Earthweek RSS FeedBird Flu RisesDate: 2011-09-01 Link: http://www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110902/ew110902a.html The United Nations is warning that the H5N1 strain of bird flu may be making a comeback in Asia and elsewhere. ![]() Rhino Horn RemovalDate: 2011-09-01 Link: http://www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110902/ew110902c.html South African officials are considering dehorning all of the country’s rhinoceros population to save them from poachers. ![]() Sun Pillar: Earth ImageDate: 2011-09-01 Link: http://www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110902/ew110902x.html A scene seemingly out of a sci-fi movie was outside Rick Stankiewicz’s car window as he drove across Ontario. ![]() Kamchatka BlastDate: 2011-09-01 Link: http://www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110902/ew110902d.html Russia’s Shiveluch volcano spewed ash high into the atmosphere, as well as into key international air traffic routes. ![]() Arctic Melt RoutesDate: 2011-09-01 Link: http://www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110902/ew110902b.html The annual summer melt of sea ice around the Arctic has been so extensive that two shipping routes have opened up. ![]() Typhoon NanmadolDate: 2011-09-01 Link: http://www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110902/ew110902f.html Storm leaves trail of damage and at least 17 fatalities as it stormed across the Philippines, Taiwan and China’s Fujian province. ![]() |






