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Indonesia raises alert status on Java volcano
Jakarta (AFP) Sept 12, 2007Scientists in Indonesia on Wednesday advised people to maintain a five-kilometre (three-mile) safety zone around a volcano that has become more active in densely-populated East Java. The alert status on Mount Kelud, considered one of the most dangerous on Java, was raised late Tuesday to "beware", the second of a four-level warning system, the vulcanology office said on its website. ... more Air pollution causes bigger, more destructive hail 
Trieste, Italy (AFP) Sept 12, 2007Air pollution hugely increases the size of hail, and thus the amount of damage it can cause to crops and property, according to a study presented Wednesday at the European Conference on Severe Storms. The interaction of man-made particles with airborne ice could also interfere with the way heat is distributed in the earth's atmosphere, with possible consequences for climate change, one of ... more Ozone hole reappears over Antarctic: WMO 
Geneva (AFP) Sept 12, 2007The hole in the protective ozone layer over the Antarctic is forming again but should remain just below the record size it reached last year, a scientist at the UN's weather agency said Wednesday. The gap in the ozone in the upper atmosphere, at altitudes of up to 25 kilometres (15 miles), has reached a size of about 23 million square kilometres (8.9 million square miles), said World ... more Auto Immune Response Creates Barrier To Fertility; Could Be A Step In Speciation 
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Sep 13, 2007Plant biologists at the Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that an autoimmune response, triggered by a small number of genes, can be a barrier to producing a viable offspring. Studying Arabidopsis thaliana, sometimes called thale cress, the researchers identified a phenotype that, when paired together from a male and ... more 'Global extinction crisis' predicted by conservation group 
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2007Gorillas, China's baiji dolphin, Asian vultures and Pacific corals on Wednesday joined the list of species hurtling to oblivion as the World Conservation Union (IUCN) warned of a fast-track "global extinction crisis." In an update of its famous Red List of biodiversity, the Swiss-based IUCN said it had identified 41,415 species at threat. Of this, 16,306 species -- equivalent to 39 ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2007North Korea has given full access to experts from the United States, Russia and China on a rare visit to the reclusive nation to examine ways to disable its nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Wednesday. "They saw everything they had asked to see," said department spokesman Sean McCormack after the experts began surveying key nuclear facilities on Wednesday. The US team ... more UN nuclear watchdog reviewing Iran file 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 12, 2007The UN nuclear watchdog was reviewing Wednesday new measures for inspections in Iran, with Western nations warning that Tehran must still halt activities that could be used to make atom bombs. The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board of governors was discussing a report from IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei which says Iran has not halted uranium enrichment, the process which ... more Analysis: Venezuela, China boost oil ties 
Miami (UPI) Sep 12, 2007 Venezuelan and Chinese state petroleum companies said they will spend more than $10 billion to develop the oil-rich Faja del Orinoco region, part of a continuing effort by Caracas to bolster ties between the two countries. Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said the project will produce up to 1 million barrels per day at full capacity. Speaking at an OPEC meeting in Vienna ... more Iranian FM, Russian nuclear chief hold talks on Bushehr 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 12, 2007Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Russia's nuclear chief, Sergei Kiriyenko, held talks in Moscow on Wednesday as the Islamic republic tried to salvage the stalled construction of its first atomic power station. Mottaki, who arrived in Moscow late Tuesday, met with Kiriyenko, the head of the state nuclear agency Rosatom, and Sergei Shmatko, chief of Russia's Atomstroiexport ... more NASA Collaborates With Russia On Foton-M3 Mission 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2007NASA is collaborating with Russia on a new robotic mission to conduct biological studies. The Russian Foton-M3 mission is scheduled for launch Sept. 14, 2007, from Kazakhstan, and NASA scientists will participate in several of the mission's experiments. NASA scientists hope the data obtained from the Foton-M3 mission will improve research techniques. The experiments will increase ... more |
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Bell House MS (SPX) Sep 12, 2007The release of sulfur and nitrogen into the atmosphere by power plants and agricultural activities plays a minor role in making the ocean more acidic on a global scale, but the impact is greatly amplified in the shallower waters of the coastal ocean, according to new research by atmospheric and marine chemists. Ocean "acidification" occurs when chemical compounds such as carbon dioxide ... more Mediterranean's rich marine life under threat: study 
Rome (AFP) Sept 11, 2007Climate change has warmed up the Mediterranean Sea and threatens its rich animal and plant life, Italy's Institute of Marine Research (ICRAM) warned in a new report Tuesday. The alarm bell came a day before the start of a national conference on climate change in Rome. The experts said a cold current emanating from the Gulf of Trieste off northern Italy, which allowed the waters of the ... more Northern Iraq battles cholera 'epidemic' 
Geneva (AFP) Sept 11, 2007The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that Iraqi authorties were dealing with an "epidemic" of nearly 7,000 suspected cholera cases in three northeastern provinces. Only 290 cases have been confirmed in laboratory tests, but WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said the agency considered all cases of acute watery diarrhoea should be considered as carrying the "vibrio cholerae" bacteria. ... more Migrating Squid Drove Evolution Of Sonar In Whales And Dolphins 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2007Behind the sailor's lore of fearsome battles between sperm whale and giant squid lies a deep question of evolution: How did these leviathans develop the underwater sonar needed to chase and catch squid in the inky depths? Now, two evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, claim that, just as bats developed sonar to chase flying insects through the darkness, dolphins and ... more C-17 Alternative Fuel Research Tests To Begin 
Scott AFB IL (AFNS) Sep 12, 2007Air Mobility Command's chief scientist is now turning his attention to tests to certify Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to use an alternative fuel mix, which was certified for B-52 Stratofortess Aug. 8. "The C-17 tests will be important because it's a newer aircraft with newer materials and systems," Dr. Don Erbschloe said. "Our goal is to have a standard protocol -- a methodology to ... more
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