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Felix is second monster of the season, say storm scientists
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Hurricane Felix, cruising towards Central America on Monday, is the second maximum-category storm of the 2007 season, which has not even reached its midway point, British and French scientists noted. Mark Saunders, lead scientist with Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), a consortium gathering Benfield Hazard Research Centre at University College London and business interests, said it was "unusual ... more Japan holds disaster drills to prepare for big quake 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 1, 2007Hundreds of thousands of people took part in disaster drills across Japan on Saturday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declaring a mock emergency with a huge quake about to hit the nation. The exercise came a month before Japan introduces an early quake warning system nationwide. The central government held a drill at the prime minister's office, assuming the meteorological agency warns t ... more Japanese lawmaker comes out against dolphin hunt 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 3, 2007A lawmaker in a Japanese town notorious overseas for hunting dolphins called Monday for a ban on the meat in school lunches, saying it has high levels of mercury. Taiji, a port town in western Wakayama prefecture, has kept up a four-century tradition of herding thousands of dolphins and whales a year into shallow coves, where they are speared to death. Taiji city assemblyman Junichiro Ya ... more NASA Study Predicts More Severe Storms With Global Warming 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2007NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth's climate warms. Previous climate model studies have shown that heavy rainstorms will be more common in a warmer climate, but few global models have attempted to simulate the strength of updrafts in these storms. The model developed at NASA's ... more Ice fjords, lifeblood for polar species, at risk in melting Arctic 
Longyearbyen, Norway (AFP) Aug 31, 2007The Svalbard archipelago near the North Pole is already seeing the dramatic effects of global warming: the mercury is rising twice as fast as elsewhere on the planet, posing a serious threat to the ecosystem. The Arctic sea ice has never been as small as it is now. This year, it shrank to less than five million square kilometers (1.93 million square miles) -- a grim record for the planet. ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Greece has experienced more wildfire activity this August than other European countries have over the last decade, according to data from ESA satellites. The country is currently battling an outbreak of blazes, which began last Thursday, that have spread across the country killing more than 60 people. ESA's ERS-2 and Envisat satellites continuously survey fires burning across the Earth's ... more Mountain gorillas in danger as DRC rebels seize habitat: report 
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Highly endangered mountain gorillas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo faced fresh dangers Monday after renegade troops overran their habitat, forcing rangers to flee, conservationists warned. Forces loyal to cashiered general Laurent Nkunda, a powerful local leader, attacked Jomba and Bikenge patrol posts in Virunga National Park, Wildlife Direct said in a statement. His troops loo ... more China consumers key to ending reliance on Western markets: WEF 
Geneva (AFP) Sept 3, 2007China's booming export-driven economy remains vulnerable to any changes in Western consumption patterns but its burgeoning domestic market could lessen this risk, the World Economic Forum said on Monday. China's retail sector is currently growing at a rate of 13 percent and investors are increasingly focusing on the Asian giant as a source of consumers and not just simply cheap labour, the W ... more No APEC deal on climate change targets: Howard 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2007Asia-Pacific countries will not agree on binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at a major summit this week, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum -- which includes the world's biggest polluters, the United States and China -- will outline tactics for the post-Kyoto fight against climate change at the ... more Australia says no need to fear Russia nuclear deal 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 4, 2007Russia has adequate safety standards for handling nuclear materials and there is no need to fear a proposed deal to supply uranium, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Tuesday. Violating such a deal would mean risking a confrontation with most of the western world and Moscow was unlikely to want that, Downer said. He also dismissed the possibility of another Chernobyl disas ... more |
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Dubai (AFP) Sept 3, 2007Greater investment between the Middle East and China is being hampered by a lack of understanding between the two cultures, a conference in the United Arab Emirates heard on Monday. The warning came despite trade between the two doubling since the year 2000 and projections of massive investment by some Middle Eastern states in Asia over the next five years -- with most of that money going to ... more Protesters arrested as APEC meetings kick off in Sydney 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2007Environmental activists launched the first of an expected barrage of protests at an Asia-Pacific summit in Australia on Sunday with a stunt that resulted in mass arrests. Twelve Greenpeace protesters were arrested and charged after they rode inflatable dinghies out to a ship carrying coal in a port north of Sydney and painted an anti-APEC slogan on its hull. Australian authorities have ... more Iowa State Researcher Studies The Sustainability Of The Bioeconomy 
Ames IO (SPX) Sep 04, 2007This spring farmers responded to the ethanol industry's demand for grain by increasing their corn acreage by 19 percent over last year, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. What if that happens again next year? What if farmers decide against crop rotations and plant corn on the same fields, year after year? Or, what if farmers begin growing biomass crops such as switchgrass ... more Scientists Find Elusive Waves In Solar Corona 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 03, 2007Scientists for the first time have observed elusive oscillations in the Sun's corona, known as Alfven waves, that transport energy outward from the surface of the Sun. The discovery is expected to give researchers more insight into the fundamental behavior of solar magnetic fields, eventually leading to a fuller understanding of how the Sun affects Earth and the solar system. ... more Outside View: Pressure Pakistan over Khan 
Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2007 Pressuring a weakened strategic ally by reopening old wounds carries a certain amount of risk. But in the case of Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf's current domestic political troubles provide the United States with an opportunity to put something back on the table that should never have been taken off. The United States must pressure Pakistan to deal appropriately with A.Q. Khan ... more
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