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Why Quitting May Be Good For You
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2007Are there times when it is better to simply give up? Psychologists have been exploring this question, and more specifically a possible link between tenacity and both physical and mental health. It would seem that persistence would be tonic over the long haul; hanging tough should increase the odds that you'll succeed, and personal success is closely linked to well-being. But what if the goal is ... more New Keys To Keeping A Diverse Planet 
Davis CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2007Variation in plants and animals gives us a rich and robust assemblage of foods, medicines, industrial materials and recreation activities. But human activities are eliminating biological diversity at an unprecedented rate. A new UC Davis study offers clues to how these losses relate to one another -- information that is essential as scientists and land managers strive to protect the remaining na ... more North America's Northernmost Lake Affected By Global Warming 
Quebec City, Canada (SPX) Sep 28, 2007Analyses conducted by researchers from Universite Laval's Center for Northern Studies reveal that the continent's northernmost lake is affected by climate change. In an article to be published in the September 28 edition of Geophysical Research Letters, the international research team led by Universite Laval scientists Warwick Vincent and Reinhard Pienitz reports that aquatic life in Ward Hunt L ... more Remarkable Drop In Arctic Sea Ice Raises Questions 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 28, 2007Melting Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a 29-year low, significantly below the minimum set in 2005, according to preliminary figures from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, part of the University of Colorado at Boulder. NASA scientists, who have been observing the declining Arctic sea ice cover since the earliest measurements in 1979, are working to understand this sudden speed-up of sea ice de ... more Scientists, Policymakers, And Industry Leaders Gather To Discuss Ocean Iron Fertilization 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Sep 28, 2007On September 26-27, scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host an international, interdisciplinary conference on the proposed "iron fertilization" of the ocean as a means to combat rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Several times over the past century, scientists and environmental engineers have proposed spreading slurries of dissolved iron ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2007Green taxes on gas-guzzling cars, lower speed caps on highways and eco-labels on supermarket food: French campaigners and businesses on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for a green revolution ahead of a high-profile environmental summit. Big business, trade unions, government and environmental groups have been pulled together for the first time to draw up a green master plan, to be put to a pub ... more Analysis: Nigerian rebels end cease-fire 
Miami (UPI) Sep 27, 2007 Nigeria's leading militant group threatened to resume attacks on foreign and domestic oil and gas operations following a four-month cease-fire intended to allow the new president to make good on vows to reform the petroleum sector and root out corruption. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta earlier this week sent a communique to media stating its intention to resume att ... more Major emitters gather for US-led forum 
Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2007The United States on Thursday was launching talks among the world's biggest greenhouse-gas polluters in the quest to spur action against dangerous climate change. Representatives from leading industrial and emerging economies, the UN and European Union (EU) were to meet for two days under the chairmanship of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. President George W. Bush, who proposed t ... more Analysis: TAP pipeline a fantasy 
Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2007 Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, armchair journalists and strategists have promulgated the concept that a new Great Game is afoot in Eurasia. This time, the prize is not land but access to the Caspian's vast hydrocarbon reserves, estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration at proven reserves of 17 billion to 49 billion barrels of oil; proven natural gas reserves are e ... more Dell Is First Major Computer Company To Go Carbon Neutral 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2007Dell has become the first major computer manufacturer to commit to neutralizing the carbon impact of its worldwide operations, a significant extension of its global climate policy and environmental stewardship. "Never before in the history of business have we seen such a critical need to build a worldwide community dedicated to improving the environment," Michael Dell, the company's chairman and ... more |
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Nairobi (AFP) Sept 26, 2007The World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed a French offer to send a warship to protect international food shipments to Somalia from pirate attacks. Aid ships heading for the strife-torn Horn of Africa nation have become a magnet for pirates and international agencies have been demanding greater protection for several years. At least 17 ships have been attacked along the 3,700 k ... more Cave Records Provide Clues To Climate Change 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 27, 2007When Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Kim Cobb and graduate student Jud Partin wanted to understand the mechanisms that drove the abrupt climate change events that occurred thousands of years ago, they didn't drill for ice cores from the glaciers of Greenland or the icy plains of Antarctica, as is customary for paleoclimatolgists. Instead, they went underground. Growing inside the caves of ... more Arctic Heat Wave Stuns Climate Change Researchers 
Kingston, Canada (SPX) Sep 27, 2007Unprecedented warm temperatures in the High Arctic this past summer were so extreme that researchers with a Queen's University-led climate change project have begun revising their forecasts. "Everything has changed dramatically in the watershed we observed," reports Geography professor Scott Lamoureux, the leader of an International Polar Year project announced yesterday in Nunavut by Indian and ... more Food crisis could loom after Africa floods: Red Cross 
Geneva (AFP) Sept 26, 2007The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies highlighted the situation in Ghana, Sudan and Uganda, which are among the largest nations out of the 22 struck by floods that have affected an estimated 1.5 millio ... more Emphasizing The Precision In Precision Agriculture 
Madison WI (SPX) Sep 27, 2007New protocol and software developments are helping farmers put the precision back in "precision agriculture" by making it easier for growers to use previously ineffectual soil and environmental data to manage their crops. Historically, gaps between researchers and producers, as well as lack of capacity to transform data into relevant decisions, have all contributed to data languishing on h ... more
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