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When drought strikes, Thailand turns to its Royal Rainmakers -- an airborne team which seeds the clouds over the kingdom. ...more |
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The growth of Arctic sea ice this winter peaked at the lowest maximum level on record, thanks to extraordinarily warm temperatures, federal scientists said Monday. ...more |
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![Japanese fleet returns with quota of 333 whales in Antarctic Japanese fleet returns with quota of 333 whales in Antarctic](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_103c21a7-719c-4cdc-85a6-eee0f7cff496_.jpg) |
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Japan's whaling fleet returned Thursday with 333 whales it caught in its first Antarctic harvest since an international court ruling stopped its hunt two years ago. ...more |
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![Developing world overtakes West in renewables investments Developing world overtakes West in renewables investments](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_d82388fb-dc00-457a-a9c9-e3c626930f2b_.jpg) |
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A U.N.-backed report says global investments in solar, wind and other sources of renewable energy reached a record $286 billion last year. For the first time the developing world accounted for the majority. ...more |
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![First contact in decades with rare rhino in Indonesia's Borneo First contact in decades with rare rhino in Indonesia's Borneo](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7fb29aac-26ae-438d-87d0-5ffa7d1c8663_.jpg) |
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Environmentalists have made physical contact with a Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island for the first time in over 40 years, the WWF said Wednesday, hailing a "major conservation success". ...more |
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![Walking fish discovered in Thailand, has features not seen in any other living fish (Video) Walking fish discovered in Thailand, has features not seen in any other living fish (Video)](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_5d2f8b68-e167-459d-9f31-43e1c96170f6_.jpg) |
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The blind cavefish can actually walk and crawl up waterfalls like a four-footed animal; researchers are calling it a major discovery. ...more |
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![Scottish Power ends production at Scotland’s last coal power station Scottish Power ends production at Scotland’s last coal power station](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_82c9ec8c-9a1b-4fa1-bab4-2f8a71f6505e_.jpg) |
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Scottish Power will on Thursday end production at the country's last coal-fired power station, the company said. ...more |
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![WHO urges India to implement larger health warnings on cigarette packs WHO urges India to implement larger health warnings on cigarette packs](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3b0cf884-915f-4f4c-b786-bbc00feffdb9_.jpg) |
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India must implement rules on printing larger health warnings on cigarette and other tobacco packs, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, days after a parliamentary panel called for reduction in the proposed warnings size to protect the industry. ...more |
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![Biodegradable algae water bottles provide a green alternative to plastic Biodegradable algae water bottles provide a green alternative to plastic](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3b905191-e404-4515-96aa-40075e0c5d51_.jpg) |
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Plastic water bottles come with a higher price tag than most people realize, taking up to 1,000 years to decompose in a landfill. ...more |
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![Giant arch to block Chernobyl radiation for next 100 years Giant arch to block Chernobyl radiation for next 100 years](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_dc99600d-7ca8-407c-a633-1f952990c2d9_.jpg) |
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In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world's largest land-based moving structure has been built to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site for the next 100 years. ...more |
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