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Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn)
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 Al Jazeera 
Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
| From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the competition appears set to en... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Snow surrounds the ancient Colosseum, in Rome Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. A rare snowfall blanketed Rome forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears tourists would slip on the icy ruins, and leaving buses struggling to climb the city's slushy hills.
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 The Independent 
Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
| A dramatic loss of sea ice covering the Barents and Kara Seas above northern Russia could explain why a chill Arctic wind has engulfed much of Europe and killed 221 people over the past week. | The ... (photo: AP / Andrew Medichini)
Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada  Star Tribune 
Canadian PM Stephen Harper looks to diversify oil exports with trip to China
| TORONTO - Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which re... (photo: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 / )
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This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a giant jellyfish drifting off Kokonogi in western Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea.  Treehugger 
Are Jellyfish Taking Over the World's Oceans? Scientists Cast Doubt
| /CC BY 2.0 | The uptake in jellyfish numbers has been in the news a lot the last few years. Indeed just last year massive jellyfish blooms were the reason nuclear power plants in the UK had to shut ... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
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Elephants at Whipsnade. The Guardian
Elephants and rhinos in Australia 'could control damaging wild grasses'
| African gamba grass, introduced in the 1930s, wreaks havoc on the landscape and provides dangerous fuel for wildfires, experts say Introducing elephants to Australia co... (photo: Public Domain / Daniel Godfrey)
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This Winter, Average Temps in U.S. Northeast are "at Least 5 Degrees Above Normal" Treehugger
This Winter, Average Temps in U.S. Northeast are "at Least 5 Degrees Above Normal"
| /via | Cornell University has just released some data from its Northeast Regional Climate Center, and what it reveals should surprise precisely no one who lives in the ... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Climate   Environment   Photos   University   Winter  
New study shows correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central Europe PhysOrg
New study shows correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central Europe
| If there is a particularly large-scale melt of Arctic sea ice in summer, as observed in recent years, two important effects are intensified. Firstly, the retreat of the... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Arctic   Europe   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Arctic Ocean   Winter  
President Barack Obama addresses workers after his tour of Chrysler Groups Toledo Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio, Friday, June 3, 2011. Springfield News-Sun
White House chef says Obamas eat seasonal
| WASHINGTON — The White House has fully embraced one of eating's hottest trends — seasonal cooking with ingredients grown at home. | Presidential chef Criste... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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Forget global warming  its Cycle 25 we need to worry about (the big chill) Pakalert Press
Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about (the big chill)
Share By David Rose (Daily Mail) | The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data s... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Challenge   Global Warming   Photos   Temperature   Wikipedia: Global warming  
Percentage of population living under the poverty line of $1 (PPP) a day, currently 356.35 rupees a month in rural areas (around $7.4 a month). Chicago Tribune
World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars: U.N.
| LONDON (Reuters) - The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid s... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload)
Photos   Poverty   United Nations   Wikipedia: Poverty reduction   World  
When will the EU raise its green ambitions? The Times Of India
When will the EU raise its green ambitions?
BRUSSELS: The European Commission's latest analysis on moving beyond its existing set of 2020 green goals, to be published on Monday, finds raising its environmental ambi... (photo: EC / EC)
Brussels   Commission   Eu   Green   Photos   Wikipedia: Brussels  
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