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The arctic could potentially alter the Earth's climate by becoming a possible source of global atmospheric carbon dioxide. The arctic now traps or absorbs up to 25 percent of this gas but climate change could alter that amount, according to a study published in the November issue of Ecological Monographs. In their review paper, David McGuire of the U.S. Geological Survey and the University ... read more 
Sydney (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Concerned residents abandoned their homes and fled as wildfires closed in on hundreds of suburban properties in Australia's northeast, officials said, adding there was likely worse to come. There were no forced evacuations, but officials urged anyone not prepared to protect their property to flee as flames of up to four metres (13 feet) closed in on Rockhampton city, north of Brisbane. ... more |
Trump leaves Paris climate agreement, doubles down on fossil fuels
Trump's climate retreat shines light on green leaders Brazil drought lights a fire under global coffee prices Trump's climate retreat shines light on other green leaders The global forces sending coffee prices skyward CORRECTED: US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling UN climate chief says door still open to Paris deal US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling Activists slam 'destructive' Indonesia forest conversion plan Indonesia launches international carbon exchange 
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Luxembourg (AFP) Oct 20, 2009European finance ministers failed on Tuesday to agree who will pay what to help developing countries fight global warming, in the biggest of three deals to come unstuck at their meeting. Poland led opposition to plans for the 27 European Union member states to commit five-to-seven billion euros in short-term annual funding, and some 22 billion euros (33 billion dollars) annually in the ... more  
Luxembourg (AFP) Oct 20, 2009European fisheries ministers have agreed on tighter controls for commercial fishing, which could see fishermen lose their license and financial assistance if they infringe rules. The new measures, most of which should be in place from January 1, are an attempt to counter depleting fish stocks and recurrent breaches of catch quotas. "Until now fishermen could infringe rules ... more  
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who was sworn in for a second five-year term Tuesday, is a dictator's loyal soldier turned leader of a thriving but messy democracy. A former senior general during the Suharto dictatorship, the taciturn 60-year-old has become a standard-bearer for Indonesia's haphazard reform push since the strongman's fall in 1998. Rising to power in the ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Data from an AIDS vaccine trial in Thailand was presented to scientists on Tuesday for the first time, confirming the prototype as only a partial shield against HIV but still a pioneering achievement. Volunteers who received the vaccine had a 31.2-percent reduction in the risk of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Thai and US researchers told an international conference. ... more 
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 20, 2009Canadian health officials on Tuesday announced the first case of turkeys catching the swine flu in this country, likely from humans, and urged farm workers to get vaccinated soon. The outbreak on a farm in Ontario province is the second case in the world, after Chile reported a case in August. Officials said the flock in Ontario province had been quarantined and none of the birds or ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2009China said Tuesday it was "firmly opposed" to a planned visit by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian region at the centre of a border dispute with China. "China's position on so-called Arunachal Pradesh is consistent and clear and we firmly oppose the Dalai Lama's visit to the region," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told reporters. "China is ... more |
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