Snippets from the news

• Efforts to clean up Naples trash blocked by the mob. • Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in last year. • Melting of Greenland ice sheet could lead to accelerated sea-level rise. • Are fireflies endangered? • Climate change could mean less plague. • Rajendra Pachauri reelected as head of IPCC.

• Efforts to clean up Naples trash blocked by the mob.

• Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in last year.

• Melting of Greenland ice sheet could lead to accelerated sea-level rise.

• Are fireflies endangered?

• Climate change could mean less plague.

• Rajendra Pachauri reelected as head of IPCC.

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