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Chemistry Turns Killer Gas Into Potential Cure
London UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Despite its deadly reputation, the gas carbon monoxide (CO) could actually save lives and boost health in future as a result of leading-edge UK research. Chemists at the University of Sheffield have discovered an innovative way of using targeted small doses of CO which could benefit patients who have undergone heart surgery or organ transplants and people suffering from high blood pressure. ... more Tiny Pacific islands say climate change threatens survival 
Nuku'Alofa (AFP) Oct 15, 2007Some of the world's most vulnerable island nations appealed Monday for action to halt climate change that could cause them to disappear beneath the Pacific Ocean. Meeting in the Tongan capital, Nuku'alofa, the leaders of tiny nations including Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Niue, the Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands said countries responsible for greenhouse gas emissions must act. "It is ... more India launches tsunami warning system 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 15, 2007India on Monday unveiled a tsunami warning system designed to detect all earthquakes above a magnitude of six on the Richter scale in the Indian Ocean within 20 minutes, the government said. The operation has been set up at a cost of 1.25 billion rupees (32 million dollars) in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. India lost more than 16,000 people in the 2004 tsunami, which killed a to ... more Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Appoints First Female President 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2007The Board of Trustees of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announces that Dr. Susan K. Avery has accepted the position of president and director of the institution. Avery becomes the ninth director in WHOI's 77-year history, and the first woman to hold the position. Avery is an atmospheric physicist with extensive experience as a leader within scientific institutions. She comes to ... more UD Plant Biologists Uncover Top Wetland Invader's Hidden Weapon 
Newark DL (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Scientists at the University of Delaware have uncovered a hidden weapon that one of the most invasive wetland plants in the United States uses to silently and efficiently "bump off" its neighbors. The invasive strain of Phragmites australis, or common reed, believed to have originated in Eurasia, exudes from its roots an acid so toxic that the substance literally disintegrates the structural pro ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2007Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday called for a peace agreement with long-time rival Taiwan, but insisted independence for the island would never be tolerated. "We would like to make a solemn appeal," Hu said at the opening of the ruling Communist Party's five-yearly Congress. "On the basis of the one-China principle, let us discuss a formal end to the state of hostility between the t ... more International Team Of Scientists Warns Of Climate Change's Impact On Global River Flow 
Cambridge MD (SPX) Oct 16, 2007A global analysis of the potential effect of climate change on river basins indicates that many rivers impacted by dams or extensive development will require significant management interventions to protect ecosystems and people, according to an article published today in the online version of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. "As a result of damming and development, major rivers wo ... more Geoscientist Receives Grant To Study Effects Of Volcanoes On Climate Change In Arctic 
Amherst MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2007Raymond S. Bradley, director of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a three-year, $416,550 award from the National Science Foundation for his project, titled "Volcanoes in the Arctic System: Geochronology and Climate Impacts." The award will help Bradley and his colleagues to better understand the impacts that natural factors, such as explo ... more Brazil's leader calls on Africa to embrace biofuels production 
Ouagadougou (AFP) Oct 15, 2007Brazil's President Luiz Ignacio Lula Da Silva called Monday on Africa to join a biofuels "revolution" to democratize access to energy across the continent. "Brazil invites Burkina Faso and all of Africa to join the biofuels revolution. With biofuels we can democratize access to energy in Africa," Lula said. The Brazilian leader spoke at an international colloquium on democracy and deve ... more China's economic growth exacting too high a toll: Hu 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2007President Hu Jintao said Monday that China's blistering economic growth was taking too high a toll on the nation's environment and society, and promised steps to limit the impacts. "Our economic growth is realised at an excessively high cost in resources and to the environment," Hu said in a speech opening the five-yearly Communist Party Congress, China's most important political event. ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Oct 13, 2007US Defence Secretary Robert Gates reassured Russia on Saturday that the Pentagon will not put military bases in ex-Soviet Georgia and Ukraine, but he criticised Moscow for arms sales to US foes Iran and Syria. Speaking at the Military Academy of General Staff, at the end of a tense two-day visit to Moscow, Gates said there would be no US bases in either Georgia or Ukraine. The Pentagon w ... more Israel attacked unfinished Syrian nuclear reactor: report 
Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2007Israel bombed a site in Syria last month that Israeli and US intelligence believe was a partly built nuclear reactor possibly modeled after one in North Korea, The New York Times said Sunday. If the North Korean link is confirmed, that would complicate disarmament talks with the Stalinist state, officials said. Citing unnamed US and foreign officials with access to the intelligence repor ... more Asking The Wrong Questions On Global Warming 
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 15, 2007Public discussion over global warming is often caught in a vortex of misinformation perpetuated by extreme forces who say it's all just a big hoax. This often causes the most relevant scientific questions to get lost, suggests Washington state climatologist Philip Mote, who has been working for years to understand climate changes brought about by human activity. What we should be talking about w ... more Can A Dose Of Iron Supplements Improve The Health Of The Ocean And Climate 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Oct 15, 2007Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host a public forum next week to discuss the pros and cons of "iron fertilization" of the oceans as a means to mediate global warming. The forum, entitled "Ocean Fertilization: Ironing Out Uncertainties in Climate Engineering," is a public follow-up to an interdisciplinary science workshop conducted at WHOI in September. ... more Petitioners' village in Beijing razed as China's communists vow harmony 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2007Amid vows to create a "harmonious society", China's authorities have razed a ramshackle Beijing district where thousands once resided while seeking to petition the government over growing injustices. More than 50 police vehicles from all parts of China were parked along alleys into the district, known as "petitioners' village," as uniformed officers this weekend checked identification and r ... more
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