The jelly cycle.
| No end to the big dry. A new El Nino effect is developing in the Pacific Ocean, threatening to extend Australia’s crippling drought and bring destructive weather along the east coast. |
| The jelly cycle. In 2006, scientists were using a remotely operated deep-sea vehicle to study the sea floor near an oil pipeline off Côte dIvoire. What they discovered is that thaliaceans, similar in appearance to jellyfish, were falling to the bottom of the sea in large numbers–and they might be taking a lot of carbon with them. |
| UN, World Bank to help Southeast Asia reduce disasters. Earlier this month, the World Bank, the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed an agreement to cooperate on reducing the risk of disasters in the region. |
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