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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 |
Top yet contested climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'
German tourist killed by wild elephant in India Oil giants TotalEnergies, Equinor reduce low-carbon investments CORRECTED: TotalEnergies reduces low-carbon investments as profit falls TotalEnergies reduces low-carbon investments as profit falls CORRECTED: TotalEnergies annual profit falls, reduces low-carbon energy investments CORRECTED Norway's Equinor scales back renewable energy aims as profit falls No new clothes: S. Korean climate activist targets hyperconsumption Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'
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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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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 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 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
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 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 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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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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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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