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Drought Exacerbates West’s Wildfire Season
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 24th, 2015
Atlantic: A historic wildfire season in the Western United States and Canada claimed more victims last week. Three firefighters battling the Twisp Fire in central Washington State died Wednesday after their vehicle crashed and was overtaken by the flames, NBC News reported. Four other firefighters were also injured.
The three firefighters` deaths marked a dangerous week for fire crews battling blazes throughout the West. Over 7.2 million acres have burned this year, according to the federal National Interagency...
Greenland Glacier Sheds Manhattan-Sized Chunk
Posted by Clapway: None Given on August 24th, 2015
Clapway: A massive chunk of ice, the size of Manhattan, has been severed from Greenland`s Jakobshavn glacier, BBC News reports.
ONE OF THE FASTEST GLACIERS IN GREENLAND
During the summer, the glacier movies at ten meters a day, according to scientists, a pace which makes it one of the fastest glaciers in Greenland. Using the European Union`s Sentinel satellites, the European Space Agency has been monitoring the glacier and its activity.
According to the European Space Agency, the berg that separated...
China chemical safety problems highlighted before Tianjin blasts
Posted by Reuters: Clare Baldwin, Brenda Goh and Sue-Lin Wong on August 24th, 2015
Reuters: Several warnings preceded the deadly blasts at the Chinese port of Tianjin, including a state-backed research paper highlighting the risk of "grave accidents and casualties" in the chemicals sector and an explosion in another city blamed on lax safety controls. Two huge explosions tore through a warehouse storing dangerous chemicals in the northeastern city on Aug. 12, killing at least 116 people and sending shockwaves through apartment blocks kilometers away. A review by Reuters of documents and...
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