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World's Most Endangered Gorilla Fights Back
Bronx NY (SPX) Dec 10, 2007In the wake of a study that documented for the first time the use of weaponry by Cross River gorillas to ward off threats by humans, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced today new field surveys to better protect this most endangered great ape. The study, published earlier this year in the American Journal of Primatology, found several instances of gorillas throwing sticks and clumps of gr ... more China says no bird flu outbreak after father-son cases 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2007The latest human cases of bird flu in China appeared to be isolated events with no other people affected and no reported outbreak of the disease among poultry, the government said Monday. A 24-year-old man in eastern Jiangsu province died from bird flu on December 2, and authorities announced on Friday last week that his father also had the H5N1 strain of the virus, raising fears of human-to ... more New Research May Lead To Better Climate Models For Global Warming, El Nino 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2007One hundred fifty scientists from more than 40 universities in nine countries are starting a coordinated program aimed at gaining new insights about the Earth's climate and the complex, interconnected system involving the oceans, the atmosphere and the land. The program will study the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the marine area off South America's west coast - a region where the interplay among ... more Smaller Storms Drop Larger Overall Rainfall In Hurricane Season 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2007Researchers have found that when residents of the U.S. southeastern states look skyward for rain to alleviate a long-term drought, they should be hoping for a tropical storm over a hurricane for more reasons than one. According to a new study using NASA satellite data, smaller tropical storms do more to alleviate droughts than hurricanes do over the course of a season by bringing greater cumulat ... more New Report On Deforestation Reveals Problems Of Forest Carbon Payment Schemes 
Bali, Indonesia (SPX) Dec 10, 2007A new study by one of the world's leading forestry research institutes warns that the new push to "reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation," known by the acronym REDD, is imperiled by a routine failure to grasp the root causes of deforestation. The study sought to link what is known about the underlying causes of the loss of 13 million hectares of forest each year to the promise-and ... more |
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Lisbon (AFP) Dec 9, 2007The leaders of Europe and Africa adopted a new "strategic partnership" at the end of a summit here on Sunday which outlines areas of cooperation on issues ranging from security to human rights and climate change. The following are the main points of their 100-page declaration: PEACE AND SECURITY The two sides said they would work together to "enhance the capacity of Africa and the EU ... more Greenpeace urges summit to end Africa's deforestation 
Lisbon (AFP) Dec 7, 2007Six activists from the environmental pressure group Greenpeace scaled a tower close to the Lisbon venue of a weekend EU-Africa summit where they unveiled a giant banner to denounce deforestation. The giant red and green-lettered banner, which read "Save the Climate -- Save the African Forests", was unfurled at the Vasco da Gama tower next to a giant exhibition hall where the two-day heads of ... more Russian minister says US blocking Russia-NATO accord: agencies 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2007Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Saturday of blocking a cooperation programme between Moscow and the NATO alliance in a row over a European arms treaty, Russian news agencies reported. "The fact that an important document that simply set out a large number of spheres of agreement... has been blocked due to the absolutely ideological position of our American ... more Norway gives 375 million euros a year to halt deforestation 
Oslo (AFP) Dec 9, 2007Norway will spend three billion kroner a year to help prevent deforestation in developing countries, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday. "Norway is ready to increase its part in fighting deforestation in developing countries to some three billion kroner (375 million euros, 548 million dollars) a year," Stoltenberg said in a statement. "This could yield significant and rapid r ... more Forecasters expect seven Atlantic hurricanes in 2008 
Miami (AFP) Dec 7, 2007Next year's Atlantic hurricane activity should be slightly higher than average, forecasters said Thursday, following a cyclonic season that was quieter than anticipated but caused devastation in central America. A total of 13 named storms are expected to form in 2008, including seven that will become hurricanes, according to a report by the prominent Colorado State University forecast team. ... more |
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Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 10, 2007Measuring soot formation in a diesel engine is far from easy. Due to the turbulent environment in the combustion cylinder, no two combustion cycles are the same. Furthermore, the measurements are difficult to reproduce as the pressure at which fuel is injected into the cylinder causes an extra source of turbulence. Bougie made his measurements in a glass cylinder with an engine adapted for this ... more Sunshine To Petrol Project Seeks Fuel From Thin Air 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 10, 2007Using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories is building a prototype device intended to chemically "reenergize" carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar power. The carbon monoxide could then be used to make hydrogen or serve as a building block to synthesize a liquid combustible fuel, such as methanol or even gasolin ... more Biofuels: danger or new opportunity for Africa 
Ouagadougou (AFP) Dec 9, 2007The growing promotion of environmentally-friendly biofuels is raising questions for Africa: are such fuels a threat to food security or a golden opportunity to cut down on fossil fuel bills. Some 300 experts from the continent and further afield in the Americas and Europe, gathered earlier this month in the impoverished capital of the non-oil producing west African nation of Burkina Faso to ... more Don't push us too hard, China tells US ahead of trade dialogue 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2007A week of senior Sino-US economic exchanges kicked off on Monday with China warning the United States not to push too hard on sensitive issues, amid long-standing tensions over the Chinese currency. However China also said it would triple the quota for foreign stock investment, in a gesture analysts said was meant to create the appearance ahead of the Strategic Economic Dialogue that it was ... more Analysis: Nabucco's hazy future 
Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2007 Since 1991, a massive veiled struggle has emerged between Russia and Western energy companies, led by the United states, to control Central Asia's vast energy reserves, centered on the waters of the Caspian. Washington's policy is relatively simple - to maintain its economic isolation of Iran while simultaneously reducing or nullifying Russian influence over the region, with the Europea ... more
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