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 [Global Rumblings: asteroids, earthquakes, tsunamis, wars,hurricanes and - TERRI SCHIAVO] Arctic rivers 'flowing faster': Europe at a temperate climate, whereas the same latitudes in North America are sparsely settled tundra or taiga." The Hadley researchers compared data published in 2002 from observations of Siberian... on north-west Europe as well. The American Geophysical Union, publisher of the journal, says: "

[Howling At A Waning Moon] Arctic rivers 'flowing faster': The World As Home website, sponsored and maintained by nonprofit literary press Milkweed Editions, fosters ecological literacy and renewal by linking literary writing about the natural world to specific ecoregions and to organizations active in preserving natural landscapes or focused on the art of writing. Designed as a comprehensive resource for writers, educators, and activists, the site includes nonfiction, fiction, and poetry from Milkweed and other publishers and publications. The worldashome.org home page is a revolving feature of publications, organizations, and writing gathered around a theme, topic, or occasion. Changing frequently, the home page suggests the kind of fertile linkage between literature and activism that inspires the whole site, and that we hope sets a tone for browsing via the ecoregion map.

 [The Grich] Country of the week: Siberia: Siberia may be divided into either it’s four distinct zones of vegetation (tundra, taiga forests, mixed forest belt and steppe) or geomorphologic areas (west Siberian lowland, Central plateaus, southern mountains and northeast mountain systems).

 [Sciencenewsblog.com] Science News Blog * Science News and Trends *: A group of Japanese scientists plan to build a woolly mammoth refuge similar to the fictional Jurassic Park found in Michael Crichton's bestselling novel. In addition to mammoths the scientists would also like to have woolly rhinoceroses and saber-toothed cats in the park which would be built in northern Siberia. A National Geographic article about the project says the scientists are currently searching for a frozen woolly mammoth carcass that they hope will contain woolly mammoth sperm that could be used in resurrecting the species.

 [Climateark.org] 31/5/2005 -- Fiddling while Siberia burns: 'lungs of Europe' under ...: But the effects of Siberia's gigantic fires can be felt much further afield. In the same year, smoke from Siberian forest fires affected the air quality in the west coast American city of Seattle across the Pacific Ocean. In the first week of June, Seattle's air monitors recorded levels of ground-level ozone that were 17 parts per billion by volume higher that they would otherwise have been, pushing levels over the health limits set by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

 [Bootsnall.com] Summer in Siberia - Siberia/Russian Federation: BootsnAll Travel ...: Ulan Ude is the capital of Buryatya, one of the "other" republics of the Russian Federation. The population is a mix of Buryats (a people related to Mongolians � Genghis Khan was born near lake Baikal) and Russians, living together peacefully. After an era of horrendous oppression (monasteries were destroyed, lamas were shot, people weren't allowed to speak Buryat or give their children Buryat names), Buddhism is now the prime religion again, popular amongst Russians as well as Buryats. I went on a guided trip to Ivolginsk Datsan, the most important Buddhist monastery in Buryatya.

 [Rotteneggs.com] Tartar34's Blog - rotteneggs.com -: At the village Kulik and his party of researchers replenished their supplies of food, then struggled on for a three-day journey across wild and uncharted areas of Siberia until they reached the log-cabin village of Vanavara on 25 March. Kulik then tried to make headway through the untamed Siberian forests, or taiga as the Russians call it, but was forced to turn back after heavy snowdrifts almost froze the horses to death. For three days Kulik was forced to remain in the snow-bound village of Vanavara, but during this period he interviewed many of the Evenki hunters who had witnessed the Siberian fireball’s arrival on this planet. The tales of the sky being ripped open by a falling sun and of a great thunder shaking the ground made Kulik even more eager to penetrate the taiga to find his holy grail.

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