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Sweden Mulls Freeze-Drying As New Burial Method
Stockholm (AFP) May 16, 2007Sweden is considering allowing freeze-drying as a new method to bury the dead instead of traditional burials and cremations, Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth told the Swedish church's weekly paper on Wednesday. "I would like to push for the issue of freeze-drying. I think it is interesting and based on what I have heard I have a positive view of the method," Adelsohn Liljeroth, whose bri ... more PM Urges Australia To Pray For Rain 
Sydney (AFP) May 16, 2007Prime Minister John Howard called Wednesday on Australians to pray for drought-breaking rain as the government dismissed reports it underestimated water shortages in the country's main farming zone. Howard had last month warned that without a significant downpour by June, irrigation to farmers along southeastern Australia's Murray-Darling river system would be cut. Although the area has ha ... more Permanent Ice Fields Are Resisting Global Warming 
Paris, France (SPX) May 17, 2007The small ice caps of Mont Blanc and the Dome du Gouter are not melting, or at least, not yet. This is what CNRS researchers have announced in the Journal of Geophysical Research. At very high altitudes (above 4200 meters), the accumulation of snow and ice has varied very little since the beginning of the 20th century. But if summer temperatures increase by a few degrees during the 21st century, ... more General Dynamics Awarded Contract For NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission Study 
Fairfax VA (SPX) May 17, 2007Fairfax VA (SPX) May 17, 2007 General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Spacecraft Accommodation study contract by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The contract, awarded through the Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO), is valued at $600,000 with a four-month period of performance. Fo ... more Female-Led Infanticide In Wild Chimpanzees 
St Andrews, Scotland (SPX) May 17, 2007Researchers observing wild chimpanzees in Uganda have discovered repeated instances of a mysterious and poorly understood behavior: female-led infanticide. The findings, reported by Simon Townsend, Katie Slocombe and colleagues of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and the Budongo Forest Project, Uganda, appear in the May 15th issue of the journal Current Biology, published by Cell Press.< ... more |
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Wilmington NC (SPX) May 17, 2007GE and Hitachi have signed a formation agreement to proceed with previously announced plans to create a global alliance of their nuclear businesses. Based on this agreement, GE and Hitachi will form cross-shareholding companies in U.S., Canada and Japan, subject to government approvals. The alliance, when formally completed, will combine GE and Hitachi's nuclear businesses to create one of ... more Bill Clinton Unveils Energy-Saving Plan For 15 Cities 
New York (AFP) May 16, 2007Former US president Bill Clinton on Wednesday announced a five-billion-dollar program to make buildings in 15 of the world's largest cities more energy efficient and help combat global warming. The so-called energy efficiency building retrofit program involves Clinton's private foundation, four of the world's largest energy service companies and five of the biggest banks. "Climate change i ... more US Senator Lugar Says Russia Wants Arctic Energy Reserves 
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) May 17, 2007U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar said Russia is aspiring to take control over potential energy reserves in the Arctic Ocean at the expense of U.S. interests. The senator, known for his anti-Russian statements, urged the U.S. authorities to join the struggle for the polar oil and gas resources by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The issue has acquired importance i ... more Gas Union Of Three 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 17, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan for two reasons. First, he wanted to set up a partnership of the three countries to build a gas pipeline north of the Caspian Sea. And second, he needed to prevent an anti-Russian alliance of European countries in the energy sector. In my opinion, he achieved both these goals. Kazakhstan, a major player and a major influe ... more Scientists Tell Leaders To Tackle Climate Change, Energy Security 
Paris (AFP) May 16, 2007Top scientific bodies called Wednesday on world leaders gathering at a G8 summit next month to tackle the twin issues of energy security and climate change. "The problem is not yet insoluble, but becomes more difficult with each passing day," said the 13 national science academies of the Group of Eight industrialised nations and five developing countries in a joint statement. "We call on a ... more |
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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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