Australia & Oceania

"Fire Breaks Out at Leaking Timor Sea Oil Well"

"A huge fire has been blazing at an oil rig in the Timor Sea since Sunday, after an attempt by the oil company to kill a leaking well. The West Atlas rig is located directly above the Montara well head platfrom, which has been leaking oil and gas since August 21."

Water & Oceans

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Source: ENS, 11/03/2009

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"'Sea of Devastation': Samoans Flee Deadly Tsunami"

"Victims of the tsunami that swept across the South Pacific had only minutes to escape the deadly waves and in some cases didn't receive alerts of danger, despite years of work to upgrade early-warning systems across the region."

Disasters

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Australia & Oceania

Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/30/2009

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"Oil Spill Worsens as Explosion Risk Delays Clean-Up"

"A dangerous oil spill off the far north coast of Western Australian will take at least seven weeks to clean up and cost the company that owns the drilling rig tens of millions of dollars."

Water & Oceans

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 08/24/2009

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"Without Birds To Disperse Seeds, Guam's Forest Is Changing"

"The brown tree snake invasion has wiped out birds on guam and left a forest to survive on its own."

Biodiversity

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Australia & Oceania

Source: Scientific American, 08/10/2009

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