Alarm at climate change voiced by witnesses at Buenos Aires conference
Nepalese Sherpa fears glacier melt will flood his valley in the Himalayas while a Fiji islander worries rising seas erode mangroves in India. Delegates from nearly 200 countries hear testimonies on warming trends, water shortages, shifting monsoons, and threats to livelihoods as Kyoto Protocol debates continue.
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Weather foils try to stop tanker oil spill
In Alaska, high wind on the Bering Sea hindered efforts to contain an oil spill from the broken freighter Selendang Ayu. Six crew members remain missing after a rescue helicopter crash while evacuating them. four others were rescued. Coast Guard cutters monitor the wreckage near Unalaska Island as a 40 member response team plans shoreline cleanup and boom deployment.
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