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Credits: ESA This Envisat image captures Noel moving westward across the Caribbean Sea. At the time of this acquisition, Noel was a tropical depression but formed into a tropical storm later on Sunday. Noel was projected to reach Haiti and the Dominican Republic early Monday morning before headin...

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Sonja Rohde refuses to abandon her space-faring plans. Although this summer during tests a massive explosion caused the death of three people Ms. Rohde remains determined to be the first female German tourist to fly into space. "It would be naïve to believe that something like 100% safety exi...

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Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka, according to a new study published in the Journal o...

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A small tornado hit Kensal Rise, a residential area in northwest London, shortly after 11:00 GMT, injuring six people and damaging homes and vehicles. The tornado tore roofs off several houses and demolished sections of walls to send tiles, bricks and furniture flying through the streets. Te...

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Exactly 25 years ago, on September 23, 1982, at about 11 oclock at night, an accident occurred in a dark street in Moscow. A woman walked along the sidewalk. She had just visited her mother and was on her way home. It was a quiet street, hardly a vehicle passed by at this hour. Suddenly a truck appeared at h...

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New evidence, based on mineral dating, suggests that rocks of the Blue Mountains, the oldest geological formation in Oregon, may have been derived from the Klamath and Sierra Nevada mountain chains, University of Oregon researchers report. The findings, presented today (Oct. 29) at the annual m...

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The University of Wyomings telescope is getting a makeover for its 30th birthday. The National Science Foundation has granted more than $400,000 to UW to replace aging hardware that controls the 2.3-meter telescope, which is housed at the Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO) on Jelm Mountain, ab...

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A cataclysm 50 million years ago changed the face of the planet from the Hawaiian Islands to Antarctica, according to new research. The collapse of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean turned Australia into a warm and sunny continent instead of a snowbound wasteland and created some of...

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Young River Landslide Biggest In 16 Years Geologists have found that the Young River landslide in Mt Aspiring National Park is the biggest landslide in New Zealand since the top fell off Mount Cook in 1991. Using a tripod-mounted laser scanner, geologist Chris Massey and surveyor Neville Palmer, b...

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After a journey around the world, a stolen 1482 map based on the work of the ancient astronomer and geographer Ptolemy has been recovered in a Sydney art gallery. The map, known as the Ulm Ptolemy World Map, illustrates what was then known about the world and is described as "perhaps the most famo...

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Tropical Storm Kiko is forecast to make landfall in Mexico probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% in about 45 hours probability for TS is 65% in about 21 hours

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James Kriegh, a driving force behind the creation of the Town of Oro Valley, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2007. He was 78 years old. His latter years were spent archiving stories of Oro Valleys past as the towns historian, but throughout his life Kriegh wore many hats and pursued several interests...

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Indonesia late Tuesday raised the status of a volcano on Java island to the highest alert level and recommended people evacuate the area immediately. Officials have advised residents living within a 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) radius of Mount Kelut to leave, with the Indonesian volcanology and geo...

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) staff association Saturday demanded a probe into the controversial land purchase by the organisation, saying its credibility was at stake. Addressing the annual meeting of the association here, general secretary D. Murugan said: 'Of late ISRO's cred...

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China plans to carve a huge national park out of its vast northwest Xinjiang region that would eclipse Yellowstone National Park in size, state media said Saturday. The Kanas Geological Park, now about 385 square miles, would be expanded to about 10 times that size in the next few years by incorporat...

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	Tropical Storm Noel (Preview) Credits: ESA This Envisat image captures Noel moving westward across the Caribbean Sea. At the time of this acquisition, Noel was a tropical depression but formed into a tropical storm later on Sunday. Noel was projected to reach Haiti and the Dominican Republic early Monday morning before headin...	Blobrana	2	Nov 3 00:02 2007 by Blobrana
	Sonja Rohde (Preview) Sonja Rohde refuses to abandon her space-faring plans. Although this summer during tests a massive explosion caused the death of three people Ms. Rohde remains determined to be the first female German tourist to fly into space. "It would be naïve to believe that something like 100% safety exi...	Blobrana	0	Oct 31 21:43 2007 by Blobrana
	Mangrove forests (Preview) Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka, according to a new study published in the Journal o...	Blobrana	0	Oct 30 15:04 2007 by Blobrana
	Tornado Weather (Preview) A small tornado hit Kensal Rise, a residential area in northwest London, shortly after 11:00 GMT, injuring six people and damaging homes and vehicles. The tornado tore roofs off several houses and demolished sections of walls to send tiles, bricks and furniture flying through the streets. Te...	Blobrana	2	Oct 30 02:00 2007 by Blobrana
	Bella Abramovna Subbotovskaya (Preview) Exactly 25 years ago, on September 23, 1982, at about 11 oclock at night, an accident occurred in a dark street in Moscow. A woman walked along the sidewalk. She had just visited her mother and was on her way home. It was a quiet street, hardly a vehicle passed by at this hour. Suddenly a truck appeared at h...	Blobrana	0	Oct 29 18:26 2007 by Blobrana
	Blue Mountains (Preview) New evidence, based on mineral dating, suggests that rocks of the Blue Mountains, the oldest geological formation in Oregon, may have been derived from the Klamath and Sierra Nevada mountain chains, University of Oregon researchers report. The findings, presented today (Oct. 29) at the annual m...	Blobrana	0	Oct 29 15:22 2007 by Blobrana
	Wyoming Infrared Observatory Observatory (Preview) The University of Wyomings telescope is getting a makeover for its 30th birthday. The National Science Foundation has granted more than $400,000 to UW to replace aging hardware that controls the 2.3-meter telescope, which is housed at the Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO) on Jelm Mountain, ab...	Blobrana	0	Oct 27 11:38 2007 by Blobrana
	Izanagi Ridge Tectonics (Preview) A cataclysm 50 million years ago changed the face of the planet from the Hawaiian Islands to Antarctica, according to new research. The collapse of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean turned Australia into a warm and sunny continent instead of a snowbound wasteland and created some of...	Blobrana	0	Oct 24 21:02 2007 by Blobrana
	Young River Landslide (Preview) Young River Landslide Biggest In 16 Years Geologists have found that the Young River landslide in Mt Aspiring National Park is the biggest landslide in New Zealand since the top fell off Mount Cook in 1991. Using a tripod-mounted laser scanner, geologist Chris Massey and surveyor Neville Palmer, b...	Blobrana	0	Oct 22 23:53 2007 by Blobrana
	Ulm Ptolemy World Map (Preview) After a journey around the world, a stolen 1482 map based on the work of the ancient astronomer and geographer Ptolemy has been recovered in a Sydney art gallery. The map, known as the Ulm Ptolemy World Map, illustrates what was then known about the world and is described as "perhaps the most famo...	Blobrana	0	Oct 19 21:56 2007 by Blobrana
	Tropical Storm Kiko (Preview) Tropical Storm Kiko is forecast to make landfall in Mexico probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% in about 45 hours probability for TS is 65% in about 21 hours	Blobrana	0	Oct 18 22:40 2007 by Blobrana
	James Kriegh (Preview) James Kriegh, a driving force behind the creation of the Town of Oro Valley, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2007. He was 78 years old. His latter years were spent archiving stories of Oro Valleys past as the towns historian, but throughout his life Kriegh wore many hats and pursued several interests...	Blobrana	0	Oct 18 06:51 2007 by Blobrana
	Mount Kelud Volcano (Preview) Indonesia late Tuesday raised the status of a volcano on Java island to the highest alert level and recommended people evacuate the area immediately. Officials have advised residents living within a 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) radius of Mount Kelut to leave, with the Indonesian volcanology and geo...	Blobrana	0	Oct 17 00:34 2007 by Blobrana
	Ponmudi (Preview) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) staff association Saturday demanded a probe into the controversial land purchase by the organisation, saying its credibility was at stake. Addressing the annual meeting of the association here, general secretary D. Murugan said: 'Of late ISRO's cred...	Blobrana	0	Oct 14 22:40 2007 by Blobrana
	Kanas Geological Park (Preview) China plans to carve a huge national park out of its vast northwest Xinjiang region that would eclipse Yellowstone National Park in size, state media said Saturday. The Kanas Geological Park, now about 385 square miles, would be expanded to about 10 times that size in the next few years by incorporat...	Blobrana	0	Oct 13 13:30 2007 by Blobrana
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