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The Guardian asks : Is climate change to blame for famine in the Horn of Africa? It’s impossible to answer with a simple yes or no – but here’s a summary of what we think we know so far The … Continue reading →

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http://wxmaps.org/pix/temp2.html Large areas of below freezing temperatures are forecast to settle in over the next two weeks.

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Chilean Patagonia districts in ‘agriculture emergency’ because of snow storms Four districts in the Chilean extreme south region of Magallanes were declared in “agricultural emergency” given the harmful effects of snow storms in the area. According to the first reports … Continue reading →

Horatio Chapple, 17, died after the animal attacked a camp on Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic circle. Accounts suggest a warning tripwire system, used to set off flares that might have scared the animal away, failed … Continue reading →

GREENBELT, Md., Aug. 8 (UPI) — The tsunami from the March earthquake in Japan had impacts across the world, causing the calving of icebergs a hemisphere away in Antarctica, researchers say. The finding is the first direct observation of such … Continue reading →

The main US share index, the Dow Jones, has plummeted 5.6%, despite US President Barack Obama moving to try to reassure investors. In points terms, the Dow ended down 635 to 10,810, its biggest one-day decline since October 2008, and … Continue reading →