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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2009 
Powerful earthquakes just over 10 minutes apart rattled Japan and India on Tuesday, triggering panic on fears of a tsunami in the Andaman Islands and injuring more than 100 people southwest of Tokyo. The unrelated quakes struck in the early hours, shutting down Japanese bullet train services and a nuclear power plant and causing a landslide that closed a major highway near the Japanese ... read more 
Incheon, South Korea (AFP) Aug 11, 2009UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday of "incalculable" human suffering if the world fails to reach a deal at crucial climate change talks this December. The United Nations is orchestrating the talks in the Danish capital in hopes of securing an agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. "As we move toward Copenhagen in December, we must seal a climate change ... more |
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 King Charles III teams up with Amazon for documentary Data centres chase water, energy savings as AI race ramps up Generative AI's environmental impact in figures Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts World's longest cargo sail ship launched in Turkey First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg Portugal lawmakers take step toward deep-sea mining ban 
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Geneva (AFP) Aug 11, 2009The World Health Organisation on Tuesday said some 1,462 people had died from swine flu, and that infections were starting to decline in the southern hemisphere but picking up in several Asian countries. "The pandemic virus appears to have peaked and is now in decline" in several countries in the southern hemisphere, a WHO spokeswoman told journalists in Geneva. Countries where a ... more  
San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2009Stories of ships mysteriously sent to watery graves by sudden, giant waves have long puzzled scientists and sailors. New research by San Francisco State professor Tim Janssen suggests that changes in water depth and currents, which are common in coastal areas, may significantly increase the likelihood of these extreme waves. Published in the Journal of Physical Oceanography, Janssen's wave ... more  
Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 12, 2009Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 85 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers. A total of 62 people were confirmed dead in Taiwan and 58 were listed as missing, not counting the mudslide victims, after Typhoon Morakot unleashed the island's worst flooding in half a century over the weekend. At least ... more |
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Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Aug 11, 2009More than 1.5 million women living with HIV in Asia were infected by their partners and 50 million more are at risk of infection, according to a report released Tuesday. The "HIV Transmission in Intimate Partner Relationships in Asia" report by UNAIDS said the women at risk are either married or in long-term relationships with men who engage in "high-risk sexual behaviours." ... more 
Sydney (AFP) Aug 11, 2009Australia faces more intense and frequent heatwaves, wildfires, cyclones and floods, with climate change becoming a threat to national security, a think-tank warned Tuesday. The impacts of global warming were already making themselves felt, much faster and with greater ferocity than anticipated, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said. A record-breaking heatwave killed ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 11, 2009The Indian government unveiled a major plan to protect its forests on Tuesday, saying the initiative was a key element in its strategy to combat climate change. "Countries like India must get adequate credit for increasing its forest cover that absorbs greenhouse gases," said Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, who is under pressure ahead of global climate change talks in December. ... more |
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