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African Seed Collection First To Arrive In Norway On Route To Arctic Seed Vault
Lagos, Nigeria (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations were shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a facility being built on a remote island in the Arctic Circle as a repository of last resort for humanity's agricultural heritage. The vault is being built by the Norwegian government as a service to the global community, and a Rome-based international N ... more FAO warns of 'alarming' loss of mangroves 
Rome (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Mangrove swamps have shrunk by an "alarming" rate though their disappearance is slowing with improved awareness of their importance to biodiversity, the UN food agency said on Thursday. "The world has lost around 3.6 million hectares (8.9 million acres) of mangroves since 1980, equivalent to an alarming 20 percent loss of total mangrove area," the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation ... more Paired Earthquakes Separated In Time And Space 
Union Town PA (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time, according to a team of researchers reporting in the latest issue of Nature. These doublet earthquakes may hold an underestimated hazard, but may also shed light on earthquake dynamics. "The last great outer rise earthquakes that occurred were in the 1930s and 1970s," said Charles ... more Analysis: EU forces depart for Chad 
Brussels (UPI) Jan 31, 2008The European Union announced that 3,700 troops from 14 member states will be deployed to Chad and the Central African Republic to protect some 2 million refugees from the humanitarian crisis in the Sudanese region of Darfur that has claimed 200,000 lives. Fighting in Darfur between local militia groups and the government-backed Arab militia called Janjaweed often spills over into Chad a ... more Scientists warn of looming water supply crisis 
Chicago (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Climate change has already dramatically altered the water cycle and these changes signal a looming water supply crisis, according to a prominent group of hydrologists and climatologists writing Thursday in Science magazine. They argue that radical water cycle changes will be widespread and that past trends can no longer be relied upon when planning future water management. "Our best curr ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2008China and Japan scrambled to ease public alarm Thursday as hundreds of Japanese reported feeling ill from eating Chinese-made dumplings, triggering an emergency cabinet session in Tokyo. The cabinet met to discuss a response as television networks broadcast the stories of people who said they vomited, passed out and felt near death after eating frozen meat dumplings containing pesticide. ... more Climate change could devastate South Asia, Africa crops: study 
Chicago (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Climate change will cause severe crop losses in Africa and Asia within the next 20 years unless farming practices are changed, a study released Thursday has found. Those crop losses could lead to food shortages and a loss of livelihood among the world's poorest people, the authors warned. And since it typically takes 15 to 30 years to for major agricultural investments to be fully rea ... more Risk of meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso increases 
Ouagadougou (AFP) Jan 31, 2008A strain of meningitis in January claimed 124 lives in Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, according to a report issued Thursday by the Burkinabe health ministry. The International Committee of the Red Cross warned at the end of December that 14 African countries, including Burkina, were facing an epidemic of cerebrospinal meningitis "that could be the worst of the last 10 ye ... more Analysis: One strategy for Iraq oil, power 
Washington (UPI) Jan 30, 2008There's optimism in Iraq, at least from a mysterious cadre called the Energy Fusion Cell, which for the past eight months worked to bring coherence to both U.S. and Iraqi initiatives in the oil, gas and power sectors -- the backbone of its citizens' quality of life and the bulk of the national budget. It's a U.S. creation for sure, spearheaded by Iraq-based units in the Defense and Sta ... more Iowa State Researcher Studies How Enzymes Break Down Cellulose 
Ames IO (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Peter Reilly pointed to the framed journal covers decorating his office. Each of the six showed the swirling, twisting, complicated structure of an enzyme. Those bright and colorful illustrations are the work of his lab. And they're part of Reilly's work to understand how the structure of an enzyme influences its mechanism and its activity. In other words, he's trying to figure out "how is ... more |
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Rome (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Italy pledged Thursday to follow through with its emergency plan to clear mountains of rubbish from the Naples region after the European Commission gave Rome a one-month ultimatum to resolve the crisis. "Italy will continue its commitment to the full implementation of the plan that was approved by the government and will keep the European Commission informed of progress," said Manuel Jacoang ... more UN team goes inside Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2008UN experts on Thursday went for the first time inside a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan since it was shut down last year by an earthquake. The 12 experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are on the Vienna-based agency's second inspection of the closed Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant northwest of Tokyo since July's earthquake. It marked the first time that ... more Squeezed Crystals Deliver More Volts Per Jolt 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2008A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa, potentially cutting costs and boosting performance in myriad applications ranging from medical diagnostics to green energy technologies. High-performance piezoelectric materials used today, such as those ... more Analysis: Shell to shut again in Nigeria 
Miami (UPI) Jan 30, 2008Nigeria's oil production -- already well below capacity due to ongoing violence -- is set to take another hit totaling 225,000 barrels per day, according to a leading producer in the West African country. Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. announced earlier this week that it would shut down production at the Bonga offshore oil field in March for routine maintenance. Wh ... more French PM to visit Japan for nuclear talks: official 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2008French Prime Minister Francois Fillon will visit Japan in April for talks on issues including civilian nuclear cooperation, a French embassy spokesman said Thursday. During the visit, Fillon will meet Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visit the northern town of Rokkasho, hub of the country's nuclear industry, the spokesman said. It would be the first visit by a French leader to Ja ... more
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