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Warming threatens crucial Himalayan water resources, forum told
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008Climate change poses a serious threat to essential water resources in the Himalayan region putting the livelihoods of 1.3 billion people at risk, experts said Thursday. The mountainous region, home to the world's largest glaciers and permafrost area outside the polar regions, has seen rapid glacial melting and dramatic changes in rainfall, experts at the World Water Week conference in Stockholm ... more Tracking A Crop Disease Could Save Millions Of Lives 
London, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Scientists have discovered why one of the world's most important agricultural diseases emerged, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of General Virology. Maize streak virus (MSV) causes the main virus disease of Africa's most important food crop. By comparing the genome of the virus to those of its less harmful relatives, scientists have discovered how and ... more Signals From The Atlantic Salmon Highway 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Aug 22, 2008For years scientists have struggled to understand the decline and slow recovery of Atlantic salmon, a once abundant and highly prized game and food fish native to New England rivers. Biologists agree that poor marine survival is affecting salmon in the U.S. and Canada, but specific causes are difficult to determine in the ocean. Small acoustic tags and associated technology may provide ... more Florida asks for disaster declaration due to Tropical Storm Fay 
Miami (AFP) Aug 21, 2008Florida Governor Charlie Crist has asked federal authorities to declare his state a disaster area after heavy rains dumped by Tropical Storm Fay, which lingered Thursday over the northern and eastern part of the state. "This storm is turning into a serious catastrophic flooding event, particularly in southern Brevard County," Crist said on Wednesday. "Some areas could see rainfall of as much ... more Ghana to West: Africa no dumping site for used computers 
Accra (AFP) Aug 21, 2008Africa is worried by the large-scale importation of used computers from the West that poses an environmental hazard to the impoverished continent, a Ghanaian minister said Thursday. "The unprecedented importation of old computers into Africa from developed countries to satisfy information technology need has resulted in electronic waste that adds to environmental pollution," Environment ... more |
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University Park PA (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Honey bees industriously bring pollen and nectar to the hive, but along with the bounty comes a wide variety of pesticides, according to Penn State researchers. Add the outside assault to the pesticides already in the waxy structure of the hive, and bee researchers see a problem difficult to evaluate and correct. However, an innovative approach may mitigate at least some beeswax contamination ... more HIV-positive Swazi women march against royals' shopping binge 
Mbabane (AFP) Aug 21, 2008More than 1,500 mostly HIV-positive women staged an unprecedented protest in Swaziland Thursday against a foreign shopping tour by eight of the ruling monarch's 13 wives, in a country ravaged by AIDS. Dressed in red, white, blue and orange T-shirts, the demonstrators marched across the capital, carrying placards with such slogans as, "we want multi-party democracy now," "enough is enough," ... more Greenland glaciers still disintegrating 
Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 U.S. scientists monitoring Greenland's glaciers say they expect two of the largest glaciers to disintegrate within the next year. Ohio State University Associate Professor Jason Box of the school's Byrd Polar Research Center says a massive 11-square-mile piece of the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland broke away last month. Box and graduate students Russell Benson and David ... more Getting poor to use toilets a major health conundrum, forum told 
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008More than one billion people worldwide have no toilet and defecate outside, while some have to be shamed into changing their habits when presented with conveniences, a conference was told. Humanitarian organisations have for decades tried various ways -- be it new systems, pumps or subsidies -- of getting people in developing countries to stop defecating outdoors due to the serious health ... more No green light for US-India nuke deal just yet: diplomat 
Vienna (AFP) Aug 21, 2008A controversial US-India nuclear cooperation deal ran into resistance at a key meeting here Thursday with one diplomat saying nuclear-exporting countries were unlikely to approve the deal this week. The Nuclear Suppliers Group, which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology worldwide, began a two-day meeting to debate amending its rules and allow India -- which refuses to sign the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2008China still aims to launch "the most luxurious train in the world" from Beijing to Tibet despite riots that broke out in the Himalayan region this spring, railway officials said Thursday. "The plan hasn't been cancelled," said an official at the Railway Ministry who declined to be named. State-run Xinhua news agency reported in early March, just days before deadly riots broke out in Tibet ... more Blue Sun Biodiesel Fastest Growing Biodiesel Provider 
Golden CO (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Blue Sun Biodiesel has been ranked 242 in Inc. magazine's Inc. 500 list of fastest growing, privately-held companies and is the fastest growing biodiesel fuel company in the country. Blue Sun ranked 10th in growth for the energy industry. Colorado-based Blue Sun Biodiesel markets premium Fusion B20 biodiesel fuel backed by industry-leading quality control standards. Blue Sun sales ... more Even in Europe, 20 million people without toilets: forum 
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008A surprising 20 million people in the European Union do not have access to decent toilets and suffer from a lack of hygiene, posing serious health risks, experts meeting at World Water Week in Stockholm said. "People think that in countries so bright, so rich, they don't have this kind of problem," Sascha Gabizon, the head of the non-governmental organisation Women in Europe for a Common ... more Finland seeks details on nuclear safety checks 
Helsinki (AFP) Aug 21, 2008The Finnish government said Thursday it wanted the country's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) to clarify its inspection principles, following criticism of its work at a nuclear reactor building site. "The (economy) ministry wants further reports from STUK on its inspection principles and precision, and how these compare to practices in other countries," the Finnish employment ... more Analysis: Turkish-Iranian energy ties 
Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 The repercussions of Russia's reassertion of power within what it deems its "sphere of influence" in "the near abroad" continue to ripple throughout Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus. Washington's increasingly strident rhetoric over the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia is having repercussions from Prague through Warsaw to Kiev, as governments scramble to assess the fallout ... more
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