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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2009 
Since May 2009, the tropical Pacific Ocean has switched from a cool pattern of ocean circulation known as La Nina to her warmer sibling, El Nino. This cyclical warming of the ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific generally occurs every three to seven years, and is linked with changes in the strength of the trade winds. El Nino can affect weather worldwide, including the ... read more 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2009Scientists from CSIRO's Water for a Healthy Country Flagship have removed approximately 90 per cent of Australia's vegetation cover from satellite images of the continent to produce the most detailed available Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of its topography. "The DEM will revolutionise geological applications, land-use studies, soil science, and much more," CSIRO's Dr John Gallant said in ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Kok Karm, Thailand (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Using nothing but bamboo poles and remarkable ingenuity, one Thai villager succeeded in beating back the waves that had slowly engulfed his seaside community and robbed it of precious land. But now that heroic feat may be undone by a new foe -- the forces of climate change that are inexorably pushing up sea levels even as Thailand's vast Chao Phraya river delta, home to 25 million people ... more 
Nieuw-Namen, Netherlands (AFP) Oct 8, 2009It's the classic Dutch battle, land vs. sea, fought for centuries in low-lying Zeeland province by proud farmers now aghast at government plans to surrender to the "enemy" and flood their fields. "Look how beautiful it is, one cannot destroy that," Ewald Baecke, a 66-year-old a farmer in Nieuw-Namen, said incredulously -- pointing to the poplar trees lining the dyke that shields vast fields ... more  
Raichur, India (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Survivors of flash floods that killed more than 300 people in southern India began to return home Thursday to discover what was left of their houses and belongings. Close to 1.5 million residents of the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra were displaced by days of heavy rains, according to government figures. Aid workers said water had receded enough in many areas for the ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 6, 2009Hong Kong has overtaken New York and London as the largest wine market for Sotheby's, the auction house said Tuesday, after it sold 7.9 million dollars of rare vintage to Asian buyers over the weekend. Sotheby's recorded total wine sales of 14.3 million dollars in the southern Chinese city this year. The figure surpassed those of New York and London, which respectively fetched a total ... more 
Manila (AFP) Oct 6, 2009Thousands of rice farmers in the northern Philippines are facing hardship and going further into debt after a typhoon mowed down stalks a week before harvest, officials said. Swathes of rice farms were laid to waste or heavily flooded after Typhoon Parma scythed through the farming provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Ilocos with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains. "No amount of ... more 
Raichur, India (AFP) Oct 6, 2009Aid workers used helicopters and boats to try to reach survivors of massive floods in southern India that have killed at least 280 people, officials said Tuesday. Days of heavy rain and flash floods in the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have forced close to 1.5 million people to take refuge in relief camps. Authorities stopped evacuating residents and have instead ... more |
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