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 Rome (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 
Much of the historic Italian city of Venice, including St. Mark's Square, was underwater Monday following a meteorological depression combined with natural tide waters, officials said. The tide monitoring centre said 45 percent of the Renaissance city was swamped when the lagoon rose 131 centimetres (more than four feet). Venice was flooded 50 times between 1993 and 2002, with the worst ... read more 
Bordeaux, France (AFP) Nov 30, 2009It was a crisp autumn day in the vineyards of Saint Emilion, the vines asleep for the winter, as winegrowers, scientists and children planted hedges to create habitats for mites needed to prey on vine pests. This marked the debut of an ambitious biodiversity project launched by pioneering French vintners in a bid for sustainability. The biological diversity of Saint Emilion's ... 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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Riyadh (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Saudi King Abdullah on Monday ordered an inquiry into the catastrophic flash flood in Jeddah last week that killed at least 106 people and sparked a rare burst of public outrage. The SPA state news agency said he also ordered that one million riyals (267,000 dollars) in compensation be paid to each family of the victims, many of whom drowned or were crushed in cars by what witnesses called ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2009On 21 August 2009, the Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea (a large sea bordering the Indian Ocean, to the northeast of Australia) started leaking oil. Over a period of ten weeks, more than two million litres of oil were lost into the sea, forming a 2000 square kilometre slick. The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X followed the growth of the slick as it occurred. The picture ... more 
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Nov 26, 2009More bodies have been recovered in the western Saudi city of Jeddah, gateway for Muslim pilgrims headed to Mecca, pushing the death toll from Wednesday's flash flood to 83, reports said on Friday. The Al-Watan and Okaz newspapers said the toll had risen to 83, nearly all of them in Jeddah, after the Red Sea port was hit by a torrential downpour that sparked what observers said looked like ... more |
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Corvallis OR (SPX) Nov 27, 2009Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has found. By these criteria, the United States is poised to do well, but France would come out on top, according to the study of 21 countries conducted by economists at ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 26, 2009ESA's GOCE gravity mission has achieved another major milestone as control of the satellite is transferred to the operations teams, marking the end of its commissioning and calibration phase. The 'Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer' (GOCE) satellite, launched in March, will map Earth's gravity field with unprecedented accuracy, providing insight into ocean ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Some 6,000 feral camels are running wild in a remote Australian outback community in search of water, smashing infrastructure and invading the airstrip, officials said Wednesday. As long-running drought grips parts of the country, residents of at least one central Australian town are scared to leave their homes because of the rampaging dromedaries, the Northern Territory government said. ... more |
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