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7/29/2013

BOOK SIGNING AT BROWSEABOUT BOOKS, REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE

Come meet Dr. Norene Moskalski, author of the medical eco-thriller Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam, featuring the Rehoboth Bay Area, at BrowseAbout Books for a book signing and conversation.

The book signing will take place on Friday, August 2nd, beginning at 10:00 AM.
Location:
BrowseAbout Books
133 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 19971
United States

NOCTURNE, OPUS 1: SEA FOAM
Drs. Kate and Jake Connors are research professors at Atlantic University's Institute for Public Policy and Safety, which is dedicated to peacefully resolving international conflicts caused by climate change. They also serve as covert agents for a privately-funded, scientific subdivision of the Institute known only as the Agency.

While vacationing at Venice's Lido Beach, Kate and Jake witness one of the first cases of a normally passive waterborne bacterium infecting a human. Along the shores of the Rehoboth Bay, the Mid-Atlantic States, and Coastal Europe, one in ten people begin dying from exposure to the bacteria, and all of them are young adults in their twenties and thirties.

Racing against time and across continents, Kate and Jake must find the cure for Bacillus nocturne, track down the rogue scientist who genetically modified the bacterium, and solve the mystery surrounding its specifically targeted victims . . .
before it contaminates the world's water supply.

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7/25/2013

62 YEARS OF GLOBAL WARMING

Watch 62 Years of Global Warming in 13 Seconds

NASA HAS PRODUCED THIS AMAZING VIDEO SHOWING HOW TEMPERATURES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE RISEN OVER THE PAST 62 YEARS:

Published: January 18th, 2013 1306 474 779 28

http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/watch-62-years-of-global-warming-in-13-seconds-15469

Watch this video on your iPad or iPhone here

The acceleration of the temperature trend in the late 1970s can be noted as the greenhouse gas emissions from energy production increased worldwide. At the same time, clean air laws reduced emissions of pollutants, producing a cooling effect on the climate but only serving to mask the warming signals around the globe.

NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York (GISS) provided the data. NASA states, “All 10 of the warmest years in the GISS analysis have occurred since 1998, continuing a trend of temperatures well above the mid-20th century average."

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7/4/2013

Fourth of July Fireworks

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, AMERICA!

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7/3/2013

Prime Hook Beach

Get Ready For Great Photographs of Prime Hook Beach & Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

This Sunday, Delaware's The News Journal will feature beautiful photographs of a hidden wonder along the Delaware Bay--Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and Prime Hook Beach. Breathtaking photos of wildlife and the open access areas for public enjoyment will be featured. The article is entitled, "Prime Hook: Photographs of the Off-the-Beaten Path Beach."

A few miles east of Milton, Delaware, and 22 miles southeast of Dover, the quiet shores of Prime Hook Beach can be reached via Prime Hook Road, a left turn off of Delaware Route 1 South.

Directly behind the community of homes lining the beach is the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was created in 1963 by the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act as a sanctuary expressly for migrating birds. It encompasses nearly 10,000 diverse acres of freshwater and saltwater marshes, woodlands, grasslands, bottomland forested habitats, scrub brush zones, farming lands, ponds, and a seven mile long creek. Naturally occurring tidal salt marshes make up 2300 acres of the refuge, and man-made freshwater ponds cover 4000 acres. Administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the freshwater impoundment systems were built in the 1980's to provide refuge officials the means to raise and lower water levels in the ponds to accommodate the needs of migratory birds during different seasons of the year. The ponds provided habitat for wintering waterfowl, places to feed for spring and fall migratory shorebirds, and nesting areas for wading birds in the summer.

And therein lies the rub. Having provided beautiful habitat for bird watching and wildlife viewing, the refuge created the perfect conditions for housing development along the bay coast: water views both east and west of established residences and newly built homes. But since 2006, multiple hurricanes have caused sea water to breach the dunes, causing an influx of sediment and saltwater into the freshwater ponds, killing most of the vegetation and limiting the use of the ponds by migrating and local birds, as well as by local wildlife populations.

The beauty of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge will be preserved in the beautiful photo layout in The News Journal on Sunday, but all of Delaware and the nation needs to rally behind permanently preserving our national wildlife refuges.

Egrets Resting in Trees at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

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BOOK SIGNING AT BROWSEABOUT BOOKS, REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE

62 YEARS OF GLOBAL WARMING

Watch 62 Years of Global Warming in 13 Seconds

Fourth of July Fireworks

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, AMERICA!

Prime Hook Beach

Get Ready For Great Photographs of Prime Hook Beach & Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

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