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400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say | PESHAWAR, Pakistan — More than 400 people have died and thousands of others were made homeless as some of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history hit this northwestern region, provincial ... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) The New York Times Aid Floods Pakistan Photos |
Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25 | MASLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) - Forest fires sweeping across European Russia on Friday killed at least 25 people and forced the evacuation of thousands in the hottest weather since records began 130 ye... (photo: AP / Dmitry Chistoprudov) The Star Photos Russia Weather Wikipedia: Wildfire Wildfire |
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400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say | PESHAWAR, Pakistan — More than 400 people have died and thousands of others were made homeless as some of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history hit this no... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) The New York Times Aid Floods Pakistan Photos |
Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25 | MASLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) - Forest fires sweeping across European Russia on Friday killed at least 25 people and forced the evacuation of thousands in the hottest weat... (photo: AP / Dmitry Chistoprudov) The Star Photos Russia Weather Wikipedia: Wildfire Wildfire |
Hearings set for Monday on Sunflower power plant permit More News | Two public hearing will be held Monday in Overland Park to allow comments on a permit for the proposed Sunflower coal-fired power plant near Holcomb, Kan. | T... (photo: Creative Commons / Ahoerstemeier) Kansas City Star Hearing Photos Plant Power Sunflower |
Potato blight down dramatically | The hot weather this summer has caused a significant drop in the number of cases of blight in P.E.I. potato fields. | Marleen Clark, who diagnoses plant disease for the... (photo: WN / patricia) CBC Agriculture Disease Photos Weather Wikipedia: Phytophthora infestans |
World has 12 years to go before its ice melts | Thailand, July 30: The world has less than 12 years to go before it faces major ice-melting and potentially catastrophic effects if nothing is done to reduce carbon emi... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Siasat Daily Climate Change Environment Global Warming Photos Wikipedia: Climate change |
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air PUNE: Air pollution in Pune, one of the three problems which the city has to deal with urgently, is rising due to an increase in vehicles on the road. | The Environment S... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Times Of India India Photos Pollution Pune |
Mars site may hold 'buried life' Researchers have identified rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars. | The team made their discovery in the ancient rocks of Nili F... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona) BBC News Environment Photos Science Space Wikipedia: Life on Mars |
Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river | Beijing: Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the wo... (photo: AP) Gulf News China Disaster Floods Photos Wikipedia: People's Republic of China |