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Soft, green rock plays role in earthquakes: study
Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007A dark green, unusually soft layer of rock known as serpentine, which coats tectonic plates, plays a key role in the emergence of powerful earthquakes, a US-French study said Thursday. Serpentine forms deep in the ocean, up to 200 kilometers below the surface, home to some of the world's deadliest earthquakes such as the massive 9.0-magnitude quake that triggered the devastating tsunami off ... more Global warming causing China's glaciers to melt quickly: survey 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2007Global warming has caused some of China's glaciers -- a source for many of Asia's greatest rivers -- to have melted by more than 18 percent over the past five years, state media reported Friday. A survey of nearly 20,000 square kilometres (8,000 square miles) of China's glaciers showed they were on average 7.4 percent smaller than five years ago, Caijing magazine said, citing a government-fu ... more Taiwan leader rebuffs US opposition to referendum 
Taipei (AFP) Dec 22, 2007Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday rebuffed criticism from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that a planned referendum on UN membership was provocative and raised tensions with China. "There is absolutely no provocative policy but only a policy that respects public opinions ... It is not Taiwan that is acting provocative today, it is China," Chen said. "Taiwan is not a pa ... more Evolutionary Study Shows Beetles Are Life's 6-Legged Survivors 
London, UK (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Most modern-day groups of beetles have been around since the time of the dinosaurs and have been diversifying ever since, says new research out in Science. There are approximately 350,000 species of beetles on Earth, and probably millions more yet to be discovered, accounting for about 25% of all known life forms on the planet. The reason for this large number of beetle species has been debated ... more Walker's World: Is Europe doing better? 
Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2007 The euro is riding high and the dollar is weak. European car sales boom while Detroit suffers. European growth rates are recovering and the United States is slipping toward recession. The Fed seems unable to do much about the U.S. financial crisis, while the European Central Bank has just swamped the market by pumping $500 billion in low-interest funding into liquidity and forced lendi ... more |
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Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Scientists at Northern Arizona University and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis have developed a model that uses circuit theory to predict gene flow across landscapes. Their approach could give managers a better way to identify the best spots for wildlife corridors, which are crucial to protecting biodiversity. "There are a lot of similarities between circuit theory ... more 14 African nations face meningitis epidemic: Red Cross 
Geneva (AFP) Dec 20, 2007Red Cross officials warned Thursday that 14 African countries could face one of the worst meningitis epidemics in recent memory and announced prevention campaigns in the affected areas. "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching meningitis prevention activities in 14 countries across Africa to get ready for what could be one of the worst meningitis epi ... more Aftershocks rock New Zealand city after major quake 
Wellington (AFP) Dec 21, 2007Aftershocks continued to rattle the eastern New Zealand city of Gisborne Friday after a powerful 6.8 earthquake smashed buildings and left a gaping hole in a street. No major injuries were reported after Thursday night's quake, which was felt throughout much of New Zealand, although many people had been Christmas shopping in the city area when it struck. The centre of Gisborne was cordon ... more El Nino Affected By Global Warming 
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 21, 2007The climatic event El Nino, literally "the Baby Jesus", was given its name because it generally occurs at Christmas time along the Peruvian coasts. This expression of climatic variability, also called El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), results from a series of interactions between the atmosphere and the tropical ocean. It induces drought in areas that normally receive abundant rain and, conver ... more Green group slams Eiffel Tower 'snow trek' 
Paris (AFP) Dec 20, 2007French environmentalists on Thursday slammed a decision to coat part of the Eiffel Tower with artificial snow for the festive season, saying it was a costly waste of water. The first of the iron tower's three floors, 57 metres (125 feet) above ground, has been clad in 20 to 30 centimetres (eight to 12 inches) of snow, with free rackets on hand for tourists to trek across the Paris monument. ... more |
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Los Alamos NM (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Fifty years after the Nobel-prize winning explanation of how superconductors work, a research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University are suggesting another mechanism for the still-mysterious phenomenon. In a review published in Nature, researchers David Pines, Philippe Monthoux and Gilbert Lonzarich posit that superconductivity in cer ... more Iran's nuclear reactor not ready until end 2008: contractor 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 20, 2007Russia dampened Thursday Iranian hopes of an imminent launch of the Bushehr nuclear power station Moscow is building in the Islamic republic, saying it would not be launched earlier than the end of 2008. A spokeswoman for the Russian contractor on the flagship project, Atomstroiexport, confirmed that it would take at least a year to start the power station. "We can predict that the Bushe ... more Rice declines to rule out trip to NKorea 
Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declined Thursday to rule out traveling to North Korea before President George W. Bush's term ends early in 2009, saying "nothing is inconceivable." In an exclusive interview with AFP, Rice said North Korea has "been cooperative" in disabling its plutonium program, but still had to issue a full declaration on its activities by December 31 and then start ... more Bush says nuclear energy 'best' for greenhouse gases 
Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007US President George W. Bush said Thursday that nuclear power represents the "best solution" to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and stressed he was serious about fighting climate change. Bush said he told Nobel peace laureate and former vice president Al Gore that he takes the issue of greenhouse emissions "seriously" and that his administration was "developing a strategy that will deal wi ... more Problems reported at two German nuclear power plants 
Berlin (AFP) Dec 20, 2007Incidents have occurred at two nuclear power plants in Germany, officials said on Thursday, six months after the sector was shaken by accusations that problems at plants had been covered up. A small leak was found Thursday in a pipe that forms part of the cooling system at a reactor at the Biblis nuclear power plant in Hesse that has been shut down for renovations, the environment ministry i ... more
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