leonid: my wife was pregnant. >> pregnant? my daughter, she was eight months, first time. reporter: having been observing the environment for many years, the researchers have been able to monitor the changes taking place. aleksey: when you have results from any year, you can know about how change weather on our planet. reporter: one subject of interest involves lunar observations. it's well known that the moon's gravity affects ocean tides. but its exact effect on weather has not yet been well explained. the russian team co-operate with the seismologists at the german neumayer research station. it's 700 kilometers away. few visitors comome here. the neumayer station is, after all, in a very remote location. josefine stakemann and edith korger study the earth's magnetic field and measure the strength of earthquakes. they're not the only ones. researchers from several other nations conduct similar work. still, the scientists say therere's nowhere e near enoughh exploratation underwayay on antarctica. josefine: antarctica is still a fundamentally unexplored continent. that's

thousands of a stray leonids have been forced to decide stay and defend their homes or leave and lose everything i want. my neighbors. property and i didn't study it back or i did. want. sworn so sorry. let's go. this is what many will return to over a 1000 homes have been destroyed in recent days. animals of the silent victims burned in their paddocks and on the roadside. experts say over half a 1000000000 animals have been killed those that have survived a burn down to their skins. now the army reserve has been called up to help the relief efforts this is the largest single call out of the fence force reservists working together with their full time defense forces to provide a support which this country has never seen before the prime minister is fighting political science after being criticized for his handling of the crisis. for more scorching days or for cost the only thing that can stop the blazes is rain and no serious showers are expected for weeks. let me now bring up to date but some other stories making news around the. police in the german city of gessen kishan have shot a

this week in new south wales and victoria with 17 people missing shelob ellison's more. 4000 astray leonids were forced onto the beach and stranded here for 3 days now how has arrived for the victorian town of mela cooter the navy ferried people out by the only route possible the ship masked in the smoky haze at the moment we're moving people way up or i say if this mark clear it will be our brigade aircraft in the mela her to to assist in that transportation of people out of there as well when you want to they have a narrow window high temperatures and strong winds a forecast for australia's southeast on saturday in new south wales fire and rescue has advised her to leave the residents to prepare for extreme fires in the shaded areas from batemans bay south to the victorian border a 250 kilometer distance down the coast and another block inland i think the big thing that we've got on the y. at the moment is that it's the largest mass rely cashen of people out of the region that we're going to sign and people are going have to be patient the rights people are queuing up to get into petrol s

wales and victoria where 17 people are missing charlotte bellus brings us the latest. 4000 astray leonids were forced onto the beach and stranded here for 3 days now how has arrived for the victorian town of mela kuta the navy ferried people out by the only route possible the ship masked in the smoky haze at the moment we're moving people way of course with the smart clear it will be able to get aircraft into melich herded towards the still night transportation of people out of there as well if. they have an hour wind or high temperatures and strong winds a forecast for australia's southeast on saturday leading new south wales fire and rescue to publish this map they've advised people to leave the shaded area from batemans bay south to the victorian border 250 kilometer distance down the coast i think the big thing that we've got on the wide the moment is that it's the largest mass rely cashen of people out of the region that will get a sign and people are going to be passionate the rights people are queuing up to get into petrol stations through traffic is unable to get or really have to

while my colleagues are off observing the leonid meteor shower, i have remained behind to complete mye decays of highly excited massive string states. although my research is going well, i do miss the warmth of human companionship. (laughs) ♪ our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ ♪ then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... wait! ♪ ♪ the earth began to cool ♪ the autotrophs began to drool, neanderthals developed tools ♪ ♪ we built the wall ♪ we built the pyramids ♪ ♪ math, science, history, unraveling the mystery ♪ ♪ that all started with a big bang ♪ ♪ bang! ♪

south wales and victoria with 17 people still missing the support from charleville its. 4000 astray leonids were forced onto the beach and stranded here for 3 days now how has arrived for the victorian town of mela kuta the navy ferried people out by the only route possible the ship masked in the smoky heights at the moment we're moving people out of course it's a smart cleaves will be able to get aircraft into melich her to to. not transportation of people out of there as well when you want to they have a narrow window or high temperatures and strong winds a forecast for australia's south east on saturday in new south wales fire and rescue has advised her to leave and residents to prepare for extreme fires in the shaded areas from batemans bay south to the victorian border a 250 kilometer distance down the coast and another block inland i think the big thing that we've got on the wide the my mind is that it's the largest mass rely cashen of people out of the region that will give a sign and people are going have to be patient the right people are queuing up to get into petrol stations thro