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The Indonesian government on Tuesday ordered the mandatory evacuation of 30,000 people living within the vicinity of Mt. Kelud, which scientists fear may erupt.

October 17, 2007
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As sea ice shrinks on the world's largest island, new opportunities for farming, fishing, and mineral exploration are emerging. But not everyone is celebrating.

October 17, 2007
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Tiny squid, red jellyfish, and lantern fish are among the hundred exotic sea creatures pulled from the depths off the Philippines.

October 16, 2007
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A massive titanosaur recently unearthed in Argentina is one of the largest and most complete giant dinos ever discovered, experts say.

October 16, 2007
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Using genes from soil microbes and rabbit livers, two independent research groups developed plants that can remove harmful chemicals from the environment.

October 15, 2007
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In their exhausting march across the continent, the brawniest of the invasive cane toads are becoming arthritic, a new study says.

October 15, 2007
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Che remembered, rare animals pelts destroyed, and more.

October 12, 2007
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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts to publicize global warming.

October 12, 2007
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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will split the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for spreading the message about the threat to Earth from human-caused global warming.

Video: Prize Announcement

October 12, 2007
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Rangers have been forced to flee Virunga National Park, leaving the rare apes unprotected amid an ongoing struggle between the government and ethnic rebels.

October 11, 2007
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Thunderstorms can emit gamma rays—the most powerful form of light—just before lightning forms, a new study has revealed.

October 11, 2007
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High winds and hail nearly the size of tennis balls struck southeast Australia "like a mini-tornado," damaging buildings around the town of Lismore on October 9.

October 10, 2007
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Expect more sultry nights as human activities that contribute to global warming cause rising humidity around the world, experts say.

October 10, 2007
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Gerhard Ertl today won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking studies of chemical processes that take place on solid surfaces.

October 10, 2007
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Threats remain too great for Mexican gray wolves to be released into the wild. But a zoo baby boom is fueling hopes for reintroduction.

October 09, 2007

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