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Oceans Reveal Further Impacts Of Climate Change Birmingham AL (SPX) Feb 05, 2010 
The increasing acidity of the world's oceans - and that acidity's growing threat to marine species - are definitive proof that the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is causing climate change is also negatively affecting the marine environment, says world-renowned Antarctic marine biologist Jim McClintock, Ph.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Biology.
... read moreWildlife trade agency backs ban on bluefin tuna 
Geneva (AFP) Feb 5, 2010The UN-backed wildlife trade agency said Friday it supported a proposed ban on the international trade in bluefin tuna, a delicacy in Asia, which is due to be examined by 175 countries next month. "We are recommending that the parties approve the proposals made by Monaco," said David Morgan, head of the scientific support unit at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (C ... more
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Swift help urged for Haiti's crucial weather forecasters
Eastern US braces for fresh snow blitz Amnesty demands halt to Vedanta's India mine plans Two dead as storms, floods hit Turkey's south: report China says it has 6,000 captive tigers Baltic leaders under pressure to save sick sea China points to farms as major pollution risk Amnesty calls for halt to Vedanta's India mine plans More snow due for storm-battered US east coast Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger 
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Pacific states move to protect tuna industry
Majuro (AFP) Feb 5, 2010The leaders of eight Pacific island states agreed Friday to establish an organisation to control the region's valuable tuna industry, a fisheries official said. Tuna fishing generates four billion dollars annually but is under threat from over-fishing and the Pacific leaders say they need to protect their life-blood industry. "Palau President Johnson Toribiong's goal to host this summit ... more Brazil beefs up fishing security patrols
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Feb 3, 2009 Brazil is beefing up security patrols in its waters to protect its fishing zones in a $17 million boost that includes the addition of more vessels and new electronic monitoring equipment. The security operation aimed at the fishing zones comes after Brazil announced plans for huge investments to build up its naval presence around the newly discovered sub-sea oil and gas deposits. ... more Brazil dam draws ire of ecologists, natives and Sting 
Brasilia (AFP) Feb 3, 2010A controversial plan to build an immense dam in Brazil's rainforest endorsed this week has attracted a formidable bloc of opponents: ecologists, indigenous Indians and Sting. The facility, in Belo Monte in the northern state of Para, will be the third-biggest hydroelectric dam in the world once built, after the Three Gorges dam in China and Brazil's existing Itaipu dam. It will produce 1 ... more Is Iron The Culprit In Algae Blooms 
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2010A QUT team of scientists is taking an in-depth look at how iron, which gives our iron-rich soil its red colour, reaches water to potentially contribute to the algal blooms, which not only have a foul smell, but also make our eyes sting, cause fish kills and smother seagrass. Their research is centred on the catchment of Poona Creek on the Fraser Coast which drains into Great Sandy Strait - ... more |
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Sydney's $1.7 billion desalination plant 
Sydney (UPI) Feb 1, 2009 A $1.7 billion desalination plant has opened in Sydney, expected to supply up to 15 percent of the area's water needs. The seawater reverse-osmosis facility in the southern suburb of Kurnell has been driven by concerns about climate change, Sydney's inconsistent rainfall patterns and a rapidly growing metropolitan area that attracts some 50,000 new residents each year. "This is a ... more Summit in Finland to save Baltic Sea 
Helsinki (AFP) Jan 26, 2010Heads of state and government from countries bordering the Baltic Sea are expected to meet in Finland next month to commit to saving what organisers say is the world's most polluted sea. "We would like them to come here with a clear commitment about what they will do, what their governments will do," Finland's Baltic Sea ambassador Jari Luoto told reporters ahead of the Baltic Sea Action Sum ... more Himalayas Key To South Asian Monsoons 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 26, 2010Harvard climate scientists suggest that the Tibetan Plateau-thought to be the primary source of heat that drives the South Asian monsoon-may have far less of an effect than the Himalayas and other surrounding mountains. As the monsoon brings needed rainfall and water to billions of people each year, understanding its proper origin, especially in the context of global climate change, is crucial f ... more Beijing promises 'constructive' role in African Great Lakes 
Kigali (AFP) Jan 27, 2010Senior Chinese official Zhai Jun told Rwanda's President Paul Kagame in talks here that Beijing is ready to play a wider role in regional security, Radio Rwanda reported Wednesday. "As a permanent member of the UN security council, China is ready to play a constructive role in promoting sustainable stability and security in the Great Lakes region," said Zhai, an assistant foreign minister. ... more |
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