| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 Plankton, base of ocean food web, declining sharply
Washington: Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide. | And they are declining s... | From Fires to Fish, Heat Wave Batters Russia
| RYBKHOZ, Russia — This is a country that knows how to handle the cold, swaggering about during the most brutal of winters. But the heat is another story. And there has never been heat like this. James Hill for The New York Times | Workers moved trout into pools ... | Severe weather slams Hampton Roads area
| Scattered thunderstorms are producing severe weather across the area. There are numerous reports of storm damage and flooding. Heavy rain is continuing to move through Hampton Roads and will continue to drop to the south and southeast. A cold front will sweep through ... | Relatives search for bodies at site of Islamabad air crash
| monsoon storms hamper attempts to locate all 152 passengers | Friday, July 30, 2010 | - Powered by | Munir Ahmed | Associated Press | ISLAMABAD: Relatives desperate to find the bodies of loved ones joined emergency teams Thursday at the scene of Pakistan’s worst... | Rains unleash death, devastation in Pakistan
| Islamabad: Heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan have drowned dozens, with the death toll has now crossed all previously known records. | Torrential rains have knocked down over a dozen bridges in the worst-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province while over 450 villages have b... | 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 worst floods to hit the country in more than a decade. | The barrels, containing a flammable chemical ... | Flash floods kill 113 in Pakistan
| AT least 113 people have died and thousands more have been made homeless as flash floods triggered by torrential rains hit north-west Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, officials say. | The army has been summoned to tackle the problems caused by the flood waters, with Sw... | Heat Wave Batters Russia
| RYBKHOZ, Russia — Ivan Tyurkin trudged along a pier and surveyed the breeding ponds all around him. He did not need a thermometer to know that the water was treacherously tepid. Dead trout, drifting like buoys, were evidence enough. | Last month, they were flipp... | |
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