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Unique: Europeans dial down the heating, heed calls to avoid wasting power

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BERLIN, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Europeans have dialled down their heating this winter, apparently heeding authorities calls to preserve power amid the Ukraine disaster, with some delaying switching it on by virtually a month and setting the temperature decrease, information exhibits. The information, from a whole lot of 1000’s of sensible thermometers put in in … Read more

One 12 months after volcanic blast, lots of Tonga’s reefs lay silent

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Jan 15 (Reuters) – One 12 months on from the large eruption of an underwater volcano within the South Pacific, the island nation of Tonga remains to be coping with the injury to its coastal waters. When Hunga-Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai went off, it despatched a shockwave around the globe, produced a plume of water and ash … Read more

California lashed by contemporary rain, snow and wind

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FELTON, Calif., Jan 14 (Reuters) – A brand new climate system packing rain, snow and robust winds moved into storm-lashed California on Saturday, the newest in a parade of atmospheric rivers which have wreaked havoc throughout the state in current weeks. Whereas subsequent week ought to deliver some respite, the primary of two techniques anticipated … Read more

World’s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin

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BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) – An aquarium in Berlin that was dwelling to round 1,500 unique fish burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres (264,172 gallons) of water and particles onto a serious highway within the busy Mitte district, emergency providers mentioned. Round 100 emergency responders rushed to the scene, a leisure complicated that … Read more

Kansas residents maintain their noses as crews mop up large U.S. oil spill

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WASHINGTON, Kan., Dec 10 (Reuters) – Residents close to the positioning of the worst U.S. oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and scent in stride as cleanup crews labored in near-freezing temperatures, and investigators looked for clues to what triggered the spill. A heavy odor of oil hung within the air as … Read more

Investigators, cleanup crews start scouring oil pipeline spill in Kansas

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WASHINGTON, Kansas, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Emergency crews on Friday had been making ready to labor by the weekend to scrub up the biggest U.S. crude oil spill in almost a decade, with employees descending on this farming neighborhood from as far-off as Mississippi. A heavy odor of oil hung within the air, in response … Read more