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Department of Geography
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Department of Geography

UC Santa Barbara Geography / Earth Gate / Weekly News
from Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet

Week Ending Fri, 20 Nov 2009

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Ozone Hole Alert
Authorities in the Chilean city of Punta Arenas issued a five day-alert for dangerously high levels of UV solar radiation passing through the ozone hole.
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Invasion Deformities
Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah alert U.N. to a spike in birth deformities, which are up to 15 times higher than before the American invasion in 2003.
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Crash Landings
Wildlife experts in New Zealand’s first scratched their heads at reports of migratory birds crash-landing onto roads and smashing into buildings.
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Simian Justice
Police in eastern India hut down monkey accused of attempted murder of a baby of its species. Human law applies.
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Cyclone Anja
Cyclone Anja became the season’s first named storm in the southwest Indian Ocean and quickly intensified to Category 4 force.
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Drought Migrations
The worst drought in Somalia in a decade has wiped out livestock and forced a mass migration of farmers into cities.
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Gulf Swirls: Earth Image
The passage of former Hurricane Ida churned up sediment that created a very colorful view from space.
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India Quake Damage
A sharp quaker near India’s west coast caused residents to flee buildings as buildings cracked from the shaking.
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Extreme Temperatures
The world’s hottest and coldest temperatures of the week.
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