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Scientists Chart Velocity Of Climate ChangeSan Francisco (SPX) Jan 06, 2010 From beetles to barnacles, pikas to pine warblers, many species are already on the move in response to shifting climate regimes. But how fast will they - and their habitats - have to move to keep pace with global climate change over the next century? In a new study, a team of scientists including Dr. Healy Hamilton from the California Academy of Sciences have calculated that on average, ecosystems will need to shift about 0.42 kilometers per year (about a quarter mile per year) to keep pace with changing temperatures across the globe. ... read more |
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Manchester, England (AFP) Jan 5, 2010Freezing temperatures and heavy snow gripped northern England and Scotland Tuesday, halting transport and major football fixtures and closing airports and hundreds of schools. Storms moved further south late Tuesday, prompting fresh warnings of transport disruptions, with as much as 40 centimetres (16 inches) of snow forecast to fall overnight in some areas. Britain brought in extra gas ... more  
The Hague (AFP) Jan 5, 2010Lawyers for Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, accused of recruiting child soldiers, will open their defence at the International Criminal Court on Thursday, the court announced. Lubanga, 49, went on trial a year ago charged with war crimes for using children under the age of 15 to fight for his militia during the 1997-2002 civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has pleaded not gui ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2010Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Tuesday launched a major tour of Africa, officials said, as energy-hungry Beijing seeks to reinforce ties with the resource-rich continent. Yang, who headed on Tuesday to the Maldives, was also due to make stops in Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Algeria and Morocco, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. The minister -- who traditiona ... more |
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Windhoek (AFP) Jan 6, 2010An old man gently touches the trunk of the huge quiver tree with a worried look on his wrinkled face, as he points at several dead branches lying on Namibia's rugged terrain. "When I was a boy, my grandfather made my first quiver from a branch of this old tree about seventy years ago, but I fear the tree is dying -- too many dead branches. Things changed over the past few years, and these tr ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2010The Chinese capital was in the grip of its coldest weather in 20 years Tuesday after snow storms caused chaos, while South Korea sent out an army of civil servants and soldiers to clear clogged roads. China's national weather centre said the mercury dipped Tuesday to minus 15.6 degrees Celsius (four Fahrenheit) -- the lowest in more than two decades, after Beijing was hit by its heaviest sno ... more  
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 5, 2010Landslides triggered by heavy snow swept away a village in the mountains of northern Pakistan, killing 13 people with dozens more feared dead, police said Tuesday. Seven children, four women and two men are among those whose bodies have been recovered from the mud and buried, officials said. "Thirteen people were buried today. We have reports that dozens of others are missing. It seems t ... more |
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