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Massive storm blankets central USChicago (AFP) Dec 30, 2010 A massive storm system blanketed the central United States on Thursday, whipping up blinding blizzards and dangerously frigid temperatures. The storm stretched from New Mexico to Minnesota and was expected to continue to dump heavy snow on the region on Friday and Saturday as it made its way slowly north into Canada. "We're expecting almost a one-two punch across the middle part of the country over the next two days," said Bob Oravec, a forecaster with the National Weather Service (NWS). "Y ... read more |
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  Drilling In The Holy Land About 50 miles from Bethlehem, a drilling project is determining the climate and earthquake activity of the Holy Land. Scientists from eight nations are examining the ground below the Dead Sea, by p ... more | .. |
 Six Years After The Tsunami Disaster Six years after the tsunami disaster of 26/12/2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed. The project ends on 31 March 20 ... more | .. |
  Chinese Fossil Site Shows Long Recovery Of Life From Largest Extinction A major new fossil site in south-west China has filled in a sizeable gap in our understanding of how life on this planet recovered from the greatest mass extinction of all time, according to a paper ... more | .. |
 Drifting Fish Larvae Allow Marine Reserves To Rebuild Fisheries Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and "re-seed" fish stocks significant distances away - more than 100 mi ... more |
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  Back To The Dead (Sea, That Is) They'll drill through four ice ages, epic sandstorms, mankind's migration from Africa to the New World, and the biggest droughts in history. Tel Aviv University is heading an international study tha ... more | .. |
 Seeing Double: Africa's Two Elephant Species Contrary to the belief of many scientists (as well as many members of the public), new research confirms that Africa has two - not one - species of elephant. Scientists from Harvard Medical Sc ... more | .. |
 Broken Glass Yields Clues To Climate Change Clues to future climate may be found in the way that an ordinary drinking glass shatters. A study appearing this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that microscopic partic ... more | .. |
  Growing Hypoxic Zones Reduce Habitat For Billfish And Tuna Billfish and tuna, important commercial and recreational fish species, may be more vulnerable to fishing pressure because of shrinking habitat, according to a new study published by scientists from ... more |
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 Jeddah waste-high in water after flood Flooding caused by heavy rains snarled traffic and left residents wading through waist-high pools of water in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Thursday, where 123 people were killed by a flood last year. ... more | .. |
  '250 billion' plastic fragments in Mediterranean Some 250 billion microscopic pieces of plastic are floating in the Mediterranean, creating a biological hazard that reverberates up the food chain, according to research supported by green campaigners. ... more | .. |
  Sudan recalls Darfur peace negotiators Sudan is recalling its delegation to peace talks in Qatar, but that does not mean it is withdrawing from negotiations for a settlement in Darfur, a Sudanese official said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 EU salt demand soars as snow stays as ice European salt imports are soaring as icy roads after recent heavy snowfalls continue to pose hazards for motorists and pedestrians. ... more |
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  British flu death toll hits 39 Britain's flu death toll has risen to 39 since October, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced Thursday, with 36 of the fatalities due to swine flu. ... more | .. |
  Asian 'martyrs' underscore poor year for human rights In some of 2010's most compelling images, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from her home after years in detention and an empty chair marked the absence of Liu Xiaobo from his Nobel prize ceremony. ... more | .. |
 Crisis meeting in N.Ireland over water supplies Anger mounted in Northern Ireland on Thursday as ministers prepared to hold a crisis meeting to discuss why tens of thousands of people have been without water supplies for more than a week. ... more | .. |
  Pirates: Ship released, another taken As Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean released a German tanker with 19 Indians aboard, other pirates captured another ship with a crew that included seven Filipinos. ... more |
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  Indonesia picks Borneo for forest preservation scheme Indonesia has chosen its Borneo island to conduct a pilot project aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, as part of a deal with Norway, an official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Expert says climate cooling misinterpreted Recent short-term cooling of global temperatures shouldn't be misinterpreted as meaning an end to global warming, an Australian expert says. ... more | .. |
 Bloomberg takes flak over New York blizzard Criticism of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg snowballed Wednesday as the top city official bore the brunt of the blame for the lackluster response to one of the worst blizzards in decades. ... more | .. |
 Hundreds flee Australian floods as disaster worsens Hundreds of people fled worsening floods in Australia's rural northeast Thursday as officials warned the disaster may last for weeks, prompting fears over food shortages and disease outbreaks. ... more |
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 Potent GHG Emissions Could Be Three Times Estimated Levels In a study published December 20 in the Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences (PNAS), a team of researchers including University of New Hampshire scientists Wilfred Wollheim, William McDowell ... more | .. |
 Long Lasting Chemicals Threaten The Environment And Human Health Every hour, an enormous quantity and variety of manmade chemicals, having reached the end of their useful lifespan, flood into wastewater treatment plants. These large-scale processing facilities, h ... more | .. |
 Sand from Bangladesh may boost Maldives Sand from Bangladesh may help to keep the Maldives above water under a proposed agreement between the two countries, an official said. ... more | .. |
  Designer Probiotics Could Reduce Obesity Specially designed probiotics can modulate the physiology of host fat cells say scientists writing in Microbiology. The findings could lead to specialised probiotics that have a role in the preventi ... more |
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