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Pacific Northwest Hypoxic Events Unprecedented
Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 15, 2008A review of all available ocean data records concludes that the low-oxygen events which have plagued the Pacific Northwest coast since 2002 are unprecedented in the five decades prior to that, and may well be linked to the stronger, persistent winds that are expected to occur with global warming. In a new study to be published Friday in the journal Science, researchers from Oregon State ... more Heavy Rainfall On The Increase 
Norwich, UK (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found that winter precipitation - such as rain and snow - became more intense in the UK during the last 100 years. Similar increases in heavy rainfall have now also become evident in spring and, to a lesser extent, autumn. A previously reported reduction in heavy summer rainfall appears to have ended during the 1990s, with observations ... more E-Democracy Research Requires All-Inclusive Approach 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Research into eDemocracy must become more interdisciplinary, collaborative and comparative if it is to sufficiently analyse the role and impact of technology in democratic processes, heard delegates of a recent European Science Foundation research conference on eDemocracy. EDemocracy is the use of technical tools - particularly the Internet - to allow citizens access to information ... more Mozambicans safe from floods for now: authorities 
Maputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2008Authorities in flood-hit Mozambique ruled out Thursday further immediate evacuations despite fears that tens of thousands of people along the Zambezi river are at risk from the opening of a giant dam. "We believe we have evacuated everyone from the risk zones," said Colonel Leonardo Dimas, head of the civil protection forces charged with coordinating the search and rescue mission. ... more Anti-whalers set to resume hounding Japanese fleet 
Sydney (AFP) Feb 14, 2008A ship carrying militant anti-whaling activists was due to head back to Antarctic waters Thursday to resume harassing Japanese whalers, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said. The group's ship the Steve Irwin has been in port in Melbourne, Australia for 12 days to refuel and take on supplies after weeks of pursuing the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. ... more |
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Rome (AFP) Feb 14, 2008Small farmers spoke out Thursday against globalisation, saying market deregulation had turned food into a "financial speculative commodity" and contributed to world hunger. "The deregulation of the market has meant that the transnationals have bought and controlled the market chain," said Paul Nicholson of La Via Campesina, an international support group for small farmers meeting in Rome ... more Trailers given to US disaster victims unsafe: CDC 
Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2008Mobile homes provided to victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 contain unsafe levels of cancer-causing chemicals and the 39,000 families still living in them should be relocated as soon as possible, health officials said Thursday. The announcement, which came months after federal officials insisted the trailers were safe despite scores of complaints from residents suffering from a host of ... more NY governor warns of 'financial tsunami' 
Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2008New York state governor Eliot Spitzer warned Thursday that bond and credit woes afflicting Wall Street and global markets could turn into a more damaging "financial tsunami." In testimony to the US Congress, Spitzer urged lawmakers and regulators to urgently address the bond and credit problems roiling the financial industry which have forced some big firms to writeoff billions of dollars in ... more Hundreds dead in Burkina meningitis epidemic: ministry 
Ouagadougou (AFP) Feb 13, 2008A meningitis epidemic in the impoverished East African nation of Burkina Faso has claimed 204 lives since the start of the year, the health ministry said Wednesday. The outbreak, which is centred along the border with neighbouring Ivory Coast, has also left 28 dead in that country, Ivorian Health Minister Remi Alla said. "We have so far registered, as of February 10, 1,422 cases of ... more Greek Govt Appeals For Calm After Two Big Quakes Strike Peloponnese 
Athens (AFP) Feb 14, 2008Greece's earthquake protection organisation on Thursday called for calm after two powerful quakes jolted the south of the country, as no injuries or damage had been reported. "Although the crucial 48-hour period is not yet over, this was probably the main earthquake and as there have been no reports of damage or related incidents, we feel there is no reason for alarm," the OASP organisation ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Feb 14, 2008US researchers have created a nano-fiber textile that harvests energy from movement, paving the way for clothing that could one day power an iPod or other wearable electronic devices, according to a study published Wednesday. Using the same mechanical principle as a self-winding watch, but on scale measured in billionths of a meter, tiny nano-generators can scavenge "wasted" energy from ... more Gage Provides Fuels For 2008 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 
Ferndale MI (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Gage Products Company will be an official sponsor for a sixth-consecutive year of the annual Society of Automotive Engineers Clean Snowmobile Challenge scheduled for March 10-15 at Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, Michigan. The event, an engineering design competition for college and university SAE student members, is organized and sponsored by SAE and the Keween ... more Project Targets Commercial Viability For Enhanced Geothermal Systems 
Reno NV (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Work has begun on the first application of an Enhanced Geothermal System utilizing a production well at a commercial geothermal site. This project will demonstrate the viability of EGS and the technology's potential to generate clean, renewable baseload geothermal electricity in many areas throughout the country. Ormat, the US Department of Energy, GeothermEx Inc., and other ... more Peabody Energy CEO Calls Clean Coal The Primary Sustainable Choice For Growing Energy Needs 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Boyce delivered the luncheon keynote address at Power Day of CERAWeek, noting that, "Clean coal is the primary sustainable fuel able to meet the world's fast-growing energy demands." Boyce observed that the world was entering a new era of convergence both among energy events and energy sources. "It is clear that clean coal will ... more MIT Reveals Superconducting Surprise 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 15, 2008MIT physicists have taken a step toward understanding the puzzling nature of high-temperature superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with no resistance at temperatures well above absolute zero. If superconductors could be made to work at temperatures as high as room temperature, they could have potentially limitless applications. But first, scientists need to learn much more about ... more
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