Tiempo Climate Newswatch

December 2006

December 31 2006: SES called in as storms batter city - The Australian

December 31 2006: Storms rage through south-east Asia - The Age

December 31 2006: Howard sees Plenty of challenges in 2007 - Prime Minister John Howard has highlighted unemployment, drought, education and security as his main concerns in 2007. - The Age

December 31 2006: Do Galaxies Follow Darwinian Evolution? - Using VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of French and Italian astronomers have shown the strong influence the environment exerts on the way galaxies form and evolve. The scientists have for ... > - Science Daily

December 31 2006: Web-Based Video Storms the Planet - Sci-Tech Today

December 31 2006: New pop-up books aiming for adults - While traditional pop-up books are oriented towards children, a new breed aimed at a more adult audience is starting to flood U.S. bookstores. - Earth Times

December 31 2006: Consumer tidal wave on the way: China's middle class - Christian Science Monitor

December 31 2006: Saddam Hussein first came to the attention of most Americans in 1990 in the events leading up to Operation Desert Storm, but his ties to the U.S. go much deeper than that. He was once a key ally in the Middle East. - CBS

December 31 2006: Winter Storm Moves Into Plains States - CBS

December 31 2006: * - Colorado Woman Selling Snow on eBay - CBS

December 31 2006: Reduce household greenhouse emissions in 2007: Energy Aust - Energy Australia is urging people to make a new year's resolution to cut their home's greenhouse gas emissions. - ABC News Online

December 31 2006: British festivities canceled due to storms - Washington Times

December 31 2006: Indonesian ship 'sinks in storm' - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 31 2006: Storm sweeps across Plains - CNN

December 31 2006: An Inconvenient Truth - Climate Change Action - OneWorld

December 31 2006: Shanghai reported an average temperature of 18.2 degrees centigrade in its urban areas in 2006 which is the warmest year since it started to record weather information in 1873. - China Internet information Centre

December 31 2006: Sleet and Snow to Continue - China Internet information Centre

December 31 2006: Storms batter Irish coastline - Ireland On-Line

December 31 2006: Seal pups released back into wild after recent storms - Ireland On-Line

December 31 2006: Colorado Woman Selling Snow on eBay - ABC News

December 30 2006: Earthquake strikes the Gulf of Aden - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia, but initial reports said it appeared to have caused little damage. - The Age

December 30 2006: Bush flees as tornado kills one - Sydney Morning Herald

December 30 2006: Innovative Satellite System Proves Worth With Better Weather Forecasts, Climate Data - Preliminary findings from a revolutionary satellite system launched earlier this year show that the system can boost the accuracy of forecasts of hurricane behavior, significantly improve long-range ... > - Science Daily

December 30 2006: (December 30, 2006) - -- Preliminary findings from a revolutionary satellite system launched earlier this year show that the system can boost the accuracy of forecasts of hurricane behavior, significantly improve long-range ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 30 2006: Web-Based Video Storms the Planet - Sci-Tech Today

December 30 2006: Monster Winter Storm Moves Into Plains - Newsday (AP update)

December 30 2006: Colorado Woman Selling Snow on EBay - Newsday (AP update)

December 30 2006: Bush Sheltered During Tornado Alert - Newsday (AP update)

December 30 2006: Researchers: Warming May Change Amazon - Newsday (AP update)

December 30 2006: Western Storm Creeps Eastward - CBS

December 30 2006: * - Bush Sheltered During Tornado Alert - CBS

December 30 2006: Arctic ice break raises global warming fears - ABC News Online

December 30 2006: Opposition promises solar power for state schools - The New South Wales Opposition says it will focus on renewable energy initiatives in the lead-up to the March state election, promising that all public schools in the state will be powered by solar panels within 10 years. - ABC News Online

December 30 2006: The World Wide Fund for Nature says the declining number of polar bears is a major warning on the impact of climate change. - ABC News Online

December 30 2006: Sea of Japan coast told to brace for blizzards - The Japan Times

December 30 2006: Indonesian ship 'sinks in storm' - BBC

December 30 2006: Bush shelters amid tornado alert - BBC (Americas)

December 30 2006: Huge Arctic ice break discovered - A vast ice shelf broke away in the Canadian Arctic last year, in what could be another sign of global warming. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

December 30 2006: Water Pollution: Gas and Golf Investigation - Beijing is to investigate underground water pollution at gas stations and golf courses during the 2006-2010 period. This is identified in the five-year Geologic Investigation Development Plan released by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of State Land and Resources on December 25. - China Internet information Centre

December 30 2006: Thirsty Beijing Embraces Long-awaited Snow - China Internet information Centre

December 30 2006: Chinese environment agencies have succeeded in curbing desertification as the area of sand is shrinking by 1,283 square kilometers a year, said a senior Chinese legislator on Friday. - China Internet information Centre

December 30 2006: Global Warming Threatens 'World Barometer' - China Internet information Centre

December 30 2006: Seal pups released back into wild after recent storms - Ireland On-Line

December 30 2006: Indonesia, Malaysia brace for rain - More downpours were forecast Saturday for Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where rain-triggered floods and landslides this week have killed over 150 people and displaced at least half a million. - CNN (Asia)

December 30 2006: UN Food Agency Resumes Aid Flights to Somalia - Following a temporary suspension caused by a recent flare up of violence in Somalia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a resumption of air aid deliveries to the country, where it is struggling to feed half a million people affected by floods. - All Africa News

December 30 2006: Storm Lingers, Brings Blizzard to Plains - ABC News

December 30 2006: 'Freedom in Peril': NRA Makes a Pre-Emptive Strike - A draft version of a brochure from the gun-rights group has set off a firestorm on the Internet ? by taking shots at Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and other perceived enemies in the new Congress. - ABC News

December 29 2006: Bush shelters from forecast tornado - The Australian

December 29 2006: Snowstorm halts flights in Denver - The Age

December 29 2006: Hailstorm damages National Museum - The Age

December 29 2006: Weather Hampers Efforts To Reach Indonesian Flood Victims - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Payabedi (AFP) Dec 28, 2006 - Indonesian rescue teams were Thursday trying to reach people still stranded by floods on Sumatra island but bad weather was hampering efforts to deliver much-needed food in some areas, officials said. Anger over the slow distribution of food boiled over in the worst-hit district of Aceh Tamiang as around a hundred flood victims, most of them mothers carrying their children, looted an aid distribution post in Payabedi. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Algiers (AFP) Dec 17, 2006 - The UN International Year of Deserts and Desertification ended on Sunday with stark warnings from experts about the expansion of uninhabitable zones and an increase in climate-driven migration. Desertification -- the expansion of desert areas, caused by growing populations and climate changes -- is one of the most important global issues, UN Under Secretary-General Hans Van Ginkel said at the start of a three-day conference in the Algerian capital. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 28, 2006 - Millions of people across Asia suffered a second straight day without a full Internet service Thursday as telecoms operators raced to counter gloomy predictions of weeks without web access. Repair boats headed to the waters between Hong Kong and Taiwan so that engineers could assess how to fix underwater fibre-optic cables damaged in an earthquake off Taiwan on Tuesday. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 29, 2006 - This year Russia has registered the highest number of unfavorable and dangerous natural phenomena in the history of meteorological observation, a director of Russia's Hydrometeorology Center said Thursday. Roman Vilfand said that between January and November, 371 dangerous natural phenomena - including extreme cold, heat waves, strong winds and driving rains - were registered throughout Russia. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Nature Not Humans To Blame For Long Lasting Australian Drought - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Australia's devastating drought is far more likely to be part of a natural cycle than a result of the man-made greenhouse effect, an Australian climate scientist said Thursday. Barrie Hunt, a researcher with government science agency CSIRO, dismissed suggestions that global warming, believed to be caused by carbon emissions, is responsible for the "Big Dry" gripping much of south-eastern Australia. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Sydney (AFP) Dec 28, 2006 - Australia's devastating drought is far more likely to be part of a natural cycle than a result of the man-made greenhouse effect, an Australian climate scientist said Thursday. Barrie Hunt, a researcher with government science agency CSIRO, dismissed suggestions that global warming, believed to be caused by carbon emissions, is responsible for the "Big Dry" gripping much of south-eastern Australia. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Living Coral Reefs Provide Better Protection From Tsunami Waves - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Princeton NJ (SPX) Dec 29, 2006 - Healthy coral reefs provide their adjacent coasts with substantially more protection from destructive tsunami waves than do unhealthy or dead reefs, a Princeton University study suggests. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: How To Protect Against Carbon Monoxide - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Bogus Data Masks Scale Of Pollution Woes Facing China - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Bogus Data Masks Scale Of Chinese Pollution Woes - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Beijing (AFP) Dec 28, 2006 - Soaring pollution levels in China may be even worse than thought because local governments bent on economic growth are lying about their progress in meeting environmental goals, state media said Thursday. Data reported by China's regional governments indicates a national goal to reduce China's two main pollutants by two percent in 2006 has been reached, but calculations by the top environment watchdog show they actually grew two percent, Xinhua news agency said, quoting an environment official. "The figures on pollution control reported by local governments dropped remarkably this year, while the real environmental situation continues to deteriorate," said the unnamed official with the State Environmental Protection Administration. - Terra Daily

December 29 2006: Emergency services stretched as flooding hits Ashburton - Stuff

December 29 2006: Storm hits museum paintings - Sydney Morning Herald

December 29 2006: (December 29, 2006) - -- New results about the temperatures of rock deep below the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States shed light on the puzzling questions of why large earthquakes happened there in 1811 and ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 29 2006: Web-Based Video Storms the Planet - Sci-Tech Today

December 29 2006: Verizon plans improved network after earthquake - New Zealand Herald

December 29 2006: Denver Gets Blitzed by Another Snowstorm - Newsday (AP update)

December 29 2006: National Consumer Council - A useful PDF report on the ‘greenness’ of renewable energy suppliers. - OneWorld

December 29 2006: Vietnam panic after evacuation call - Hanoi : Officials in Vietnam have said that there had been panic overnight after an evacuation call along parts of the coast following a tsunami warning. - VietnamNews.Net

December 29 2006: Bush Sheltered During Tornado Alert - CBS

December 29 2006: Colorado Hit By Another Big Snowstorm - CBS

December 29 2006: Colorado Hit By Another Big Snowstorm - CBS

December 29 2006: Another Blizzard Blasts Denver - CBS

December 29 2006: Let It Snow, Man! - CBS

December 29 2006: Environment groups reject nuclear proposal - Environment groups in Alice Springs say the Prime Minister's support for nuclear energy will be met with opposition from the Northern Territory. - ABC News Online

December 29 2006: People and groups involved in marine industries and activities on Western Australia's south coast are being encouraged to join a special planning group devising strategies to better manage the state's marine environment. - ABC News Online

December 29 2006: Beach clean up report sent to Environment Minister - A volunteer marine group in south-west Western Australia has sent a report on its annual beach clean up to the Environment Minister. - ABC News Online

December 29 2006: More rain forecast amid signs El Nino fading - There are predictions Australia could return to a more normal rainfall pattern next year, with signs that the El Nino effect has peaked. - ABC News Online

December 29 2006: Australia's Environment Minister says he supports the anti-whaling group, the Sea Shepherd Society, so long as it obeys the law. - ABC News Online

December 29 2006: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 4:02 PM ET - Mike Rann, premier of South Australia state, said last month that the country was in the grip of a one-in-1000 year drought, citing advice from - Reuters

December 29 2006: China fears disasters, grain cut from global warming - Reuters

December 29 2006: A forthcoming official assessment of the effects of global - change on China will warn of worsening drought in northern China and increasing "extreme... - Reuters

December 29 2006: China uses head-banging snakes to 'predict' earthquakes - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 29 2006: Colorado chaos as snow hits - BBC (Americas)

December 29 2006: Indonesian floods, slides kill 109 - CNN

December 29 2006: Colorado storm: 'It's been crazy' - CNN

December 29 2006: 2nd snowstorm in week hits Denver - CNN

December 29 2006: Scientists Work on Map of Climate Change - Scientists in Antarctica spent Christmas Day finishing work that may show the effects of global warming -- drilling for clues about how massive ice sheets responded to past temperature changes. - Environmental News Network

December 29 2006: Taiwan Quake Shakes Confidence in Undersea Links - The earthquakes that hit Taiwan on Tuesday rocked communications in Asia and underscored the vulnerabilities of a system where huge amounts of data speed through the region in cables laid deep beneath the sea. - Environmental News Network

December 29 2006: A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said Thursday, citing climate change as a "major" reason for the event. - Environmental News Network

December 29 2006: Researchers studying plants and trees near Yellowstone National Park's thermal vents hope to glean an indication of how rising carbon dioxide emissions could affect vegetation worldwide a century from now. - Environmental News Network

December 29 2006: China Says Some Officials Fake Pollution Reports - Some local governments in China fake pollution reports and release false statistics, state media on Thursday cited an official with the country's environment watchdog as saying. - Environmental News Network

December 29 2006: Environment Watchdog Slams Local Governments - China Internet information Centre

December 29 2006: President, First Lady Take Shelter From Tornado - ABC News

December 29 2006: Asia slowly recovering from outage - Asia is slowly bouncing back from a massive communications outage, with phone and Internet providers cobbling together new networks after a strong earthquake off southern Taiwan severely damaged connections. - CNN (Asia)

December 29 2006: Denver Pounded by 2nd Storm - ABC News

December 29 2006: Blizzard Conditions Cause Holiday Headache - ABC News

December 29 2006: NRA Takes Aim At Its Enemies - When a draft version of an NRA brochure that attacks Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and other politicians hit the Internet, it caused a firestorm. - ABC News

December 29 2006: Arctic Ice Sheet Breaks - ABC News

December 28 2006: Thousands left homeless by landslides - WEEKS of flooding and landslides have left thousands of people homeless in Democratic Republic of Congo's Eastern Kasai province. - The Australian

December 28 2006: Police indicted over Katrina shootings - Seven New Orleans police officers have been charged in relation to two fatal shootings during Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath. - The Age

December 28 2006: Asia slowly bounces back from earthquake - Asia is bouncing back from a its big communications outage, as phone and internet providers cobbled together new networks following an earthquake near Taiwan. - The Age

December 28 2006: Aid moves in after Indonesia floods - Flooding in Indonesia has swept away thousands of houses and killed at least 122 people, officials say. - The Age

December 28 2006: Paris storms Bondi, but can she skol a beer? - The Age

December 28 2006: Taiwan was taking stock Wednesday after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that left two people dead, at least 42 injured and caused millions of dollars in damage. Hundreds of rescuers were dispatched to the worst-hit Pingtung area in southern Taiwan where at least three houses were reported to have collapsed and other buildings also suffered damage. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Kolkata (AFP) Dec 21, 2006 - Rising sea levels have submerged two islands in the Sunderbans, where tigers roam through mangrove forests in the Ganges River delta, and a dozen more islands are under threat, scientists say. A six-year study of the impact of future climate change on the world natural heritage site that India shares with Bangladesh came up with alarming results. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Rescuers Struggle To Reach Indonesian Flood Victims - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Langsa (AFP) Dec 27, 2006 - Indonesian troops and rescue workers were Wednesday struggling to deliver food supplies to thousands of people stranded for at least five days by floods that have claimed around 105 lives. Torrential rains last week triggered flash floods and landslides that have forced more than 400,000 people to flee their homes on the island of Sumatra, with Aceh and North Sumatra provinces the worst hit. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 28, 2006 - Internet and phone services were disrupted across much of Asia on Wednesday after an earthquake damaged undersea cables, leaving one of the world's most tech-savvy regions in a virtual blackout. From frustrated traders seeking in vain for stock quotes to anxious newshounds accustomed to round-the-clock updates on world events, millions of people from China to Japan to Australia were affected. The disruption was widespread, hitting China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere, with knock-on effects as far away as Australia for companies whose Internet is routed through affected areas. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Disasters such as the flash floods which have killed 100 people and displaced more than 400,000 will be repeated unless Indonesia takes swift action to restore forests lost to logging, activists and analysts said Wednesday. Conservationists and scientists say deforestation reduces the capacity of the ecosystem to regulate the water and also leads to soil erosion and landslides. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Global Warming Threatening Polar Bears - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Washington (AFP) Dec 27, 2006 - The United States on Wednesday proposed listing polar bears as threatened, marking the first time the US administration has singled out climate change as the potential driving force behind the demise of a species. The proposal by the Interior Department's US Fish and Wildlife Service is linked to the fact that rising temperatures in the Arctic are reducing the sea ice that polar bears need for hunting, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne told a news conference. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2006 - Want biodiversity? Look no further than the air around you. It could be teeming with more than 1,800 types of bacteria, according to a first-of-its-kind census of airborne microbes recently conducted by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The team used an innovative DNA test to catalog the bacteria in air samples taken from the Texas cities of San Antonio and Austin. Surprisingly, they found a widely varied bacterial population that rivals the diversity found in soil. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Dire Warnings From First Chinese Climate Change Report - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2006 - Temperatures in China will rise significantly in coming decades and water shortages will worsen, state media said Wednesday, citing the government's first national assessment of global climate change. "Greenhouse gases released due to human activity are leading to ever more serious problems in terms of climate change," the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement. - Terra Daily

December 28 2006: Bear necessities force US climate change - Sydney Morning Herald

December 28 2006: Fishbone Deforestation Pattern Affecting Environment, Research Shows - Science Daily

December 28 2006: Warmer Atlantic, Climate Change Presage More, and Worse, Western Wildfires - Scientific American

December 28 2006: Australia's drought natural, researcher says - Scientific American

December 28 2006: Colo. Snowstorm Threatens Airport Again - Newsday (AP update)

December 28 2006: Watchdog Probing Chinese Pollution Data - Newsday (AP update)

December 28 2006: Scanning on thin polar ice - A prototype aircraft will track melting with ice-penetrating radar and a laser altimeter over the fringes of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets - New Scientist

December 28 2006: Understanding the Arctic -- NSF-funded expeditions cover new ground in climate science - The effects of climate change appear in the Arctic before becoming apparent in other regions, but scientists know little about the Arctic sea floor. An international NSF-funded collaboration is exploring the ongoing effects of climate change in the Arctic. - EurekAlert!

December 28 2006: As EU gates open, 'paradise' flows East - Bulgarians and Romanians, finding better prospects at home, are unlikely to flood westward come Jan. 1. - Christian Science Monitor

December 28 2006: Colorado Braces For Another Snowstorm - CBS

December 28 2006: Polar bear numbers sound alarm bells, say conservationists - The World Wide Fund for Nature says the declining number of polar bears is a major warning on the impact of climate change. - ABC News Online

December 28 2006: Citrus grower says drought a national emergency - ABC News Online

December 28 2006: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 2:58 PM ET - Mike Rann, premier of South Australia state, said last month that the country was in the grip of a one-in-1,000 year drought, citing advice from - Reuters

December 28 2006: UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ - BBC (Middle East)

December 28 2006: Forecasting finance - Will 2007 bring calms or storms for the UK's economy? - BBC

December 28 2006: New storm threatens Colorado - CNN

December 28 2006: Don't be fooled by oil and car companies' attempts to appear green. They are still a major obstacle to tackling climate change, warns - New Scientist

December 28 2006: 2006: The year in environment - Climate change continued, highly visibly, but fears of a mini ice age eased, and managed game hunting was proposed in the name of conservation - New Scientist

December 28 2006: Norway Wants U.S. Politicians to See Warming Arctic - Norway will invite U.S. politicians to visit a group of fast-thawing Arctic islands in 2007, hoping to win converts for tougher action against global warming, its foreign minister says. - Environmental News Network

December 28 2006: China Fears Disasters, Grain Cut from Global Warming - Environmental News Network

December 28 2006: Polar bears are in jeopardy and need stronger government protection because of melting Arctic sea ice related to global warming, the Bush administration said Wednesday. - Environmental News Network

December 28 2006: Shanghai: Towards a Cleaner Environment - China Internet information Centre

December 28 2006: Indonesia: 109 dead; over 400,000 displaced - Government and aid agencies were moving food, water and medical supplies on Thursday to hundreds of thousands forced into temporary shelters by floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island. - CNN (Asia)

December 28 2006: Indonesia floods kill at least 109 - CNN (Asia)

December 28 2006: Scientists predict future tsunami - CNN (Asia)

December 28 2006: Denver Braces For Another Snowstorm - ABC News

December 27 2006: Polar bear fears may spark warming rethink - The Australian

December 27 2006: Communications cut after Asian quake - Telephone and internet services were disrupted across Asia after a powerful earthquake struck near southern Taiwan. - The Age

December 27 2006: Drought 'natural process, not emissions' - The Age

December 27 2006: Another three years of drought? Can do - The Age

December 27 2006: Taiwan Quake Kils One Triggers Tsunami Warning - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: Taipei (AFP) Dec 26, 2006 - A major earthquake measuring magnitude 7.1 rocked Taiwan Tuesday, geologists said, killing one person while at least 29 others were wounded, officials said Wednesday. A 34-year-old man was fatally wounded when a furniture shop collapsed in southern Pingtung county, rescue officials said. Seven others were also trapped in the shop and two of them, including a boy, were still waiting to be rescued, they said. - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: Study Shows Extreme Contrast In Ozone Losses At North And South Poles - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: Chicago (AFP) Dec 25, 2006 - A study released Monday shows just how dramatic the ozone loss in the Antarctic has been over the past 20 years compared to the same phenomenon in the Arctic. The study found "massive" and "widespread" localized ozone depletion in the heart of Antartica's ozone hole region, beginning in the late 1970s, but becoming more pronounced in the 1980s and 90s. - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: Prayers And Tears Mark Second Tsunami Anniversary - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: Ban Nam Khem (AFP) Dec 26, 2006 - With prayers and flowers and tears, from Thailand's beaches to the islands of India, mourners paid tribute to their loved ones Tuesday on the second anniversary of the Asian tsunami. Emotional ceremonies across the region recalled the day when giant waves killed 220,000 people in a sweep of devastation that washed entire villages away -- and left many that survived struggling to recover. - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: First Comprehensive Caribbean Earthquake Model - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: Fayetteville AK (SPX) Dec 27, 2006 - Researchers at the University of Arkansas and Purdue University have monitored tiny tectonic movements in the Caribbean to create the first comprehensive and quantitative kinematic model describing potential earthquake activity in the region. University of Arkansas researchers Pamela Jansma and Glen Mattioli, together with Purdue University researchers D. Manaker and Eric Calais, presented their findings at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. - Terra Daily

December 27 2006: There's plenty of sunshine but little snow in the Swiss Alps. - Swiss Info

December 27 2006: Most of the retailers questioned by the news agency, Associated Press, said sales were better than in 2005. - Sunshine replaces snow in Alps","/eng/front/detail/Sunshine_replaces_snow_in_Alps.html?siteSect=105 // ]]> - Swiss Info

December 27 2006: Warne's new tsunami promise - Sydney Morning Herald

December 27 2006: Lessons from the tsunami - Sydney Morning Herald

December 27 2006: Evacuation No Option For Flood In Netherland's Most Populous Area - Science Daily

December 27 2006: (December 27, 2006) - -- A flood in the southern Randstad will claim thousands of victims. And evacuating the area would only save precious few lives, TU Delft researcher Bas Jonkman states in the latest edition of Delft ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 27 2006: Deadly Wave: Researchers Learn From Analyses Of Rare Tsunami Earthquake - Science Daily

December 27 2006: (December 27, 2006) - -- Analyses of a classic, slow-rupturing tsunami earthquake whose massive waves devastated the coast of Java, Indonesia, this past summer are providing insight to seismologists and engineers, who want ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 27 2006: China fears disasters, grain cut from global warming - Scientific American

December 27 2006: Corruption Blamed in China's Pollution - Newsday (AP update)

December 27 2006: New study links Western wildfires to Atlantic Ocean surface temperatures - Western US wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that links episodic fire outbreaks in the past five centuries with periods of warming sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. - EurekAlert!

December 27 2006: The calm after the holiday storm - When grown kids return home for the holidays, it might be compared to a thunderstorm. - Christian Science Monitor

December 27 2006: A grass-roots push for a 'low carbon diet' - David Gershon's book guides readers through a series of behavioral changes to reduce their 'carbon footprint.' - Christian Science Monitor

December 27 2006: In Aceh, building peace amid building pains - The province must continue post-tsunami reconstruction while delivering on last year's peace accord, which was aimed at ending three decades of separatist fighting. - Christian Science Monitor

December 27 2006: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Still Rising - OneWorld

December 27 2006: Despite the knowledge of the effects greenhouse gases are having on the environment, the numbers continue to rise. - Image: Storm clouds gathering - OneWorld

December 27 2006: Minister urges whalers and protesters to obey the law - Australia's Environment Minister says he supports the anti-whaling group, the Sea Shepherd Society, so long as it obeys the law. - ABC News Online

December 27 2006: Tsunami survivor lost after rescue - Washington Times

December 27 2006: Scotland hit by earthquake - Washington Times

December 27 2006: Winter sale shoppers storm the stores - Financial Times

December 27 2006: Earthquake disrupts services in Asia - Financial Times

December 27 2006: New eurozone member may punch above its weight - Financial Times

December 27 2006: China to tackle Olympic pollution - BBC (World)

December 27 2006: Indonesia steps up flood relief - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 27 2006: Taiwan starts earthquake clean-up - CNN

December 27 2006: Denver braces for another blizzard - CNN

December 27 2006: Environmental smoke and mirrors - Don't be fooled by oil and car companies' attempts to appear green. They are still a major obstacle to tackling climate change, warns - New Scientist

December 27 2006: Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Go Green - Laurie David, who produced Al Gore's documentary about global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," says saving the planet isn't about everyone doing everything. "It's about everyone doing something," said David. - Environmental News Network

December 27 2006: Using fire scars on nearly 5,000 tree stumps dating back 450 years, scientists have found that extended periods of major wildfires in the West occurred when the North Atlantic Ocean was going through periodic warming. - Environmental News Network

December 27 2006: Democrats Want to Redistribute Big Oil Money to Conservation, Renewables - House Democrats in the first weeks of the new Congress plan to establish a dedicated fund to promote renewable energy and conservation, using money from oil companies. - Environmental News Network

December 27 2006: Australia's giant prehistoric animals, including 10-foot-tall kangaroos and wombat-like creatures as big as a rhinoceros, were likely wiped out by aboriginal settlers, not climate change, a researcher said Tuesday. - Environmental News Network

December 27 2006: Global Warming Could Cause Havoc in China - China Internet information Centre

December 27 2006: Four Irish remembered on 2004 Asian tsunami anniversary - Ireland On-Line

December 27 2006: Quake disrupts Asia communications - Telecommunications around Asia were severely disrupted on Wednesday after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged undersea cables, slowing Internet services and hindering financial transactions, particularly in the currency market. - CNN (Asia)

December 27 2006: Across Asia, the tsunami is remembered - CNN (Asia)

December 27 2006: Country Struggles With Environment MDG - All Africa News

December 27 2006: UN Food Aid Agency Suspends Air Delivery As Fighting Intensifies - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended much of its delivery of aid by air in Somalia due to increased fighting, including its first airdrops in eight years, and withdrawn its last international staff from a country where it has been struggling to feed up to half a million people hit by floods. - All Africa News

December 27 2006: Children Go Hungry After Floods, Drought And Cyclone Bondo - All Africa News

December 26 2006: Why Isn't Global Warming News? - OneWorld

December 26 2006: Image: The aftermath of a storm (C) WWF-Canon/N. Dickinson - OneWorld

December 26 2006: Why Isn't Global Warming News? - Oregon and Washington just got creamed by the second damaging storm in a month. Yet in all the news coverage, not one word was said about global warming. - OneWorld

December 26 2006: Tsunami powering towards Philippines loses steam - VietnamNews.Net

December 26 2006: Two years later - The UN marked the second anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami today with calls for enhancing early warning systems that can save hundreds of thousands of lives, expressions of regret that the catastrophe failed to spark peace moves in Sri Lanka, and an aid airlift for victims of new flooding. - OneWorld

December 26 2006: Violent Christmas storms rip up Florida - VIOLENT rainstorms and a tornado swept through central Florida yesterday, leaving a dozen people injured and damaging more than 200 homes on the Christmas holiday. - The Australian

December 26 2006: Quakes off Taiwan trigger tsunami alert - The Age

December 26 2006: Earthquake reported in southern Scotland - The Age

December 26 2006: At least 100 dead in Indonesia floods - The Age

December 26 2006: Quake off Taiwan triggers tsunami alert - The Age

December 26 2006: Tears as tsunami remembered two years on - ULEE LHEUE: Thousands lit candles, visited mass graves and observed two minutes of silence on Tuesday two years after a tsunami pulverised villages along Indian Ocean shores and killed or left missing about 230,000 people. - Stuff

December 26 2006: Powerful quake off Taiwan sparks tsunami alert - Sydney Morning Herald

December 26 2006: Bargain hunter-gatherers storm city - Sydney Morning Herald

December 26 2006: 27 December 2006 | MetService - It was the coldest June since 1972, and that was mainly due to the "snowball storm" that hit on 11-12 June. We had a southerly autumn, an early and slippery winter, a windy spring and then a cool start to summer. This article gives some notes from ... - Scoop

December 26 2006: New York Tadpoles Fly To Puerto Rico - While many of New York's snow birds head south to Puerto Rico for time in the sun, a recent batch of first-time fliers -- born and raised in the city -- are heading down for a different reason -- to ... > - Science Daily

December 26 2006: Earth's Climate Changes in Tune with Eccentric Orbital Rhythms - Scientific American

December 26 2006: Warmer Atlantic, Climate Change Presage More, and Worse, Western Wildfires - Scientific American

December 26 2006: A reason why video games are hard to give up - Kids and adults will stay glued to video games this holiday season because the fun of playing actually is rooted in fulfilling their basic psychological needs. Psychologists at the University of Rochester, in collaboration with Immersyve Inc., a virtual environment think tank, asked 1,000 gamers what motivates them to keep playing. The results published in the journal Motivation and Emotion this month suggest that people enjoy video games because they find them intrinsically satisfying. - EurekAlert!

December 26 2006: Save The Children - Image: Unicef tsunami special report - OneWorld

December 26 2006: Asia Remembers 230,000 Killed in Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)

December 26 2006: Tsunami Danger Over Following Earthquake - Newsday (AP update)

December 26 2006: Second Volcano Erupts in Russia`s Far East in Two Days - Kamchatka seismology center spokesman reports that a second volcano has erupted on the peninsula within two days. Volcano's activity has recently increased on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's Far East. - MosNews

December 26 2006: The Famine Early Warning Systems Network has warned of the potentially "catastrophic" effects of all-out war in southern Somalia, where 1.1 million people are already facing a humanitarian crisis and 500,000 are seriously affected by floods. - OneWorld

December 26 2006: Somalia war warning by famine watchdog - The Famine Early Warning Systems Network has warned of the potentially "catastrophic" effects of all-out war in southern Somalia, where 1.1 million people are already facing a humanitarian crisis and 500,000 are seriously affected by floods. - OneWorld

December 26 2006: SOMALIA: All-out war "catastrophic" for southern Somalia - famine watchdog - NAIROBI, 26 December (IRIN) - The Famine Early Warning Systems Network has warned of potentially "catastrophic" effects of all-out war in Somalia. In an emergency alert issued on Friday as the conflict began to escalate, the analysis service highlighted the food security threat to southern Somalia, where 1.1 million people are already facing a humanitarian crisis while half a million are seriously affected by floods. - IRIN

December 26 2006: Tsunami survivors mark 2nd anniversary - Hindustan Times

December 26 2006: Violence mars tsunami recovery in Sri Lanka - Hindustan Times

December 26 2006: Tsunami survivors in a different battle - AddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1880677,0008.htm", "Tsunami survivors in a different battle"); - Hindustan Times

December 26 2006: Tsunami survivors in Asia struggle to carry on - Hindustan Times

December 26 2006: Dec 25: Tsunami wounds still sore in India, 2 yrs later - Hindustan Times

December 26 2006: Dec 25: Tsunami memories haunt survivors - Hindustan Times

December 26 2006: Asia remembers tsunami victims - Thousands mark second anniversary of tsunami that killed 230,000. - Guardian Unlimited

December 26 2006: New study links Western wildfires to Atlantic Ocean surface temperatures - Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that links episodic fire outbreaks in the past five centuries with periods of warming sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. - EurekAlert!

December 26 2006: Second anniversary of killer tsunami observed - Earth Times

December 26 2006: New jobs, homes boost two Banda Aceh families - Two years after the foundations of their lives were wiped out in Indonesia's deadly tsunami, their resilience, courage, and humility are paying off. - Christian Science Monitor

December 26 2006: Concern on track for finishing tsunami rehabilitation - OneWorld

December 26 2006: RWE Corporate Value at Risk from Carbon Price, Says Study - GreenBiz

December 26 2006: Nature Sends Reminder Of 2004 Tsunami - CBS

December 26 2006: * - Nature Sends Reminder Of 2004 Tsunami - CBS

December 26 2006: Christmas Storm Hits Florida - CBS

December 26 2006: Scientists look for climate change evidence in ice shelf - ABC News Online

December 26 2006: Tsunami survivor lost after rescue - Washington Times

December 26 2006: More tsunami news: OneWorld South Asia - OneWorld

December 26 2006: Bluefin tuna face global warming threat: experts - The Japan Times

December 26 2006: Poor construction of tsunami victim’s homes - Financial Times

December 26 2006: Ignore the storm warnings - Financial Times

December 26 2006: 2004: Asian tsunami kills thousands - Massive earthquake triggers sea surges - BBC

December 26 2006: Aceh village rebuilds two years after devastating tsunami - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 26 2006: In pictures - Aceh village rebuilds two years after devastating tsunami - BBC (World)

December 26 2006: Strong quake strikes off Taiwan - An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hits off Taiwan, followed by a powerful aftershock. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 26 2006: Bali drill marks tsunami memorial - BBC (World)

December 26 2006: Sumatra flood rescue under way - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 26 2006: Dumfries is shaken by earthquake - BBC

December 26 2006: Indonesia floods kill at least 100 - CNN

December 26 2006: Settlers Eyed in Australia Extinctions - Australia's giant prehistoric animals, including 10-foot-tall kangaroos and wombat-like creatures as big as a rhinoceros, were likely wiped out by aboriginal settlers, not climate change, a researcher said Tuesday. - Environmental News Network

December 26 2006: In Many Villages, Alaskans Face Physical and Cultural Erosion - Erosion and flooding affect 86 percent -- or 184 -- of 213 Alaska native villages to some degree, according to a 2003 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to determine which communities need the most help from a network of state and federal agencies. - Environmental News Network

December 26 2006: Corruption to Blame for China's Worsening Pollution, Official Says - Environmental News Network

December 26 2006: Indonesia Struggles to Prepare Amid Warnings of Second Massive Tsunami - Two years after an earthquake off western Indonesia unleashed a monster tsunami, scientists expect the same fault to rupture again within the next few decades -- and this town stands to take the full force of the waves. - Environmental News Network

December 26 2006: 2007: a storm is brewing - Guardian Unlimited

December 26 2006: Heavy Snow Covers Lugu Lake - China Internet information Centre

December 26 2006: Residents Urged to Take Public Transit - The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau advised residents to use public transport and become "green" commuters when the air pollution enshrouding the capital city grows thick. - China Internet information Centre

December 26 2006: In Audio: Tsunami anniversary observed - Times of India

December 26 2006: Four Irish remembered on 2004 Asian tsunami anniversary - Ireland On-Line

December 26 2006: Aussies will take water over a whitewash - If Australia's drought goes on much longer they may not have any cricket grounds left to play on, writes - Guardian Unlimited

December 26 2006: Across Asia, a somber anniversary - Thousands of people fled beaches on Indonesia's resort island of Bali in a tsunami drill Tuesday, kicking off remembrances across Asia two years after devastating waves crashed into coastlines, killing 230,000 people. - CNN (Asia)

December 26 2006: FORGOTTEN DROUGHT - CNN (Asia)

December 26 2006: All-Out War "Catastrophic" for Southern Region - Famine Watchdog - The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned of potentially "catastrophic" effects of all-out war in Somalia. In an emergency alert issued on Friday as the conflict began to escalate, the analysis service highlighted the food security threat to southern Somalia, where 1.1 million people are already facing a humanitarian crisis while half a million are seriously affected ... - All Africa News

December 26 2006: Red Cross Helps Fight Malaria - The International Committee Red Cross (ICRC) has concluded ten-day humanitarian mission on Monday providing relief supply to families displaced by the floods hit in southern Somalia. - All Africa News

December 26 2006: Two Years Later: Remembering the Tsunami - ABC News

December 26 2006: Asian Nations Mark Tsunami Anniversary - ABC News

December 26 2006: Broken Promises: Two Years Later, Half of all Donations Unspent - The majority of those who lost their homes in the giant 2004 tsunami are still living in temporary housing and some $6 billion remains unused. - ABC News

December 26 2006: Sun, Snow... and Refugees? - ABC News

December 25 2006: How did the media acquit itself in tsunami coverage - VietnamNews.Net

December 25 2006: Aussie aid money builds homes, schools - AUSTRALIAN aid money has helped build 65 schools and homes for more than 200,000 people, two years on from the devastating south-east Asian tsunami. - The Australian

December 25 2006: Migrants storm Morocco-Spain border fence - The Australian

December 25 2006: Global warming 'may impact' bluefin tuna - The Age

December 25 2006: Aussie tsunami aid money builds homes - Australian aid money has helped build 65 schools and homes for more than 200,000 people, two years on from the devastating south-east Asian tsunami. - The Age

December 25 2006: First tsunami, now war for Sri Lanka - Stuff

December 25 2006: Summer: let it snow, let it blow, let it glow - Sydney Morning Herald

December 25 2006: Thousands homeless as Aceh floods kill 114 - Sydney Morning Herald

December 25 2006: Tsunami aid poured in but spending trickled out - Sydney Morning Herald

December 25 2006: Taken At The Flood can take them to the cleaners after Rosehill weight drop - Sydney Morning Herald

December 25 2006: Violent Storms Hit Florida on Christmas - Newsday (AP update)

December 25 2006: Post Offices Catch Up After Snowstorm - Newsday (AP update)

December 25 2006: Airports, Mail Carriers Busy After Storm - Newsday (AP update)

December 25 2006: See how to conjure up a fake snow storm, and - New Scientist

December 25 2006: Snow business - See how to conjure up a fake snow storm, and - New Scientist

December 25 2006: Christmas science - From the psychology of Christmas cards and seasonal affective disorder, to fake snow and partying to excess... - New Scientist

December 25 2006: Carbon sequestration in obese humans - New Scientist

December 25 2006: Tsunami wounds still sore, 2 yrs later - AddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1880414,000900020006.htm", "Tsunami wounds still sore, 2 yrs later"); - Hindustan Times

December 25 2006: Tsunami memories haunt survivors - Hindustan Times

December 25 2006: Russian traffic accident kills 13 people - A traffic accident and an accompanying methane explosion claimed the lives of 13 people Monday in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. - Earth Times

December 25 2006: Indonesian flooding claims more than 100 - More than 100 people in North Sumatra and Aceh provinces have died in the last three days in the latest round of flooding in Indonesian. - Earth Times

December 25 2006: Indonesian flooding claims more than 100 - Washington Times

December 25 2006: Critics attack airport blizzard response - Washington Times

December 25 2006: Paloma chief to resign early next year - The chairman of Paloma, whose subsidiary has been blamed for a series of carbon monoxide poisoning cases involving its gas water heaters, is planning to resign early next year. - The Japan Times

December 25 2006: Support carbon rationing - OneWorld

December 25 2006: 10 Downing Street - 'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Adopt Carbon Rationing and Contraction and Convergence.' Add your voice... - OneWorld

December 25 2006: In pictures - Two years on - South Asia's slow recovery from tsunami - BBC (World)

December 25 2006: UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ - BBC (Europe)

December 25 2006: Caucasus gunmen 'put to flight' - Russian forces storm an apartment in the southern town of Cherkessk where gunmen were holed up. - BBC (Europe)

December 25 2006: Bid to save Sumatra flood victims - BBC

December 25 2006: Overview: Aceh after the tsunami - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 25 2006: A Hawaii company wants to show that its wave energy conversion concept can extract power over a wider range of wave sizes and frequencies than other devices currently on the market. - Image: Wave power, Hawaii-style - OneWorld

December 25 2006: Afghanistan's forgotten drought - CNN

December 25 2006: Asia remembers 2004 tsunami - CNN

December 25 2006: Scientists predict future tsunami - CNN

December 25 2006: Scientists expect future tsunami - CNN

December 25 2006: Fl. storms damage dozens of homes - CNN

December 25 2006: Editorial: Canada faces the wrong way on climate change - New Scientist

December 25 2006: Sumatra floods kill at least 87 - CNN (Asia)

December 25 2006: Asian Nations Remember Tsunami Victims - ABC News

December 24 2006: Tsunami continues to haunt Indonesian journalist - VietnamNews.Net

December 24 2006: Online sites offer help for holiday grief - As excitement over the holidays builds so does the dread for millions of people grieving loved ones, sparking a rush to websites offering advice on how to cope with what can be a blizzard of emotions. - Stuff

December 24 2006: Naval Research Laboratory Scientists Analyze Comet Wild 2 Samples - Science Daily (Climate)

December 24 2006: (December 24, 2006) - -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have analyzed samples from Comet Wild 2, as part of NASA's Stardust mission, the first solid sample return mission since Apollo. Over 100 scientists at ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 24 2006: Tidal Motion Influences Antarctic Ice Sheet - Science Daily

December 24 2006: (December 24, 2006) - -- New research into the way the Antarctic ice sheet adds ice to the ocean reveals that tidal motion influences the flow of the one of the biggest ice streams draining the West Antarctic Ice ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 24 2006: LOS ANGELES - As excitement over the holidays builds so does the dread for millions of people grieving loved ones, sparking a rush to websites offering advice on how to cope with what can be a blizzard of emotions. David Kessler, who co-wrote the book "On Grief and Grieving" with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross[hellip] - New Zealand Herald

December 24 2006: Storm Cuts Power to Thousands in Wis. - Newsday (AP update)

December 24 2006: Indonesia Fears Another Massive Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)

December 24 2006: Floods Kill 94 in Indonesia, Malaysia - Newsday (AP update)

December 24 2006: Tumbleweeds, Not Snow, Invade Colo. Town - Newsday (AP update)

December 24 2006: 2006: how was it for you? - From basking in the summer heatwave to battling through the crowds at Heathrow in the wake of the terror alerts, it's been an eventful year in travel. - Guardian Unlimited

December 24 2006: Will Hutton: - Truly original thinking on subjects such as the web and global warming has mankind standing on a glorious threshold. - Guardian Unlimited

December 24 2006: Snow storm leave thousands without power - Washington Times

December 24 2006: The BBC - Britain's barnacles, limpets and seaweeds are moving north and east in response to climate change. - OneWorld

December 24 2006: Australia ponders climate future - The parched conditions afflicting much of Australia spark an emotional debate about the nature of climate change. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

December 24 2006: 'The Big Dry' - Parts of Australia are in the grip of the worst drought in memory - BBC

December 24 2006: The potential environmental effects of European and other countries adopting the U.S. norm of longer work hours has significant implications for global climate change. - OneWorld

December 24 2006: Wisconsin storm knocks out power - CNN

December 24 2006: Drought Depresses Crops Growth - Following the drought that swept the country at the end of last year and into 2006, the output of main crops was greatly slowed down. - All Africa News

December 24 2006: Post Offices Catch Up After Snowstorm - ABC News

December 23 2006: Largest-ever single donation for Unicef - The Dutch government has pledged $201 million to the UN Children's Fund to help ensure that children in conflict, natural disasters and emerging from crisis can go to school. - OneWorld

December 23 2006: Moritz Leuenberger, who holds the largely ceremonial position of Swiss president until the end of the year, will "keep watch", although all ministers will be in close contact with their offices. - Federer visits tsunami victims in India","/eng/front/detail/Federer_visits_tsunami_victims_in_India.html?siteSect=105 // ]]> - Swiss Info

December 23 2006: Goodwill Ambassador Roger Federer visits tsunami victims. - Swiss Info

December 23 2006: Environmental Fate: Industrial Nanomaterials Appear Vulnerable To Dispersal In Natural Environment - Laboratory experiments with a type of nanomaterial that has great promise for industrial use show significant potential for dispersal in aquatic environments -- especially when natural organic materials are present, according to research led by the Georgia Institute of ... > - Science Daily

December 23 2006: (December 23, 2006) - -- Laboratory experiments with a type of nanomaterial that has great promise for industrial use show significant potential for dispersal in aquatic environments -- especially when natural organic ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 23 2006: NASA Diagnoses Tropical Storm Gert's Growth Spurt - Science Daily

December 23 2006: (December 23, 2006) - -- Scientists present findings from a 2005 field campaign during which they flew over Tropical Storm Gert to look at the storm inside and out to determine how Gert evolved. Presentation (poster ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 23 2006: -- Can planting a tree stop the sea level from rising, the ice caps from melting and hurricanes from intensifying? A new study says that it depends on where the trees are planted. It cautions that new ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 23 2006: Community Rebuilds 2 Years After Tsunami - Newsday (AP update)

December 23 2006: Moderate Earthquake Hits Andaman Islands - Newsday (AP update)

December 23 2006: Small Earthquake Rattles S.F. Bay Area - Newsday (AP update)

December 23 2006: EPA Urged to Limit Pollution From Diesel Trains - Environmental News Service

December 23 2006: Mercedes-Benz Dinged $60 Million for Air Pollution Control Defects - Environmental News Service

December 23 2006: EPA's 2004 Ozone Regulation Ruled Illegal - Environmental News Service

December 23 2006: * - Climate Change Clash In Africa - CBS

December 23 2006: Tsunami survivor copes by returning to Thailand - Washington Times

December 23 2006: America's Tsunami: Are We Next - Episode 2 - Discovery Online

December 23 2006: The idea is simply for anyone to find out just how dependent we all are on fossil fuels. - Image: This woodburner is carbon neutral - OneWorld

December 23 2006: The snow lotus, the only herbaceous plant living above 3,500 meters, is facing extinction as a result of global warming and rising demand for the plant from pharmacy and health products industries. - China Internet information Centre

December 23 2006: Snow Lotus Faces Threat of Extinction - China Internet information Centre

December 22 2006: Feeling the warming in China - OneWorld

December 22 2006: Worldwatch Institute - In China, where greenhouse gas emissions are quickly catching up with those of the United States, people are already starting to feel the effects of a changing climate. - OneWorld

December 22 2006: In China, where greenhouse gas emissions are quickly catching up with those of the United States, people are already starting to feel the effects of a changing climate. - Image: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain’s glacier, which provides the region’s water, has receded some 250 meters in recent years. - OneWorld

December 22 2006: Carbon storage project to go ahead - The Australian

December 22 2006: Warne's tsunami charity fails to deliver - A charity set up by Shane Warne has failed to deliver the $50,000 it promised for the reconstruction of a Sri Lankan cricket ground wrecked by a tsunami. - The Age

December 22 2006: It rained. It eased the fires. Expect Christmas snow - The Age

December 22 2006: Warne's charity fails to meet tsunami pledge - Sydney Morning Herald

December 22 2006: City declared disaster area after hailstorm - Sydney Morning Herald

December 22 2006: Genetically Modified Cells Attack Tumors - Science Daily

December 22 2006: Unlocking The Frozen Secrets Of Comet Wild 2 - Science Daily

December 22 2006: Glaciers Adding More To Global Sea Rise Than Ice Sheets, Says Study - Science Daily

December 22 2006: (December 21, 2006) - -- Despite growing public alarm over the shrinking Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, it is small glaciers and ice caps that have been contributing the most to rising sea levels in recent years, ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 22 2006: Earth's Climate Changes in Tune with Eccentric Orbital Rhythms - Scientific American

December 22 2006: Six die in south Malaysia floods, 75,000 homeless - Scientific American

December 22 2006: NOAA Increases Tsunami Warning Capability for the Most Threatened Parts of the United States - NOAA

December 22 2006: NOAA Study Shows Nutrient Pollution Increasing along Mid-Atlantic and New England Coasts - NOAA

December 22 2006: New Online Index Provides Information to Public on Ozone Hole Recovery - NOAA

December 22 2006: U.N. Deputy Defends Tsunami Aid Workers - Newsday (AP update)

December 22 2006: Denver Airport Reopens After Blizzard - Newsday (AP update)

December 22 2006: Louisiana Rain Threatens to Flood Rivers - Newsday (AP update)

December 22 2006: Skiier Killed in Aspen Avalanche - Newsday (AP update)

December 22 2006: July 20 Bachchan takes UK town by storm - Hindustan Times

December 22 2006: Love all, FedEx takes a tsunami tour - AddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1877308,000900020001.htm", "Love all, FedEx takes a tsunami tour"); - Hindustan Times

December 22 2006: Naval Research Laboratory scientists analyze Comet Wild 2 samples - Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have analyzed samples from Comet Wild 2, as part of NASA's Stardust mission, the first solid sample return mission since Apollo. Over 100 scientists at various institutions participated in the preliminary analysis. NRL contributed to the Mineralogy and Petrology, Crater, Bulk Chemistry and Isotope analysis teams by studying the structure and composition of the comet samples using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). - EurekAlert!

December 22 2006: NIST laser-based method cleans up grubby nanotubes - Researchers at NIST and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have demonstrated a simple method of cleaning nanotubes by zapping them with carefully calibrated laser pulses. - EurekAlert!

December 22 2006: India ranks fourth for wind power - Earth Times

December 22 2006: NYC Tunnels Vulnerable To Attack: Report - New Analysis Suggests Carry-On Bomb Could Flood Commuter Rail Tunnels In Hours - CBS

December 22 2006: , Karen James, the widow of Mount Hood hiker Kelly James, tells of the couple’s final phone call, of learning that her husband’s body was found in a snow cave, and of the compassion of the rescuers. - CBS

December 22 2006: Winter Storm Strands Thousands - CBS

December 22 2006: Ho-Ho-Holiday Travel - Who needs the Grinch when you've got snow? - CBS

December 22 2006: Yachties warned over Swan River pollution - ABC News Online

December 22 2006: King Island to sign Kyoto protocol - Tasmania's King Island is planning to sign the Kyoto protocol and formally commit to reducing its greenhouse emissions. - ABC News Online

December 22 2006: The European Commission has approved plans to set carbon dioxide emission quotas for airlines to try and reduce air pollution. - ABC News Online

December 22 2006: World Briefings: Tsunami survivor copes by returning to Thailand - Washington Times

December 22 2006: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:25 AM ET - The EU emissions trading scheme -- its key tool to battle global warming and meet - Reuters

December 22 2006: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 1:45 AM ET - By Jeremy Lovell. LONDON (Reuters) - Washington is likely to stay out of the UN Kyoto Protocol for curbing greenhouse gases beyond 2012 even with a shift in... - Reuters

December 22 2006: Airlines to embrace carbon market, not taxes - Reuters

December 22 2006: Protocol, putting a firm monetary value on the greenhouse... - Reuters

December 22 2006: Panel urges US "carbon price" to fight warming - Reuters

December 22 2006: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:13 AM ET - Whether in the form of a tax on carbon dioxide emissions or a system of caps as under the - Reuters

December 22 2006: INTERVIEW-No dramatic U-turn seen on US climate change policy - Reuters

December 22 2006: LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Washington is likely to stay out of the UN - Protocol for curbing greenhouse gases beyond 2012 even with a shift in power to... - Reuters

December 22 2006: so the greenhouse... - Reuters

December 22 2006: INTERVIEW-Carbon emissions up one-quarter since 1990-study - Reuters

December 22 2006: Panel: Paloma negligent but deadly products avoid liability - A panel clears Paloma Industries Ltd. of liability over fatal carbon monoxide poisonings involving its gas water heaters, due to the technical standards of the times. - The Japan Times

December 22 2006: Shipping lines get serious on environment - Financial Times

December 22 2006: South Malaysia flooding kills six - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

December 22 2006: Climate change - BBC (Africa)

December 22 2006: In pictures - US state of Colorado continues to freeze as blizzards take hold - BBC (Americas)

December 22 2006: Holly trees hobbled by smog - New Scientist

December 22 2006: Indian, Chinese Team to Map Glacier Melt - A joint Indian-Chinese team plans to chart remote Himalayan glaciers that scientists fear are rapidly melting because of global warming, threatening the great rivers that give life to one of South Asia's most fertile regions. - Environmental News Network

December 22 2006: Spanish Minister Proposes Live Exit for Bulls - Spain's environment minister has opened a campaign to stop matadors giving the traditional gory death blow to bulls in the ring. Instead, the badly wounded animals would be taken away and swiftly killed more humanely. - Environmental News Network

December 22 2006: Syngenta Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million EPA Fine for Distributing Genetically Modified Corn - Environmental News Network

December 22 2006: Scientists Rebut Big Easy Channel Report - A group of scientists accused the Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday of endangering the city's future by failing to take steps to immediately close a shipping channel blamed for widespread flooding during Hurricane Katrina. - Environmental News Network

December 22 2006: Refrigerators: Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emissions - China Internet information Centre

December 22 2006: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend US$100 million for a project to clean up the environment of Nanjing City and manage and protect the city's water resources. - China Internet information Centre

December 22 2006: Malaysia floods kill at least 6, displace 60,000 - CNN (Asia)

December 22 2006: Malaysia floods displace 60,000 in south - CNN (Asia)

December 22 2006: GLACIAL EXPEDITION - India, China to study warming - CNN (Asia)

December 22 2006: Thirty Robbers Storm Banks, Kill Police in Midnight Raid - All Africa News

December 22 2006: Denver Snow Snarls Holiday Travel - ABC News

December 22 2006: Australia Hit Hard by Drought - ABC News

December 22 2006: Six Dead, 75,000 Homeless in Malaysia Floods - ABC News

December 21 2006: A Hull York Medical School researcher has played a key role in a study which has cast important new light on Neanderthals. - Leverhulme Trust, European Union, Australian Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council, Arts and Humanities Research Council - EurekAlert!

December 21 2006: Concern grows over pollution from jets - OneWorld

December 21 2006: USA Today - Aviation and the environment are on a collision course. The number of airline flights worldwide is growing and expected to skyrocket over the coming decades. Yet there is one foolproof way to reduce aircraft emissions: fly around less. - OneWorld

December 21 2006: Aviation and the environment are on a collision course. The number of airline flights worldwide is growing and expected to skyrocket over the coming decades. Yet there is one foolproof way to reduce aircraft emissions: fly around less. - Image: Jet emissions such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and water vapor can contribute to climate change. - OneWorld

December 21 2006: Freak hail storm destroys town - The Australian

December 21 2006: Decision still to come for rock art - FEDERAL Environment Minister Ian Campbell is sticking to his plan to consult everyone involved before deciding how much, if any, of the historic Burrup Peninsula rock art will be saved. - The Australian

December 21 2006: No appeal over greenhouse mine ruling - The Australian

December 21 2006: Thousands stranded in US blizzards - The Age

December 21 2006: Bush, Clooney celebrate hospital rebirth - Former President Bush and George Clooney helped celebrate a plan to rebuild an emergency care hospital destroyed in Hurricane Rita. - The Age

December 21 2006: Hail 'trashes' northern NSW town - Half a metre of hail dumped in a freak storm in northern NSW has destroyed an exhibition centre and damaged 150 homes at Armidale. - The Age

December 21 2006: Brief hail storm batters Armidale - The Age

December 21 2006: Half Of Tsunami Donations Still Unused - Terra Daily

December 21 2006: London (AFP) Dec 19, 2006 - About half of the billions of dollars donated by individuals, companies and governments worldwide to help the victims of the southeast Asian tsunami two years ago has still not been spent, the BBC said on Tuesday. According to figures obtained by the broadcaster from a database compiled by the United Nations Department for Aid and Development, several foreign governments have also only given only a small proportion, and at times none, of the money they promised. Of the 6.7 billion dollars (5.1 billion euros) pledged, about a tenth has yet to be delivered, and only 3.4 billion dollars has been spent thus far, the BBC said. Of the 6.7 billion dollars (5.1 billion euros) pledged, about a tenth has yet to be delivered, and only 3.4 billion dollars has been spent thus far, the BBC said. - Terra Daily

December 21 2006: A project to build 21,500 permanent houses and 24,500 temporary shelters for victims of the Java earthquake and tsunami was launched Wednesday, the World Bank said. Some 6,000 people were killed and 300,000 homes destroyed or seriously damaged in the May 27 quake which hit the ancient city of Yogyakarta and its surrounding area. More than 600 were killed in the July tsunami which hit the southern coast of Java. - Terra Daily

December 21 2006: Geneva (AFP) Dec 20, 2006 - The top international airline association on Wednesday gave a cautious welcome to the European Commission's plans to set carbon dioxide emission quotas for the industry from 2011. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which groups more than 260 airlines, said it supported the step under certain conditions, but expressed qualms about the inclusion of non-European carriers from 2012. - Terra Daily

December 21 2006: The European Commission proposed Wednesday to set carbon dioxide emission quotas for airlines from 2011, a stance already met with hostility by the aviation industry and environmentalists. The proposal, which still has to be adopted by EU member states and the European Parliament, would see emissions rules imposed from 2011 on intra-European flights and from 2012 for flights originating outside the bloc. - Terra Daily

December 21 2006: Heads duck as a storm sweeps in - Sydney Morning Herald

December 21 2006: Water views evaporate in the rental drought - Sydney Morning Herald

December 21 2006: NASA Provides New Perspectives On The Earth's Changing Ice Sheets - Science Daily

December 21 2006: (December 21, 2006) - -- It is widely documented that climate change is causing the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to shrink. What most do not know is that until just six years ago, we had no real way of measuring ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 21 2006: (December 21, 2006) - -- New findings indicate that the aurora and other near-Earth space weather are driven by the rate at which the Earth's and sun's magnetic fields connect, or merge, and not by the solar wind's electric ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 21 2006: Plant A Tree And Save The Earth? - Can planting a tree stop the sea level from rising, the ice caps from melting and hurricanes from intensifying? A new study says that it depends on where the trees are planted. It cautions that new forests in mid- to high-latitude locations could actually create a net warming. It also confirms the ... > - Science Daily

December 21 2006: (December 21, 2006) - -- Can planting a tree stop the sea level from rising, the ice caps from melting and hurricanes from intensifying? A new study says that it depends on where the trees are planted. It cautions that new ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

December 21 2006: HK hikes birth fees to stem flood of pregnant tourists - Scientific American

December 21 2006: Floods worsen in southern Malaysia, 50,000 homeless - Scientific American

December 21 2006: Virgin Dragon Prepares To Give Birth - European Union environment ministers rejected an appeal this week to force Austria to lift a ban on two biotech crop products, which the EU says violates international trade rules. - Sci-Tech Today

December 21 2006: Fragile environments: moral and ethical responsibility - On Line Opinion

December 21 2006: Colorado Blizzard Strands Thousands - Newsday (AP update)

December 21 2006: Earthquakes Spur El Salvador Evacuations - Newsday (AP update)

December 21 2006: Indian, Chinese Team to Map Glacier Melt - Newsday (AP update)

December 21 2006: Rains Flood New Orleans Streets - Newsday (AP update)

December 21 2006: Nanotube coating promises ice-free windscreens - A conductive coating of carbon nanotubes could clear ice from cars fast, and even provide a new way of heating homes - New Scientist

December 21 2006: Researchers identify a 'heartbeat' in Earth's climate - Analysis of ancient marine microfossils has revealed that the Earth's climate and the formation and recession of glaciation events in the Earth's history have corresponded with variations in the Earth's natural orbital patterns and carbon cycles. - EurekAlert!

December 21 2006: Genetically modified cells attack tumors - Mice with neuroblastoma tumors have been successfully treated with genetically modified cells that sought out the cancer cells and activated a chemotherapy drug directly at those sites, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and their colleagues at City of Hope National Medical Center (Duarte, Calif.) and the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Neuroblastoma is a solid tumor that arises in the part of the nervous system outside the brain. - EurekAlert!

December 21 2006: Transport - - Commission goes ahead with plans to cut aviation pollution - EurActiv

December 21 2006: BRUSSELS, Belgium - , December 20, 2006 (ENS) - The European Commission today proposed legislation to bring greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The proposed law will cover emissions from flights within the EU from 2011 and all flights to and from EU airports from 2012. - Environmental News Service

December 21 2006: Weary Travelers Wait Out Colorado Blizzard - CBS

December 21 2006: * - Weary Travelers Wait Out Colorado Blizzard - CBS

December 21 2006: Weary Travelers Wait Out Colorado Blizzard - CBS

December 21 2006: A former top finisher in the Miss USA pageant says Tara Conner has disgraced it. But Jill Dobson says the scandal surrounding Conner could help her career in show business. Runner-up Tamiko Nash tells - Hannah Storm - CBS

December 21 2006: Protected flatback turtle areas 'two years away' - The Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) says it may be two years before new