| Tue, 7 Feb 2012 Frantic search for quake survivors
| RESCUERS have been digging through rubble with their bare hands in the search for earthquake survivors. | The hunt for survivors continued a day after a powerful earthquake killed dozens of people in the Philippines. | The 6.7-magnitude quake hit a narrow strait betwe... | Deadly floods follow in iced-over Europe
| SOFIA, Bulgaria — Much of Europe is still covered in snow and ice, but some areas are already seeing deadly flooding amid concerns that it will get worse before it gets better. | Swollen rivers in Greece and Bulgaria burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozen... | Europe’s cold snap claims 450 lives
Warsaw - Dozens more people were killed on Tuesday across Europe, with the three-week death toll crossing 450 and the frosty spell expected to continue. | Many of the victims were the homeless, elderly and those whose remote villages were isolated by heavy snow. | Tempe... | The Great Carbon Bubble
| Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard | Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com | If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, whose bursting someday will... | A New Tool for Mapping Water Use and Drought
web | February 7, 2012 | Farmers and water managers may soon have an online tool to help them assess drought and irrigation impacts on water use and crop development, thanks to the work of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. | Agricultural Research Ser... | Higher incident of TN tornadoes expected in 2012
| A record number of tornadoes — 113 — hit Tennessee last year, and this year also could be a lively one for storms. | Tornadoes are difficult to predict, but warm, wet La Nina conditions, which are in effect this year, can be an indicator, said meteorologist Bobby Boyd... | Greece, Bulgaria battle flooding; 8 dead
SOFIA, Bulgaria - | Swollen rivers in Greece and Bulgaria burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse nearly washed away their village. | Bulgaria... | Canary Island volcano delights scientists but upsets locals
| Newly formed underwater volcano offers scientific opportunities but has disastrous effect on island's fishing and tourism Seawater coloured by lava and gas emissions from the eruption of an underwater volcano off the coast of Hierro Island. Photograph: Gelmert Finol/E... | |
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