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Global warming good for trees, bad for ducks: studiesWashington (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 Global warming is good news for trees, which are thriving in higher temperatures and longer growing seasons, but bad news for ducks and other waterfowl, whose wetland habitat may dry up and disappear, two studies show. A study by researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Maryland indicates that higher temperatures, longer growing seasons and increased levels of carbon dioxide brought by climate change are helping trees in temperate climates to grow faster. The resear ... read more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 04, 2010Amid all the commentary focused on the historic tragedy in Haiti, a tough but important fact has gone virtually unmentioned, according to a nationally recognized expert on disasters at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "What is missing from the tragedy of disaster, and our response to it, is the recognition that disasters are preventable, that it is within the power of societies and c ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 4, 2010The United Nations' top climate official on Thursday backed leading global warming scientist Rajendra Pachauri, saying he should ignore calls to resign over errors in a key 2007 report. Yvo de Boer, executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said Pachauri was not personally responsible for the claim that global warming could melt Himalayan glaciers by 2035. ... more  
Tashkent (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Uzbekistan on Thursday warned Tajikistan not to move ahead with the construction of a controversial hydro-electric dam that has severely strained relations between the two Central Asian states. Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev, in a letter to his Tajik counterpart, demanded an independent examination of the possible consequences of the massive Rogun dam before Dushanbe begins construc ... more |
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Britain to close swine flu unit as pandemic fadesLondon (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 Britain announced Thursday the closure of a crisis unit set up to deal with the swine flu pandemic last year, as new cases of the virus continue to dwindle. Britain, which was the hardest hit country in Europe by the A(H1N1) virus, will "stand down" the National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS) from next Thursday, February 11, said Health Minister Gillian Merron "This is being done in response to the steady reduction in the estimated number of swine flu cases in the community," she said in a written ... read more |
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