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Katrina and a dog alive
A dog stands on a flooded street of the ninth area in New Orleans September 18, 2005. The death toll from Hurricane Katrina climbed to 883 on Sunday after Louisiana officials raised the number of confirmed fatalities in that state to 646, up from 579...
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Katrina winds
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 display is based on the wind radii contained in the set of Forecast/Advisories...
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Whaling controversy 2
Japan suffered yet another setback on June 23, 2005 in its bid for more whaling when an international commission rejected a plea to allow Japanese coastal communities to hunt whales. An annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Ulsan voted...
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Pipes pump in Louisana
Large pipes pump water from flooded neighborhoods into the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal in new Orleans, Louisiana September 15, 2005. The canal carries possibly contaminated floodwaters into both Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River . All the...
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Water pours in New Orleans
Water pours out of pipes connected to pumping stations sucking water out of flooded neighborhoods in New Orleans, Louisiana . Sediment left by receding floodwaters in New Orleans is laden with bacteria and hydrocarbons at levels that may be harmful for...
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An eruption of an underwater volcano in Japan
An aerial view of an eruption of an underwater volcano is seen in the Pacific Ocean near the uninhabited Minami Iwojima Island, about 1,400km (870 miles) south of Tokyo July 3, 2005. The Japanese Coast Guard sent a plane to investigate the approximately...
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Katrina and the rescued dog
Miami-Dade rescuers feed water to a dog belonging to 39-year-old Reyne Johnson, who was freed from his home in New Orleans Parish, in New Orleans , September 18, 2005. Johnson, afraid to come out of his home, had been holed up with his dog since Hurricane...
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Whaling controversy
A young Japanese woman bites into a whale burger, a 380 yen ($3.50) slice of fried minke whale in a bun, which went on sale at Lucky Pierrot, a restaurant chain in the port city of Hakodate on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, June 23, 2005. With...
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Ophelia
This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, September 16, 2005 at 14:15 EDT shows Tropical Storm Ophelia on the extreme northern edge of the image. The storm is expected to move northeast up the East Coast of the United States. Clouds associated with cold...
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Artic pollution
Undated photo provided by the journal Science shows ponds containing fallen contaminants from seabird guano in the Canadian high arctic. A major source of chemical contamination in the Arctic turns out to be _ bird droppings. Wind currents and human activities...
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A gray nurse shark 1
A grey nurse shark with an identity tag attached swims in the ocean off the southeast coast of Australia in this handout photo released July 22, 2005. The grey nurse is one of the fiercest-looking but most docile marine creatures, and despite it being...
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Global warming & Katrina 1
More strong Katrina-like hurricanes reported By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of strong hurricanes -- like the devastating Katrina -- significantly increased in the last 35 years, fueled by hotter seas that have been linked to global...
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Global Warming & Siberia
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 gas and, for the first time since the ice age, it is melting...
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Hurricane season
Visitors ordered to leave Florida Keys Center of Dennis swirling just northeast of Jamaica MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- All nonresidents of the Florida Keys were ordered to leave as Florida officials prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Dennis, an emergency...
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China & alternative energies
Beijing Conference Shows Renewable Energy Booming Worldwide BEIJING , China , November 7, 2005 (ENS) - The fastest growing energy technology in the world is grid-connected solar photovoltaic, which grew in capacity by 60 percent per year from 2000 through...
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Global warming and deserts in Africa
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 Nature . As the Kalahari desert gets hotter and drier in the 21st century,...
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Global warming and human activity
PLANET UNDER PRESSURE http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/news_web/video/40978000/nb/40978705_nb_16x9.asx Humans are causing irreversible damage to the global environment, a major study has found. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment says the Earth could fail...
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Whales in danger in Japan
Japan Loses Commercial Whaling Vote ULSAN - lashed out at anti-whaling nations on Tuesday after its proposal to resume limited commercial hunting was voted down by an international commission and its "scientific" harvesting heavily criticised. had sought...
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Variety of ocean's fish down
Variety of ocean's fish down by half, study says Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post WASHINGTON , D.C. -- The variety of species in the world's oceans has dropped by as much as 50 percent in the past 50 years, according to a paper published today in the...
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rare tortoises inSapin
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 tortoises died during one fire in nature reserves in the region, the...
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Mount Everest 3
UN investigates Everest threat By Richard Black BBC News Environment Correspondent The United Nations is to set up a task force to investigate the effects of climate change on regions like the Himalayas . The decision came at the annual meeting of the...
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Ozone layer
Ozone hits record low in 2005 Quirin Schiermeier Chilly Arctic winters are sapping our atmospheric protection A combination of climate change and pollution is chewing through Europe's ozone, researchers say. They have announced that the protective layer...
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Wind farms
Wind farms could meet energy needs Wind power could generate more than enough sustainable electricity to meet global energy needs, according to new research. Scientists at Stanford University have produced a world map that plots wind power potential for...
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Impact on hurricane Stan in Mexico
Hurricane Stan leaves 300,000 needing help in Mexico BY SUSANA HAYWARD Knight Ridder Newspapers MEXICO CITY - (KRT) - Rescuers with emergency supplies of food and water can't reach more than 300,000 people in mountainous regions of Mexico's Chiapas state...
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Disappearance of a lake in Russia
Lake vanishes overnight in Russia CBC News MOSCOW - Villagers in central Russia are mystified by the sudden disappearance, overnight, of the town's lake. Russia 's NTV channel showed a muddy basin where the lake once was, in the village of Bolotnikovo,...