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August 04, 2010
WATER WORLD
Workers in China rush to restore water to 330,000 people
Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2010
Workers in northeast China were rushing to restore water Tuesday to more than 300,000 people who have been cut off for days due to floods, state media said. Water supply pipelines to the city of Tonghua in Jilin province were destroyed by flooding, leaving its 330,000 residents in need since Saturday, China National Radio reported. Days of torrential rain in the country's northeast have triggered floods that have left more than 100 people dead or missing. According to local media, workers we ... read more

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WATER WORLD

Pacific islands want louder voice on climate
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FIRE STORM

Forest fires destroy Moscow military base
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Eruptive Characteristics Of Oregon's Mount Hood Analyzed
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Ice Core Drilling Effort Helps Assess Abrupt Climate Change Risks
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.

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SHAKE AND BLOW

Pakistan in fresh warning as floods hit 3.2 million
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Ecological Scientists Assess The Fundamentals Of Animal Behavior
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Life After Catastrophe
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Tropical Storm Colin forms in Atlantic
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FARM NEWS

Parched Russia warns on harvest as wheat prices surge
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FROTH AND BUBBLE

Gulf spill impact will linger long after oil is gone: study
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FARM NEWS

More Russians tuck into Uruguayan beef
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Study: Little help from oceans in warming
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WOOD PILE

Russian highway protestors target French company
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SHAKE AND BLOW
Pakistan flood victims slam Zardari 'joy ride' in Europe
Majuky Faqirabad, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 2, 2010
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zadari came under renewed fire Tuesday for visiting France and Britain while up to 3.2 million of his people suffer from the worst floods in decades. Devastating monsoon rains have killed up to 1,500 people and washed away entire villages in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, submerging farmland, drowning livestock and now spreading across much of the co ... more

WOOD PILE
Reforestation Projects Capture More Carbon Than Industrial Plantations
Queensland, Australia (SPX) Aug 04, 2010
Australian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is more efficient at capturing carbon than controversial softwood monoculture plantations. The research, published in Ecological Management and Restoration, challenges traditional views on the efficiency of industrial monoculture plantations. "Carbon markets h ... more

PILLAGING PIRATES
Spanish warship foils pirate attack on Norwegian tanker: EU
Brussels (AFP) Aug 3, 2010
A Spanish warship foiled an attack on a Norwegian chemical tanker on Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden, holding seven suspected Somali pirates pending possible prosecution, EU naval forces said. A pirate skiff shot at the bridge of the MV Bow Saga, which responded with water hoses to prevent the assailants climbing aboard, before a helicopter from the SPS Victoria managed to intervene, a statement ... more

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CLIMATE SCIENCE

New Study Examines Effects Of Drought In The Amazon

DEMOCRACY

Australian election heats up


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BLUE SKY
Planets In Unusually Intimate Dance Around Dying Star

Detector Technology Could Help NASA Find Earth-Like Exoplanets

NASA Finds Super-Hot Planet With Unique Comet-Like Tail

BLUE SKY
China Leads In Outer Space Pollution

MetOp-B Module Passes Crucial Vacuum Test

Safe And Efficient De-Orbit Of Space Junk Without Making The Problem Worse

BLUE SKY
Russia To Launch 3 Glonass Satellites In September

Soap maker creates unease over Brazil GPS spying stunt

China Launches Fifth Satellite For Its Own Global Navigation Network

BLUE SKY
China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

China Sends Research Satellite Into Space

China eyes Argentina for space antenna

BLUE SKY
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Might Collide With The Earth In 2182

Research Yields Greater Precision In Determining Age of Meteorites

'Pristine' Earth impact crater discovered

BLUE SKY
WISE Discovers Over 90 Near-Earth Objects

'Sample return' space missions examined

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FLORA AND FAUNA
'Ribbit Radio' Shows Frog Population Estimates Are Likely Flawed
Raleigh NC (SPX) Aug 03, 2010
Scientists track amphibian populations because these animals are sensitive to changes in their environment and can serve as "canaries in the coal mine" to give researchers early warnings about pollution or other ecological problems. But new research from North Carolina State University shows that data from the largest amphibian monitoring program in the country may have flaws that, if uncorrected, could result in overestimates of frog populations. The U.S. Geological Survey launched the Nort ... read more

FLORA AND FAUNA
Japanese rescue-bot can sniff out disaster survivors

Flood-triggered landslide in China leaves 21 missing

Haiti's homeless on the move again as hurricanes loom

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FLORA AND FAUNA
China Leads In Outer Space Pollution

MetOp-B Module Passes Crucial Vacuum Test

Safe And Efficient De-Orbit Of Space Junk Without Making The Problem Worse

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FLORA AND FAUNA
Workers in China rush to restore water to 330,000 people

Pacific islands want louder voice on climate

Biodiversity: Mediterranean most threatened sea on Earth

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FLORA AND FAUNA
Ice-Free Arctic Ocean May Not Be Of Much Use In Soaking Up Carbon Dioxide

Best Hope For Saving Arctic Sea Ice Is Cutting Soot Emissions

Cutting Into Arctic Sea Ice

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FLORA AND FAUNA
More Russians tuck into Uruguayan beef

Parched Russia warns on harvest as wheat prices surge

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