By Rod McGuirk 31 January 2019 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australia sweltered through its hottest month on record in January and the summer of extremes continued with wildfires razing the drought-parched south and flooding in expanses of the tropical north....
Rescuers enter a tunnel at the Lijiagou coal mine in the Shaanxi Province, China, after a roof collapsed on 12 January 2019, killing 21 miners. Photo: Alliance / DPA By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis 25 March 2019 (The Washington...
By Sanjida O'Connell...According to a UN report in 2005, long-term cancers caused by Chernobyl will eventually kill about 4,000 people: an alarming total, but less than predicted. In fact, in an age of "dirty bombs" and nuclear proliferation, Chernobyl functions...
