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Tokyo (AFP) Jan 28, 2008Militant environmentalists who have halted Japan's whaling in the Antarctic Ocean said Monday they were set to return to shore as they were running out of fuel. Japan said it would resume whaling with the departure of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose announcement came two days after more mainstream environmental movement Greenpeace also said it was returning from sea. Sea She ... more China issues severe weather warning amid fuel shortage fears 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2008China issued a severe weather warning on Monday for large swathes of the country already reeling from transport havoc and power shortages caused by the heaviest snowfalls in decades. The forecast of further severe snowstorms came as hundreds of thousands of travellers remained stranded in airports, train stations, and on highways as they struggled to join their families for the Lunar New Yea ... more When Accounting For The Global Nitrogen Budget Do Not Forget Fish 
Millbrook NY (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Like bank accounts, the nutrient cycles that influence the natural world are regulated by inputs and outputs. If a routine withdrawal is overlooked, balance sheets become inaccurate. Over time, overlooked deductions can undermine our ability to understand and manage ecological systems. Recent research by the Universite de Montreal (Canada) and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Millb ... more New Radar Satellite Technique Sheds Light On Ocean Current Dynamics 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 29, 2008Ocean surface currents have long been the focus of research due to the role they play in weather, climate and transportation of pollutants, yet essential aspects of these currents remain unknown. By employing a new technique - based on the same principle as police speed-measuring radar guns - to satellite radar data, scientists can now obtain information necessary to understand better the streng ... more Drought Length Influences Survival Of Fish In Stream Pools 
Fayetteville, AR (SPX) Jan 29, 2008University of Arkansas researchers have found that not all pools of water are equal from year to year when it comes to housing fish species during dry spells - a finding that becomes increasingly important during unusual and prolonged drought conditions. Dan Magoulick, associate professor of biological sciences in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and graduate student Matt P ... more |
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Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 29, 2008The preservation of coastal ecosystem services such as clean water, storm buffers or fisheries protection does not have to be an all-or-nothing approach, a new study indicates, and a better understanding of how ecosystems actually respond to protection efforts in a "nonlinear" fashion could help lead the way out of environmental-versus-economic gridlock. There may be much better ways to pr ... more Brain Connections Strengthen During Waking Hours And Weaken During Sleep 
Madison WI (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Most people know it from experience: After so many hours of being awake, your brain feels unable to absorb any more-and several hours of sleep will refresh it. Now new research from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health clarifies this phenomenon, supporting the idea that sleep plays a critical role in the brain's ability to change in response to its environment. This a ... more WWF calls for supermarkets to boycott bluefin tuna 
Paris (AFP) Jan 28, 2008The environmental group WWF on Monday called on supermarket chains around the world to take bluefin tuna off their shelves, saying overfishing, driven by the craze for sushi, threatened to wipe out the species. Praising several retail chains that have taken the lead in refusing to sell bluefin, WWF said it was time for "retailers around the world to emulate their courageous decision... until ... more IAEA team back at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 28, 2008A team from the UN atomic watchdog on Monday kicked off a follow-up examination at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan which has been halted since a massive earthquake last year. It is the second inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which first visited in August and said the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant posted no public health risk. The team of 12 nuclear exper ... more China To Monitor Global Disasters Through Satellite 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 29, 2008China is considering using it's environmental resources satellites to monitor natural disasters in the country as well as other parts of the world, said the country's space authority. China will expand the use of its Cbers-2B satellite to gather more information on land, forests and farmland to help itself and more countries to deal with natural disasters, said China Daily quoting Li Guoping, sp ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Gushan Environmental Energy Limited, China's largest producer of biodiesel as measured by annual production capacity, announced that its Beijing plant has commenced production, adding 50,000 tons to the company's annual biodiesel production capacity. Annual capacity of the Beijing plant is expected to increase to 100,000 tons in the fourth quarter of 2008 when additional expansion is completed. ... more Pakistan army chief rejects world nuclear fears 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 25, 2008The chief of Pakistan's powerful army on Friday dismissed "unrealistic" fears that Al-Qaeda could seize the country's nuclear weapons, as the military test-fired a ballistic missile. In a rare foray into politics, the normally reclusive General Ashfaq Kiyani rejected speculation that Pakistan's warheads could be at risk amid the turmoil sparked by the assassination of former premier Benazir ... more Russia accuses Western, Asian powers of WMD spying: report 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Russia's FSB secret service on Friday accused "Western and Asian spy agencies" of trying to obtain information on technology for making weapons of mass destruction, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Russian agents "have uncovered spying attempts by Western and Asian spy agencies in enterprises specialising in nuclear energy, biology and nanotechnology work" in Siberia, RIA Novosti quoted an ... more India showcases military might 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 26, 2008French President Nicolas Sarkozy was guest of honour Saturday at India's Republic Day parade as New Delhi showcased its latest military hardware including nuclear-capable missiles. Soldiers marched down the central avenue of the British Raj-built capital to the sound of military bagpipes as Sarkozy, Premier Manmohan Singh and India's first woman president, Pratibha Patil, gazed on from behin ... more Outside View: Nuclear security -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 25, 2008A medium-yield nuclear warhead taken apart by terrorists would contaminate an area of several square kilometers for many years. However, several hundred kilometers would be contaminated if terrorists succeed in damaging a reactor or a facility storing spent nuclear fuel. An explosion at a uranium-enrichment factory or a reactor producing nuclear materials would contaminate several thou ... more
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