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Understanding Autumn Rain Decline In South East Australia
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 27, 2008Fluctuations in sea-surface temperatures to the north of Australia and changes in atmospheric circulation patterns over the sub-tropical Indian Ocean have been identified as key factors leading to declining rainfalls in south-eastern Australia since 1950. According to a report from a CSIRO Wealth From Oceans Flagship study - published this week in the science journal Geophysical Research ... more Modeling How We See Natural Scenes 
Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2008Sophisticated mathematical modeling methods and a "CatCam" that captures feline-centric video of a forest are two elements of a new effort to explain how the brain's visual circuitry processes real scenes. The new model of the neural responses of a major visual-processing brain region promises to significantly advance understanding of vision. Valerio Mante and colleagues published a descri ... more Improving Knowledge About Water In Australia' North 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 27, 2008Research to provide a better understanding about irrigation and the water systems of northern Australia was released today at the Irrigation Australia conference in Melbourne. A suite of research bulletins summarises outcomes from the Northern Australia Irrigation Futures (NAIF) project - a partnership established to develop new knowledge, tools and processes to support debate and decision ... more EARLINET - European Research For Climatic Change Analysis 
Paris, France (SPX) May 27, 2008The prediction of future climate is, undoubtedly, one of the main challenges of our time, marked by the concern about climatic change and its effects, such as drought and natural disasters, poles thaw, rise of the sea level, diseases, etc. Climatic change poses different scientific challenges to researchers from all over the world, which must be tackled with new ideas, reliable data and ad ... more Soldiers race to blast clear China 'quake lake' 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) May 27, 2008Soldiers raced Monday to blast clear a river dammed by landslides after China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago, amid fears that more than one million people could be at risk from flooding. The operation to reduce the so-called "quake lake" in mountainous Sichuan province came as the confirmed death toll from the huge tremor passed 65,000, with more than 23,000 others still missing. Chin ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2008Michael Pollan's recent bestseller The Omnivore's Dilemma revealed to millions of readers the centrality, and dangers, of commodity corn in the modern industrialized agriculture system as developed in the United States. The "modern varieties" of corn, which are low in diversity, are now taking over the very birthplace of the crop, Southern Mexico, where it is known as maize. In their ... more Oregano Oil Works As Well As Synthetic Insecticides To Tackle Common Beetle Pest 
Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2008New research in the Society of Chemical Industry's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that oregano oil works as well as synthetic insecticides to combat infestation by a common beetle, Rhizoppertha dominica, found in stored cereals. Not only does oregano oil work as well as synthetic versions but it has none of the associated side effects of synthetic insecticides on the ... more Understanding The Functions Of Diversity 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 27, 2008Biodiversity is fundamental to human life. It meets our material and cultural needs and ensures the stability of ecosystems. Worldwide, however, there is evidence of a dramatic demise in species diversity which is primarily attributed to the way humans use the land and to climate change. In order to understand the interactions between environmental change, climate change and species loss b ... more Ocean Acidification - Another Undesired Side Effect Of Fossil Fuel-Burning 
Paris, France (SPX) May 27, 2008Up to now, the oceans have buffered climate change considerably by absorbing almost one third of the worldwide emitted carbon dioxide. The oceans represent a significant carbon sink, but the uptake of excess CO2 stemming from man's burning of fossil fuels comes at a high cost: ocean acidification. Research on ocean acidification is a newly emerging field and was one of the major topics at ... more G8 ministers pledge 'strong will' on climate amid doubts 
Kobe, Japan (AFP) May 26, 2008Environment ministers from the world's top industrial powers called Monday for more effort to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but little headway was seen in setting more immediate goals. Ministers from the Group of Eight held three days of talks here in a bid to set the tone for a summit involving the G8 leaders, which opens July 7 in the northern Japanese resort of Toyako and is exp ... more |
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Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 26, 2008A Swedish-born tycoon who acts as a special deforestation advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stirred up controversy in Brazil for reportedly claiming all the Amazon could be bought for 50 billion dollars. Johan Eliasch, the 46-year-old boss of the Head sports equipment company, is under investigation by Brazilian police and intelligence services for the alleged comments and f ... more China aftershock death toll rises to eight: govt 
Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2008The death toll from a strong aftershock in southwestern China rose to eight on Monday, with another 927 people injured, the government said. The deaths were spread widely across the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi and the large municipality of Chongqing, cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a press conference in Beijing. Sunday's aftershock was centred in quake-ravaged Sichuan and had ... more First Draft Of Oil Palm Genome Completed 
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (SPX) May 27, 2008Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology Sdn Bhd (ACGT), which is focused on the commercial application of genome technology to improve oil palm and other crops and Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), a privately held company dedicated to commercializing genomic-driven solutions to address global energy and environmental challenges, has announced the completion of a first draft assembly and annotation of ... more Western Wind Offered 230 Million Dollars For Windstar Project By Major US Energy Company 
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2008Western Wind Energy is pleased to announce that Western Wind is now engaged in negotiations reviewing other offers and is in discussions with major US institutions regarding self-financing initiatives whereby its 120 MW Windstar Project will produce directly, $1.7 billion in revenue over 30 years. Although Western Wind was offered $228 million for all development rights of its 120 MW Winds ... more USA Geothermal Forms Exploration Joint Venture In Nevada 
Boise ID (SPX) May 27, 2008U.S. Geothermal has announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Gerlach Green Energy of Nevada ("GGE"). The target of the joint venture is the exploration of the Gerlach geothermal system, which is located in northwestern Nevada, at the town of Gerlach. The joint venture is located near the Company's Granite Creek leases that were recently acquired as part of the Empi ... more
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