Archive for ‘australia’
Greenhouse report makes Australia sweat
February 22nd, 2008
The Australian government’s top climate change adviser said the “awful arithmetic” of rising greenhouse gas emissions meant the 21 million people living on the world’s driest continent would be among the biggest losers from global warming.
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Aussies: Kyoto should have been ratified
February 18th, 2008
Australia should have ratified the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions years ago instead of becoming isolated on the issue along with the United States, two former Cabinet officials said.
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Rogue Cow Runs Loose in Australia
January 29th, 2008
A cow that escaped from a farm caused havoc on a motorway on the Gold Coast of Australia on Monday. Police say they were forced to put the cow down.
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Crocodile caught in sewage pond
January 26th, 2008
The authorities in Darwin, Australia, have caught a crocodile that got into a sewage pond
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Flooding in Australia
January 22nd, 2008
In Queensland, Australia, the Nogoa River is still on the rise, but authorities say water levels should begin to recede in the region after cresting today.
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First-Ever Ice Runway in Antarctica
January 11th, 2008
Australian scientists landed on an ice runway in Antarctica, officially opening a new air link between Australia and the white continent. The Airbus A319 became the first passenger aircraft to land on the 2.5-mile long Wilkins Runway.
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Deep sea probe to track Australia climate change
January 10th, 2008
Australian and U.S. scientists will send an unmanned submersible 2.5 kms (1.5 miles) deep into the ocean off Australia next week to track climate change by studying coral at unprecedented depths.
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Australia floods strand many
January 7th, 2008
Thousands of people remain stranded by some of the worst flooding eastern Australia has seen in 20 years.
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Australia hit by floods, fires amid global warming
January 3rd, 2008
Australia endured bushfires, floods and record high temperatures in its drought-ravaged foodbowl in 2007 as global warming brought the nation’s sixth hottest year on record, the weather bureau said on Thursday.
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Aftermath of New Zealand Quake
December 20th, 2007
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake off New Zealand’s east coast rocked much of the country on Thursday. No immediate tsunami warning was triggered at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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Australia backs away from deep emissions cuts
December 6th, 2007
Australia is not ready to commit to deep greenhouse gas emissions at the Bali climate conference, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday.
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Australia buoys hopes at Bali climate talks
December 3rd, 2007
Australia raised hopes of global action to fight climate change on Monday by agreeing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the United States at U.N.-led talks in Bali as the only rich nation not in the pact.
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Global warming dries up Australia’s parched lands
December 3rd, 2007
One of the highest polluters per capita in the developed world, Australia has at last ratified the Kyoto protocol, and its new centre left Labor government is attending the Bali Climate Summit. The meeting comes as scientists warn climate change is continuing to fuel Australia’s drought, threatening to cripple the country’s farming heartland for years to come.
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How Kangaroos help ifight global warming
November 29th, 2007
Some Australians want to save the environment by eating more of them, while others just want to study why their flatulence contains almost no greenhouse gasses, compared to heavy emitting cattle and sheep. Either way the iconic kangaroo is in the spotlight as Australia struggles to cope with global..
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Greenpeace shuts down Australia power station
November 15th, 2007
Climate activists briefly shut down a coal-fired power station in Australia on Thursday to protest against climate policies as a new report outed the country as the world’s biggest per head carbon polluter
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