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Eurasian snowpack could be an important predictor of winter weather in USAthens GA (SPX) Jun 29, 2011 Every winter, weather forecasters talk about the snow cover in the northern U.S. and into Canada as a factor in how deep the deep-freeze will be in the states. A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia indicates they may be looking, at least partially, in the wrong place. It turns out that snow piling up over a band of frozen tundra from Siberia to far-northern Europe may have as much effect on the climate of the U.S. as the much-better-known El Nino and La Nina. The new work, ... read more |
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  Ocean currents speed melting of Antarctic ice Stronger ocean currents beneath West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf are eroding the ice from below, speeding the melting of the glacier as a whole, according to a new study in Nature Geo ... more | .. |
  Waste piles cleared from central Naples The garbage that has been piling up in the centre of Naples was being cleared on Tuesday, as the city's new mayor vowed to take on the power of organised crime in the waste disposal business. ... more | .. |
  TEPCO meets wrath of shareholders Angry TEPCO shareholders on Tuesday slammed the company for its handling of the nation's worst ever atomic accident after the March quake-tsunami, amid calls for the firm to abandon nuclear power. ... more | .. |
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  Worst drought in 60 years hits 10 million in Horn of Africa Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, with some areas on the verge of famine and thousands on the march in seach of food and water, the UN said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Greener disaster alerts New software allows wireless sensor networks to run at much lower energy, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Sensor Networks. The technology could improve efficiency fo ... more | .. |
  Conservation dollars and sense Shark populations over the last 50 years have decreased dramatically. From habitat degradation to overfishing and finning, human activities have affected their populations and made certain species a ... more | .. |
  Peat Wildfire Smoke Linked to Heart Failure Risk In the summer of 2008, a lightning strike started a wildfire in eastern North Carolina that burned for weeks, blanketing nearby communities in smoke. An EPA study shows for the first time that smoke ... more |
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Chad hopes 'green charcoal' can save vanishing forests
Chinese exports of rare-earth magnets plummet in May
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  Unique lab seeks drought-tolerant traits in cotton, other plants As billion-dollar agricultural losses continue to mount in the withering Texas heat, Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Corpus Christi are taking a closer look at why some cotton varieties do bet ... more | .. |
  Ancient species of mayfly had short, tragic life About 100 million years ago, a tiny mayfly had a problem. Like most adult mayflies, she only had that one day to live anyway, so there was no time to waste. She took her mating flight, got fertilize ... more | .. |
  Breathing Through the Eyes Say what you will about bird brains, but our feathered friends sure have us - and all the other animals on the planet - beat in the vision department, and that has a bit to do with how their brains ... more | .. |
 Greenland ice melts most in half-century: US Greenland's ice sheet melted the most it has in over a half century last year, US government scientists said Tuesday in one of a series of "unmistakable" signs of climate change. ... more |
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 US nuclear material safe despite wildfire: officials Radioactive material stored at the top US nuclear laboratory is safe despite a threatening wildfire which has closed the Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) until Wednesday and forced thousands to evacuate, officials said. ... more | .. |
  China asks provinces to repress web dissent: report China's Communist Party has recently asked provincial authorities to control and repress all sensitive political information, including on the Internet, a Danish news website said Tuesday quoting leaked documents. ... more | .. |
 Brussels threatens fines over Naples waste The European Commission warned Italy on Tuesday that it risks fines unless it improves waste collection in Naples where thousands of tons of garbage have built up in recent days. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM under fresh pressure to resign Japan's embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan came under fresh pressure Tuesday to resign after he set conditions for his departure and shuffled government posts in response to the March disasters. ... more |
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China helpless as Middle East war craters regional leverage: analysts
Israel says Iran violated nascent cease-fire, orders new attacks
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 Evacuations as fire threatens top US nuclear lab The top US nuclear research lab was ordered to stay closed Tuesday after flames reached it and the local town began evacuating, though all high-risk materials were safe, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Three killed in mine explosion in western Mali: official Three civilians were killed in a mine explosion in western Mali on Tuesday where Mauritanian and Malian troops are conducting joint operations against Al-Qaeda-linked militants, officials said. ... more | .. |
  NASA satellite gets 2 tropical cyclones in 1 shot The Northwestern Pacific Ocean is active with two tropical cyclones, Tropical Storm Meari near the Philippines, and Tropical Depression Haima moving over China and now toward Vietnam. NASA's Aqua sa ... more | .. |
 Sudanese leader Bashir arrives late in China Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir arrived in China on Tuesday for talks with President Hu Jintao, as the United States and rights groups criticised Beijing for hosting an alleged war criminal. ... more |
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 China orders Ai Weiwei to pay $1.9 mln: friend Chinese authorities have ordered Ai Weiwei to pay more than $1.9 million in back taxes and fines, a close friend said on Tuesday, just days after the artist was freed on bail. ... more | .. |
  Israeli innovators build new 'Silicon Valley' With a concentration of start-ups just behind that of Silicon Valley and an impressive pool of engineers, Israel is becoming the new standard for high-tech, with a unique business model. ... more | .. |
 Asian 'megapest' is chomping up US orchards A stink bug from Asia is chomping up US vegetable fields, orchards and vineyards, causing experts to scramble through an arsenal of weapons to try and halt this stealthy, smelly predator. ... more | .. |
 Wen in Germany warns against rights lectures Germany and China held their first joint cabinet meeting Tuesday and were to ink billions in new business contracts, but Premier Wen Jiabao warned Europe against interfering in its internal affairs. ... more |
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Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study
ULA, Amazon launch second batch of satellites on Atlas V rocket
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  Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole Some 800,000 years ago - about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire - a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic. Today, that m ... more | .. |
  China's Red Cross battles public mistrust China's Red Cross Society on Wednesday was forced to explain several discrepancies in its budget last year, as it battles to quell public anger and mistrust following accusations of corruption. ... more | .. |
West Africa faces food shortages due to flooding: experts West Africa faces serious food shortages due to repeated floods caused mainly by climate change, experts warned in the Niherian capital Abuja. ... more | .. |
  25 dead in Philippine flash flood Twenty-five people were killed and up to 15 others were missing as a flash flood triggered by heavy rains devastated a riverside community in the Philippines, rescuers said Wednesday. ... more |
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  Lightning strike kills 18 children in Uganda A lightning strike at a primary school in western Uganda killed 18 students and injured 50, Ugandan police said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Iraq rice farmers get extra power allocation Authorities have ordered an extra allocation of electricity to rice farmers in central Iraq to help them irrigate their fields and rescue drought-threatened crops, a spokesman said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Thai troops accused of pre-vote intimidation Four Thai soldiers have been arrested in a crucial northeastern Thailand political battleground for allegedly intimidating opposition activists ahead of elections at the weekend, police said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Europe's last 'sherpas' going strong in Slovakia Barely visible under a keg of beer, bottles of water and sacks of heating coke on his back, Slovak Edo Liptak sets out on his gruelling daily climb as one of Europe's last mountain porters. ... more |
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