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Climate: Britain's Royal Society to examine geo-engineering ideas London (AFP) Oct 30, 2008 
Britain's de-facto academy of sciences said Thursday it is launching a major study into geo-engineering, the term covering a variety of weird and wonderful ideas for the fight against climate change. Many geo-engineering schemes -- some of the best known invite ocean fertilisation or attempting to alter atmospheric components in near space-- have been widely dismissed as wacky or dangerous. ... read morePesticide, fertilisers linked to decline of amphibians: study 
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2008A pesticide compound commonly used in the United States is linked to the growth of tiny parasites that sicken and kill frogs and also harms the amphibians' immune defences against infection, according to a study published Thursday. The impact of this chemical is boosted in the wild by phosphate fertilisers, the investigators believe. Runoff from fertilisers into ponds encourages the ... more |
Airbus acknowledges slow progress on hydrogen plane
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic' Iran schools, offices close in cold snap Rare otter 'disappeared' in Kyrgyzstan, experts warn UK MPs warn billions spent on carbon capture may hit bills UK engineers warn on AI risks to environment A stream turns blood red in Argentina, residents blame pollution Indonesia halts development of estate hosting Trump properties COP30 president urges most 'ambitious' emissions targets possible Fighting global warming in nations' self-interest: UN climate chief 
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Scientists work on extended Arctic history
Tallahassee, Fla. (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 A U.S.-led international team of scientists says it's writing a comprehensive history of the Arctic region, from the late 19th century to the present. Florida State University Associate Professor of history Ronald Doel is the project leader of the $1.1 million project funded by the European Science Foundation. Nine historians from seven nations -- the United States, Canada, England ... more Study Helps Clarify Role Of Soil Microbes In Global Warming 
Athens GA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008Current models of global climate change predict warmer temperatures will increase the rate that bacteria and other microbes decompose soil organic matter, a scenario that pumps even more heat-trapping carbon into the atmosphere. But a new study led by a University of Georgia researcher shows that while the rate of decomposition increases for a brief period in response to warmer temperature ... more Nigeria suspends multi-billion-dollar Chinese rail project 
Lagos (AFP) Oct 30, 2008Nigeria has suspended a controversial 8.3 billion-dollar (6.5-billion-euro) contract awarded to a Chinese firm to upgrade its decrepit railway system, officials said Thursday. A senior Nigerian presidency official confirmed the contract awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in 2006 had been suspended so the government could carry out a comprehensive review. ... more  |
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Global Warming Is Killing Frogs And Salamanders In Yellowstone Park
Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008Frogs and salamanders, those amphibious bellwethers of environmental danger, are being killed in Yellowstone National Park. The predator, Stanford researchers say, is global warming. Biology graduate student Sarah McMenamin spent three summers in a remote area of the park searching for frogs and salamanders in ponds that had been surveyed 15 years ago. Almost everywhere she looked, she ... more Kadhafi's son wants closer military ties with Italy: report 
Rome (AFP) Oct 30, 2008The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi Thursday said he wanted closer military ties between Libya and Italy, including joint patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, the ANSA news agency reported. "We would like to see Italian and Libyan military forces carry out joint exercises, and the Italian and Libyan navies staging joint patrols" especially to intercept illegal immigrants, Seif Al-Islam ... more Fears of more deaths as Pakistan quake victims await aid 
Kan Bangla, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 30, 2008The death toll from a powerful earthquake in southwest Pakistan could climb above 300, officials said Thursday, as rescuers struggled to deliver aid to desperate survivors. Multiple aftershocks continued to rock impoverished Baluchistan province, creating fresh fears among survivors who prepared to spend a second night in the open in sub-zero temperatures as the cold winter set in. ... more EU could send troops for DR Congo humanitarian mission: Paris 
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2008The European Union will consider Thursday or Friday the option of sending troops on a humanitarian mission to Democratic Republic of Congo, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said. Kouchner, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, suggested Wednesday sending up to 1,500 troops to back up MONUC, the 17,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in the strife-hit country. Asked to ... more |
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