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Floods hit Thailand - 0 views

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    Floods have submerged the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, forcing an emergency evacuation of hospitals in the region - in pictures
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Tropical storm Nalgae - 0 views

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    Tropical storm Nalgae brought flooding to Taiwan on Monday last week, with 103mm of rainfall recorded at Taidong in the south-east during the 12 hours to midday Monday.
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Humanitarian disaster unfolding as Thailand's worst flooding in living memory intensifies - 2 views

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    Humanitarian disaster unfolding as Thailand's worst flooding in living memory intensifies Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains since late July have submerged large sections of Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and southern China killing or injuring thousands and leaving tens of millions of people affected.
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India's water supply - 0 views

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    Big business and technology join the fight for rural water supplies
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Pakistan Floods kill at least 200 - 0 views

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    Weeks of heavy monsoon rain affect 5 million in Pakistan's Sindh Province, killing more than 200
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Lake Imja, a vast lake 5,100m high in the Himalayas - 0 views

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    Suzanne Goldenberg talks to local people and scientists about the threat posed by Lake Imja, a vast lake 5,100m high in the Himalayas that is being formed as glaciers melt
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Cambodia suffers worst floods in a decade - in pictures - 2 views

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    At least 150 people have died since August in the worst floods to have hit the south-east Asian country in 11 years, after heavy rain swamped homes, washed away bridges and forced thousands of people to evacuate
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Deadliest Natural Disasters [Infographic] - Data Visualization, Information Technology,... - 2 views

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Oxfam warns of spiralling land grab in developing countries - 2 views

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    The scale of the rush by speculators, pension funds and global agri-businesses to acquire large areas of developing countries is far greater than previously thought, and is already leading to conflict, hunger and human rights abuses, says Oxfam.
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Flooding from Typhoon ROKE Inundates Western Japan - 1 views

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    USE THIS FOR YOUR DISASTER LOG www.feww.wordpress.com for more
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Geoengineering trials get underway - 1 views

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    A string of technologies that could be used to engineer our environment to head off climate change are being field-tested
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US counts the cost of nine months of unprecedented weather extremes - 0 views

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    According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration, there have been 10 major disasters this year As deadly fires continue to burn across bone-dry Texas and eight inches of rain from tropical storm Lee falls on New Orleans, the US is beginning to count the cost of nine months of unprecedented weather extremes. READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR LIST OF HAZARDS FOR USA IN 2011 (HOMEWORK 1)
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Ocean acidification is latest manifestation of global warming - 1 views

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    Carbon dioxide pollution adds to threat to world's oceans and marine species
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    Acidity is measured by its pH (power of hydrogen) value. Fresh water has a pH reading of 7. Readings below that are considered to be acidic. Those above 7 are alkaline. Surface sea water had a reading of 8.2 a century ago.
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NASA Study Goes to Earth's Core for Climate Insights - 2 views

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    NASA Study Goes to Earth's Core for Climate Insights The latest evidence of the dominant role humans play in changing Earth's climate comes not from observations of Earth's ocean, atmosphere or land surface, but from deep within its molten core.
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