Friday, September 17, 2010

Drought shrinks Amazon River to lowest level in 47 years

A severe drought parching northern Brazil this year has shrunk the mighty Amazon River -- the world's longest river -- to its lowest level in 47 year.
read here http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100915/tsc-drought-shrinks-amazon-river-to-lowe-b1f5339.html

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Taiwan turns plastic junk to 'green' gold

The mountains of used plastic bottles at a recycling station in Taipei emit a faint smell of garbage dump, but soon they will be turned into wigs and clothes that people will wear.