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Water Cycle Conference Makes A Big SplashParis, France (ESA) Jan 07, 2010 Earth has a limited amount of water that recycles itself in what is called the 'water cycle'. Climate change, weather and human life are highly affected by changes in this continuous, interconnected cycle. Observing and monitoring the key variables governing the global water cycle is essential to our understanding of the Earth's climate, forecasting our weather, predicting floods and droug ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2010State-owned Agricultural Bank of China plans to raise up to 150 billion yuan (22 billion dollars) through initial public offerings in Shanghai and Hong Kong, state media reported Tuesday. The bank -- the only one of China's so-called "big four" lenders yet to list -- aims to issue 50 billion shares as early as April, the English-language China Daily said, quoting unnamed sources. AFP cal ... more  
Angra Dos Reis, Brazil (AFP) Jan 4, 2010Rescue teams scoured ravines and hillsides Monday searching for survivors of landslides that have killed 72 people in the past days as hopes dimmed with each passing hour. Searchers found four bodies on Monday in Angra dos Reis, a beach city 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Rio de Janeiro and firefighters said they thought more bodies could still be found. "One of the bodies was that o ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Jan 4, 2009 A diesel spill from a ruptured pipeline operated by state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. has seriously contaminated two Yellow River tributaries. Contamination to the Yellow River remained under control and its water quality was still within the state standard, officials said at a news conference Monday, state-owned Xinhua news agency reports. Yet there were other news reports Mon ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Jan 4, 2010Australian authorities declared a natural disaster Monday in a southeastern farming town where raging floodwaters forced the evacuation of hundreds of people. The swollen Castlereagh River peaked at 5.14 metres (17 feet) just before midday (0100 GMT) in Coonamble, the weather bureau said, after 1,200 residents in the New South Wales town were urged to leave their homes for higher ground. ... more 
Angra Dos Reis, Brazil (AFP) Jan 3, 2010Rescuers on Sunday searched for more bodies from an avalanche of mud and rock that buried a luxury Brazilian hotel filled with New Year's revelers, as the death toll from heavy rains in the south of the country stood at 63. Twenty-eight people were killed in the tragedy at the hotel on Ilha Grande -- a resort island southwest of Rio de Janeiro -- and another six people injured. State off ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2010An oil spill from a ruptured pipeline in northern China has reached the Yellow River, in the latest environmental accident to threaten the nation's drinking water, state media said Monday. Water quality monitors at the Sanmenxia reservoir on the Yellow River began detecting traces of diesel on Sunday, four days after the pipeline burst, the China News Service said. The accident occurred ... more |
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