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   NOAA: Drought in the southwestern US is the worst on record   
   Digital Journal, 24 Sep 2021 17:35Z   
   Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   
   (NOAA) and independent researchers are reporting that not ...   
      
   La Niņa is about to take the Southwest drought from bad to worse   
   Mercury News, 24 Sep 2021 18:20Z   
   Global scientists reported in August that due to the climate crisis,   
   droughts that may have occurred only once every decade ...   
      
      
      
   Plot of ENSO index (ONI):   
       
      
   Plot of "divergent" temp and prec over SW upto now:   
       
      
   NOAA drought forecast map for Sept 2021:   
       
      
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   8 Oct NOAA Billion-Dollar Disasters Q3 update   
      
   Triple-digit heat wave continues in Southern California   
   LA Daily News, 22 Sep 2021 13:47Z   
      
   Taiwan formally applies to join CPTPP just days after China's application   
   Arirang News, 23 Sep 2021 0:48Z   
      
   Moderna CEO Predicts End Of COVID-19 Pandemic Within A Year   
   HuffPost, 24 Sep 2021 11:39Z   
      
   [Sam:]   
   Hurricane Sam Rapidly Intensifying; Forecast to Become Category 4 in Eastern   
   Atlantic   
   The Weather Channel, 24 Sep 2021 09:36Z   
      
    Will Hurricane Sam hit Miami? Here's the latest forecast track   
    Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep 2021 22:32Z   
    Miami and the state of Florida are far from the forecast cone of Tropical   
    Storm Sam, but the system is predicted to ...   
      
    Tropical Storm Sam could become a monster hurricane, forecasters say   
    NJ.com, 23 Sep 2021 20:41Z   
      
   Josh Frydenberg publicly backs 2050 net zero emissions target, Barnaby Joyce   
   gives tacit support   
   ABC News, 24 Sep 2021 04:48Z   
   The govt is inching closer to accepting a target to reach net zero   
   carbon emissions by 2050, with its most senior Cabinet member so far   
   publicly backing a commitment.   
      
   Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Arrived In Americas During Ice Age   
   The New York Times, 23 Sep 2021 18:42Z   
      
   Australia hits 50 per cent vaccine milestone after 2 mn-jab week   
   ABC News, 24 Sep 2021 0:12Z   
   Latest federal govt figures show more than half of eligible   
   Australians aged over 16 are now fully vaccinated after a record week of   
   vaccinations across the country. Follow live.   
      
   [Nuttin Two Hide!]   
   Politicians rush to support bill to water down SA ICAC without debate or   
   dissent   
   ABC News, 24 Sep 2021 0:47Z   
   A bill to reduce the powers and scope of South Australia's Independent   
   Commissioner Against Corruption has rushed through State Parliament in a   
   lack of scrutiny politicians said was needed when the body was established.   
      
   NSW announces 1,043 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths   
   ABC News, 24 Sep 2021 01:04Z   
   NSW records 1,043 new locally acquired COVID-19 infections in the 24 hours   
   to 8:00pm yesterday.   
      
   Victoria records 733 new local cases of COVID-19 and one death   
   ABC News, 23 Sep 2021 23:02Z   
   The new infections were detected from 56,520 test results processed on   
   Thu. It brings the total number of active cases to 7,160, the vast   
   majority of those acquired in the community.   
      
   It was Victoria's biggest earthquake on record, but there's only been 'a   
   handful of structural damage'   
   ABC News, 23 Sep 2021 21:12Z   
   As Victoria recovers from one of the largest earthquakes in the region since   
   European settlement, business owners are counting the damage, which   
   initially appears to be far less than other natural disaster events this year.   
      
   BREAKING (24 Sept): It's feared the anti-lockdown protest may have   
   become a super-spreader event after the first protester has been   
   admitted to hospital with a significant case of Delta.   
      
   Taiwan flags China 'risk' to Pacific trade pact bid   
   ABC News, 23 Sep 2021 10:50Z   
   The CPTPP was brought in after Donald Trump pulled the US from the former   
   pacific trade agreement, and while Taiwan is hoping to increase support from   
   members, China remains "firmly opposed" to it joining the bloc.   
      
    China applies to join Pacific trade partnership amid trade dispute with   
    Australia   
    ABC News, 16 Sep 2021 21:02Z   
    China's Commerce Minister submits a formal application to New Zealand's   
    Trade Minister after it lobbied Australia to be included in the 11-nation   
    free-trade pact.   
      
   Plans for world's largest solar farm in the NT grow even bigger   
   ABC News, 23 Sep 2021 12:49Z   
   Sun Cable dramatically upscales plans to build a $30 bn solar farm in   
   the NT, as Indonesia greenlights an undersea cable to Singapore.   
      
   EnergyAustralia pledges to ditch coal by 2040   
   ABC Central West, 23 Sep 2021 07:13Z   
   One of the nation's biggest energy suppliers says it will aim for net zero   
   emissions by 2050.   
      
   Researchers: The Universe Simulated Itself Into Existence   
   Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, 20 Sep 2021   
      
   Winged Microchip Is Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure - The Size of   
   a Grain of Sand   
   SciTechDaily, 23 Sep 2021 02:51Z   
      
   Hubble telescope discovers 6 mysteriously dead, massive galaxies from early   
   universe   
   CBS News, 22 Sep 2021 22:50Z   
      
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