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Sir Richard Branson 'thought he would die' in bike crash

2016-08-26 15:33:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson says he thought he was "going to die" after crashing his bike on the Caribbean island of Virgin Gorda.

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Think youre hot? Spare a thought for Kuwait, as mercury hits record 54C

2016-07-24 00:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: For those struggling to cope with Britains minor heatwave its an unfathomable idea, but temperatures in Kuwait reached 54C last week, a record for the eastern hemisphere and possibly the entire planet. A weather station in Mitribah, a remote area of north-west Kuwait, recorded the temperature on Thursday, with Basra, across the border in Iraq, reaching 53.9C (129F). The record has yet to be confirmed by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which still has to receive the actual data...

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The snow leopardworld's most mysterious big catmay be more common than thought

2016-07-05 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Phys.Org: The snow leopard-world's most mysterious big cat-may be more common than thought The snow leopard has long been one of the least studied - and therefore poorly understood - of the large cats. No longer. Scientists studying snow leopards now say the big cats may be more common than previously thought. New estimates focused on areas described as 'Snow Leopard Conservation Units,' covering only 44 percent of the snow leopard's extensive...

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