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China Launches Second Oceanic Survey Satellite
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Apr 13, 2007China successfully launched its second oceanic survey satellite "Haiyang-1B" (Ocean 1B) from Taiyuan Satellite Launching Center on Wednesday. The China-made satellite was launched at 11:27 a.m. and reached the target orbit aboard a Long March-2C carrier rocket, China's most senior ocean research official said. The "Haiyang-1B", a crucial component of China's three dimensional oceanic ... more China To Develop Five More Oceanic Satellites 
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Apr 13, 2007China will develop five more oceanic satellites in the near future, China's top ocean research official said here on Wednesday. Sun Zhihui, director of the State Oceanic Administration, made the remarks after the successful launching of self-developed "Haiyang-1B" oceanic satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launching Center on Wednesday. China plans to have a system consisting of oc ... more Cluster Sees Tsunamis In Space 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 13, 2007Paris, France (ESA) Apr 13, 2007 Cluster is providing new insights into the working of a 'space tsunami' that plays a role in disrupting the calm and beautiful aurora, or northern lights, creating patterns of auroral dances in the sky. Generally seen in high-latitude regions such as Scandinavia or Canada, aurorae are colourful curtains of light that appear in the sky. Caused by the interaction of high-energy particles brought by the solar wind with Earth's magnetic field, they appear in many different shapes. Early in the evening, the aurora often forms a motionless green arc that stretches across the sky in the east-west direction ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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China To Rely More On Cleaner Energy Like Natural Gas By 2010
Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2007China, the world's largest producer and consumer of coal, aims to cut its reliance on the polluting energy source while shifting more to natural gas by 2010, state press reported Wednesday. China plans to reduce the share of coal in energy consumption to 66.1 percent by 2010 from around 69 percent in 2005, the China Daily reported, citing a plan from the state economic planning body ... read more Singapore Summit Seeks Solutions For Global Thirst 
Singapore (AFP) April 11, 2007Desalination and recycled water are the keys to quenching the world's growing thirst for the precious resource, officials said Wednesday. The two solutions will take on increasing importance as water scarcity is exacerbated because of global climate changes, they said. "The concern has recently taken a greater importance with the increased frequency and prolonged periods of droughts being ... more Earthshaking Images Motivate For Good Engineering 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2007The powerful earthquake struck suddenly, shaking the seven-story building so hard it bent, cracked and swayed in response. But this was no ordinary earthquake. In a groundbreaking series of tests, engineering researchers from UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering jarred a full-size 275-ton building erected on a shake table, duplicating ground motions recorded during the January 17, 1994 No ... more Energy Center Symposium To Pave The Road To A Hydrogen Economy 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 12, 2007With the continued rising cost and demand for oil and gasoline, international leaders will come to Purdue University to share ideas and information on how to end global dependence on fossil fuels and move to a hydrogen economy. The prospect will be showcased on Thursday and Friday (April 12-13) during the second Hydrogen Initiative Symposium, sponsored by Purdue's Energy Center at Discover ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Farmland Across China At Risk From Pollution
Beijing (AFP) April 09, 2007China's farmland is becoming increasingly polluted, with coal-dependent factories and polluted waterways causing billions of dollars in damages, state press reported Monday. Heavy metals contaminate 12 million tonnes of grains each year, leading to direct losses of more than 20 billion yuan, the China Daily said, citing the nation's environmental watchdog read more Thailand Scraps Tsunami Warning Test For Fear Of Creating Panic 
Bangkok (AFP) April 08, 2007Thai authorities cancelled tests of 79 tsunami warning towers along its coast over fears they would cause panic among tourists and locals, senior officials said Sunday. Thailand, which was hit by deadly waves two years ago, began Saturday testing the loudspeakers on the towers along the Andaman coast, which had recently been linked up by satellite to a US-funded deep-sea warning buoy deplo ... more Marine Scientists Monitor Longest Mammal Migration 
Moss Landing, CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2007Marine scientists recently published a research paper in the science journal, biology letters, that found humpback whales migrate over 5,100 miles from Central America to their feeding grounds off Antarctica; a record distance undertaken by any mammal. Kristin Rasmussen, a biologist with Cascadia Research Collective, and lead author in the study, finds the record-breaking migration interes ... more Why Small Dogs Are Small 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 11, 2007Soon after humans began domesticating dogs 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, they started breeding small canines. Now, scientists from the University of Utah and seven other institutions have identified a piece of doggy DNA that reduces the activity of a growth gene, ensuring that small breeds stay small. The small piece of DNA is not a gene, but is known as a regulatory sequence. It is located ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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High-Res Images Herald New Era In Earth Sciences Boston MA (SPX) Apr 10, 2007 
High-resolution images that reveal unexpected details of the Earth's internal structure are among the results reported by MIT and Purdue scientists in the March 30 issue of Science ... read moreLight Shed On Long-Term Effects Of Logging After Wildfire 
Portland OR (SPX) Apr 10, 2007A new study on the effects of timber harvest following wildfire shows that the potential for a recently burned forest to reburn can be high with or without logging. Recently published in the journal, Forest Ecology and Management, the study demonstrates that the likelihood of a severe reburn is affected by the timing - not just the amount - of fuel accumulation after fire. The study examin ... more Invasive Grass May Impede Forest Regeneration 
Asheville NC (SPX) Apr 10, 2007The nonnative invasive grass Microstegium vimineum may hinder the regeneration of woody species in southern forests. Chris and Sonja Oswalt (Forest Service Southern Research Station) and Wayne Clatterbuck (University of Tennessee) set up experiments on a mixed-hardwood forest in southwest Tennessee to study the growth of the invasive grass under different levels of forest disturbance. Stud ... more Trees To Offset The Carbon Footprint 
Livermore CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2007How effective are new trees in offsetting the carbon footprint? A new study suggests that the location of the new trees is an important factor when considering such carbon offset projects. Planting and preserving forests in the tropics is more likely to slow down global warming. But the study concludes that planting new trees in certain parts of the planet may actually warm the Earth. ... more MORE HEADLINES
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Slowly But Surely Burned Forest Lands Regenerate Naturally
Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 09, 2007A new study of forest lands that burned in the 1990s in northern California and southwestern Oregon has concluded there is a "fair to excellent" chance that an adequate level of conifers will regenerate naturally, in sites that had no manual planting or other forest management. The research, to be published Wednesday in the Journal of Forestry by scientists from Oregon State University, examined the recovery of conifers on 35 plots that had burned in wildfires from 9 to 19 years ago, and generally found a high level of naturally-regenerating tree seedlings ... read more Boost In Rice Production To Avoid Food Shortages In Indonesia 
Jakarta, Indonesia (SPX) Apr 09, 2007Efforts by Indonesia to avoid food shortages by increasing its rice production have received an important boost with the signing of a new agreement to help the nation's millions of poor rice farmers with new technologies. Senior officials and scientists of the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), and other agencies of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, ... more Cable Laid For New Deep-Sea Observatory 
Moss Landing CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2007On April 1, 2007 researchers completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea cabled observatory in the continental United States. In a multi-institution effort managed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and funded by the National Science Foundation, 52 kilometers (32 miles) of cable were laid along the seafloor of Monterey Bay. This undersea cable will provide ... more Earth Had Strong Magnetic Field Over Three Billion Years Ago 
Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 09, 2007Geophysicists at the University of Rochester have reported that the Earth's magnetic field was nearly as strong 3.2 billion years ago as it is today. The findings, which are contrary to previous studies, suggest that even in its earliest stages the Earth was already well protected from the solar wind, which can strip away a planet's atmosphere and bathe its surface in lethal radiation ... more |
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