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Typhoons Bury Tons Of Carbon In The Oceans
Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 29, 2008A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean -- in the form of sediment -- as all the other rains in that country all year long combined. That's the finding of an Ohio State University study published in a recent issue of the journal Geology. The study -- the first ever to examine the chemistry of stream water and sediments that were being washed out to sea while a ... more Stars Of The Deep 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Researchers studying life in the deep subsurface of our planet have discovered a unique bacterium living 1.7 km below the Earth's surface. The tiny bacteria live in a community of subsurface microbes inhabiting a South African platinum mine. The deep subsurface of Earth harbors many unique microbes that are only accessible through large scale drilling projects or mining. By trekking into ... more Scientists Break Record By Finding Northernmost Hydrothermal Vent Field 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. The cluster of five vents - one towering nearly four stories in height - are venting water as hot as 570 F. Dissolved sulfide minerals that solidify when vent water hits the icy cold of the deep sea have, over the years, accumulated around the vent field in what is one of ... more Rising Energy, Food Prices Major Threats To Wetlands As Farmers Eye New Areas For Crops 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today to the preservation of precious wetlands worldwide as farmers and developers look for new areas for agriculture, energy crop plantations and hydro dams. However, resisting pressures to convert wetlands is vital to avoid destroying ecosystems ... more Four dead as rivers overflow in Japan 
Tokyo (AFP) July 28, 2008Heavy rain set off powerful floods and mudslides across western Japan on Monday, killing at least four people as rivers overflowed in major cities, officials said. The rain, which resulted from a powerful typhoon that pounded Taiwan and the Philippines, led authorities to urge some 70,000 people to evacuate in the historic areas of Kyoto and Kanazawa. A ferocious torrent gushed through ... more |
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College Park MD (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Climate change will carry a price tag of billions of dollars for a number of U.S. states, says a new series of reports from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). The researchers conclude that the costs have already begun to accrue and are likely to endure. Combining existing data with new analysis, the eight studies project the long term economic ... more Paying To Save Tropical Forests Could Be A Way To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions 
Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests. It would take about that much money to put an end to a tenth of the tropical deforestation in the world, one of the top contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, researchers estimate ... more Prevailing Theory Of Aging Challenged In Worm Study 
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Age may not be rust after all. Specific genetic instructions drive aging in worms, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage akin to rust, and implies science might eventually halt or even reverse the ravages of age. "We were really surprised," said Stuart Kim, PhD, professor ... more Various Species' Genes Evolve To Minimize Protein Production Errors 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Scientists at Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin have found that genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes' efforts to prevent or tolerate errors in protein production. Their study also suggests that the cost of errors in protein production may lie in the malformed proteins themselves, rather than the loss of functional proteins. Misfolded proteins can build up in ... more Walker's World: U.K.'s Brown looks doomed 
London (UPI) Jul 28, 2008 London bookmaker William Hill is now offering short odds that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not be leading the Labor Party into the next British election, which must be held within the next 22 months. Last week's by-election in the traditional Labor stronghold of Glasgow saw a humiliating defeat for Labor and a stunning success for the Scottish Nationalist Party. It follows a ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) July 28, 2008The United States exchanged hard words with China and India as key WTO talks dragged into a second week on Monday, trading blame for stuttering steps towards a world trade pact, delegates said. Meanwhile in Paris, the French government rejected the current proposals for a deal, saying they showed no advance on essential points concerning industry. "The blame game has started. The US ... more Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), according to US research published in the Institute of Physics' Environmental Research Letters. The journal paper, 'Cow Power: The Energy and ... more US cotton subsidies tangle up trade talks 
Geneva (AFP) July 28, 2008The quest for a new global trade pact got further tangled on Monday as China demanded the United States scrap its cotton subsidies, fuelling a potentially damaging dispute between the two powers. China demanded that Washington end subsidies to its cotton producers after bluntly rebuffing US allegations that the Chinese were jeopardising precious steps towards a global free trade pact. ... more World's First Commercial ANG Project 
Valley Stream NY (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Energtek has announced that it has signed a purchase contract with the Philippine National Oil Company - Exploration Company (PNOC-EC) for natural gas extracted from the San Antonio stranded gas well in the Filipino province of Isabela. The purchase contract enables Energtek to implement its business model as a commercial distributor of natural gas in emerging markets across Southeast Asia ... more Mustard - Hot Stuff For Natural Pest Control 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Researchers, growers and Industry specialists from 22 countries will share the latest research into the use of Brassica species, such as mustard, radish, or rapeseed, to manage soil-borne pests and weeds - a technique known as biofumigation. "Brassica plants naturally release compounds that suppress pests and pathogens, principally isothiocyanates (ITCs), which most people would recognise ... more
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