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Colorado, US: Dog or lion? Beast loose in El Paso County

Kieran Nicholson and Christopher Sanchez
The Denver Post
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:16 UTC
Irene LoBaido has never hunted and has never shot an animal, but today, she packed a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum in a holster on her left hip.

LoBaido was among local residents alarmed by a reports of an African lion on the loose.

"I feel I'm going to be carrying this until it's (found)," LoBaido said. "I hope I never have to use it, but I care about my horses and dogs."

LoBaido, 49, said she loaded her gun with hollow-point bullets to make certain she could take down a lion if needed.

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©El Paso County Sheriff's OFfice
The creature was large and shaggy, but only photographed at a distance.
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Israel: Mysterious lake foam baffles scientists

Eli Ashkenazi
Haaretz
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00 UTC
"These kinds of changes in the Kinneret are not an encouraging sign," said a Kinneret expert about an unidentified weed that appeared in the lake. Signs of this worrisome phenomenon appeared about a week ago. It took the form of greenish patches with a foamy train. All those who saw this strange apparition were convinced it was some kind of sewage. What else would one think if one saw a greenish liquid with foam on it? The green patches were sighted on the Kinneret's western shores, from the Tiberias hot springs to the Sapir site.
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Flashback Protecting vegetation may reduce impact of climate change, EPA finds

Nan Lundeen
Greenville Online
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:58 UTC
Scientists have found that many of the best management practices used to reduce traditional stresses on our environment -- such as restoring vegetation along streams -- also increases the ecosystem's resilience to the impact of climate change, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
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Myth of Consensus Explodes: APS Opens Global Warming Debate

Michael Asher
Daily Tech
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:45 UTC
"Considerable presence" of skeptics

The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the validity of global warming science. The leadership of the society had previously called the evidence for global warming "incontrovertible."
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Magnitude 5.0 - Kermadec Islands Region


USGS
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:34 UTC
Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time
* Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 12:48:44 UTC
* Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 12:48:44 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 28.354°S, 175.771°W
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region Kermadec Islands Region
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Moderate earthquake hits NW China, no damage reported


Xinhua
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:32 UTC
Xining -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3on the Richter scale jolted Tanggula region in northwestern Qinghai Province at 6:58 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
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Earthquake jolts Maluku of Indonesia


Xinhua
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:15 UTC
Jakarta -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Thursday morning, there was no casualties and material losses.
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Second quake hits near Greek island


CNN
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:13 UTC
Athens, Greece -- The Athens Geodynamic Institute says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck near the Greek island of Rhodes. No injuries or damage have been reported.
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Fragile Antarctic Marine Life Pounded By Icebergs: Biodiversity Suffering


Science Daily
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:44 UTC
Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats are regularly pounded by icebergs. New data suggests this environment along the Antarctic Peninsula is going to get hit more frequently. This is due to an increase in the number of icebergs scouring the seabed as a result of shrinking winter sea ice.

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©British Antarctic Survey
A British Antarctic Survey marine biologist encounters a giant sponge nearly 20m below the surface.

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) show how the rate of iceberg scouring on the West Antarctic Peninsula seabed is affected by the duration of winter sea ice, which has dramatically declined (in space and time) in the region over the last few decades due to climate warming. This increase in iceberg disturbance on the seabed, where the majority of all Antarctic life occurs (80%), could have severe effects on the marine creatures living as deep as 500m underwater.
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Cyprus always had to hoard water - a bit of history


Homeboy Medianews
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:22 UTC
With most households now having their water supplies reduced by a third to try to tackle the shortage, Cypriots can be forgiven for believing that this is the worst drought the island has ever experienced. Well, think again.

Comment: Seems like in the old days the people of Cyprus were much better planned and prepare to deal with the always present drought problem, than they are today.

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