Tag: Climate Change

Natural Disasters cost China nearly $200 billion last year

BEIJING -- China says natural disasters including the devastating Sichuan earthquake cost the country almost $200 billion last year. The

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The Big Dry: ‘Wicked’ warming dries Australian rivers to historic lows

Climate change is combining with Australia's record-breaking drought to strangle the nation's largest river system, threatening to devastate food

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Arctic storms to threaten oil, shipping industries

OSLO, Feb 4 — Arctic storms could worsen because of global warming in a threat to possible new businesses

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Solomon Islands declares a national disaster as raging floods leave eight dead

THE Solomon Islands declared a national disaster after torrential rain and flooding in the South Pacific nation killed eight

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Thousands stranded by intense Brunei floods

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI Feb 5, 2009 - Thousands of people in rural Brunei have been stranded by flood

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1st deep sea observatory looks at climate change

A crane on a ship deck hoisted a 502-pound video camera and plopped it into the ocean for a

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Australian floods wash crocodiles into streets

Floods ravaging northern Australia have washed crocodiles onto the streets, where one was hit by a car, authorities said

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Quakes Build Stress Along Mega Fault Line

Feb. 4, 2009 -- A bizarre form of earthquake, which happens over the course of two to three weeks

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Rabies Plague kills over 50 Angolan children in 3 months

LUANDA - Rabies has killed over 50 children in Angola's capital Luanda in the past three months, raising alarm

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EU envoy says China won’t skate on climate

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The European Union's envoy to Washington told US lawmakers Wednesday that China will not escape making

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