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Inspector General Says NASA Political Appointees Mischaracterized Global Warming Findings
Washingtion DC (VOA) Jun 06, 2008Officials with the U.S. space agency, NASA, say political appointees within the agency's public affairs office deliberately "marginalized or mischaracterized" studies of global warming. In a report released Monday, NASA's inspector general called the appointees' actions "inappropriate political interference." The report evaluated allegations that from 2004 through 2006 NASA's public ... more A New Satellite Remote Sensing Tool For Improving Agricultural Land Use Observation 
Paris, France (FAO) Jun 06, 2008Data from the US Food and Agriculture Organization indicates that annually 2500 km3 of freshwater are used for agricultural production, which amounts to 70% of the water resources the whole of humanity consumes in a year. With the global population continuing to grow at a high pace, it is essential to optimize the use of water resources and to increase agricultural production in view of th ... more GeoEye Gets More Money From US 
Dulles VA (SPX) Jun 06, 2008GeoEye, Inc. a provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced new awards totaling $22 million to supply geospatial products and related services. Under this award GeoEye will provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) a significant amount of value-added, imagery-based geospatial-intelligence products including the company's airport mapping product line. ... more Trade Barriers Fuel Food Shortage Says Australian Farmers Peak Group 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 06, 2008In the midst of an escalating global food crisis - precipitating riots in several countries - Australian farmers are increasingly uneasy about the knee-jerk leap to trade distorting policies by foreign Governments in a misguided bid to lower their domestic food prices. The May Westpac-NFF Commodity Index recorded a global shift - dropping 5% - as buyers delay purchasing stock. "With the no ... more Satellites Illuminate Pollution Impact On Clouds 
Greenbelt (SPX) Jun 06, 2008Clouds have typically posed a problem to scientists using satellites to observe the lowest part of the atmosphere, where humans live and breathe, because they block the satellite's ability to capture a clear, unobstructed view of Earth's surface. It turns out, however, that these "obstructions" are worth a closer look, as clouds and their characteristics actually serve a valuable role in ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2008Fossil microbes found along an iron-rich river in Spain reveal how signs of life could be preserved in minerals found on Mars. The discovery may help to equip the next generation Mars rover with the tools it would need to find evidence of past life on the planet. The Rio Tinto arises from springs west of Seville. These springs percolate up through iron ores that were deposited by geotherma ... more Seafloor Buffet Keeps Hunger At Bay 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 06, 2008Seafloor bacteria on ocean-bottom rocks are more abundant and diverse than previously thought, appearing to "feed" on the planet's oceanic crust, according to results of a study reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The findings pose intriguing questions about ocean chemistry and the co-evolution of Earth and life. Once considered a barren plain dotted with hydrotherma ... more Brazilian president rages at 'meddlers' criticizing Amazon policies 
Brasilia (AFP) June 5, 2008Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva came out angrily Thursday against foreign "meddlers" questioning his government's environmental protection policies for the Amazon rainforest. "There are meddlers who have no political authority, who emit carbon dioxide like nobody else, who destroy everything they have, and who put forth opinions about what we should do," Lula said in a speech m ... more Possible to slash CO2 emissions by 85 percent by 2050: NGO 
Oslo (AFP) June 5, 2008From biomass plants to burying carbon dioxide, Norwegian environmental group Bellona on Thursday listed a slew of methods it said would enable an 85-percent reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. "Combating global warming is a tremendous challenge, but it is not insurmountable," Bellona chief Frederic Hauge said in a report published at a climate seminar in the southeastern to ... more Food, oil crises should not overshadow climate danger: UN 
Wellington (AFP) June 5, 2008Crises over soaring food and oil prices should reinforce rather than distract from the need for action over climate change, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday. UNEP executive director Achim Steiner said it was inevitable that attention on climate change would abate this year after the intense international focus on it in 2007. "What we are saying is take a ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) June 4, 2008China could be forced to become a major grain importer to feed its increasingly wealthy population at a time of record global food prices, a leading environmentalist said Wednesday. As one of the world's top grain producers, China imports little wheat or corn, but may soon have to buy from abroad as citizens change their eating habits, said Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institu ... more Taiwan signals diplomatic truce with China 
Taipei (AFP) June 2, 2008Taiwan's new foreign minister said Monday the island would work to strengthen ties with its allies rather than try to lure countries away from China, signalling a major shift in diplomatic strategy. "Taiwan will no longer push to increase the number of countries that establish full diplomatic ties with us," Francisco Ou, who took office last month along with new President Ma Ying-jeou, said ... more WEF aims to highlight Africa potential despite clouds 
Cape Town (AFP) June 2, 2008Political and business leaders gather in Cape Town this week for a World Economic Forum designed to highlight Africa's economic potential despite concerns over wealth disparities and infrastructure. The 18th World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa is due to be attended by eight African heads of state and luminaries of the business world, such as Coca-Cola chairman Neville Isdell and African Dev ... more Half of Papua New Guinea's forests gone by 2021: study 
Port Moresby (AFP) June 2, 2008Half of Papua New Guinea's forests will be lost or damaged in just over a decade, speeding up local climate change, unless logging is dramatically reduced, a study released Monday found. The University of Papua New Guinea report, which used satellite images to show the loss in forest cover between 1972 and 2002, found that at current rates, 53 percent of forest was at risk of being destroyed ... more UN resolution to combat Somalia piracy approved 
United Nations (AFP) June 2, 2008The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing foreign warships to enter Somalia's territorial waters with the government's consent to combat piracy and armed robbery at sea. Resolution 1816, under discussion since late April, was adopted by the council's 15 members after the sponsors reassured Indonesia that the proposed anti-piracy drive would specifically t ... more
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