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Pollution Shown Cutting Rainfall In Hilly Areas
Jerusalem (SPX) Mar 09, 2007Manmade climate change due to pollution seriously inhibits precipitation over hills in semi-arid regions, a phenomenon with dire consequences for water resources in the Middle east and many other parts of the world, a study by a Chinese-Israeli research team, led by Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has shown. Tibetans Carry On As Glaciers Fall Victim To Global Warming 
Nojin Kangtsang Glacier, China (AFP) March 04, 2007Although the melting of Tibet's massive glaciers threatens to have dire global repercussions, climate change remains a vague concept for the people of this Himalayan region. Experts say that if global warming trends continue, up to a third of the world's highest glaciers could melt away by 2050 and half will disappear by 2090. Canada Scientists Peer Into Arctic Abyss, To See Future 
Ottawa (AFP) March 01, 2007Canadian-led scientists plan to peer into big cracks in the Arctic ice cap hoping to glimpse the future of navigation along the famed Northwest Passage from Europe to Asia, a researcher told AFP Thursday. The program is sponsored by the International Polar Year, the largest global research effort of its kind, involving thousands of scientists from more than 60 countries and 220 research and outreach projects. |
Czech Nuclear Watchdog Head Says Temelin Leaks Unacceptable
Prague (AFP) Mar 08, 2007The head of the Czech Republic's nuclear power watchdog said Thursday that the frequency of leaks at the controversial Soviet-designed Temelin power plant is "unacceptable. It is not so much the seriousness of the leaks, but their frequency which is unacceptable," head of the State Authority for Nuclear Safety, Dana Drabova, said in an interview on Frekvence 1's pressclub programme. Bushehr Nuclear Project Faces Uncertain Future 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 07, 2007The head of the international nuclear watchdog is to deliver a report to the UN Security Council on Iran's nuclear program this week, which could decide the fate of the controversial Bushehr nuclear project. Since Tehran and Moscow signed a contract on completing construction of its first power unit on January 8, 1995, the nuclear power plant in southern Iran has been a source of international concern that Iran could use the project as part of a covert weapons program. Chirac's Last EU Summit Goes Nuclear 
Brussels (AFP) Mar 08, 2007French President Jacques Chirac strode energetically into his last formal European summit on Thursday championing the role of nuclear power in the fight against climate change. Chirac arrived in Brussels for the meeting three days ahead of a widely expected announcement that he won't put his hat into the ring for a third term in office. |
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EU Bickers Over Birthday Card Message
Brussels (AFP) Mar 09, 2007Global warming, immigration and God were all evoked at an EU summit Thursday as leaders pondered how to sum up the bloc's achievements and goals for a 50th anniversary declaration. The "Berlin Declaration," to be signed by all 27 European Union member states in the German capital on March 25, seeks to define the bloc's successes since the founding 1957 Treaty of Rome and its future ambitions. Hospital Equipment Unaffected By Cell Phone Use 
Rochester MN (SPX) Mar 09, 2007Calls made on cellular phones have no negative impact on hospital medical devices, dispelling the long-held notion that they are unsafe to use in health care facilities, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. In a study published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers say normal use of cell phones results in no noticeable interference with patient care equipment. Three hundred tests were performed over a five-month period in 2006, without a single problem incurred. Social Tolerance Allows Bonobos To Outperform Chimpanzees On A Cooperative Task 
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2007In experiments designed to deepen our understanding of how cooperative behavior evolves, researchers have found that bonobos, a particularly sociable relative of the chimpanzee, are more successful than chimpanzees at cooperating to retrieve food, even though chimpanzees exhibit strong cooperative hunting behavior in the wild. |
Mercury Contamination Of Fish Warrants Worldwide Public Warning
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 09, 2007The health risks posed by mercury contaminated fish is sufficient to warrant issuing a worldwide general warning to the public - especially children and women of childbearing age-to be careful about how much and which fish they eat. That is one of the key findings comprising "The Madison Declaration on Mercury Pollution" published today in a special issue of the international science journal Ambio. Global Disaster Bill Declines In 2006 Says Swiss Re 
Geneva (AFP) March 08, 2007Natural and man-made disasters caused a relatively light 48.8 billion dollars (37.2 billion euros) in economic losses last year, one-third of which was covered by insurance, the reinsurer Swiss Re said Thursday. The world's largest reinsurance firm said in a study that overall economic losses were below the long-term trend. Property insurers suffered their third lowest losses for the past 20 years, as insurance firms as a whole paid out 15.9 billion dollars in catastrophe- related claims in 2006. Tracking Sperm Whales And Jumbo Squid 
Galveston TX (SPX) Mar 09, 2007The sperm whale and its large prey, the jumbo squid, are among the deepest divers in the ocean, routinely reaching depths of 3,000 feet or more. Now, in a new study, a team of marine scientists reports the successful tagging of sperm whales and jumbo squid swimming together off Mexico's Pacific coast-the first time that electronic tracking devices have been applied simultaneously to deep-diving predators and prey in the same waters. |
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