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EU body predicts more extreme weather as floods devastate central Europe

By   /  June 5, 2013  /  Environment, Europe, News  /  No Comments

An aerial view shows a submerged village of Kresice near the town of Roudnice nad Labem

The European Environment Agency today (5 June) predicted a rise in extreme weather events due to climate change as floods caused deaths and widespread property damage in Central Europe.

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Earthquake acoustics can indicate if a massive tsunami is imminent

By   /  June 5, 2013  /  Environment  /  No Comments

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As bad as earthquakes can be, and we’ve recently had our fair share of earthquakes around the world, the tsunamis they generate can be even worse.

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Space Storm Could Black Out US East Coast for Two Years – Expert

By   /  June 5, 2013  /  Environment, News, World  /  No Comments

NASA administrator Bolden

By Karin Zeitvogel | RiaN Severe space “weather” can knock out satellite communications and GPS systems, expose space tourists and astronauts to dangerous levels of radiation, and even cause massive blackouts on Earth that could last up to two years, scientists and NASA officials warned at a conference here on Tuesday. A sun storm on the [...]

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TEPCO admits Fukushima groundwater contaminated with radioactive cesium

By   /  June 4, 2013  /  Environment, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Faith Aquino | JDP Samples from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex grounds were found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium, prompting utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) to take back an earlier statement about groundwater safety in the area. Prior to TEPCO’s announcement on Monday, the company said that there’s no need to raise the alarm [...]

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Prague builds flood defences to cope with the extra water on the River Vltava

By   /  June 4, 2013  /  Environment, Europe, News  /  No Comments

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VOR River levels in the Czech Republic have risen sharply overnight after the authorities were forced to open several dams in the south of the country. In the capital Prague, metal flood barriers are being raised to cope with the extra water on the River Vltava. Severe floods caused by days of heavy rain have [...]

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Al Gore backlash: Why environmentalists are celebrating rising CO2 levels

By   /  June 4, 2013  /  Environment, News, World  /  No Comments

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By Mike Adams | Natural News Thank goodness carbon dioxide levels are finally rising ever so slightly in our atmosphere, bringing much-needed carbon dioxide to the plants and forests of the world which have been starving for CO2. The lack of CO2 in the atmosphere is one of the most devastating limiting factors for plant [...]

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Flood disaster warnings in Central Europe

By   /  June 2, 2013  /  Environment, Europe, News  /  No Comments

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EuroNews Authorities are bracing for more chaos across Central Europe as heavy rain continues to pound the region. Rail lines were closed in the Czech Republic and homes were evacuated. Flood barriers were erected in Prague for the first time since 2002, when the capital was crippled, with whole districts under water and animals drowned [...]

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6.2 quake causes gas explosion in Taiwan, shakes houses in capital

By   /  June 2, 2013  /  Environment, News, World  /  No Comments

taiwan quake

RT One person was killed and 18 others injured as a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the island of Taiwan, violently shaking buildings in the capital Taipei and triggering a gas blast. Following the powerful tremors, frightened people took to the streets. A male mountain climber was killed during the quake after being hit by falling rocks [...]

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Global warming ’caused by chlorofluorocarbons, not carbon dioxide’

By   /  June 2, 2013  /  Environment  /  No Comments

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ANI A new research from the University of Waterloo has blamed Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and not carbon dioxide for global warming since the 1970s. CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in-depth statistical analysis now shows that CFCs are also the key driver in global climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. “Conventional thinking [...]

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China’s Drinking Water Poisoned, State Report Misses Cause

By   /  June 1, 2013  /  Environment, News, World  /  No Comments

Drinking water China

By Gu Chunqiu | The Epoch Times Following outrage among netizens, demands by Beijing attorneys, and media pressure, the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources recently issued a report on the quality of the nation’s groundwater. The report has failed to address the scope or the severity of the problem, say critics. Concern about groundwater seized [...]

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Monsanto set to halt GMO push in Europe

By   /  June 1, 2013  /  Environment, Europe, News  /  No Comments

Monsanto out of EU

RT Monsanto plans to halt lobbying for its genetically modified plant varieties in Europe due to low demand from local farmers, a representative from the US agricultural giant told a German daily. “We are no longer working on lobbying for more cultivation in Europe,” Brandon Mitchner a representative for Monsanto’s European branch, Tageszeitung, said in an [...]

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Don’t Believe in Karma? South Korea Is Latest To Suspend US Wheat Imports In Aftermath Of Monsanto Rogue Wheat Discovery

By   /  June 1, 2013  /  Environment, News, World  /  No Comments

GMO-Wheat-field

By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge As a reminder, recently news broke out that a rogue genetically modified strain of wheat developed by Monsanto, had been found in an Oregon field late last month. But while modified food has long been a diet staple, this particular breed was the first discovery of an unapproved strain, and [...]

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