however if your asking in respect to forums in a more general sense, CS people are often posting jokes and stuff that they borrowed off places like Facebook.
formation of national parks helps stops humans from destroying habitat lexample slows or stops deforestation, e.g destroying creatures homes by falling trees they reside in, unfortunately in Australia anyway national parks employ a bunch of idiots who play god with the lives of fellow sentient beings
Russia’s cutting-edge Su-35 fighters arrive at Karelia base
Russia’s Air Base in Karelia has received a squadron of the latest Sukhoi Su-35S fighters. The state of the art planes will be deployed less than 200km away from the Finnish border to protect Russia’s northwestern frontier.
China reportedly deploys ICBMs near Russia’s border
Beijing has deployed advanced Dongfeng-41 ICBMs in Heilongjiang Province, which borders Russia, according to reports based on images, possibly leaked to coincide with Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president.
doesn't mean folks aren't keeping an eye on events
note the language = first permanent forward deployment
The transfer of the said squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona makes the first permanent forward deployment of a F-35B squadron. VMFA 121 is now part of Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
III MEF is forward-deployed and able to deploy rapidly conduct operations mainly across Asia-Pacific from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) to amphibious assault and high-intensity combat.
note the language = first permanent forward deployment
The transfer of the said squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona makes the first permanent forward deployment of a F-35B squadron. VMFA 121 is now part of Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
III MEF is forward-deployed and able to deploy rapidly conduct operations mainly across Asia-Pacific from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) to amphibious assault and high-intensity combat.
it was long way down under the ocean and hasn't caused a lot of known damage
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An earthquake measuring 8.0-magnitude struck 40 km (about 25 miles) west of Panguna in Papua New Guinea at a depth of 153.8 km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday.
THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UNCHANGED IN THIS MESSAGE.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS * MAGNITUDE 7.9 * ORIGIN TIME 0430 UTC JAN 22 2017 * COORDINATES 6.1 SOUTH 155.2 EAST * DEPTH 168 KM / 104 MILES * LOCATION SOLOMON ISLANDS
EVALUATION * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.9 OCCURRED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AT 0430 UTC ON SUNDAY JANUARY 22 2017.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW PASSED.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED * THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.
The Dalai Lama says that he hopes that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will work together for global peace. The exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists said the world needed leaders with compassion.
No casualties have been reported. But there was damage in parts of central Bougainville and the major town of Arawa, Aloysius Laukai, manager of New Dawn FM Bougainville radio station, said in an email.
UPDATE: THE strength of an earthquake that struck the Solomon Islands on Sunday has been upgraded to 8.4.
Heavy damage to buildings and infrastructure is likely in an earthquake of that strength.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning that hazardous tsunami waves were possible in the next three hours along the coastlines of both the Solomon Islands and nearby countries.
This included Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Pohnpei and Kosrae.
A magnitude-8.0 earthquake has struck 47 kilometres west of Arawa on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea at a depth of 153.8 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey says.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) said in an advisory "hazardous tsunami waves are possible" for the next three hours as a result of the earthquake along the coasts of PNG, the Solomon Islands, Nauru, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Vanuatu, Chuuk and Indonesia.
Wildlife picture thread
however if your asking in respect to forums in a more general sense, CS people are often posting jokes and stuff that they borrowed off places like Facebook.