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Diamonds suggest comets caused killer cold spell 

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 5 Jan 2009 | 11:48 pm

Bush to declare Pacific areas protected monuments 
U.S. President George W. Bush will designate nearly 200,000 square miles (518,000 sq km) of the Pacific ocean on Tuesday as a protected region, White House officials said, making the areas hands-off for oil drilling or other extraction procedures. 

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 5 Jan 2009 | 11:48 pm

Bush to declare Pacific areas protected monuments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will designate nearly 200,000 square miles (518,000 sq km) of the Pacific ocean on Tuesday as a protected region, White House officials said, making the areas hands-off for oil drilling or other extraction procedures.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 5 Jan 2009 | 11:48 pm

Pink iguanas unseen by Darwin offer evolution clue
Pink iguanas unknown to Charles Darwin during his visits to the Galapagos islands may provide evidence of species divergence far earlier than the English naturalist's famous finches, researchers said Monday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 5 Jan 2009 | 10:59 pm

Basalt rock wall found in ocean near Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A biodiversity researcher has found a huge basalt rock formation in the Taiwan Strait, resembling a city wall and rivaling similar monoliths on land.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 5 Jan 2009 | 4:16 pm

1 in 5 considering leaving Hong Kong due to pollution: survey
One in five Hong Kong residents is considering leaving the city because of its dire air quality, a survey released Monday has found, raising fears over the financial hub's competitiveness.

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 5 Jan 2009 | 1:35 pm

Diamonds suggest comets caused killer cold spell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tiny diamonds sprinkled across North America suggest a "swarm" of comets hit the Earth around 13,000 years ago, kicking up enough disruption to send the planet into a cold spell and drive mammoths and other creatures into extinction, scientists reported on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 4 Jan 2009 | 10:55 pm

Diamonds suggest comets caused killer cold spell
Tiny diamonds sprinkled across North America suggest a "swarm" of comets hit the Earth around 13,000 years ago, kicking up enough disruption to send the planet into a cold spell and drive mammoths and other creatures into extinction, scientists reported on Friday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 4 Jan 2009 | 10:55 pm

Poison shrub oil powers New Zealand airline flight
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil from the seeds of a poisonous shrub helped power a New Zealand airliner in a test flight, at a time when airlines hit by high oil prices and pressured over the impact of planes on the environment seek greener fuels.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 4 Jan 2009 | 10:44 pm

Big solar power plant planned for northwest China 
Two Chinese companies on Friday announced plans to build a solar power plant in northwestern China that could one day be the largest photovoltaic solar project in the world. 

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 4 Jan 2009 | 10:43 pm

Put kangaroos, camels on Australian eco-menu: scientists
Saving the planet by eating kangaroos and wild camels may seem like pie in the sky, but the offbeat menu comes with a scientific stamp of approval in Australia.

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 4 Jan 2009 | 4:12 am

Anti-whaling activists leave Antarctica to refuel 
Hardline anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said it has been forced to temporarily abandon its pursuit of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic while its ship refuels. 

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:34 am

Anti-whaling activists leave Antarctica to refuel
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hardline anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said it has been forced to temporarily abandon its pursuit of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic while its ship refuels.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:34 am

Metals pollute waters near US coal ash spill: group 
Preliminary water tests from rivers near a huge coal ash spill in Tennessee show elevated levels of pollutants such as mercury and lead, a environmental group said on Friday. 

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 2 Jan 2009 | 8:23 pm

Metals pollute waters near US coal ash spill: group
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Preliminary water tests from rivers near a huge coal ash spill in Tennessee show elevated levels of pollutants such as mercury and lead, a environmental group said on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 2 Jan 2009 | 8:23 pm

Cold weather to continue
Cold weather is expected to persist over the weekend and into next week with widespread frost.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 2 Jan 2009 | 12:30 pm

Hong Kong air pollution worst since records began: official data
Air pollution across large swathes of Hong Kong last year reached its highest level since records began, despite government efforts to improve the environment, official figures showed Friday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Environment News Headlines | Science | 2 Jan 2009 | 8:12 am

Coral growth slows sharply on Great Barrier Reef
LONDON (Reuters) - Coral growth since 1990 in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has fallen to its lowest rate for 400 years, in a troubling sign for the world's oceans, researchers said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 2 Jan 2009 | 7:55 am

Whales throw New Year party in Maine: government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government researchers have spotted 44 right whales in the Gulf of Maine this week, perhaps evidence of a new breeding ground for the endangered species.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 31 Dec 2008 | 5:20 pm

Beijing's New Year resolution: scrap polluting cars
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing, beset by choking traffic and heavy air pollution, will take more than 350,000 high-polluting vehicles off inner city streets from Thursday, local media reported.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 31 Dec 2008 | 9:09 am

2009 to be one of warmest years on record: researchers
LONDON (Reuters) - Next year is set to be one of the top-five warmest on record, British climate scientists said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters: Environment | 30 Dec 2008 | 6:37 pm

Pacific continues to influence climate
2009 is expected to be one of the top-five warmest years on record, and the warmest since 2005.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:30 pm

New Year, no change
December's cold weather is forecast to continue through the New Year period.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 29 Dec 2008 | 3:30 pm

Met Office helping the nation stay well
Met Office health forecasting is at its most useful in periods of cold weather helping patients keep well.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 22 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm

Christmas is coming
Mild, wet and windy conditions over much of the UK this weekend look set give way to something more seasonal during the Christmas week.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 19 Dec 2008 | 12:00 pm

Flood forecasting role for Met Office
The Met Office is to play a key role in flood forecasting in a new flood centre with the Environment Agency.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 17 Dec 2008 | 12:45 pm

Cold start to winter
The Met Office has revealed that the UK has had the coldest start to winter in over 30 years...

Source: Met Office News Releases | 12 Dec 2008 | 12:45 pm

Deforestation and increased fire risk
Deforestation is a major cause of carbon emissions and climate change is putting further pressure on forests.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 10 Dec 2008 | 10:40 am

El Nino gives colder European winters
Climate scientists confirm links between the El Nino Southern Oscillation and the weather over Europe in late winter.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 9 Dec 2008 | 3:30 pm

Climate scientists' warning on air quality
Met Office scientists say actions to improve air quality and reduce climate change need to be linked.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 5 Dec 2008 | 3:30 pm

Cold weather to bring more snow
The wintry theme to the UK weather is expected to continue this week.

Source: Met Office News Releases | 2 Dec 2008 | 3:30 pm