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Cleaning Up The Oceans With Wakame Waste
Kobe, Japan (SPX) May 13, 2008Bacteria that feed on seaweed could help in the disposal of pollutants in the world's oceans, according to a new study by researchers in China and Japan. The discovery is reported in the International Journal of Biotechnology, an Inderscience publication. Shinichi Nagata of the Environmental Biochemistry Group, at Kobe University, Japan, working with colleagues at Shimane University and at ... more Federal Polar Bear Research Critically Flawed 
Hanover MD (SPX) May 13, 2008Research done by the U.S. Department of the Interior to determine if global warming threatens the polar bear population is so flawed that it cannot be used to justify listing the polar bear as an endangered species, according to a study being published later this year in Interfaces, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). ... more Justice In The Brain: Equity And Efficiency Are Encoded Differently 
Urbana IL (SPX) May 13, 2008Which is better, giving more food to a few hungry people or letting some food go to waste so that everyone gets a share" A study appearing this week in Science finds that most people choose the latter, and that the brain responds in unique ways to inefficiency and inequity. The study, by researchers at the University of Illinois and the California Institute of Technology, used functional ... more NCAR Installs Supercomputer For Critical Research On Climate Change And Severe Weather 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 13, 2008The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has taken delivery of a new IBM supercomputer that will advance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate. The supercomputer, known as a Power 575 Hydro- Cluster, is the first in a highly energy-efficient class of machines to be shipped anywhere in the world. Scientists at NCAR and across the country will use the new ... more Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 14, 2008China's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of broken communities Tuesday, unleashing a desperate nationwide relief effort. Troops and rescue teams struggled by air, land and water to reach areas of southwestern China hardest hit by Monday's massive 7.9-magnitude quake which demolished schools, homes and factories. ... more |
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Durham, UK (SPX) May 12, 2008Prepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to - that's the message from experts at Durham University who have studied rainfall and river flow patterns over 250 years. Last summer was the second wettest on record and experts say we must prepare for worse to come. Professor Stuart Lane, from Durham University's new Institute of Hazard and Risk, says that after about 30 to 40 less ... more Ponds Found To Take Up Carbon Like World's Oceans 
Ames IA (SPX) May 13, 2008Research led by Iowa State University limnologist, or lake scientist, John Downing finds that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans. Professor Downing found that constructed ponds and lakes on farmland in the United States bury carbon at a much higher rate than expected; as much as 20-50 times the rate at which trees trap carbon. In addition, ponds were found ... more US has no plans for forced intervention in Myanmar 
Washington (AFP) May 13, 2008The United States has no plans to send aid to the victims of cyclone Nargis without the permission of the authorities in Myanmar, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday. "We are doing everything that we can because this is a humanitarian, not a political issue. We want to make very clear that our only desire is to help the people of Burma (Myanmar)," Rice said when asked if ... more UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar 
Yangon (AFP) May 14, 2008The United Nations warned Tuesday that Myanmar faced a "second catastrophe" after its devastating cyclone, unless the junta immediately allows massive air and sea deliveries of aid. But Myanmar's military rulers again rejected growing international pressure to open the door to a foreign-run relief effort, insisting against all the evidence that they could handle the emergency alone. ... more Two billion trees planted in UN campaign 
Nairobi (AFP) May 13, 2008More than two billion trees were planted around the world as part of the UN's campaign to combat climate change, the world body's environment programme (UNEP) said Tuesday in a statement. The Nairobi-based agency said the tree planting campaign, inspired by Kenyan Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, will help mitigate the effects of pollution and environmental deterioration. ... more |
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Yangon (AFP) May 13, 2008Survivors and aid workers emerge from Myanmar's devastated Irrawaddy delta with stories of families wiped out, bodies floating in rice paddies and starving cyclone victims begging by the roadside. But none of that is making it into the tightly controlled state media. Instead, it is generals in medal-covered uniforms handing out food packets, and soldiers clearing trees from the roads ... more Setback for Sarkozy as parliament throws out GM bill 
Paris (AFP) May 13, 2008French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government suffered a setback on Tuesday as lawmakers unexpectedly threw out a controversial bill on genetically-modified (GM) crops. Although Sarkozy's ruling right holds an absolute majority in the National Assembly, one third of his UMP party rebelled and joined left-wing lawmakers to vote out the text on technical grounds, by a whisker-thin 136 votes to ... more Outside View: Open letter to candidates 
Washington DC (UPI) May 14, 2008Thus far, your debate on the war in Iraq -- like the public and media debate -- has focused mainly on the questions of progress in security and political reconciliation, with some limited discussion on the war's effects on the U.S. economy and on our military preparedness elsewhere. The consensus seems to be that, yes, there has been progress in Iraq on security and in the political realm ... more Florida wildfires ravage dozens of homes 
Miami (AFP) May 13, 2008Firefighters in Florida are battling wildfires Tuesday that have engulfed thousands of acres (hectares) along the southern state's central Atlantic coast, ravaging dozens of homes and shutting down major thoroughfares. US media reported that at least 18 separate wildfires are raging across the state, destroying more than 6,000 acres (2,400 hectares). Governor Charlie Crist on Monday ... more Strong China quake aftershock sends workers fleeing 
Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2008A strong aftershock on Tuesday rocked the southwest Chinese province struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake, sparking fear among office workers who ran onto the street, state media said. The tremor, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, shook Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, at around 3:10 pm (0710 GMT), the Xinhua news agency said. The US Geological Survey measured the ... more
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