Month: August 2009

Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat

TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories - The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of

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Australia: Climate Change reef damage will cost billions

CLIMATE change will inflict more than $37 billion worth of damage to the Great Barrier Reef over the next

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1 million flee China super typhoon

Wicked Waves as high as 9 meters have been reported on China's south-east coast Authorities have evacuated almost one

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Typhoon Morakot devastates Taiwan

Video: Typhoon Morakot devastates Taiwan

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Troops deployed as Taiwan suffers worst flooding in 50 years

Taiwan's government mobilised troops Sunday to rescue tens of thousands of residents trapped in the island's worst flooding in

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Typhoon Morakot destroys Taiwan hotel

Video: Typhoon Morakot destroys Taiwan hotel

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Climate change to challenge US military

Climate change will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military

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Canada hopes for break in battling fierce forest fires

The Okanagan fire remained the site of the most concentrated battle, with about 264 ground firefighters, 16 helicopters and

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Greenpeace pressures North America leaders on climate

Greenpeace activists climbed a main monument in the Mexican City of Guadalajara Saturday in a bid to push climate

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10 dead as typhoon Morakot hits Philippines

MANILA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people -- including three French tourists -- were killed in flood

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