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Video of Amazon gold mining devastation goes viral in Peru
2013-09-26 20:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Video of illegal gold mining operations that have turned a portion of the Amazon rainforest into a moonscape went viral on Youtube after a popular radio and TV journalist in Peru highlighted the story. Last week Peruvian journalist and politician Güido Lombardi directed his audience to video shot from a wingcam aboard the Carnegie Airborne Observatory (CAO), an airplane used by researchers to conduct advanced monitoring and analysis of Peru's forests. The video quickly received more than 60,000...
Four dead in Colorado floods amid rescues, scenes of devastation
2013-09-14 03:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: National Guard troops plucked stranded residents out of danger by helicopter and hauled them out of an inundated community in military trucks on Friday as the death toll from the worst floods to hit Colorado in decades rose to four with 80 people still unaccounted for. Taking advantage of a break in torrential rains that have unleashed floodwaters up and down the state, Guard members rumbled into the hard-hit town of Lyons through waist-high water and went door to door to pull out up to 2,000...
Some stolen dogs mean more than devastation
2013-07-21 17:18:40| Footwear - Topix.net
Practically a year ago, in August 2012, Adalida, an Australian Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix therapy dog was stolen from a parked car belonging to Sergeant Kenneth Chambers, an Iraqi war veteran.
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Some stolen dogs mean more than devastation
2013-07-21 16:59:14| Apparel - Topix.net
Practically a year ago, in August 2012, Adalida, an Australian Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix therapy dog was stolen from a parked car belonging to Sergeant Kenneth Chambers, an Iraqi war veteran.
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Torrential rain causes widespread devastation in China - in pictures
2013-07-10 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Flooding in western China, the worst in 50 years for some areas, has triggered a landslide that buried about 30 people. Mudslides and flooding are common in China's mountainous areas, killing hundreds of people every year. Deforestation has led to soil erosion and made some parts of the country prone to mudslides after strong rain