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NASA Finds Vast Regions Of West Antarctica Melted In Recent Past
Boulder CO (SPX) May 16, 2007A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. This was the first widespread Antarctic melting ever detected with NASA's QuikScat satellite and the most significant melt observed using satellites during the past three decades. Combined, the affected regions encompassed an a ... more Using Soil To Lock Up Carbon Could Help Offset Global Warming 
Ithica NY (SPX) May 16, 2007Writing in the May 10 issue of the journal Nature, a Cornell biogeochemist describes an economical and efficient way to help offset global warming: Pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring, or partially burning, trees, grasses or crop residues without the use of oxygen. This process, he writes, would double the carbon concentration in the residue, which could be returned to the soil ... more Brazil Demonstrating That Reducing Tropical Deforestation Is Key WinWin Global Warming Solution 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 16, 2007Tropical deforestation is the source of nearly a fifth of annual, human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Recent studies by Woods Hole Research Center scientists demonstrate that during years of severe drought, tropical rainforest fires can double emissions from tropical forests. Now, an international team of forest and climate researchers has found that halving d ... more What Climate Changes Does Antarctica Predict 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007Not long ago, I came back from Antarctica where I stayed with the 52nd Russian Antarctic expedition. This continent is unique - it has no state borders and scientists can choose to work wherever they want. This freedom is granted by the Antarctic Treaty signed on December 1, 1959. It designates Antarctica as a "natural reserve, devoted to peace and science." Every country has the right to conduc ... more Laos To Join Whaling Body At Japan Request As Iceland Targeted By Sea Shepherd 
Tokyo (AFP) May 15, 2007Landlocked Laos has agreed to join the world's whaling body at Japan's request, an official said Tuesday, leading campaigners to accuse Tokyo of buying votes in its bid to resume commercial whaling. The Japanese foreign ministry here said Laos, whose prime minister is on a visit to Japan, plans to join the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The move comes ahead of the IWC's annual mee ... more |
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Nottingham UK (SPX) May 16, 2007It's a cooker, a fridge and a generator in one - and it could have a huge impact on the lives of people in the world's poorest communities. The 2m pound SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project brings together experts from across the world to develop a wood-powered generator capable of both cooking and cooling food. By developing an affordable, versatile domestic ap ... more Russian Pipeline Monopoly Takes Over Oil Product Transit Firm 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has signed a resolution on merging the state-controlled crude pipeline operator Transneft with the state-run oil product transit company Transnefteprodukt, the government's press office said Tuesday. Analysts say the merger is likely to raise the companies' efficiency and cut independent producers' expenses on oil and petroleum product transportation. ... more Russia To Build Nuclear Centre In Sanctions-Hit Myanmar 
Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2007Russia said Tuesday it had agreed to help build a nuclear research centre in Myanmar, the Asian state run by a military junta that is under European and US economic sanctions. "The agreement foresees cooperation in the design and equipping of a centre for nuclear research in Myanmar," including a small light-water nuclear reactor, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said in a statement. ... more Newmont Exec Sues New York Times Over Indonesia Stories 
Jakarta (AFP) May 15, 2007An executive from US mining giant Newmont sued the New York Times for more than 64 million dollars Tuesday over claims the firm dumped toxic waste into an Indonesian bay. Richard Ness said he sued the newspaper and one of its reporters for defamation in an Indonesian court over stories published in 2004 that claimed Newmont polluted the bay with tonnes of waste from its now defunct gold mine. ... more Researchers Identify Compounds When Making Cellulosic Ethanol 
Waco, TX (SPX) May 16, 2007As cellulosic ethanol becomes more and more a front-runner to help reduce the country's "addiction to oil," the high cost of producing it still stands as one of the major hurdles. But now, Baylor University researchers have identified about 40 different compounds created in the pre-treatment step when making cellulosic ethanol that could be responsible for restricting the fermenting process, whi ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) May 14, 2007European Union countries made a new move Monday to pool defence resources by adopting a common strategy to manage the business aspects of EU defence and end the patchwork approach of today. The Defence Technological and Industrial Base (DTIB) strategy is aimed at establishing a common defence future in areas like research and development for the EU's 27 member nations. It would allow the E ... more Global Warming A Factor In Displacing One Billion By 2050 
London (AFP) May 14, 2007At least one billion people risk fleeing their homes over the next four decades because of conflicts and natural disasters that will worsen with global warming, a relief agency warned Monday. In a report, British-based Christian Aid said countries worldwide, especially the poorest, are now facing the greatest forced migration ever -- one that will dwarf those displaced by World War II. In ... more "Reducing Emissions From Deforestation" Initiative Launched 
Stanford CA (SPX) May 15, 2007Tropical deforestation, which releases more than 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere every year, is a major contributor to global climate change. Recognizing this, a group of forest-rich developing nations have called for a strategy to make forest preservation politically and economically attractive. The result is a two-year initiative, dubbed "Reducing Emissions from Deforestati ... more Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Station Installed Atop Active Underwater Volcano 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 14, 2007This week, researchers will begin direct monitoring of the rumblings of a submarine volcano in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. On May 6, a team of scientists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) installed a new underwater earthquake monitoring system on top of Kick'em Jenny, a volcano just off of the north coast of the island nation of Grenada. The new mooring- and seismi ... more Britain Appeals To US, China Over Climate Change 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 14, 2007British Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy on climate change Monday called for the United States and China to alter their approaches to global warming ahead of a major international summit in June. Elliot Morley, speaking in Hong Kong on his way to Beijing, said all countries at the coming G8 meeting must work towards new targets for reducing carbon emissions after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol e ... more
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