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600-Mile Long Coral Reef Discovered Under Muddy Waters At Amazon River Mouth, Already Threatened By ...

Edit Inquisitr 24 Apr 2016
Scientists from the United States and Brazil were taken aback when they discovered a previously unknown coral reef underneath the muddy waters at the mouth of the Amazon River. The 600-mile long coral reef appeared in good health and was a completely unexpected find as there are typically coral reef gaps at river mouths due to unfavorable conditions for growth....

When crocodile came out of Firozabad canal and took a stroll

Edit The Times of India 24 Apr 2016
FIROZABAD ... However, villagers managed to tie up the reptile with ropes eventually, after which forest officials released it into the Chambal river ... It took some time for the team to calm it down ... On the chief wildlife warden's direction, the animal was released in Chambal river, which is its natural habitat, after being administered first aid," said DFO (Chambal) Anil Patel. ....

Woman's body found in Ottawa River

Edit Toronto Sun 24 Apr 2016
A woman’s body was pulled from the Ottawa River just west of the ......

Antiquities from the sky - Sat, 23 Apr 2016 PST

Edit Topix 24 Apr 2016
In this picture taken from a balloon Friday, April 1, 2016, hot air balloons fly over the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor, Egypt. The path of the brightly colored balloons is determined by prevailing winds ... ....

Pooch Parade kicks off Fiesta’s final Saturday

Edit my SA 24 Apr 2016
King William Fair and 10th Street River Festival also welcome the Fiesta masses ... ....

Missouri River boat ramp near Mandan closing for repairs

Edit The Roanoke Times 24 Apr 2016
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — The Graner Bottoms boat ramp on the Missouri River south of Mandan will close Monday for repairs ... ....

Volunteers clean up Patapsco River shoreline as part of Earth Day event

Edit Baltimore Sun 24 Apr 2016
Tides had discarded pieces of boat docks, driftwood, plastic bottles, bits of plastic foam, even a dented crab pot onto the pebble beach along the Patapsco River near the Key Bridge. But on Saturday, a group of volunteers worked to pick up trash and accumulated wood along the several hundred feet... ....

London Marathon 2016: Major Tim Peake to launch race

Edit BBC News 24 Apr 2016
Thousands of people are preparing to take part in the 36th London Marathon, which will be started from space ... The course takes in many of the capital's landmarks and predominantly follows the route of the River Thames ... There will also be hot dogs, dinosaurs and Disney princesses taking part ... ....

Kings Island’s Tropical Plunge nearly complete

Edit Springfield News-Sun 24 Apr 2016
UPDATE @ 7.15 p.m. (April 23).. Only one slide piece is left to install for the new Tropical Plunge water slide at Kings Island ... EARLIER REPORT ... The seven-story complex will feature six different water slides ... two wave pools, two coves, a lagoon and an action river plus children’s play areas among its more than 50 water activities ... ....

Taps come to life once in 40 days in parched Gadag town

Edit The Times of India 24 Apr 2016
HUBBALLI. Gadag is facing so severe a scarcity of drinking water that it's being supplied Tungabhadra water through taps once in 40 days. People get water from distant open wells and borewells on the outskirts of the town. They sprint towards tankers sent by the Gadag-Betageri City Municipal Council ... "Though the city was connected to the Tungabhadra river at Korlahalli in the 1980s, water supply has not improved ... ....

Cyclone Amos brings torrential rain to Samoa (Australian Red Cross)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Apr 2016
(Source. Australian Red Cross). Sunday April 24, 2016. Samoa Red Cross volunteers prepare relief supplies for distribution. Photo. Samoa Red Cross. Reports of flooded roads and fallen trees are emerging as Cyclone Amos brings torrential rain to Samoa. The cyclone is currently category 3 and moving east-southeast ... Flooding is also expected in the capital, Apia, if the river flushes debris upstream ... To help in times of emergency. ... (noodl....

Brexit: Lessons from the east about what folly it would be to choose isolation

Edit The Observer 24 Apr 2016
Aboard a small boat chugging down the Perfume river in central Vietnam, watching a family of water buffalo graze on the bank, I had a thought about Britain’s membership of the European Union. The thought irritated me. I had put 6,000 miles between myself and home to avoid doing any thinking about our politics ... Fortunately, my wife is highly tolerant ... Rising above the Perfume river stands the citadel of Hue ... As some Vietnamese like to say....

AAP's Gopal Rai happy with Delhi making sacrifices

Edit The Times of India 24 Apr 2016
Excerpts from an interview with Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai by KP Narayana Kumar, in which he insists the odd-even scheme is a success despite "some kind of conspiracy".. On the reason for more traffic on the roads during the second phase of the odd-even scheme than in the first phase. Unlike last time, schools are open this time ... On violations of the scheme ... Also, the recent instances of fires in landfills and on river banks......
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