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A farmer holds a bundle of paddy seeds at a rice field in Cianjur, West Java province June 12, 2014.

Update: El Niño Patterns Start to Emerge – Australia BoM

Patterns pointing to an El Niño weather phenomenon happening this year have started to emerge, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. At present, ongoing surface temperatures at the Pacific Ocean point to levels of a weak El Niño.
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Moon

A National Park in the Moon, Hope Americans

A national park wil be established on the landing sites in the Moon, used by missions between 1969 and 1972 by Apollo, proposed legislation in the House of Representatives.
A worker unloads a sack of rice at the central rice market in Jakarta

El Niño 80% Between Oct and Nov – UN’s WMO

The World Meteorological Organisation, the UN's weather agency experts, has placed at 80 per cent the chances of an El Niño weather event recurring in the Pacific Ocean by year-end, between October and November.
A banner that reads "Fukushima" is placed in front of a giant symbolic Japan's national flag to mark the third year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, March 11, 2014. REUTERS/

Investors of Japan's Tepco Slam Atomic Restarts

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that got crippled by a tsunami in March 2011 after a magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan's shores, has voted down motions to permanently close all its atomic plant projects during its annual general meeting on Thursday.
A wreckage of a pickup truck is wrapped around a tree trunk after being thrown there by by a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma in this May 25, 2013 file photo. A year after a tornado ripped apart the Oklahoma city of Moore, killing 24 and injuring more than 300,

Tornado Rips through Ontario Town in Canada

A tornado classified as an EF1 twister ripped through the town of New Tecumseth in Ontario, Canada, topping down hydro lines and trees. Environment Canada said its maximum winds were between 135 and 175 kilometres per hour. Reports of fatalities have yet to be received.
Explosives

Electronic Chip Can Detect Explosives

An electronic chip with microscopic chemical sensors have been developed by Israeli scientists. It is said that this chip can detect explosives in air whose concentrations are as low as a few molecules for every thousand trillion.
Snow falls over Minamisanriku town, devastated by the March 11, 2011 tsunami, in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan in this February 23, 2012 file photo. To match Special Report JAPAN-LABOR/ REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/Files (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS E

Storm Alert Up for Sydney, South-East NSW

The Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of Sydney and south-east NSW on Monday to brace for damaging winds and blizzard conditions that could last until Tuesday.

Hobart Nude Swim Crowd Doubles to 500+

Over 500 Australians joined Hobart's second nude swim on Sunday, double the previous year's number of 230 midwinter swimmers. The event, Hobart's second winter solstice nude swim, is part of the Dark MOFO arts festival.

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