Spain: Heaviest Snowfall in Decades Leaves 250,000 Without Power

A metre of snow fell in the Pyrenees leaving 6,000 travellers stranded and blocking up to 40 roadsA couple walk on the beach during a snow storm in Barcelona, Spain. (AP)Nearly a quarter of a million people in north-eastern Spain were without power yesterday after the heaviest snowfall in decades brought major disruption to the [...] continue reading world news

Common Weedkiller Atrazine Turns Male Frogs Into Females

See also:- Study: Serious birth defects linked to the agricultural chemical atrazineAn atrazine-induced female frog (a genetic male) is shown (bottom) copulating with an unexposed male sibling. This union produced viable eggs and larvae that survived to metamorphosis and adulthood. Yet, because both animals were genetic males, the offspring were all males. (Tyrone Hayes [...] continue reading world news

The 21st-century African land grab by rich countries facing global food and water shortages

Highly recommended article.An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizensA woman tends vegetables at a giant Saudi-financed farm in Ethiopia.We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked our way past security guards and [...] continue reading world news

Met Office: British winter was the coldest for 31 years

Met Office figures recorded a December-to-February mean UK temperature of just 1.51C, while the 1971-2000 average is 3.7CA driver eases through Great Chart in Ashford, Kent, during what the Met Office has now confirmed as the coldest UK winter for 30 years. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAAfter suffering snow, sleet, rain and consistently freezing temperatures, the knowledge [...] continue reading world news

Study: 100 Percent of Fish in US Streams Contaminated with Mercury

(NaturalNews) In a new study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), every single fish tested from 291 freshwater streams across the United States was found to be contaminated with mercury. “This study shows just how widespread mercury pollution has become in our air, watersheds and many of our fish in freshwater streams,” said Interior [...] continue reading world news

Journalist Cecilia Lagos in Chile: Sky Changed Color Before Earthquake

The earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and China were (probably) caused by H.A.A.R.P.Added: 27. Februar 2010 continue reading world news

CHILE EARTHQUAKE: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Chile, 1,000 Times More Powerful Than The Haiti Earthquake

A milder earthquake hit Japan:- Japan Earthquake: Tsunami Warnings Downgraded After 7.0 Quake Off Japan Coast (Huffington Post)Rescuers searched for victims and survivors after an apartment complex collapsed in Concepcion.A woman sat in front a quake-damaged house in Talca, Chile. Residents were also jolted by at least 20 aftershocks measuring over 5.0 on the magnitude [...] continue reading world news