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Indonesia's devastating 'mud volcano' could keep spewing for the next 30 years, filling the equivalent of 50 Olympic-size swimming pools every day, a top Australian expert warned on Thursday. Curtin University of Technology's doctor Mark Tingay, who has just returned from the disaster site in East Java, said about 100,000 people remained under threat from subsidence three years after the ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2009Authorities in China aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and overgrazing, state media said Thursday. Desertification is spreading by 39,600 hectares (98,000 acres) annually in Tibet, an official at the regional forestry bureau was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency. Sangye Drawa said Tibetan ... more |
Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars
CORRECTED: Electric cars take 96% of Norway market in January CORRECTED: Electric cars make up 96% of Norway's new cars in January CORRECTED Electric cars take 96% of Norway market in January Wildfires burning in Argentine Patagonia kills man, hundreds evacuate Flooding in Sicily as month's rain falls in four hours Greece on high alert as quakes shake Santorini island Global warming makes French reservoir a winter resort for migrating cranes Greece orders schools to close as quakes shake Santorini island 
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Leicester, England (UPI) Jun 18, 2009 British scientists have determined an ice age occurring about 440 million years ago that's been regarded as a brief period actually lasted 30 million years. University of Leicester geologists said their findings suggest that during the ancient ice age, global warming was curbed through the burial of organic carbon that eventually led to the formation of oil -- including the "hot shales" ... more  
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jun 11, 2009Antibiotics, antimicrobials and antifungals are seeping into the waterways of North America, Europe and East Asia, according to an investigation published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). Authored by Universite de Montreal and Environment Canada researchers, the review found that consumption of anti-infectives for human and agriculture use contributes to thei ... more 
Paris (AFP) June 18, 2009The world faces a growing risk of "abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts" as fallout from global warming hits faster than expected, according to research by international scientists released Thursday. Global surface and ocean temperatures, sea levels, extreme climate events, and the retreat of Arctic sea ice have all significantly picked up more pace than experts predicted only a couple of ... more  
Caracas (AFP) June 18, 2009A cruise ship barred from disembarking passengers in various Caribbean islands because of a swine flu outbreak among its crew left Venezuela Thursday after all Venezuelans on board were ordered off. The Ocean Dream, operated by the Spanish leisure group Pullmantur, was to arrive in its final stop of Aruba later Thursday, the company and a governor for northeast Venezuela, Morel Rodriguez ... more |
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Flexential Links Up with Lonestar to Support First Commercial Space Data CenterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Flexential, a prominent provider of secure and adaptive data center solutions, has joined forces with Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. (Lonestar), a leading innovator in lunar infrastructure and Resilien ... more  
Surrey Satellite Opens Advanced Imaging R&D CleanroomLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has officially opened its advanced Research and Development Imaging Cleanroom at its Guildford headquarters. This new facility is designed to strengthen the co ... more 
Bright Ascension software powers Czech Republic's largest satellite missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2025 Bright Ascension Ltd., a leading provider of space software technology, has announced the successful deployment of its software aboard the Czech Republic's largest satellite, TROLL. The satellite wa ... more
  
Exploring ethical dimensions of aware AI in UppsalaParis, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Artificially intelligent systems are increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, from automated vehicles to delivery robots and virtual assistants. As research shifts towards developing systems with ... more 
Young Chinese turn to AI pets for emotional reliefBeijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2025 At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose soothing chirps remind her that she is not alone. ... more 
Robots should be repurposed to combat e-waste crisisLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of West England have urged the robotics industry to focus on developing robots that can be reprogrammed and repurposed for alternative t ... more
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Geneva (AFP) June 18, 2009Telecoms firms Ericsson and Zain, and the UN weather agency, teamed up on Thursday to harness Africa's booming stock of mobile phones to text-message vital weather information to villages. Brought together by former UN chief Kofi Annan's foundation, the venture is also aiming to use the equally burgeoning network of cellphone transmitters to bolster the continent's dangerously sparse cover ... more 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 18, 2009Malaysian authorities said Thursday they had seized 2,900 turtles eggs and detained a Filipino who tried to sell them in a market on the island of Borneo, where they are considered a delicacy. Saizal Hussin, an official with the marine police unit in Sandakan, in Borneo's eastern Sabah state, told AFP the eggs worth around 5,200 ringgit (almost 1,500 dollars) were smuggled from the southern ... more  
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) June 18, 2009Nigerian security agents Thursday searched again a detained aircraft from Ukraine carrying arms and headed for Equatorial Guinea, while its crew awaited interrogation, officials said. The plane was intercepted and its crew detained on Wednesday after landing at a northern Nigerian airport, they said. The Russian-made jet was stopped on arrival at the Aminu Kano International Airport in ... more 
Geneva (AFP) June 18, 2009Swine flu has infected nearly 40,000 people around the world in 89 countries and territories, causing 167 deaths since late March, latest World Health Organisation data showed Thursday. Since the last data released on Monday, some 3,692 new cases of A(H1N1) virus were reported taking the total to 39,620, along with four more deaths, including three in Canada and one in Argentina. The big ... more |
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LA fires fully contained after burning for 3 weeks: state agency
Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts
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