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Volcano Erupted in Kamchatka, East Russia


Vladivostok Times
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:17 UTC
Bezymyannyi volcano, located in the Ust-Kamchatka District, erupted on October 15.

Seismologists registered a sudden increase in activity of the volcano at 3:30 a.m. local time. Scientists think giant volcano kept erupting for two hours. It threw out columns of ash to the height of 5 to 7 km. The ash shower covered dozens of kilometres around the volcano, RIA Sever DV reports.
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Update: 10 killed, over 100 missing as storm hits S Bangladesh


Xinhua
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:02 UTC
Violent storms triggered by depression have swept Bangladesh's south and southeastern coastal belt, leaving at least 10 people dead and over 100 fishermen missing in the Bay of Bengal.

The storm struck the country's southern districts of Barisal, Bhola, Barguna, Noakhali, Patuakhali, Bagerhat, Faridpur and Rangamati Monday night, triggering heavy rain, tornado and landslide and leaving 10 killed and over 150 injured.
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Mysterious foam on Lago Maggiore


Ansa.it
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:45 UTC


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Volcanic eruption may be linked to quakes

Cathryn Atkinson
The Globe and Mail
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:08 UTC
Scientists are setting up seismographs in a wilderness region of the British Columbian Interior today to determine if a pending volcanic eruption is the cause of hundreds of small earthquakes the area has been experiencing non-stop since last week.

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Map of earthquake activity over the past 30 days

John Cassidy of the Geological Survey of Canada said the region surrounding the remote volcano, known as the Nazko Cone, has experienced a "swarm" of over two dozen quakes a day since Oct. 10. The red volcanic rock cone is 16 kilometres from the village of Nazko, a community of about 200, and is 75 kilometres west of the town of Quesnel.

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Nazko Cone, the easternmost and youngest volcano of the Anahim volcanic belt in the Chilcotin-Nechako Plateau, central British Columbia

Comment: One wonders, of course, if this report is in any way related to the following:

Geoscientist Receives Grant To Study Effects Of Volcanoes On Climate Change In Arctic

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Geoscientist Receives Grant To Study Effects Of Volcanoes On Climate Change In Arctic


Terra Daily
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:31 UTC
Raymond S. Bradley, director of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a three-year, $416,550 award from the National Science Foundation for his project, titled "Volcanoes in the Arctic System: Geochronology and Climate Impacts." The award will help Bradley and his colleagues to better understand the impacts that natural factors, such as explosive volcanic eruptions, can have on the Arctic system and on global climate fluctuations.

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Volcanic ash cloud.
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Tiny Pacific islands say climate change threatens survival


Agence France Presse
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:05 UTC
Some of the world's most vulnerable island nations appealed Monday for action to halt climate change that could cause them to disappear beneath the Pacific Ocean.

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Comment: Unfortunately for the people of the Pacific Islands, along with the rest of us, climate change is not so easily stopped by just having humans slow down their use of CO2 causing devices. Especially since this is a very minor contributor to climate change in the first place. It is a much more complicated issue as is noted here.

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Calif. Sandstorm Causes Pileup, Kills 2


Associated Press
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:42 UTC
LANCASTER, Calif. - A blinding sandstorm that caught drivers by surprise caused a 12-car pileup Tuesday on a highway in the high desert north of Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring 16, authorities said.
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What Was Behind the Honey Bee Wipeout?

Gina Covina
Alternet
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:59 UTC


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Everyone has a theory why the honeybees started dying off. Try malnutrition.
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South Africa: Beware more weird weather

Yolandi Groenewald
Mail & Guardian
Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:59 UTC
Storms in South Africa are going to become more severe, an analyst at the South African Weather Service has warned. And while residents in Mamelodi, Soweto, were mopping up water and clearing up the damage to their houses this week, weather man Mnikeli Ndabambi warned that people in low-lying areas could expect more flooding.
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Canada: Possibility of volcanic activity near Quesnel excites scientists

Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:15 UTC
Scientists are headed tomorrow to an area 75 kilometres west of Quesnel to install seismological equipment aimed at determining whether a "swarm" of small earthquakes are evidence of a forthcoming burst of molten lava -- potentially the first volcanic activity in the province in two centuries.
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