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Commercial Ships Spew Half As Much Particulate Pollution As World's Cars
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 27, 2009
Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate pollution into the air as the total amount released by cars, according to a new study. Ship pollutants affect both the Earth's climate and the health of people living along coastlines. The study is the first to provide a global estimate of maritime shipping's total contribution to air particle pollution based on direct measure ... read more

Australia seeks to cut animal gas emissions
Sydney (AFP) Feb 26, 2009
The Australian government has announced a multi-million dollar investment in research on reducing gas emissions from farm animals as part of the fight against global warming. Methane gas from livestock flatulence accounts for about 12 percent of the country's annual greenhouse gas emissions, Agriculture Minister Tony Burke said as he launched the 26.8 million dollar (17.4 million US dollar) ... more

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After Obama appeal, Congress renews efforts on climate change
Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2009
US lawmakers this week took up the issue of climate change and how to address it after President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for action on fighting global warming. But even as the Senate and House of Representatives convened experts Wednesday who presented scientific bases for global warming, some scientists and political experts voiced skepticism over the need to combat climate ch ... more

China tells US to stop acting as human rights guardian
Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2009
China told the United States Thursday to stop acting as a human rights guardian, as it hit back angrily at US accusations that its human rights record had worsened. The spat comes just days after a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Beijing appeared to signal a detente between the world powers on the sensitive issue. "We firmly oppose any countries interfering in China's i ... more

Chinese navy saves Italian ship from pirates: state media
Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2009
Chinese naval forces thwarted a pirate attack on a Liberian-flagged Italian merchant ship this week in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia, state media said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Tuesday when a helicopter from the Chinese destroyer Haikou saw a pair of small pirate vessels closing on the ship and fired a pair of signal flares to drive them off, Xinhua news agency said. It was t ... more

China insists Tibet open to tourists
Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2009
China insisted Thursday that Tibet had not been closed to foreign tourists as tensions built over Chinese rule in the Himalayan region, despite travel agencies reporting a government-ordered ban. "To my understanding, up to date, no agencies in Tibet have received instructions to restrict the entrance of foreign visitors to Tibet," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told reporters. Fou ... more

 

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    TECH SPACE
    SPACE ISAC expands member benefits with access to new testbeds network
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2025
    The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) has announced a major new benefit for its members: access to the Accelerating Space Capabilities 100 (ASC-100), an international networ ... more
    Australian innovation detects space phenomena with new technology
    Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 29, 2025
    The first trial of CRACO, a cutting-edge Australian-developed technology, has uncovered mysterious cosmic objects by analyzing space signals with unprecedented precision. Developed by astronom ... more
    South Korea, Ireland watchdogs to question DeepSeek on user data
    Seoul (AFP) Jan 31, 2025
    Data watchdogs in South Korea and Ireland said Friday they would ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, as governments from around the world turned a spotlight on the service. ... more

    ROBO SPACE
    UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debate
    London (AFP) Jan 28, 2025
    Britain's first teacherless AI classroom may be an "outlier", but it underlines the potential benefits and risks of a UK government drive to rollout artificial intelligence in education, experts say. ... more
    Life as a chain of machines constructing machines
    Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
    The question of what defines life continues to challenge the biological sciences, with its vast complexity and diversity making it difficult to distill into a single definition. A new study proposes ... more
    OpenAI announces new 'deep research' tool for ChatGPT
    Tokyo (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" that can produce detailed reports, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field. ... more

     
    Seeing The Forest And The Trees Helps Cut Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
    Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 27, 2009
    Putting a price tag on carbon dioxide emitted by different land use practices could dramatically change the way that land is used - forests become increasingly valuable for storing carbon and overall carbon emissions reductions become cheaper, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "Without valuing the carbon in ... more

    Prehistoric Global Cooling Caused By CO2
    West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 27, 2009
    Ice in Antarctica suddenly appeared - in geologic terms - about 35 million years ago. For the previous 100 million years the continent had been essentially ice-free. The question for science has been, why? What triggered glaciers to form at the South Pole? Matthew Huber, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Purdue University, says no evidence of global cooling dur ... more

    Pirate attack on Chinese vessel thwarted off Somalia
    Manama (AFP) Feb 26, 2009
    A Danish naval warship on Thursday thwarted an attack by armed pirates on a Chinese vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the US Naval Forces Central Command said. The Bahrain-based command said Danish support ship HDMS Absalon had "successfully deterred an attempted pirate attack on the Chinese M/V Yandanghai." "Absalon closed on the coordinates given by the Chinese ship following their distres ... more

    NASA Study Finds Pre-Existing Condition Fueled Killer Cyclone
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2009
    A "pre-existing condition" in the North Indian Ocean stoked the sudden intensification of last year's Tropical Cyclone Nargis just before its devastating landfall in Burma, according to a new NASA/university study. The cyclone became Burma's worst natural disaster ever and one of the deadliest cyclones of all time. Scientists at the National Taiwan University, Taipei; and NASA's Jet ... more

     

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    NUKEWARS
    US Navy awards Lockheed Martin $383M for advanced strategic missile development
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
    Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $383 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to advance the next iteration of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile, reinforcing ... more
    Iran Guards unveil underground missile facility for naval warfare
    Tehran (AFP) Feb 1, 2025
    The naval arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled a new underground missile facility on the south coast in footage aired by state television Saturday, two weeks after unveiling an underground naval base. ... more
    North Korea 'Kim Jong Il' birthday tours to open: tour agency
    Seoul (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    A tour operator said Monday it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, offering foreign tourists the first chance to visit since the pandemic. ... more

    SUPERPOWERS
    Eyeing Trump and Putin, EU, UK, NATO leaders talk defence
    Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    EU leaders huddle Monday with Britain's prime minister and the head of NATO to discuss efforts to boost Europe's defences faced with an aggressive Russia - as Donald Trump demands America's allies spend much more. ... more
    Starmer to urge Europe to 'bear down' on Putin at landmark talks
    London (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
    Prime Minister Keir Starmer will urge European leaders to "continue bearing down" on Russian President Vladimir Putin when the UK premier becomes the first to attend a European Council gathering since Brexit on Monday. ... more
    Japan, US ministers express 'firm intent' to reinforce defence alliance
    Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2025
    New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani agreed in a phone call Friday to continue efforts to strengthen the countries' alliance, Tokyo said. ... more

    IRAQ WARS
    Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by IS
    Nimrud, Iraq (AFP) Jan 9, 2025
    A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. ... more
    Declassified files show UK anger at Chirac over Iraq
    London (AFP) Dec 31, 2024
    Newly-declassified UK government documents published Tuesday reveal the frustrations of then-prime minister Tony Blair and his government with French leader Jaques Chirac for blocking UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. ... more
    Iraq's prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad's boozy subculture
    Baghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2024
    The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. ... more

    THE STANS
    Turkey FM calls for regional cooperation to fight PKK
    Baghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2025
    Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday. ... more
    Turkey says will fight terror after death of Iraqi border guards
    Istanbul (AFP) Jan 25, 2025
    Turkey vowed on Saturday to work closely with Iraq to secure their common frontier after two Iraqi border guards were killed in a shooting blamed on outlawed PKK militants. ... more
    Four killed in Iraq strike blamed on Turkey: sources
    Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 27, 2025
    Four people were killed on Monday in an air strike blamed on Turkey in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish sources said. ... more
     

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  • Jordan, Russia sign nuclear deal
  • Honda says to open bio-ethanol research centre
  • Satellite Data Provide New View Of Smoke From Wildfires
  • Obama calls for carbon cap legislation
  • Scientists find bigger than expected polar ice melt
  • Atmospheric Scientists Trace The Human Role In Indonesian Forest Fires
  • African Forests Out Of Balance
  • Emotions May Be More Reliable When Making Choices

  • Floods, landslides kill six in Indonesia: officials
  • NASA Study Predicted Outbreak Of Deadly Virus
  • Natives in Russia's far east worry about vanishing fish
  • Swiss doctors uncover new gaming related disease
  • Chinese relics sell for 15.7 mln euros each at YSL auction
  • Vietnam battling hoof-and-mouth outbreak
  • Internet Emerges As Social Research Tool
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