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Tokyoites go farming to escape urban woes Tokyo (AFP) Nov 6, 2008 
Tomohiro Kitazawa makes an unlikely farmer. He works neither under the sun nor in the fields, instead reporting for duty in the bustling heart of Tokyo. As Japan's capital city struggles with problems from food safety to global warming to unemployment, a growing number of people in the famously crowded metropolis are becoming city farmers, planting crops atop tall buildings or deep ... read moreTropical Storm could strike Cuba as a hurricane -- monitor 
Miami (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Tropical Storm Paloma, which formed in the Caribbean east of the Honduras-Nicaragua border early Thursday, was forecast to gain strength and strike Cuba as a hurricane, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported. At 0900 GMT the center of Paloma was located about 110 kilometers (65 miles) east of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua-Honduras border, packing winds of 65 kilometers ... 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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NIU Researchers Say Nighttime Tornadoes Are Worst Nightmare
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 07, 2008A new study by Northern Illinois University scientists underscores the danger of nighttime tornadoes and suggests that warning systems that have led to overall declines in tornado death rates might not be adequate for overnight events, which occur most frequently in the nation's mid-South region. Over the past century, the tornado death rate has declined, in large part because of sophistic ... more Scientists compare human, chimp genetics 
Cambridge, England (UPI) Nov 6, 2008 U.S. and British scientists have ended the largest study of human and chimpanzee genetic differences, identifying areas duplicated or lost during evolution. Researchers said the study is the first to compare many human and chimpanzee genomes in the same manner. The scientists found particular types of genes -- such as those involved in the inflammatory response and in control of ... more New Burundi peace plan rejected by rebels 
Bujumbura (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Uganda and South Africa on Thursday unveiled a new initiative to revive the peace process in Burundi, although it was promptly rejected by rebels. The four-point plan provides for the rebel movement's political branch to be renamed, its leadership integrated into state institutions and its fighters regrouped. All targets would be be achieved by the end of the year, added the document ... more  |
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Climate change pushing lemmings over the edge: study
Paris (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Once famous for their numbers, Norwegian lemmings are disappearing, say scientists, who point an accusing finger at global warming. The hamster-like rodents burst forth in massive numbers from their sub-Arctic homes every three to five years in a frantic search for food. The mad dash sometimes causes them to race over clifftops and plummet into the sea, thus giving rise to the theory ... more Study focuses on improving blueberries 
Athens, Ga. (UPI) Nov 6, 2008 Scientists say they plan to use a $1.7 million federal grant to make the southeastern United States a leading blueberry producer. University of Georgia experts say the nation has 75,000 acres of cultivated blueberries, with a third of that grown in southern states. Harald Scherm, a University of Georgia plant pathologist, said the region is already well on its way to become the hub of ... more Global crisis leaves mountains of cotton unsold in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2008Half of the autumn cotton harvest in northwest China's Xinjiang region remains unsold as demand from textile and garment makers has weakened amid the global slowdown, state media said Thursday. Planters in Xinjiang, China's largest cotton plantation area, are left with more than a million tonnes of unsold cotton, as bulging stockpiles have turned dealers into reluctant buyers, the Xinhua new ... more Death By Hyperdisease 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 07, 2008It took less than a decade for native rats to become extinct on the Indian Ocean's previously uninhabited Christmas Island once Eurasian black rats jumped ship onto the island at the turn of the 20th century. But this story is more than the typical tale of direct competition: according to new genetic research published in PLoS One on November 5, black rats carried a pathogen that ... more |
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