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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows gullies near the edge of Hale crater on southern Mars.
Environment   Photos   Science   Space   Wikipedia: Life on Mars  
 The Guardian 
Unthinkable? Life on Mars
| There are no little green men on the red planet, but there might just be something alive. Astronomers once thought Mars was covered in a network of canals carrying water from the ice caps. Nineteent... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)
A Pakistan army helicopter evacuates stranded villagers in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, July 30, 2010.
Disaster   Floods   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: Pakistan  
 Khaleej Times 
Pakistan monsoon floods kill more than 400
Rescue workers and troops in Pakistan were on Saturday struggling to reach thousands of people affected by the worst floods in living memory as the death toll rose past 400. | Hundreds of homes and va... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
The Development Driller III oil drilling is seen as it is used to drill a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Wednesday, May 12, 2010.  The Star 
BP to try well kill Tuesday, Congress debates reforms
| BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on reforms that would put tougher restrictions on o... (photo: AP / Charlie Riedel)
Disaster   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Work crews lay oil retention booms in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Saturday, May 1, 2010. Environmentalists are concerned about the impact of the oil slick when it makes landfall.  China Daily 
BP to try "static kill" on Gulf well Tuesday
| BILOXI, Miss. - BP Plc will attempt on Tuesday a planned "static kill" operation to seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and hopes to have a relief well finished by the end of August, incoming... (photo: AP / Dave Martin)
Disaster   Oil Spill   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
Top Stories
Sunflower fields of Phatthana Nikhom Kansas City Star
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)
Hearing   Photos   Plant   Power   Sunflower  
Mountains covered with  ice -climate change-ice at the highest point on mountain-India The Siasat Daily
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)
Climate Change   Environment   Global Warming   Photos   Wikipedia: Climate change  
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)at zoo Irish Times
Cheetah to return to India as part of wildlife sanctuary plan
| RAHUL BEDI in New Delhi | THE LITHE and graceful cheetah is poised to sprint once again in India nearly half a century after it became extinct. | The fastest mammal on ... (photo: Public Domain / Vassil)
India   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Cheetah   Wildlife  
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India The Times Of India
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)
India   Photos   Pollution   Pune  
File - This image of the Centauri-Hellas Montes region was taken by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) at a portion of a trough in the Nili Fossae region of Mars is shown in enhanced color in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter BBC News
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)
Environment   Photos   Science   Space   Wikipedia: Life on Mars  
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, a man carries his belonging on a flooded path in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province. Gulf News
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)
China   Disaster   Floods   Photos   Wikipedia: People's Republic of China  
Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata). Several waved albatrosses Punta Suarez, Espanola, Galapagos Islands. Fernandina (Narborough) Island: The name was given in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who sponsored the voyage of Columbus Hong Kong Standard
Galapagos Islands off danger list at gallop
Unesco's World Heritage Committee said it has removed Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites, due to protective efforts in the Pacific archipelago.... (photo: European Community / Snowmanradio)
Environment   Galapagos   Photos   UNESCO   Wikipedia: Galápagos Islands  
Climate Change Wildlife
- Global warming signs unmistakable: report
- Global warming: NASA says it's the hottest year on recor
- Climate change fans are heating up
- Scientists say global warming is continuing
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Proper, July 3, 2001.
The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
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- Saving Wildlife From A Midwestern Oil Spill
- What is the latest on the hippo die-off in Uganda?
- Wildlife at risk from Michigan river spill
- Wildlife rescued in Michigan
Hippopotamus
What is the latest on the hippo die-off in Uganda?
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Forests Nature
- Thousands fight Russian forest fires
- Thousands fight Russian forest fires
- Putin plans emergency meeting on forest fires (Roundup)
- Killer beetle spreads in NY, endangering forests
Vladimir Putin
Putin plans emergency meeting on forest fires (Roundup)
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- Health notes: Nature’s alternatives to HRT
- The Pac-10 Has More Work Ahead to Overcome Natural Disadvant
- Giant South Dakota hailstone breaks US record
- 1 man killed, 1 hospitalized after natural-gas blast
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows gullies near the edge of Hale crater on southern Mars.
Unthinkable? Life on Mars
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Hydrology Biodiversity
- 31% excess rain in July, water shortage unlikely
- Customers in two minds over oily waters
- Death Toll Rises to 800 as Floods Hit Pakistan
- 24 trapped in flooded Chinese mine: state media
People use a boat to rescue people stranded in their houses after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Floods ravage northwest Pakistan, kill 430 people
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- Scientists report declining biodiversity in Chernobyl exclus
- Chernobyl zone shows decline in biodiversity
- Ride the Green Wave in the International Year of Biodiversit
- Chernobyl zone shows decline in biodiversity
Octopus
Antarctic octopuses found with cold-resistant venom
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Pollution Science
- Storrington village in Sussex fails air pollution test
- Dumping ground not shifted, pollution board pulls up HUDA, M
- National Star Gazing Night asks for one night without light
- Oilsands database shows chronic pollution
Air pollution in Pune is on the alarming level- India
Pune's task on hand is to clear the air
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- Chilly becomes money machine for Parsa farmers
- Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers
- America's oldest family farm for sale
- Organic vegetables are within your reach--and your budget
Farmland  -  Vegetable Farming  -  Farmer  -  Agriculture
Chilly becomes money machine for Parsa farmers
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