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Climate Change Heats Up Arctic Geopolitics Montreal (AFP) April 27, 2007 
Global warming has the United States and Canada scrambling to overhaul their strategies for controlling North America's vast Arctic, as sea passage grows easier and natural gas resources beckon. Ice melt in Canada's Great North already allows boat traffic in the Northwest Passage, long the definition of a difficult route between the Atlantic and Pacific through the Arctic, which cuts the sea travel distance between Europe and Asia by a third. This tortuous route however should be open almost half of the year by around 2035. That could foster cooperation, or turbocharge turf squabbles between Canada and the United States, whose claim on the Arctic is its state of Alaska ... read more |
EU proposes emission rule delay to spare carmakers from fines
EU chief offers carmakers more time on emission rules to avoid fines Swedish police open 'sabotage' probe over Gotland water supply damage Paris imposes car-sharing lane on congested ring road Japan deploys 2,000 firefighters to tackle forest blaze Melting ice could slow vital Antarctic ocean current: study CORRECTED: Japan deploys nearly 1,700 firefighters to tackle forest blaze Heat wave shuts down schools in nearly half Philippine capital Japan deploys nearly 1,700 firefighters to tackle forest blaze Environmental activist killed in southern Mexico 
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Noxious Lightning
Huntsville Al (SPX) Apr 29, 2007Lightning is more than light and noise: It's an intense chemical factory that affects both local air quality and global climate. But how big is the effect? Researchers aren't sure. To answer the question they're developing a new technique to estimate the factory's output. If successful, the method will be applied to the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) that will monitor the Western hemisphe ... more Plants Do Not Emit Methane 
Amsterdam, Holland (SPX) Apr 30, 2007A recent study in Nature suggested that terrestrial plants may be a global source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, making plants substantial contributors to the annual global methane budget. This controversial finding and the resulting commotion triggered a consortium of Dutch scientists to re-examine this in an independent study. Reporting in New Phytologist, Tom Dueck and colleagues prese ... more Asian Demand For Shark Fins Threatens Colombian Species 
Bogota (AFP) April 29, 2007When Colombian naval officials seized two tonnes of shark fins in a boat off the Pacific coast last week, they threw a spotlight on a huge black market serving hungry Asian markets which is blamed for pushing some species toward extinction. Asian consumers prize the fins for use in making status-symbol soups -- and one pound (450 grams) of fin can fetch 300 dollars. Some shark-fin soups go for a ... more Americans See Climate Threat But Reluctant To Conserve 
New York (AFP) April 27, 2007A strong majority of people in the United States see global warming as an imminent danger but not all are ready to make big sacrifices to slow climate change, according to a new poll Friday. The New York Times/CBS poll said that even among Republicans, traditionally less likely to support environmental issues, 60 percent believed the threats to the global climate require immediate action. Among ... more Satellites Shed Light On Global Warming 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 29, 2007As climate change continues to make headlines across the world, participants at the 2007 Envisat Symposium this week are hearing how Earth observation satellites allow scientists to better understand the parameters involved in global warming and how this is impacting the planet. The cryosphere is both influenced by and has a major influence on climate. Because any increase in the melt rate ... more |
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Cracks In Wall Suppressing Indonesian Mud Volcano
Jakarta (AFP) April 26, 2007Workers were racing Thursday to repair a massive wall holding back sludge spewing from Indonesia's "mud volcano" that has already flooded hundreds of homes, an official said. Cracks started to appear in the man-made embankment around the disaster area in east Java on Wednesday, prompting authorities to declare the area off limits. Bambang Suryadi, from the company charged with monitoring the site, said a 300-metre exclusion zone was thrown up only as a precaution, saying the situation was not severe ... read more Oceanic Twilight Zone Plays Important Role In Climate Change 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Apr 27, 2007A major study has shed new light on the dim layer of the ocean called the "twilight zone" - where mysterious processes affect the ocean's ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide accumulating in our atmosphere. The results of two international research expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, published April 27 in the journal Science, show that carbon dioxide - taken up by photosynthesizing mar ... more Iran Dam Unleashes Torrent Of Controversy 
Tehran (AFP) April 26, 2007Iran has overruled critics and started filling a new dam in the parched south of the country that will drown an ancient archaeological site and could threaten the tomb of Cyrus the Great. Thousands of activists have rallied and petitioned the government not to flood the dam, which is only seven kilometres (four miles) from Pasargadae -- the first capital of the Persian Empire. During ... more Fish Growth Enhanced By Climate Change 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Changes in growth rates in some coastal and long-lived deep-ocean fish species in the south west Pacific are consistent with shifts in wind systems and water temperatures, according to new Australian research published in the United States this week. "We have drawn correlations between the growth of fish species related to their environmental conditions - faster growth in waters above a de ... more Scientists Link Volcanic Eruptions To Ancient Global Warming 
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Scientists examining a spike in worldwide ocean temperatures 55 million years ago have linked it to massive volcanic eruptions that pushed Greenland and northwest Europe apart to create the North Atlantic Ocean. Writing in the journal Science, geologists at Roskilde University in Denmark, Oregon State University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, present evidence that this in ... more Poll Shows Support For FEMA 
Washington (UPI) April 26, 2007A large majority of Americans believe that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was damaged by being absorbed into the Department of Homeland Security and ought to be restored to the status of an independent agency. The news comes as lawmakers assess the congressionally mandated shake-up of the department last year, which effectively reconstituted FEMA within Homeland Security and ring- ... more |
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Indonesian Green Groups Slam Newmont Judges
Jakarta (AFP) April 25, 2007Indonesian environmentalists said Wednesday they will lodge complaints of bias against judges who cleared US mining giant Newmont this week of dumping tonnes of toxic waste. Chalid Muhammad, of the Friends of the Earth (Walhi), accused the five judges of siding with Newmont during a lengthy trial that was closely watched by foreign investors. "It was obvious that the judges were on Newmont ... read more Satellites Play Vital Role In Understanding The Carbon Cycle 
Montreux, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 26, 2007The global carbon cycle plays a vital role in climate change and is of intense importance to policy makers, but significant knowledge gaps remain in our understanding of it. Several scientists at the Envisat Symposium this week have highlighted research projects using ESA satellites to understand better this complex process. The total number of carbon atoms on Earth is fixed - they are exc ... more At Least Nine Dead After Tornado On Southern Texas Border 
Washington (AFP) April 25, 2007A tornado ripped across the US-Mexico border, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more, local authorities and media said on Wednesday. Six people were killed in the small Texas town of Eagle Pass, officials said. Three others were killed in Mexico a few miles (kilometers) away, television station KDFW in Dallas reported. The tornado struck Eagle Pass, at about 6:00 pm (2200 GM ... more Liverpool Scientists Work To Improve Water Quality In Ghana 
Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Ghana's large and growing population relies on wetlands for food and water and so experts at the University's Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management and Ecosystem Research (SWIMMER) have launched a research and training project near Accra, in Southern Ghana, to prevent continued environmental decline through pollution and over-use of river based resources. In recent years G ... more Global Warming And Antarctic Ice Is Focus Of Multinational Workshop 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Apr 26, 2007As the national repository for geological material from the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility at Florida State University houses the premier collection of Antarctic sediment cores -- and a hot new acquisition will offer an international team of scientists meeting there May 1-4 its best look yet at the impact of global warming on oceans worldwide. The remarkable ... more Experts Warn On Gambia AIDS Cure 
West Palm Beach FL (UPI) April 24, 2007Officials of the International AIDS Society Tuesday urged caution over reports that treatment derived from natural herbs in Gambia can cure AIDS. The purported cure is administered directly to the patients by the president of Gambia, an African nation with a population of 1.6 million. "It is premature and unethical to label this product a cure if it has not been thoroughly tested and prove ... more |
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China Delays Release Of Climate Change Report
Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2007China has delayed releasing a long-awaited plan for dealing with climate change, an official said Tuesday, amid reports that various levels of government remain divided over the issue. "The release of the National Plan on Climate Change has been postponed, it was supposed to be released... today," Xu Huaqing, director of the National Development and Reform Commission's energy research inst ... read more Satellites Offer Sunny Outlook On Understanding Polar Climate With Help Of Cloudy Skies 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2007Far beyond signaling the day's weather, clouds play a key role in regulating and understanding climate. A team of researchers recently completed a project to confirm what NASA satellites are telling us about how changes in clouds can affect climate in the coldest regions on Earth. Clouds and their traits - their temperature, depth, size and shape of their droplets - play a significant role ... more Mosquito Genes Explain Response To Climate Change 
Eugene OR (SPX) Apr 25, 2007University of Oregon researchers studying mosquitoes have produced the first chromosomal map that shows regions of chromosomes that activate - and are apparently evolving - in animals in response to climate change. The map will allow researchers to narrow their focus to identify specific genes that control the seasonal development of animals. Such information will help predict which animal ... more Researcher Finds Negative Effects Of Colonization On Slash-And-Burn Farming In Borneo 
Columbia MO (SPX) Apr 25, 2007A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia has examined the slash-and-burn farming method traditionally used by the Iban, a widespread indigenous population that lives in northwestern Borneo in Southeast Asia. Researchers have long argued about the environmental effects of this type of agriculture. Reed L. Wadley, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Scie ... more Sea Snails Break The Law 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 25, 2007Lizards gave rise to legless snakes. Cave fishes don't have eyeballs. In evolution, complicated structures often get lost. Dollo's Law states that complicated structures can't be re-evolved because the genes that code for them were lost or have mutated. A group of sea snails breaks Dollo's law, Rachel Collin, Staff Scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and colleagues from two ... more Ultrasound Upgrade Produces Images That Work Like 3-D Movies 
Durham NC (SPX) Apr 25, 2007Parents-to-be might soon don 3-D glasses in the ultrasound lab to see their developing fetuses in the womb "in living 3-D, just like at the IMAX movies," according to researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. The same Duke team that first developed real-time, three-dimensional ultrasound imaging says it has now modified the commercial version of the scanner to produce a ... more |
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