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The Age Of Aquarius? Nope, It Is The Anthropocene EpochWashington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2010 In just two centuries, humans have wrought such vast and unprecedented changes to our world that we actually might be ushering in a new geological time period that could alter the planet for millions of years, according to a group of prominent scientists that includes a Nobel Laureate. They say the dawning of this new epoch could lead to the sixth largest mass extinction in the Earth's history. Their commentary appears in ACS' bi-weekly journal Environmental Science and Technology. Jan Zalas ... read more |
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Cochabamba, Bolivia (UPI) Apr 23, 2010 Bolivian President Evo Morales, closing an international conference of grassroots climate groups, announced plans for a world people's referendum on climate change. In a Los Angeles Times editorial Friday, Morales noted that at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen last December developing nations "were effectively being left in the cold while a tiny group dominated by a few rich govern ... more  
Beijing (AFP) April 25, 2010Search and rescue work has ended in China's Himalayan region following this month's deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake, with the government urging greater reconstruction efforts, state media said Sunday. "The focus should now be shifted from searching for quake victims and treating the injured... to resettling survivors, restoring social order and carrying out reconstruction," Xinhua news agenc ... more 
Beijing (AFP) April 23, 2010China said Friday that Tibetan monks who rushed to its earthquake disaster zone to aid rescue efforts had been urged to return home to avoid hindering relief operations in the often restive region. "The duties of rescue workers in the quake zone are basically over, and the focus has moved to disease prevention and reconstruction, which need specialised people," the State Council, or Cabinet, ... more |
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Indonesia aims to tap volcano powerKamojang, Indonesia (AFP) April 24, 2010 Indonesia has launched an ambitious plan to tap the vast power of its volcanoes and become a world leader in geothermal energy, while trimming greenhouse gas emissions. The sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands stretching from the Indian to the Pacific Oceans contains hundreds of volcanoes, estimated to hold around 40 percent of the world's geothermal energy potential. But so far only a tiny fraction of that potential has been unlocked, so the government is seeking help from private investors, ... read more |
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