Wednesday, July 05, 2006
A planetary "all clear" sounded late Sun day night. A potentially hostile celestial visitor - a half-mile wide ball of primordial minerals named 2004 XP14 - whipped past our blue island on its way to what we all should hope is an eternal journey.
We should hope the journey is eternal, because if it stops here, so, most likely, would much of what we consider to be civilization. |
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 5, 2006; Page A01 The escalating level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the world's oceans more acidic, government and independent scientists say. They warn that, by the end of the century, the trend could decimate coral reefs and creatures that underpin the sea's food web.
Although scientists and some politicians have just begun to focus on the question of ocean acidification, they describe it as one of the most pressing environmental threats facing Earth. |
Reuters
July 5, 2006 MUMBAI - Thousands of people waded through knee-deep water in India's financial hub to reach work on Wednesday as monsoon rains continued to flood homes and disrupt transport in Mumbai.
"Our area has been under two feet water for two days," Sumit Tambhe, a resident of the western suburb of Andheri, said. Municipal officials asked people to stay at home as much as possible. |
The Vancouver Sun Online.
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 |
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