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Space junk at tipping point, says report
Scientists in the US have warned Nasa that the amount of so-called space junk orbiting Earth is at t...
Exclusive images of the clean-up after riots in Croydon, UK
Matthew Cheesman, who is working on the emergency clean-up and restoration in Croydon after the riot...
Calls to ban sky lanterns
UK: Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have joined up with Michael Eavis, the farmer beh...
Pakistan still not prepared for floods, says Oxfam
Pakistan is still not sufficiently prepared to cope with flooding and other natural disasters, a yea...
Future cities need to be resilient
BONN/GERMANY - Over the next 40 years we will have to build the same urban capacity again that was b...
Could electricity change the face of firefighting?
March 27, 2011: Scientists have described a discovery that could underpin a new genre of firef...
Sun unleashes huge solar flare towards Earth
The Sun has unleashed its strongest flare in four years, observers say. The eruption is a so-called...