After the dust storm littered the ocean with soil, phytoplankton thrived, tripling in number in the samples taken from Sydney Harbor.

An outback dust storm has swept across eastern Australia, shrouding Sydney in a dramatic red glow. It's also been wreaking havoc, disrupting transport and placing health authorities on alert for widespread respiratory illness. International flights

Japan's new government this week urged Australia to help thwart the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's effort against whaling and at the same time implied that it supports the nation's longstanding tradition of hunting whales. The conversation

Sydneysiders have woken to a red haze unlike anything seen before by residents or weather experts, as the sun struggles to pierce a thick blanket of dust cloaking the city this morning. "It's just red, red, red as far as you can see".

Japan's new government urged Australia on Tuesday to help prevent violent attacks by activists on Japanese whalers as it stood by the country's traditional support for whaling, an official said.

Today in Taiji, commercial dolphin hunting is a major business. Dolphins are either sold to aquariums or slaughtered and sold to eat. The Broome local council suspended their sister city relationship with Taiji until commercial dolphin hunting stops.

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140 eastern grey kangaroos have been shot days before race car drivers take off during Australia's famous motorcar race. The annual V8 Supercar Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 race takes place October 8 through 11, 2009, at the Mount Panorama race track.

The spectacular dust storm that swept through most of eastern Australia may have had its origins twelve months ago, says an Australian expert.

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