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Amazon at lowest level in over 40 years in Peru: expertsLima (AFP) Sept 1, 2010 The Amazon, the world's biggest river, is at its lowest level in over 40 years near its source in northeastern Peru, causing havoc in a region where it is used as the only form of travel, authorities said. According to officials in Loreto province, the Amazon on Tuesday in the northeast city of Iquitos fell to 105.97 meters (347.67 feet) above sea level, 50 cm (1.6 feet) lower than it was in 2005, so far the lowest reference point in four decades. Low levels have brought economic havoc in areas ... read more |
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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo (UPI) Sep 2, 2010 A little-noticed amendment in the new U.S. financial reform law requires U.S.-listed companies to disclose whether their products contain "conflict minerals" from the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This law, the first of its kind in the world, will affect thousands of U.S. companies. So it is expected to have a broad impact since minerals such as tungs ... more  
Thatta, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 2, 2010Relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan are being stretched by the "unprecedented scale" of the disaster, with the flow of international aid almost at a standstill, the UN said Thursday. Thousands remained trapped by floodwaters in the hardest-hit southern province of Sindh, while others complained of going without food or water for days and some were being forced to live in the rubble of t ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Sept 2, 2010Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing two people and burning down nearly 500 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday. Strong winds stoked fires that burnt 474 constructions, including 342 houses, in about 20 villages in the region of Volgograd and Saratov, a ministry spokesman told the RIA Novosti news agency. "The region of of Volg ... more |
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The Atlantic And Pacific Climate ConnectionMoffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2010 Mention Arctic ice melt and the first image to come to mind is the northern Atlantic. Mostly Greenland. Sometimes the far reaches of Canada or Iceland. Maybe it's because the northern Atlantic is the same ocean that researchers from major institutions dip their toes in in 100-plus degree heat waves. But way out in the Pacific, researchers at the University of Hawaii are taking a different look at the climate. In a paper published this week in the journal Science, oceanographer Axel Timmerman ... read more |
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