News About The Oceans of Earth 05-SEP-08 en-us The Hague (AFP) Sept 3, 2008 - Low-lying Netherlands must spend more than 100 billion euros on dike upgrades and coastal expansion to avoid the ravages of rising sea levels due to global warming, experts warned Wednesday. ]]> ]]> Taipei (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 - Taiwan has put forward a plan to import water from China for residents on a heavily-defended island group off the mainland, authorities said Tuesday, in a fresh sign of improving relations.]]> Sydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 - Rivers in Australia's most important farming region are in critical condition thanks to the long-running drought, with no sign of an end to the 'big dry,' officials said Tuesday.]]> Novosibirsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 02, 2008 - Scientists have found two more cracks in the bedrock of Siberia's Lake Baikal from which crude oil seeps into the lake, bringing the total to three, an expedition member said on Tuesday.]]> ]]> Stony Brook NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2008 - Stony Brook University has announced the establishment of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science within its School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) on Long Island, New York.]]> Paris (AFP) Aug 27, 2008 - Scientists on Wednesday said they had discovered deep-sea viruses to be an unexpectedly potent driver of the so-called carbon cycle that sustains oceanic life and helps dampen global warming.]]> Cullowhee NC (SPX) Aug 27, 2008 - Western Carolina University is the new home to the offices of the Santa Aguila Charitable Trust, an international organization devoted to the protection and preservation of beaches around the world, and recent WCU graduate Adam Griffith has been hired as director of the trust's Beachcare program.]]> SOLAR  ENERGY  SOLUTIONS

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]]> Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008 - Climate change poses a serious threat to essential water resources in the Himalayan region putting the livelihoods of 1.3 billion people at risk, experts said Thursday.]]> Stockholm (AFP) Aug 21, 2008 - More than one billion people worldwide have no toilet and defecate outside, while some have to be shamed into changing their habits when presented with conveniences, a conference was told.]]> Ottawa (AFP) Aug 20, 2008 - The Canadian city of London, Ontario on Wednesday halted sales of bottled water at all of its municipal facilities, heralding the return of water fountains, despite beverage industry protests.]]> ]]> ]]> Kathmandu (AFP) Aug 20, 2008 - Some 50,000 people have been forced to flee after monsoon rains washed away a dam in southern Nepal and were taking refuge in makeshift shelters, schools and temples, an official said Wednesday. ]]> Niue (AFP) Aug 18, 2008 - Pacific leaders arrived for a summit late Monday in the tiny island nation of Niue, a day after Fiji's military leader announced he would boycott the talks.]]> San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2008 - Jeremy Jackson, senior scientist emeritus of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, asserts in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that the following steps, if taken immediately, could reverse the demise of the oceans: Establish marine reserves, enforce fishing regulations, implement aquaculture, remove subsidies on fertilizer use, muster human ingenuity to limit fossil fuel consumption, buy time by establishing local conservation measures.]]> Advertise in Terra Daily and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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