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 Sukabumi, Indonesia (AFP) Sept 2, 2009 
A major 7.0-magnitude quake rocked Indonesia Wednesday, killing at least 23 people and destroying dozens of homes across the country's densely populated heartland, officials said. The quake struck off the island of Java less than 200 kilometres (123 miles) south of Jakarta at a depth of 49 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. Thousands of people fled homes, shopping centres and off ... read more
Puerto San Carlos, Mexico (AFP) Sept 2, 2009Hurricane Jimena weakened to a Category Two storm early Wednesday as it bore down on Mexico's Baja California peninsula, US forecasters said. But Mexican officials warned that it still posed a serious threat. The storm's top winds decreased to 165 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, adding it would continue to weaken prior to making landfall as a ... more |
Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30
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 
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Rome (AFP) Sept 1, 2009A group of 91 countries have agreed on a treaty that will block ships involved in illegal fishing from entering signatory ports and thus help prevent the fish going to market, the UN said on Tuesday. The UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) hailed the agreement to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as "the first ever global treaty focused ... more  
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 02, 2009New analysis shows that the water scarcity being experienced in southeast Australia started up to 15 years ago. While the results from the work by senior CSIRO researcher, Dr Albert van Dijk, may not surprise many people, it provides scientific evidence of the shift. The finding follows the first ever national and comprehensive analysis of 30 years of on-ground and satellite observations ... more 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 02, 2009If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore. More than 30 years of monsoon data from India showed that ground moisture where the storms make landfall is a major indicator of what the storm will do from there. If the ground is wet, the storm is likely to sustain, while dry conditions ... more |
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London (AFP) Sept 1, 2009Sci-fi proposals to cool the planet are laden with risk but may be Earth's only hope if politicians fail to tackle global warming, scientists said on Tuesday in their biggest evaluation to date of "geo-engineering" concepts. The verdict by Britain's prestigious Royal Society came little more than three months before a UN showdown in Copenhagen on how to reduce the carbon emissions that drive ... more 
Geneva (AFP) Sept 1, 2009Developing nations need a 600-billion-dollar "Marshall Plan" annually to tackle climate change with support from rich nations on a scale not seen outside wartime recovery, a UN report said Tuesday. The World Economic and Social Survey called for a "Global Sustainable New Deal" to overcome the "woefully inadequate" estimate of 21 billion dollars currently set aside internationally to adapt ... more  
New York (AFP) Sept 1, 2009New York announced free swine flu vaccinations Tuesday for all elementary school students ahead of the new academic year and a feared resurgence of H1N1 infections. The mayor's office and the city health department said the free shots would be given for the next several months to students whose parents requested them. The vaccine is expected to become available in the second half of October. ... more |
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