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A Life Of Ice And Cold In Antarctica
Hobart, Australia (SPX) May 30, 2007Where do penguins go to dance? What is it really like in Antarctica? How do animals and humans survive down south? In January this year, Tanya Patrick, editor of CSIRO's kids' science magazine Scientriffic, travelled to Antarctica to find out the answers to these questions and more. "I fell in love with Antarctica about three years ago through a friend who visited there," Tanya says. ... more Locals Block Work At Indonesian Mud Volcano 
Jakarta (AFP) May 29, 2007Hundreds of residents protested near Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano" on Tuesday to mark one year since its toxic sludge started submerging their homes and farms. The protesters stood in the path of trucks bringing material to strengthen embankments built around the volcano, halting work for six hours, residents and an official said. The embankments were constructed after the volcano ... more Moscow swelters in record heat 
Moscow (AFP) May 29, 2007Moscow sweltered Tuesday in a record heat wave that saw passengers stranded in lifts, emergency meetings on power cuts, and a spike in drownings as Muscovites sought relief in local rivers, ponds and fountains. Record temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) -- five to seven degrees Celsius higher than normal -- were predicted by Moscow's meteorological service to continue ... more Avian Influenza Survivor Antibodies Effective At Neutralising H5N1 Strain 
London (SPX) May 30, 2007Adults who have recovered from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza may hold the key to future treatments for the virus, according to an international team of researchers. In a study published today in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, the researchers have shown how specific antibodies taken from avian flu survivors in Vietnam can be reproduced in the laboratory and prove ... more Japan To Push Ahead With Humpback Whale Hunt As Some Get Exemption 
Anchorage (AFP) Alaska, May 29, 2007Japan said Tuesday it was pushing ahead with its controversial plan to hunt humpback whales after key powers refused a compromise offer and despite warnings by Australia and New Zealand it would be a "provocative act." "Japan is proceeding with its full research program as planned at this stage and this includes the humpbacks," Glenn Inwood, the spokesman for the Japanese delegation at the ... more |
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Darwin, Australia (AFP) May 29, 2007Hopes for an Asia Pacific-wide carbon emissions trading scheme were dashed Tuesday as APEC energy ministers met to discuss climate change and the region's booming power needs. The United States and Australia ruled out a regional carbon trading scheme before the meeting officially opened in the northern city of Darwin, saying it was too early to impose uniform targets on APEC nations. ... more Big US Pension Fund Joins Critics Of ExxonMobil Climate Stance 
Washington (AFP) May 29, 2007The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the biggest US public pension fund, said Tuesday it had joined other ExxonMobil shareholders who want the oil giant to change its climate policies. CalPERS announced its support for other disgruntled investors who will seek to reform ExxonMobil's position on global warming at the oil giant's annual shareholders meeting Wednesday. ... more China Rejects Binding Targets On Greenhouse Emissions 
Hamburg (AFP) May 29, 2007China on Tuesday promised to "do its best" on fighting climate change but rejected calls that Asia should sign up to binding targets on cutting carbon emissions. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said China and other Asian nations cannot bear the same responsibility for restricting greenhouse gas emissions as the developed world. "The developed world should do more but China will do its best," ... more First Satellite-Based Telemedicine Network For Bulgaria 
Friedrichshafen, May 23, 2007ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company and a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast, government and defence communication network solutions, has teamed up with its partner Interactive Technologies to implement Bulgaria's first satellite-based telemedicine network based on ND SatCom's core technology platform SkyWAN. Bulgarian service provider Interactive Technologies ... more Astrophysicists Find Fractal Image Of Solar Storm Season Imprinted On Solar Wind 
Warwick UK (SPX) May 29, 2007Plasma astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that key information about the Sun's 'storm season' is being broadcast across the solar system in a fractal snapshot imprinted in the solar wind. This research opens up new ways of looking at both space weather and the unstable behaviour that affects the operation of fusion powered power plants. Fractals, mathematical shapes ... more |
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Jakarta (AFP) May 28, 2007A massive concrete dam 15 storeys high would be built around Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano" under the latest proposal to stop toxic sludge spewing from its core, a report said Monday. Indonesian and Japanese engineers have pitched the ambitious plan to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the nation marks one year on Tuesday since the mudspill started, forcing thousands to flee their home ... more Whales Face The Harpoon As Norway Labels Opponents Hypocrites 
Anchorage (AFP) Alaska, May 28, 2007The fate of the great whales hung in the balance Monday as officials from 75 nations gathered for talks amid pressure, notably from Japan, to reverse a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the mammals. As the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) prepares to open in Alaska's capital, environmental groups warned of the possibility of the United States striking a compromise ... more Northern Sea Route Of Russia Nothing But A Dotted Line On A Map 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007Debates over the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane from the Atlantic to the Pacific along the coast of northern Russia, have been going on for many years. Local residents are sounding the alarm, scientists and journalists are crossing swords, and even MPs are worried about this problem, unable to take a nap in their comfy chairs. Russia's State Council, an advisory body consisting of the ... more Indian Monsoon Arrives On Southwest Coast 
Thiruvananthapuram (AFP) India, May 28, 2007The first rain from India's annual monsoon, which is crucial to its farm-dependent economy, hit the southwest coast on Monday, a weather official said. "The onset of the annual southwest monsoon has begun over Kerala today," said K. Santosh, director of the Indian meteorological department's office in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala state. A monsoon season, which lasts from June ... more Chimp Ban May Impact Research 
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2007Animal rights groups are celebrating the National Institutes of Health's recent decision to permanently end breeding of government-owned chimpanzees, but researchers say the move could be detrimental to biomedical and pharmaceutical research. The NIH's National Center for Research Resources, which has had a moratorium on breeding of federally supported chimpanzees since 1995, said this ... more
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