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Tidal Motion Influences Antarctic Ice Sheet
London UK (SPX) Jan 03, 2007New research into the way the Antarctic ice sheet adds ice to the ocean reveals that tidal motion influences the flow of the one of the biggest ice streams draining the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This unexpected result shows that the Rutford Ice stream (larger than Holland) varies its speed by as much as 20% every two weeks. Waning El Nino Offers Hope Of Break In Australian Drought 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 02, 2007Australia's worst drought in a century could be about to break, following signs the El Nino weather pattern, blamed for record low rainfall levels, has peaked, a government scientist said Friday. Michael Coughlan, head of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's National Climate Centre, said he was cautiously optimistic of a better chance of autumn rain after scientific data suggested weather patterns were returning to normal. Radionuclides Spreading Around The World 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 03, 2007In the estimate of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there are millions of dangerous sources of radiation. It seems, that are competing against natural sources - rivers, creeks, and springs, and not without success - the word "source" is getting an increasingly negative connotation. |
Emergency Measures In Hong Kong After Web Chaos
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 02, 2007Hong Kong telecom authorities assumed emergency powers Tuesday as firms faced Internet disruption on the first day back to work after an earthquake damaged regional undersea data cables. Telecom and Internet service providers sent the city's telecom authority OFTA hourly updates on service capacity as repair ships struggled to mend fibre optic cables severed in the Boxing Day quake off Taiwan. Honda Says Fuel-Cell Cars Can Be Mass-Produced By 2018 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 02, 2007Japanese carmaker Honda believes it can mass-produce environmentally friendly fuel-cell cars by 2018, a press report said Friday. Honda Motor Co., Japan's third biggest vehicle maker, plans to begin leasing a pricy new hydrogen-powered fuel-cell car in Japan and the United States in 2008. Acoustic Noise Contains Valuable Information 
Delft, Holland (SPX) Jan 03, 2007The proper processing of acoustic noise can provide a wealth of information. Geophysicists have used seismic background noise measurements to reconstruct the crustal structure under Southern California. The advantage of using existing acoustic noise is that signals only need to be recorded and not produced. |
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Western Wildfires Linked To Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 03, 2007Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that links episodic fire outbreaks in the past five centuries with periods of warming sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. Forests Can Also Raise Temperature Of Earth 
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 02, 2007The key to using trees to offset global warming is to expand tropical rainforests south of the equator, according to research released in the United States on Monday. "Our study shows that tropical forests are very beneficial to the climate because they take up carbon and increase cloudiness, which in turn helps cool the planet," said Govindasamy Bala, lead author of the research. Molecular Anatomy Of Influenza Virus Detailed 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 03, 2007Scientists at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have succeeded in imaging, in unprecedented detail, the virus that causes influenza. |
When The Ocean Breathed Deep
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2007Geologists have uncovered evidence in the oil fields of Oman that explains how Earth could suddenly have changed 540 million years ago to favor the evolution of the single-celled life forms to the multicellular forms we know today. The research yields new information about how past life has interacted with and evolved alongside the changing environment of Earth. Researchers Identify A Heartbeat In Earth Climate 
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jan 03, 2007A few years ago, an international team of researchers went to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and drilled down five kilometers below sea level in an effort to uncover secrets about the earth's climate history. They exceeded their expectations and have published their findings in the Dec. 22 edition of the journal Science. Planet Earth Gets New Leader 
United Nations (UPI) Jan 01, 2007Ban Ki-moon, former foreign minister of South Korea, has formally taken over as the eighth U.N. secretary-general replacing retiring Kofi Annan as the world's top diplomat. His first order of business Tuesday was to honor those staff members who lost their lives on U.N. missions, briefly speak with reporters and hold a video conference, web cast meeting with staff. |
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