Nature & Natural Resources

SYDNEY, Nov. 20 (UPI) — Firefighters battled dozens of bushfires in South Australia Friday as record-breaking temperatures and lightning storms continued, officials say.
Emergency crews fought scores of fires in the populous state of New South Wales, some on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
“There is quite a deal of fire burning in the [...]

PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia, Nov. 17 (UPI) — A 6.6 magnitude earthquake quake shook west-central British Columbia around 7:30 a.m. followed by a series of quick aftershocks, seismologists said.
There was no immediate report of injuries or damage along the rugged coast area, the Canwest News Service report from Prince Rupert.
Seismologist Stephane Mazzotti said there [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 16 (UPI) — An exhaustive report released by the European Union says investing in environmental protection will pay off for mankind far more than commercial exploitation.
The 300-page survey concluded that current uses of land and sea resources generally ignore the role the overall health of the planet plays in supplying livelihoods to its [...]

OCEAN CITY, N.J., Nov. 15 (UPI) — The U.S. Eastern Seaboard was assessing the damage from Hurricane Ida Sunday as the remnants of the storm cleared out of Maine, forecasters said.
Weather officials warned that while Ida’s soaking rains and winds had largely exited the Eastern United States, rough surf, waves and rip currents were [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 12 (UPI) — The worst nor’easter in more than a decade battered New Jersey and Delaware beaches Thursday and sent water pouring into the back bays.
Wind and rain was expected to continue overnight with more severe flooding expected at high tide Friday, the National Weather Service said. The remnants of former [...]