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POLL: Is Earth Hour worth the effort?
Saturday March 26th at 8:30pm is Earth Hour around the globe. Hundreds of millions of people are expected to switch off their lights…
Volcano-sparked fire threatens Hawaii wildlife area
A fire ignited by lava from the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is threatening what a National Park Service…
Beaches around NZ to get more dangerous
The weather may not yet be bad at many popular beaches around New Zealand but sea conditions are going to get…
Weather Video: Why nuclear fallout won’t reach NZ via the sea
Philip Duncan of WeatherWatch.co.nz explains why the sea currents are unlikely to bring radioactive material as far as New Zealand. –…
Spacecraft begins historic orbit around Mercury
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around the planet Mercury late last week. NASA says this marks the first time a…
Equinox today – sun heads to Northern Hemisphere
Today is the Autumnal Equinox and at lunchtime today the sun was directly over the equator – and for the…
Japanese aftershocks slowing down (+Maps)
The number of aftershocks in Japan appears to be slowing down, as to be expected, following the massive 9.0 earthquake…
Nuclear plume reaches US west coast
Japan’s nuclear agency has raised the severity rating of the disaster at the damaged Fukushima plant to level 5….two points short…
Warmer relief in sight for Japan
Tsunami-stricken Japan has faced icy winds from the north and snow in recent days, adding to the misery of the…
BLOG: What a gut-wrenching start to 2011
I have a very unscientific way of calculating the number of natural disasters in the world at any given time…
