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Category: Americas
Tornadoes rip through Virginia
Three tornadoes have caused devastation in Virginia, injuring more than 200 people and destroying buildings. Report courtesy of www.bbc.co.uk
Mercury found in birds in U.S. rivers
WASHINGTON - Mercury contamination in rivers can spread to nearby birds, even ones that don't eat fish or other
US secretary concedes biofuels may spur food price rises
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Setting aside farmland to produce biofuels like ethanol may be partly to blame for driving up
Hundreds flee US wildfires
Five hundred homes have been evacuated in California after the first wildfire of the year broke out near Los
Human warming hobbles ancient climate cycle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before humans began burning fossil fuels, there was an eons-long balance between carbon dioxide emissions and
Asia’s rainforests rapidly vanishing as timber, food demand surge.
Asia's rainforests are being rapidly destroyed, a trend accelerated by surging timber demand in booming China and India, and
Reno urged to prepare for worse as earthquakes continue
RENO, Nev. - Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada's largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the
Artificially cooling Earth may prove perilous
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Radical proposals to inject sulfur particles into the Earth's stratosphere to cool it down and battle
Pine beetle outbreaks turn forests into carbon source
DENVER - An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of trees:
U.S.-Brazilian venture to turn cane into biodiesel
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - U.S. company Amyris Biotechnologies and Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Crystalsev have formed a joint