the Holkham Estate in Norfolk.

The small flock on the Holkham Estate is being culled to prevent the spread of the disease.

Temporary control zones have been set to restrict…

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SAXON, Wis. — Authorities say a Minnesota man was shot and killed in an apparent hunting accident in northwestern Wisconsin.

The Iron County Sheriff’s Office says dispatchers received a call just before 5 p.m. Tuesday in the town of Saxon. The caller reported an accidental discharge of a firearm, which left one man with serious injuries.

When responders arrived on the scene, they tried to revive the 65-year-old man but were unsuccessful. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, KBJR-TV reported.

Saxon is about 95 miles (153 kilometers) east of Duluth, Minnesota.

The incident remains under investigation.

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The scale of the crisis is intimidating. But most people are already members of organizations – like our employers, universities, unions or religious groups – that are great avenues to fight for concrete climate results

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For anyone hoping for some optimism about our dying planet, the recent Cop26 climate summit leftmuch to be desired. Developing countries wereseverely underrepresentedat the conference, and only a third of the usual number of delegates from those countries was able to attend, due to Covid restrictions, a lack of affordable accommodation and accessibility issues.

As the race to save the planet continues…

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Deer Harvest down, two firearm-involved hunting accidents in Door County

Posted Less Than An Hour AgobyPaul Schmitt

The deer kill numbers for the 2021 Deer Hunt are lower so far and Door County had two of the reported three gun-related accidents in the state. The overall harvest of deer was down 14 percent statewide as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released the numbers from the opening weekend of gun deerhunting.

In Door County, a total of 1106 were harvested with 607 of those being antlered and 499 antlerless. Kewaunee County had 806 deer registered with 376 bucks and 430antlerless. As of midnight Sunday, sales of gun deer licenses were at 551,809. The year-to-date sales for deer licenses are down 1.5 % from last year at this time.

On opening morning at 6:45 Saturday, a 40-year-old man in the town of Brussels suffered a self-inflicted wound to the left…

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(The Center Square) – The dangers of hunting are not what many may think, said Curt Sinclair, hunting safety instructor for Illinois 4-H.

“It’s not the discharge of a firearm in a dangerous way,” Sinclair said. “The No. 1 accident that happens in hunting in Illinois is falls. Falls are the primary way that people get hurt and seriously hurt.”

Fourteen hunters died during hunting season in Illinois last year. Between 2015 and 2019, 90% of the hunting accidents were from falls, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said. Many of the falls involve homemade tree stands.

“The homemade deer stands…