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New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, center, arrives for a meeting with businessmen at the 16th summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, in Lima, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.
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Rt. Hon. John Key Statement to Parliament - 8/2/2011
Tue 8 Feb 2011
Tuesday, 08 February 2011, 2:10 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Government | Statement to Parliament | Rt. Hon. John Key | Prime Minister | 8 February 2011 | Presented to the House of Representatives ... (photo: AP / Martin Mejia)
Three members of a dinosaur expedition led by Illinois paleontologist Dr. William Hammer, from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., look out across the summer landscape last month from the dig site at 13,000 feet on Mount Kirkpatrick, about 400 miles from the South Pole. The expedition, bundled in fleece and hacking away with drills, jackhammers and dynamite, found pieces of rock-encased fossils which they believe might match the first dinosaur fossil ever found onAntarctica's mainland, discovered by Hammer 13 years ago.
Antarctica   Climate Change   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Antarctic ecozone   		 BBC News 
Secrets of Antarctica's fossilised forests
Tue 8 Feb 2011
By Howard Falcon-Lang Royal Holloway, London Dinosaurs once foraged beneath the Southern Lights in Antarctica Continue reading the main story Related Stories | Antarctic Scott's lasting legacy Two new... (photo: AP / Augustane College)
In this Sept. 15, 2009 photo, a deforested area is seen near Novo Progresso in Brazil's northern state of Para. The Brazilian Amazon is arguably the world's biggest natural defense against global warming, acting as a "sink," or absorber, of carbon dioxide. But it is also a great contributor to warming. About 75 percent of Brazil's emissions come from rainforest clearing, as vegetation burns and felled trees rot.  Scoop  Tue 8 Feb 2011
Drought weakens Amazon's ability to withstand climate change
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 12:07 pm | Opinion: Greenpeace | The Amazon’s ability to withstand climate change weakened by severe drought | Blogpost by Dr. Janet Cotter, Greenpeace Science Unit - ... (photo: AP / Andre Penner)
Amazon   Climate Change   Drought   Photos   Wikipedia: Amazon Rainforest  
Solution to climate crisis  The Himalayan  Tue 8 Feb 2011
Solution to climate crisis
The past provides a clue | Added At: 2011-02-08 10:02 PM | Last Updated At: 2011-02-08 10:02 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) | To V... (photo: WN / Marzena)
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The Xue Long, with some 100 Chinese scientists and researchers on board, is seen on its arrival at Kaohsiung port for a four-day visit to promote academic exchanges with the island, Thursday, April 2, 2009, in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. China's Antarctic research ship has made a port call in southern Taiwan in the latest sign of improved relations between the rivals. The two sides split amid civil war in 1949, but Beijing still regards the democratic island as part of its territory, and has threatened war if it moves to make its de facto independence permanent. Asia Times Tue 8 Feb 2011
A Snow Dragon in the Arctic
|      Feb 8, 2011 | | More | A Snow Dragon in the Arctic | By Joseph Spears | China is stepping up its activities in a warming and changing Arctic Oc... (photo: AP)
Arctic   China   Photos   Resources   Wikipedia: MV Xue Long  
Corn - Maize - Crop - Food Commodities Seattle Times Mon 7 Feb 2011
A warming world makes food prices surge
| We're in the midst of a global food crisis - the second in three years. World food prices hit a record in January, driven by huge increases in the prices of wheat, corn... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Crisis   Food   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Food  
Local environmentalists at a community festival in 2009. Business Insider Mon 7 Feb 2011
Environmentalists Are Killing Jobs And The Economy
Liz Peek, The Fiscal Times | Feb. 7, 2011, 4:48 PM | 49 | 1 A A A   x Email Article | From To Email Sent! | You have successfully emailed the post. Liz Peek | Liz Pe... (photo: Creative Commons / Ottre)
Economy   Jobs   Killing   Photos   Wikipedia :Environmentalists  
More Animals Found in Urban Forests The New York Times Mon 7 Feb 2011
More Animals Found in Urban Forests
| The numbers are in: | We found higher diversity and overall higher activity of animals in our camera traps set in urban forests than in those out in the wild areas. The... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Africa   Animals   Diversity   Photos   Wild  
Apple The Examiner Mon 7 Feb 2011
Healthy eating tips to keep kids focused in school, improve learning
| Studies show that children with good eating habits do better in school, but getting kids the eat meals that are both nutritious and delicious can be difficult. Ben Shif... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Children   Food   Photos   School   Wikipedia: Food  
Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Jack Reed (D-RI), exit an MV-22 Osprey during the congressional delegates visit to al Anbar province, Iraq. The Boston Globe Mon 7 Feb 2011
Republicans out front of Obama on regulations
| WASHINGTON-When President Barack Obama asked businesses for advice on creating jobs, he might have anticipated that more than 200 responses would quickly be headed his ... (photo: Public Domain / Kelly)
Obama   Photos   Politics   Us   wikipedia : Barack Obama  
Ice forming on the leaves of trees in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA during a winter storm on February 2, 2011. The New York Times Mon 7 Feb 2011
Climate Change to Force Mass Migration, Study Warns
| That weather-related catastrophes cause a lot of destruction is well known. But the prospect that increasing floods, droughts and storms will prompt many millions of pe... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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NEW ORLEANS - Gulf Coast Incident Management Team response workers place aluminum pie pans to discourage birds from landing in areas oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill near Venice, LA., Jan 7, 2011. Gulf of Mexico 'to recover from BP spill by end 2012' BBC News
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Polluted drinking water canal, Maharashtra, India Gowanus Canal Inquiry Underlines Severity of Pollution The New York Times
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President Barack Obama addresses the media at Coast Guard Station Venice May 2, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley. Obama Reaches for Corporate Support Wall Street Journal
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NEW ORLEANS - Gulf Coast Incident Management Team response workers place aluminum pie pans to discourage birds from landing in areas oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill near Venice, LA., Jan 7, 2011. Gulf of Mexico 'to recover from BP spill by end 2012' BBC News
A security guard stands by a BP logo outside the BP headquarters in London, Monday, June 14, 2010. Shares in BP PLC plunged again on Monday as the company's board discussed U.S. demands that it suspend dividend payments until it pays for the cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP resumes dividends despite full-year loss The Boston Globe
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Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Jack Reed (D-RI), exit an MV-22 Osprey during the congressional delegates visit to al Anbar province, Iraq. Republicans out front of Obama on regulations The Boston Globe
President Barack Obama speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Republicans out front of Obama on regulations The Miami Herald
In this May 9, 2009 photo, farmer Nelci de Fatima Goncalves pulls a cow across a cracked field caused by a drought in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Southern Brazilian states far from the Amazon have suffered from an extended drought, caused by La Nina, a periodic cooling of waters in the Pacific Ocean, while across the Amazon basin, river dwellers are trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless. Droughts, Floods and Food The New York Times
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