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New LIDAR System Sees The Sky In 3D
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 29, 2008On August 26, EPFL, the Swiss National Science Foundation and Switzerland's National Weather service, MeteoSwiss, will inaugurate a new LIDAR measurement system in Payerne, Switzerland. This technically innovative installation, unique in the world, will provide continuous data on aospheric humidity for Western Switzerland's weather forecasting headquarters. To make accurate forecasts ... more Carbon clues to when Greenland was a green land 
Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2008Climatologists poring over Greenland's ancient past say global cooling, unleashed by a fall in atmospheric greenhouse gases, caused the vast island to ice over around three million years ago. In a study released Wednesday, the British research team say that for aeons, Greenland was mostly ice-free and may have hosted grasslands and forests before it became smothered in a thick, glacial ... more Canada asks Inuit, others for input on safeguarding polar bears 
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 28, 2008Canada's environment minister on Thursday deferred safeguarding this country's iconic polar bear, saying more study of its circumstances and how it could be protected is required. The decision comes as a scientific panel in Canada delivered its final report on the polar bear, urging the government to act to safeguard it. "Our government believes that the polar bear is an iconic symbol of ... more Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Second Lowest Level On Record 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 29, 2008Arctic sea ice has shrunk to its second lowest level since the start of satellite observations of the territory, and could melt further to exceed the 2007 record, a U.S. research group said. The National Snow and Ice Data Center said on its website that the ice has melted beyond the 2005 minimum of 5.32 million square kilometers (2.05 million square miles). The figure arouses ... more Yellowstone's Ancient Supervolcano: Only Lukewarm 
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Aug 29, 2008The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and what's causing it? In an effort to find out, Derek Schutt of Colorado State University and Ken Dueker of the University of Wyoming took the hotspot's temperature. The scientist ... more |
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Miami (AFP) Aug 28, 2008Tropical Storm Gustav took a turn on Thursday, moving south as it crept toward Jamaica in a new track that could spare the hurricane-scarred US city of New Orleans. Gustav reformed to the south early Thursday and became "a little stronger," blowing winds of 85 kilometers per hour (50 miles), the US National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. The eye of the storm, which already ... more Scientists rebut finding of 'Hobbit' bones 
Eugene, Ore. (UPI) Aug 28, 2008 A U.S. anthropologist is rebutting claims that fossilized bones found in the Micronesian islands were those of Hobbitlike little people. University of Oregon Assistant Professor of anthropology Greg Nelson and colleagues from the Australian National University and North Carolina State University are refuting the conclusions of Professor Lee Berger, a paleoanthropologist at the University ... more China rules out Taiwan joining UN agencies 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2008China on Thursday ruled out Taiwan joining agencies of the United Nations, frustrating hopes that its stance might soften after the island elected a more China-friendly president earlier this year. Taiwan this month launched a bid to join the 16 UN Specialised Agencies instead of seeking membership of the world body itself, but the Chinese foreign ministry said it would not accept the ... more Changing The World, One Student At A Time 
Hampton VA (SPX) Aug 28, 2008Can we put some of the world's biggest societal problems - like global warming, disaster management and public health - into the hands of students? For NASA's DEVELOP student internship program team the answer is a definitive "Yes!" The DEVELOP program celebrates its tenth anniversary this summer. For 10 years the program has pushed the envelope of the traditional summer internship ... more Overfishing Pushes Baltic Cod To Brink Of Economic Extinction 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Aug 29, 2008A study of Stone Age fish unearthed on an island in the Baltic Sea suggests overfishing by humans is causing fish populations to evolve and driving commercially valuable species like cod to the brink of economic extinction. In a report published in the British scientific journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, an international team of scientists reports that 4,500-year-old earstones ... more |
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Seal Beach, CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2008Clean Energy Fuels has acquired Dallas Clean Energy for approximately $19.1 million in cash from Camco International Ltd, a Jersey-based company focused on developing projects and strategies to reduce carbon emissions. Clean Energy has partnered in acquiring and operating the project with Cambrian Energy, a leading landfill gas project development and management company, which owns 30% of ... more Atlantic Energy Solutions Exceeds Expectations For Co-Gen Project 
Saratoga Springs NY (SPX) Aug 29, 2008Atlantic Energy Solutions is pleased to announce that its guaranteed savings projections for the Fonda-Fultonville School District have been exceeded by over 25%. The Co-Generation project was the first off-grid Co-Generation plant approved by the New York State Education Deparent and built by an Energy Services Company (ESCO) in New York State. In addition, Atlantic Energy Solutions was a ... more US, 19 firms on clean-energy trade mission to China, India 
Washington (AFP) Aug 28, 2008The United States and 19 US companies will travel to China and India next month on a clean energy and environment trade mission, the Commerce Department said Thursday. US Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian will lead the September 1-12 trade mission, the government's third such mission to the fast-growing Asian powerhouses since April 2007. "The 19 companies participating in this ... more Hong Kong and China sign nuclear, gas energy deals 
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 28, 2008Hong Kong and China signed nuclear and gas energy deals on Thursday which the southern city hopes will reduce both pollution and the need for a controversial liquefied gas terminal. The deals aim to provide Hong Kong with a consistent supply of both natural gas and nuclear energy for the next two decades, as it tries to reduce its dependency on coal-fired power, chief executive Donald Tsang ... more Futuristic fridges invade Berlin consumer electronics show 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 28, 2008The Ifa, Europe's top consumer electronics show, is normally all about gadgets that make life more entertaining with the latest flat screen televisions, stereo equipment and the like. But this year the Internationale Funkausstellung, opening in Berlin on Friday, will for the first time see usually more down-to-earth appliances like fridges and washing machines fighting for attention. ... more
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