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A New Pair Of Glasses To View EarthParis, France (ESA) Oct 18, 2010 Our view of Earth is set to become even sharper with new instruments to be carried on ESA's Sentinel-3 satellites. In many ways, it will be like looking at Earth through a new pair of glasses. Sentinel-3 is one of the five missions that ESA is developing for Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. Primarily, Sentinel-3 will deliver data for GMES services related to the marine environment, such as ocean-current forecasting services that need surface-temperature i ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2010China's Communists promoted Vice President Xi Jinping to a key position seen as a vital step in his ascent to the top job and pledged to pursue political reform as they wrapped up an annual meeting Monday. Party leaders also said at the conclusion of the four-day plenum that they would continue to pursue "relatively fast" economic growth and promote peace with self-ruled Taiwan, while still ... more  
Mexico City (AFP) Oct 18, 2010Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said Monday that "conditions have not been met" for a new climate deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at a worldwide summit in Cancun in December. "For Cancun, the conditions have not been met to adopt a new protocol" to replace the Kyoto accord which expires in 2012, Espinosa said. The Cancun meeting, from November 29 to December 10, aims ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2010Facebook page? Check. Twitter feed? Check. YouTube channel? Check. Since Barack Obama rode the Web to the White House two years ago, a digital toolkit has become an essential item in the campaign arsenal of nearly every US office-seeker. With the November 2 mid-term elections just weeks away, candidates across the country are reaching out virtually to their constituents in a bid to drum ... more |
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Can Hungary's Red Sludge Be Made Less Toxic With CarbonBloomington IN (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 The red, metal-laden sludge that escaped a containment pond in Hungary last week could be made less toxic with the help of carbon sequestration, says an Indiana University Bloomington geologist who has a patent pending on the technique. The bauxite residue now covers 40 square kilometers south of the Danube River, and has caused the deaths of eight Hungarians and injured at least 150. The residue also has caused the extinction of life in a local river and as yet unknown environmental damage elsewh ... read more |
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