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LONDON Wholesale NBA Basketball Jerseys , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Beachcombers dream of finding treasures as they stroll along sandy beaches, but one dog walker in Wales struck gold as he exercised his pet, and was Friday 16,700 U.S. dollars richer.


His rare find was a 1.1 kilograms chunk of whale vomit, known as ambergris, and it sparked a frenzy of interest when it came up for sale Friday at an auction house in northern England.


The auction house placed an estimate of between 7 Wholesale Basketball Jerseys ,600 U.S. dollars and 10,600 U.S. dollars on the lump of yellow and black ambergris, which was just 20 centimeters in length.


About 50 people were in the auction house in Macclesfield when the item came up, and as the estimate was exceeded it came down to two bidders eager to get their hands on the sale item.


Neither of the bidders were in the room, one was a telephone bidder the other was following the sale on the internet. The auctioneers would not disclose details of the telephone bidder, a private collector Wholesale Nike NBA Jerseys , who won the race.


The finder of the object also decided to keep his identity private, not even prepared to disclose the location of the beach where he made his remarkable find.


The auction house had the item checked and estimated that it had been in the sea for about 50 years.


All that is known is the ambergris was found on a beach on the island of Anglesey in North Wales.


Ambergris is formed in the digestive system of a sperm whale and is passed either as vomit or as part of the faeces. Scientists believe it is used to coat irritating objects in the whale's intestines.


The whale vomit is used in the perfume industry, making it very valuable and a prized treasure. It is used to enhance the scent or prolong the duration with which a fragrance lasts.


Auctioneer Adam Partridge said he was "elated" at the sale, adding: "Somebody brought this smelly waxy rugby ball-shaped lump to us and asked us to sell it for them.


There are many things which can be mistaken for ambergris - fat, rubber and palm oil amongst others - but after doing some research and consulting the authorities on such things, we found out that what we had was indeed very valuable. We've had lots of unusual items pass through the doors over the years Wholesale Authentic NBA Jerseys , but this is by far the weirdest."


CANBERRA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Australian Bureau of Meteorology confirmed in its annual report released on Tuesday that Australia has experienced its third-warmest calendar year in 2014 since national records began in 1910.


The bureau's Assistant Director for Climate Information Services Neil Plummer said 2014 was characterized by frequent heatwaves and warm spells, and a notable reduction in cold weather.


"Much of Australia experienced temperatures very much above average in 2014, with mean temperatures 0.91 degree Celsius above the long-term average," Plummer said in a media release of the bureau.


"This follows the warmest year on record in 2013, which was 1. 20 degree Celsius warmer than average."


He said that particularly warm conditions occurred in spring 2014 Wholesale NBA Jerseys Online , which was Australia's warmest spring on record.


"El Nino-like effects were felt in drier and warmer conditions in much of eastern Australia during 2014."


In 2014, prolonged rainfall deficiencies continued for inland and southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, although in the country as a whole, the rainfall was near average for the year, with 478 mm.


Six significant heatwaves and warm spells occurred, including one of southeast Australia's most prolonged heatwaves in mid- January.


A number of major bushfires occurred during January and February Wholesale NBA Jerseys Cheap , with particularly destructive fires in Victoria and South Australia.


Four tropical cyclones made landfall during 2014, with tropical cyclone Ita the most intense; crossing the coast near Cooktown as a category 4 system, bringing rainfall totals in excess of 300 mm.


A stormy spring, with severe thunderstorms striking Brisbane in late November, causing flash flooding, very large hailstones and destructive winds.


An East Coast Low off the central and southern New South Wales coast in August caused storm damage and brought more than 100 mm of rain to some parts of the coast.


Sea surface temperatures around Australia were unusually warm Wholesale NBA Jerseys From China , about 0.49 degree Celsius above average for the year to November.


Nationally, Australian temperatures have warmed approximately one degree since 1950, and the continued warmth in 2014 adds to this long-term warming trend.


Globally, preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organization has 2014 on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record.


According to the report Wholesale NBA Jerseys China , 2013 was the hottest year on record, and 2005 the second hottest. In the last 35 years, 29 years have been hotter than average, while only six years have been below average.


"It is worrying that these sort of records are now being broken so regularly. The impact of climate change on these trends is very clear. Climate change is making Australia hotter and more prone to bushfires," said climate expert and Australian National University researcher Professor Will Steffen.


"Another in Australia's string of Angry Summers is underway. Severe bushfires are raging in South Australia and Victoria following the hottest Spring on record and the hottest November on record," said the professor Wholesale NBA Jerseys , who is also the Councilor of Climate Council, an independent non-profit organization formed to provide Australians with clear, easy to understand facts on climate change.


"An obvious implication of hotter temperatures is worsening bushfire conditions. Over the past four decades, climate change has increased the occurrence of high fire danger weather in the southeast - exactly the type of conditions that have led to the early January fires in South Australia and Victoria," the professor said.


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