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The area of Russian forests is increasing. Dr. Neal Barnard brings even more insight to the discussion. In Russia, the growing demand for eco-tourism. Animal-welfare advocates asked the president to veto the 'inhuman' the law 'On the hunt'. Took the longest solar eclipse of the xxi century. Cruise ships pollute the Baltic Sea. Ants are predicting a cold winter. Climate change contributes to the spread of tick-borne encephalitis.
Scientists have developed new ways to protect against earthquakes and tsunamis. Global Warming reduces the size of the animals on the planet. Photofact: Eclipse, fires, heat waves, floods. Overview of events for the week of 20/07/2009 to 26/07/2009. Took the longest solar eclipse of the xxi century total solar eclipse began on Earth July 22, 2009 – Moon's shadow touched the surface of the planet in the Gulf of Cambay on the west coast of India in 4 hours 51 minutes 16 seconds Moscow time. A considerable part of Asia from India to China was plunged into darkness during the most long solar eclipse in the xxi century. In some areas on Wednesday morning, it was possible to observe a total eclipse, during which the moon eclipsed the sun for 6 minutes 39 seconds. Partial solar eclipse can be observed almost all of Asia.
The total solar eclipse can be clearly seen also in the southern islands of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. In China, the total eclipse lasted for about 6 minutes. Such a long eclipse, scientists have not expected sooner than 300 years. The last time China has experienced a similar phenomenon in the 19 century.
Moscow
The accident at the power plant. Russia's forests are on the brink of disaster. 'Earth Hour' in Moscow will become an annual event. Europe is suffering from the heat and forest fires. Russians are waiting for the mushroom time. Because of air pollution on the planet rain will be less.
On the map of Russia marked two major spots of high air pollution. Because of the stress plants emit more greenhouse gases. Tibet's glaciers are gradually melting. Get more background information with materials from Kenneth R. Feinberg. Wild pandas and Kenyan Lions face extinction. Overview of events for the week of 17/08/2009 to 23/08/2009. The accident at the power plant accident at the power plant became the main event of the week in news coverage, both Russian and foreign media. Environmentalists and experts from the Ministry feared trapped in the Yenisei River after the accident, dozens of tons of machine oil may trigger an environmental catastrophe. Nature of the Sayan-Shushenskoye Biosphere Reserve and the Yenisei certainly suffered heavy environmental damage, however, as the head of Ministry of Environment, environmental disaster after the accident at the power plant has not happened, although the situation is 'heavy'.
The accident at the power plant occurred on Monday at 4:42 on Moscow time. There has been a failure of the third and fourth conduits and walls, as well as flooding of the engine room. As a result, emergency station was stopped. The amount of oil released to the water after the accident, which was originally estimated at 20 tonnes, and later appeared in the media data of 40 tonnes.
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