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Russia earthquake, quake in russia, eastern russia earthquake, 7.0 quake in russia, 7.0 earthhquake russia, russia earthquake damage The Russian Academy of Sciences said on its website the first tremor, which it said measured 7.3 in magnitude, was followed minutes later by a 5.2 magnitude aftershock. (Source-Google Maps) A strong earthquake of at least a 7.0 magnitude struck in Russia’s Far East on Saturday, US and Russian scientists said, sending... »
Millions of people across the eastern US are clearing up after the weekend’s massive snowstorm that virtually paralysed the region. They have been digging out their cars and clearing pathways of snow which reached 3ft (91cm) in five states. Public transport remains disrupted as the working week is set to begin. Many flights have been cancelled. Government buildings in Washington and many schools will be closed on Monday. At least... »
The mercury has been plummeting since Wednesday’s rain. Now the Met Office forecast mild cold wave in most parts of Bangladesh. Weathermen say the cold wave with the temperature between 8 and 10 degrees Celsius may hit some places after Friday midnight. Senior weatherman at the Meteorological Department Md Rasheduzzaman said the cold wave might intensify. Friday’s lowest temperature was recorded at 9.8 degrees Celsius in Chuadanga. The highest temperature... »
Indian Capital New Delhi today experienced the coldest day of the season with day temperatures dropping to 4.2 degrees Celsius even as dense fog continued to disrupt railway services. The city was engulfed by dense fog with the visibility slumping to 200 metre and the humidity at 8:30 am was recorded at 97 percent, according to the weather office in India. According to the Northern Railway, 35 trains were cancelled... »
A sunburnt country… with a pitiless blue sky”, so the famous poem goes, but where once Australia could rely on “steady, soaking rain”, a trend of hotter and drier weather as the climate warms is making it more vulnerable to severe bushfires. US government scientists are widely expected to announce Wednesday that 2015 was the planet’s hottest year in modern times. Climate experts warn that with rising temperatures, as well... »
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with Japanese authorities saying there was no danger of a tsunami. The quake hit at 12:25 pm (0325 GMT) off the southern coast of the island, at a location about 750 kilometres (470 miles) north of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake was measured at... »
Almost entire country was jolted strongly early this morning as a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indian state Manipur, an official of Bangladesh Meteorological Department(BMD) told. According to a message of the Met Office, location of the earthquake was in Monipur, India region and the distance of the epicentre was 353 kilometres from Dhaka Seismic Observatory at Agargaon. The Met Office recorded a strong earthquake today at 05 hours 05... »
A strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India near the country’s borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh early Monday, sending people fleeing into the streets with dozens injured in the panic. The early morning tremor was strongly felt across northeast India and in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, where television reports said at least 24 people were taken to hospital after being injured in the scramble that ensued. The US Geological Survey... »

COP21 Climate Change Summit

Deal To Keep Temperature Rise Below 2C

Almost 200 countries approved a historic climate-change deal Saturday. Above, ice shed by the Perito Moreno glacier floats in Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province Nov. 27, 2015. After two weeks of negotiations, 195 countries agreed unanimously Saturday to finalize an ambitious plan to curb fossil-fuel consumption to keep the rise in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius by 2050. Talks on the final draft... »
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama discussed the Paris climate summit — where talks have been running through the night — in a phone call on Friday, Beijing’s foreign ministry said. Without giving direct quotes, a statement on its website cited Xi as saying that China and the US “must strengthen coordination with all parties” and “make joint efforts to ensure the Paris climate summit reaches... »