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Rock Studies Help Crack Questions Of Glacier Thinning In West Antarctica
London, UK (SPX) Feb 29, 2008Boulders the size footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research published this week in the journal Geology. Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Durham University and Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) collected boulders deposited by three glaciers in the ... more LSU Scientist Finds Evidence Of Rain-Making Bacteria 
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 29, 2008Brent Christner, LSU professor of biological sciences, in partnership with colleagues in Montana and France, recently found evidence that rain-making bacteria are widely distributed in the atmosphere. These biological particles could factor heavily into the precipitation cycle, affecting climate, agricultural productivity and even global warming. Christner and his colleagues will publish their ... more Has The Mystery Of The Antarctic Ice Sheet Been Solved 
Cardiff, UK (SPX) Feb 29, 2008A team of scientists from Cardiff University's School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales travelled to Africa to find new evidence of climate change which helps explain some of the mystery surrounding the appearance of the Antarctic ice sheet. Ice sheet formation in the Antarctic is one of the most important climatic shifts in Earth's history. However ... more Flooding, landslides leave 45 dead in Philippines: govt 
Manila (AFP) Feb 28, 2008Persistent heavy rain has left 45 people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands in the Philippines, the government said Thursday. Ten additional deaths were reported in six provinces in the eastern Bicol region, from the 35 already reported last week, while 31 people were reported injured, the Office of Civil Defence said. Landslides and floodings have affected 137 towns in the ... more Indonesian govt under fire for mud volcano compensation 
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 28, 2008A decision by the Indonesian government to allot millions of dollars in state funds to compensate victims of a mud volcano disaster came under fire Thursday from activists and a legislator. Public works minister Djoko Kirmanto announced that 700 billion rupiah (77 million dollars) had been earmarked for victims as well as efforts to divert the mudflow in East Java into a nearby river, local ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2008US President George W. Bush on Thursday rejected fears the country was slipping into recession, ruling out a second stimulus package as he also urged Congress to pass controversial wiretap laws. "We've acted robustly and now it's time to determine whether or not this program will actually work," Bush said, referring to a 168-billion-dollar stimulus plan he signed into law in early February. ... more Brazil unveils campaign against Amazon loggers 
Tailandia, Brazil (AFP) Feb 27, 2008Brazilian police Wednesday stepped up a new operation against illegal loggers stripping the Amazon forest, making it known that their crackdown was just the first phase of a wider campaign. Around 300 federal and state officers and environmental ministry agents deployed in and around the northern town of Tailandia, 250 kilometers (150 miles) from the city Belem, in an operation dubbed "Arc ... more Tokyo bourse says looking at carbon trading 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 28, 2008The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday that the world's second largest bourse hoped to engage in carbon trading as Japan considers a cap-and-trade system. "The Tokyo Stock Exchange is eager to act as the trading market for emission rights in Japan," president Atsushi Saito told reporters. The bourse is working with government ministries, scholars and trading houses to launch ... more Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel 
Monterey, California (AFP) Feb 28, 2008A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds on climate-ruining carbon dioxide to produce fuel. Geneticist Craig Venter disclosed his potentially world-changing "fourth-generation fuel" project at an elite Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, California. "We have modest goals of ... more Xcel Energy Launches Groundbreaking Wind-to-Battery Project 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 29, 2008Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries. It will be the first use of the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage. Integrating variable wind and solar power production with the needs of the power grid is an ongoing issue for the utility industry. Xcel Energy will begin testing a one-megawatt battery-storage ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2008The good news for Russia is that energy prices are at a world record, and that Russia is now tied neck and neck with Saudi Arabia as the world's leading oil producer, producing around 9 million barrels per day to a world consuming about 84 million bpd. Russia is the largest non-OPEC oil producer and now generates 12 percent of global production. The bad news is that Russia's major ... more BP Ramps Up to Full Construction of Phase One of 750 MW Wind Farm In Texas 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 29, 2008BP Alternative Energy announced that it has moved into full construction on phase one of the Sherbino Wind Farm located approximately 30 miles east of Fort Stockton in Pecos County, west Texas. Phase one of the project will have a capacity of 150 megawatts and is being built through a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Padoma Wind Power LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. The ... more Analysis: Nigeria, China boost energy ties 
Beijing (UPI) Feb 29, 2008Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is visiting China this week to talk about ways to broaden their already-extensive oil and gas ties. Yar'Adua, who arrived in Beijing Wednesday, is set to meet with President Hu Jintao and other senior Chinese officials during his four-day visit. The focal interest of the talks would be to "sign agreements on energy-related matters," according to ... more Analysis: Iraq oil debate review 
Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2008Iraq's draft oil law is stalled in Parliament, the national government and Kurdistan Regional Government are moving forward with their own deals -- unconstitutional, the each says of the other -- and Iraq's oil production is stalled at just more than 2 million barrels per day. Perhaps it's a good time to take a step back and recap the debate over Iraq's oil sector and its possibilities. ... more Safety better at Swedish nuclear plant, but more needed: IAEA 
Stockholm (AFP) Feb 28, 2008The UN's nuclear watchdog on Thursday noted improved security measures at a problem-prone nuclear plant in Sweden, but recommended a number of other steps to increase safety further. The Forsmark nuclear plant on Sweden's east coast "has introduced or extended several programmes contributing to improved operational safety," Miroslav Lipar, head of International Atomic Energy Agency mission ... more
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