New Zealand glaciers melting away, survey shows
Wellington - New Zealand's glaciers are melting away, according to an annual survey of the snowline on 50 glaciers in the South Island, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced Monday. They have lost half of their sno...
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2009-11-23 ] Category : [
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Three-Mile-Island nuclear plant leaks radioactivity
Washington - Nuclear safety officials moved Sunday to quell worries about a leak of radioactivity from Three Mile Island nuclear plant, saying that human safety was never endangered. The incident happened Saturday, when the Pennsylvania plant - the s...
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2009-11-23 ] Category : [
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The heat is on as forest fires rage in Australia
Sydney - More than 1,000 volunteer firefighters backed by 70 aircraft were tackling more than 100 forest blazes in Australia's parched south-east Sunday. Temperatures topped 40 degrees in Sydney and across New South Wales as emergency services warned...
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2009-11-22 ] Category : [
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Australians warned of 'catastrophic' fire danger
Sydney - More than 1,000 of Australia's volunteer firefighters were in action Saturday as crews battled 60 of forest blazes in the sweltering south-east where a decade of drought has left tinderbox conditions. A total ban on open fires was declared i...
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2009-11-21 ] Category : [
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