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New Light On Antarctica's Melting Pine Island GlacierCambridge, UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2010 New results from an investigation into Antarctica's potential contribution to sea level rise are reported this week (Sunday 20 June) by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and the National Oceanography Centre in the journal Nature Geoscience. Thinning ice in West Antarctica is currently contributing nearly 10 per cent of global sea level rise and scientists have identified Pine Island Glacier (PIG) as a major source. As part of a series of in ... read more |
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Agadir, Morocco (UPI) Jun 22, 2010 European nations Iceland and Norway Tuesday pushed for a compromise sought by Japan to partially lift a ban on the killing of whales, amid allegations that Japanese negotiators bribed poorer delegate nations to garner support. The 88-nation International Whaling Commission opened talks Monday in Morocco and hoped to clinch a deal by Wednesday or Friday at the latest. But the sessions so ... more  
Damascus (AFP) June 22, 2010A severe four-year drought is devastating Syria's rural communities, forcing them to abandon the country's traditional breadbasket in the northeast for cities in search of employment. Earlier this month, the World Food Programme started delivering food aid to nearly 200,000 people in the provinces of Al-Hasakeh, Al-Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, areas worst hit by the drought. The WFP says tens o ... more  
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 22, 2010 A U.S. geologist and geographer say they are studying the recent flood-caused creation of a Texas canyon to gain insight into ancient flooding events on Mars. The researchers - Assistant Professor of geology Michael Lamb of the California Institute of Technology and Associate Professor of geography Mark Fonstad of Texas State University - said a week of heavy rainfall in 2002 formed a ... more |
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Japan, Iceland rebuke critics at whaling talksAgadir, Morocco (AFP) June 22, 2010 Japan and Iceland scolded critics Tuesday at crunch talks on the future of commercial whaling, saying they had offered huge concessions while pro-conservationists had refused to compromise. A spokesman for the Japanese delegation at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) also lashed out at green groups, accusing them of spreading lies and manipulating public opinion. "Japan has compromised," said spokesman Glenn Inwood in an interview. "Anti-whaling countries have offered nothing. If this pr ... read more |
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