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UK: Trafalgar pigeons 'starve to death'

Elizabeth Hopkirk
Evening Standard
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:49 UTC
Pigeons in Trafalgar Square are dying from hunger, say government scientists who have conducted post mortems.

Campaigners blame Mayor Ken Livingstone and Westminster council for banning feeding of the birds - a popular tourist pastime that used to provide a supply of food. Since September, feeding has been outlawed in the whole square.

Five pigeon corpses were sent by the Pigeon Action Group to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Suffolk in October.

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Going hungry: pigeons found dead in Trafalgar Square had empty stomachs

Agency scientists, who also work for the Department of the Environment, found all five had empty stomachs and protruding bones.
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New Peer-Reviewed Study Finds 'Global Warming is naturally caused and shows no human influence'

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Canadian Free Press
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:51 UTC
Climate scientists at the University of Rochester, the University of Alabama, and the University of Virginia report that observed patterns of temperature changes ('fingerprints') over the last thirty years are not in accord with what greenhouse models predict and can better be explained by natural factors, such as solar variability. Therefore, climate change is 'unstoppable' and cannot be affected or modified by controlling the emission of greenhouse gases, such as CO2, as is proposed in current legislation.
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Greenland ice sheet melting at record rate

Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:00 UTC
The Greenland ice sheet melted at a record rate this year, the largest ever since satellite measurements began in 1979, a top climate scientist reported on Monday.
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Researchers Find New Deep Water Coral


Associated Press
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:08 UTC
HONOLULU - Researchers have discovered what they believe is a new deep water coral and sponge beds found several thousands of feet below the ocean surface, officials said Monday.

©AP Photo/Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
This photo released by Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument shows what is believed to be a lemon-yellow bamboo coral tree.
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US: Ice Storm Causes Blackouts, 15 Deaths

Ken Miller
Associated Press
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:43 UTC
OKLAHOMA CITY - A wintry storm caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. At least 15 deaths in Oklahoma and Missouri were blamed on the conditions, with 13 of them killed on slick highways.
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No hurricane, but still a monster

Kevin Myatt
The Roanoke Times
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:04 UTC
Pacific Northwest, USA
The West Coast seems to have all kinds of disasters: Wildfires. Earthquakes. Volcanoes. Landslides.

One thing the West Coast doesn't have, though, is hurricanes.

The reason is simple. The primary ocean currents off the West Coast come from the north, bringing cold water down from Alaska. Any tropical systems that move northward from the Mexican coast lose energy as they move into colder and colder water.

Once in a great while, a tropical storm can make it close to San Diego, but none on record has made it farther north. But this past week, the Pacific Northwest experienced a storm that caused more destruction, death and hardship than many hurricanes have.
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Mysterious mammal caught on film

Rebecca Morelle
BBC
Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:28 UTC


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Long-eared Jerboa

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An "extraordinary" desert creature has been caught on camera for what scientists believe is the first time.
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US: Ice Storm Coats Much of Nation's Middle

Cheryl Wittenauer
Associated Press
Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:31 UTC
An ice storm slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded flights, and cut power to tens of thousands Sunday in a swath from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes as even colder weather threatened.

The wintry weather was expected to continue through midweek, and ice storm warnings stretched from Texas to Pennsylvania.
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Earthquake 7.6 rocks Pacific Ocean south of Fiji


tv3.co.nz
Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:35 UTC
A large earthquake has struck in the Pacific Ocean tonight.

The quake measured 7.6 on the Richter scale and was centred about 900 kilometres northeast of New Zealand and several hundred kilometres southwest of Tonga.

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Record-size spitting cobra found in Kenya


Reuters
Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:24 UTC


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Naja Ashei, a newly discovered giant spitting cobra measuring nearly nine feet and carrying enough venom to kill at least 15 people, is seen in this picture released by WildlifeDirect December 7, 2007.

A giant spitting cobra, measuring nearly nine feet and carrying enough venom to kill at least 15 people, has been discovered in Kenya, a conservation group said on Friday.
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