This display shows how the size of the storm has changed, and the areas potentially affected so far by sustained winds of tropical storm force (in orange) and hurricane force (in red). The ...
Katrina hit mainly the states of Louisana, Mississippi and Alabama on August 29th, 2005. Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph at 6:10 a.m This is the most devastating hurricane ever in the ...
Global warming 'has doubled storm threat' Weather expert finds destructive power worse than models predict Paul Brown, environment correspondent Tropical storms have doubled in destructive ...
Is extreme weather down to climate change? By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter With fires raging through southern Europe - a region experiencing its worst drought for decades - and ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da680021030/nb/09012da680021266_16x9_nb.ram It seems that the Brazil nut may hold the key not only to economic prosperity but to saving the ...
Warming hits 'tipping point' Ian Sample, science correspondent Siberia feels the heat It's a frozen peat bog the size of France and Germany combined, contains billions of tonnes of greenhouse ...
Spain fires claim rare tortoises Thousands of rare tortoises have died in forest fires that have raged across south-eastern , fanned by high temperatures and warm winds. At least 2,400 ...
Mexico vow after turtle killings Mexico is to increase protection for its sea turtle population after about 80 were found slaughtered. The remains of the Olive Ridley turtles were found - in ...
Poachers massacre protected turtles on beach By Alistair Bell MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican poachers bludgeoned and chopped some 80 protected Olive Ridley sea turtles to death for their ...
How to Live Without Oil New energy sources and efficiency could make petroleum obsolete. By Amory B. Lovins Newsweek International Aug. 8, 2005 issue - In 1850, most homes in the were lit by ...
Genetics may affect how older adults respond to exercise WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New research suggests why some older adults who exercise have better physical function than others. ...
http://www.nzbirds.com/NZStormPetrel.jpg The long-legged warbler found alive in Fiji Source: REUTERS Rusty-throated Wren Babbler Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, Julian P. Donahue ...
‘Extinct’ birds in comeback but no hope for dodo by Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Scientists beware: don't count your extinct bird species because one of them may hatch. Several supposedly ...
We are not at the end of the oil age: New developments soon will increase the world’s supply WE are not running out of oil - not yet. "Shortage" is certainly in the air - and in the ...
Jump start for solar? Car race shows potential Tapping the sun, students drove 2,500 miles from Texas to By Miguel LLANOS MSNBC reporter TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY — Mile after mile along this ...
Greenhouse effect could melt nearly all world's glaciers, says UN-backed report 4 August 2005 – Dramatic scenarios from man-made global warming can no longer be excluded, including the complete ...
Endangered turtles disappear from Malaysian nesting sites KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Endangered turtles have disappeared from Malaysia's famous nesting beaches this year, with just one landing ...
Leatherback turtle hatchlings make their way into the sea after being released on a beach at a turtle sanctuary near Kemaman, August 2004. Several populations of sea turtles in could soon be ...
Wildfires rage across parched , three villages evacuated LISBON (AFP) - Nearly 2,800 firefighters battled 31 blazes which raged out of control across drought-hit , forcing the evacuation of ...
Environmental damage seen from shuttle By Jeff Franks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Commander Eileen Collins said astronauts on shuttle Discovery had seen widespread environmental destruction on Earth ...
Fluctuations of Glaciers’ Report Launched Geneva , 3 August 2005 - Supported by UNEP and other agencies, the World Glacier Monitoring Service has launched the next edition of the Fluctuations ...
S.Korean scientists create world's first cloned dog by Jon Herskovitz SEOUL (Reuters) - Man can now reproduce his best friend -- South Korean scientists announced on Wednesday they had ...
Panda cub born at San Diego Zoo from natural mating LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - San Diego Zoo on Wednesday welcomed a new giant panda cub -- the second to be born in the this year and one of the ...
Killer dunes Sonja van Renssen Climate change is likely to “activate” sand dunes across Southern Africa , with potentially disastrous consequences, report researchers in the journal ...
Government forecasts more hurricanes this year By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season will be worse than previously expected, with as many as 21 ...
Global Warming Making Hurricanes Stronger Is global warming making hurricanes more ferocious? New research suggests the answer is yes. Scientists call the findings both surprising and ...
Fast-moving glaciers surprise research team By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press Two University of Maine scientists studying the effects of climate change in the Arctic have discovered that ...
Artic depths teeming with life, say explorers By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The remotest depths of the Arctic are surprisingly full of life, including species of jellyfish and ...
Loss of wolves changes Canadian ecosystem – study By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The loss of once-plentiful wolves in a part of 's west allowed the ...
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