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Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Health Remains Poor, But Slightly Improved In 2007
Cambridge MD (SPX) Apr 09, 2008An independent scientific analysis led by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researchers gives the Chesapeake Bay a C-minus in 2007, indicating that Bay ecological conditions were slightly better than the previous year, but far below what is needed for a healthy Bay. "The Chesapeake Bay Health Report Card shows conditions slightly improved last year, but there is nothi ... more Fish Eavesdropping For Food Odors Connected To Global Climate Regulation 
Wilmington NC (SPX) Apr 09, 2008Climate change may be predicted by fish who "eavesdrop" their way to healthy food sources using chemical cues given off by ocean organisms. This research, conducted by the University of North Carolina Wilmington assistant professor Sean Lema and collaborators, was published in the March edition of the journal Science in the article "Dimethyl sulfonio propionate as a Foraging Cue for Reef Fishes." ... more Harmful Algae Taking Advantage Of Global Warming 
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Apr 09, 2008You know that green scum creeping across the surface of your local public water reservoir? Or maybe it's choking out a favorite fishing spot or livestock watering hole. It's probably cyanobacteria - blue-green algae - and, according to a paper in the journal Science, it relishes the weather extremes that accompany global warming. Hans Paerl, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill In ... more Study: Agriculture can disrupt water flows 
Stockholm, Sweden, April 8, 2008 Swedish and Canadian scientists say agriculture practices can lead to major disruptions of the world's water flows, with sudden and dire consequences. Assistant Professor Line Gordon of Stockholm University in Sweden and Assistant Professors Garry Peterson and Elena Bennett of Montreal's McGill University argue global water management has been focused too much on the "blue water" side o ... more NOAA Aircraft To Probe Arctic Pollution 
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 09, 2008NOAA scientists are now flying through springtime Arctic pollution to find out why the region is warming - and summertime sea ice is melting - faster than predicted. Some 35 NOAA researchers are gathering with government and university colleagues in Fairbanks, Alaska, to conduct the study through April 23. "The Arctic is changing before our eyes," said A.R. Ravishankara, director of the ch ... more |
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Madrid (AFP) April 8, 2008Fires destroyed more than twice as much land in drought-hit Spain during the first three months of 2008 as over the corresponding period last year, the government said Tuesday. 17,364 acres (6,945 hectares) of land were lost between January and March as Spain endured its worst drought in decades, figures from the environment ministry showed. However, the area of forest, scrub and pasture ... more Kenya appeals for partnership to clean environment: official 
Nairobi (AFP) April 8, 2008Kenya's environment watchdog appealed Monday for a public-private partnership to help clean the environment choked by thousands of tonnes of dumped waste. "Now we are paying the cost of poor management either through flooding, land slides or various diseases because of open dumping. It is about time people realise that the solutions are with us," said Betty Nzioka, the deputy head of the sta ... more Indonesia confident of curbing fires as haze season looms 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) April 8, 2008Indonesia said Tuesday it was confident of reducing the number of illegal fires or "hotspots" this year, as the region braces for the annual dry-season haze crisis. Indonesia's environment minister Rachmat Witoelar said hotspots had been reduced by 51 percent in 2007 in key provinces and this pace of improvement should continue. "We are consolidating our efforts and working together with ... more India loosens purse strings to woo resource-rich Africa 
New Delhi (AFP) April 8, 2008India sought to deepen strategic and economic ties with resource-rich Africa as it held its first summit meeting on Tuesday with African leaders and sweetened the pot by offering financial help. Indian Premier Manmohan Singh, playing host to the presidents of five African states and senior leaders of nine other countries, announced export tariffs cuts that he said would benefit 34 of Africa' ... more Human infects human with bird flu in China: study 
Paris (AFP) April 8, 2008A 24-year old man in China probably infected his father with the H5N1 strain of bird flu before dying, renewing concerns that the disease could one day spread easily among humans, according to a study released Tuesday. The case is one of a handful over the last four years in which the H5N1 virus is suspected to have spread from one person to another, according to lead researcher Yu Wang of t ... more |
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Austin TX (SPX) Apr 09, 2008The Texas Petawatt laser reached greater than one petawatt of laser power on Monday morning, March 31, making it the highest powered laser in the world, Todd Ditmire, a physicist at The University of Texas at Austin, said. The Texas Petawatt is the only operating petawatt laser in the United States. Ditmire says that when the laser is turned on, it has the power output of more than 2,000 t ... more Coal Plant Construction Presents A Low-Cost Option 
Alexandria VA (SPX) Apr 09, 2008According to the new Power Capital Costs Index (PCCI) developed by IHS and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), the costs associated with building a new advanced coal plant are the lowest when compared to other electricity generating facilities. The PCCI, which is a proprietary measure of project cost inflation similar in concept to the Consumer Price Index, rates nuclear cost inde ... more Cleaning Up The Atmosphere With Cow Manure 
Mount Joy PA (SPX) Apr 09, 2008High quality carbon offsets provider NativeEnergy is proud to announce the Brubaker Farms' family dairy farm methane project, a new anaerobic digester/generator system built in reliance on carbon offset funding provided by NativeEnergy and grants from the State of Pennsylvania and U.S. Department of Agriculture. During the official dedication ceremony at Brubaker Farms on April 16th, Penns ... more Westinghouse strikes deal to build US nuclear power plants 
Washington (AFP) April 8, 2008Westinghouse Electric, a unit of the Japanese Toshiba Corp., said Tuesday it had struck a deal with Georgia Power to build two nuclear power plants in the southern United States, the first such projects in 30 years. The announcement that two Westinghouse AP1000 power plants would be built at a site near Augusta, Georgia which already had two existing nuclear reactors, came days after the 29t ... more China's Avant-Garde Agrarian Policies Provide Fresh Impetus To Its Biofuel Market 
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 09, 2008China's quest for renewable energy options has opened new avenues for its biofuel market. The country has been intensifying efforts to find suitable solutions to address its energy concerns, and biofuels have emerged as an obvious solution, as they do not exhibit the detrimental climate changing effects associated with fossil fuels. New analysis from Frost and Sullivan, Strategic Analysis ... more
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