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Death toll from Europe cold snap passes 300Kiev (AFP) Feb 5, 2012 The deadly cold snap that has gripped Europe for more than a week wrought more havoc across the continent Sunday, straining emergency services, grounding flights and pushing the death toll past 300. The homeless population has borne the brunt of the suffering, with dozens of transients freezing to death in unheated apartments, fire escapes or in makeshift street shelters. French authorities on Sunday found the body of a homeless man who had frozen to death, bringing to at least 306 the number of ... read more |
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 Misery as Italy cold snap death toll rises to 17 Snow and treacherous black ice caked the streets of the normally mild-weathered Italian capital Sunday, as snowed-in residents warned of food shortages and the cold snap's death toll rose to 17. ... more | .. |
 Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam burst. ... more | .. |
  Yellow-cedar are dying in Alaska Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 year ... more | .. |
 Scientists 'read' the ash from the Icelandic volcano 2 years after its eruption UCLA scientists unlock mystery of how 'handedness' arises Time, place and how wood is used are factors in carbon emissions from deforestation Nearly one-tenth of hemisphere's mammals unlikely to outrun climate change One Quarter Of Grouper Species Being Fished To Extinction Olympics: London faces up to 'greenest' Games pledge Russia 'a growing grain power' |
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  Tropical Cyclones to Cause Greater Damage Tropical cyclones will cause $109 billion in damages by 2100, according to Yale and MIT researchers in a paper published in Nature Climate Change. That figure represents an increased vulnerability f ... more | .. |
 Mass evacuation in Australia as flood waters rise Flood waters rose Monday in parts of Queensland but residents of a threatened town in the Australian state were thrown a lifeline with news that the levee on a swollen river might hold. ... more | .. |
  The good news about carbon storage in tropical vegetation A study published in Nature Climate Change finds that tropical vegetation contains 21 percent more carbon than previous studies had suggested. Using a combination of remote sensing and field data, s ... more | .. |
  Nepal in mass poultry cull after bird flu found Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan country, officials said Sunday. ... more |
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 Berkeley Lab scientists generate electricity from viruses You can't play nano-billiards on a bumpy table Catching the Wave of Alternative Energy S. Korea nuclear contractor jailed for parts scam Japan to pay $4.4 bn for Australian gas field stake Total eyes more projects in booming Australia China, Japan hold sea talks on island row A Push From the Mississippi Kept Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Off Shore, Penn Research Shows Motech Americas Exclusive Supplier of Standard PV Solar Modules Upward trend in energy costs encourages consumers to invest in renewable energy US DoI Approves Ocotillo Express Wind Project Solar Polysilicon Pricing Plunges as Buyers Flock to the Spot Market Carmanah Launches EG145 Solar Streetlight Demand for commercial solar projects soars as planning restrictions are lifted | .. |
  Short-term memory is based on synchronized brain oscillations Holding information within one's memory for a short while is a seemingly simple and everyday task. We use our short-term memory when remembering a new telephone number if there is nothing to write a ... more | .. |
  Road Runoff Spurring Spotted Salamander Evolution Spotted salamanders exposed to contaminated roadside ponds are adapting to their toxic environments, according to a Yale paper in Scientific Reports. This study provides the first documented evidenc ... more | .. |
  China water project to begin operating in 2013: report A massive project to divert water from China's south to its drought-prone north - which has seen hundreds of thousands of people relocated - will become partly operational next year, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 Philippine quake kills 43 A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the central Philippines on Monday, killing at least 43 people and causing widespread panic, officials said. ... more |
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  Russia, China block UN action on Syria for second time Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's murderous crackdown on protests for the second time. ... more | .. |
 Europe cold snap claims hundreds of lives, disrupts travel The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it Sunday as air traffic was hit. ... more | .. |
  Book shows Chinese laureate's struggles with West Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has been hailed as a bold champion of democracy, but a new compilation of his writings shows him also to be deeply introspective and doubtful of the West's model. ... more | .. |
 Tibet exiles say repression in China at new heights A continuing spate of self-immolations by Tibetans in China are a desperate response to "new levels" of Chinese persecution, the Tibet government-in-exile said Monday. ... more |
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 "Dip Chip" Technology Tests Toxicity On-the-Go Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for LITENING G4 Targeting Pods Lockheed Martin's New Standalone Launching System Significantly Reduces Weapons Integration Costs BBN Technologies awarded intelligence funding for metaphor research The top issues at the NATO summit NATO leaders eye final two years of troubled Afghan war Pakistan clears way for NATO summit, supply routes NATO protesters arrested in Chicago before summit US restricts flights of F-22 jets over safety worries Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites NATO: The world's biggest defence alliance Israel's sub fleet buildup will cost $1.8B Outside View: When brother kills brother Congress panel backs higher arms buys | .. |
 One dead, many stranded as Greek city floods An elderly woman died on Sunday and nearly two dozen people had to be rescued by fire crews in the western Greece city of Pyrgos after flooding caused by heavy rainfalls, authorities said. ... more | .. |
  Thai police bust Bangkok rare wildlife 'butchers' Thai police busted a grisly exotic wildlife slaughterhouse in Bangkok when officers caught four men in the act of chopping up a tiger in a residential home, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Bitter exchanges highlight Hong Kong, China divide A bitter family feud between Hong Kongers and their northern neighbours sparked by mainland China's increasing financial and political clout has led to an awkward debate about the former British colony's identity. ... more | .. |
 China hit by more Tibetan self-immolations: reports A Tibetan died and two others were seriously hurt when they set themselves on fire in a remote Chinese village in the latest protests against Beijing's rule, an exile group and US-based broadcaster said. ... more |
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 Europe cold snap claims 260 lives, sends ferry aground Hundreds of people were plucked to safety Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm hit a breakwater off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 260 lives across Europe maintained its grip. ... more | .. |
 Environment agency becomes crunch issue in Rio talks The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is emerging as a hot issue in preparations for June's Rio conference, styled as a once-in-a-generation chance to restore a sick planet to good health. ... more | .. |
 India, Russia, US, China plan anti-carbon tax talks India, Russia, the United States, China and other countries will meet in Moscow this month to decide whether to retaliate against the EU's decision to impose a carbon tax on air travel, a report says. ... more | .. |
 Outrage as Russia, China veto UN move on Syria Russia and China blocked a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its crackdown on protests, amid growing outrage Sunday at a "massacre" in the protest city of Homs and a spiralling death toll. ... more |
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 Japan enters commercial space race German Astronomers Finish Europe's Largest Solar Telescope On Tenerife Ariane 5 ECA rocket orbits JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 Mission accomplished Watching an electron being born New Space Station Crew in Orbit Solar Eclipse this Weekend JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House Space Systems Loral Provides High Capacity Broadband Satellite to Hughes NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow Russia Does Not Rule Out Preemptive Missile Defense Strike American Hypersonic Weapons Are Threat To Russia Says Rogozin Hitting the wrong target with missile-interceptor Russia Repeats Iskander Deployment Threat | .. |
 Syria hails Russia, Chinese UN veto An official Syrian newspaper on Sunday hailed the Russian and Chinese double veto of a draft UN Security Council resolution on the regime's crackdown, calling it a catalyst for the speeding up of reform. ... more | .. |
 International outcry over Russia-China veto on Syria Western and Arab powers have reacted angrily to Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, but Moscow and Beijing insisted the text had needed more work. ... more | .. |
 Brazilian military takes charge in Bahia Brazilian security forces took control of Bahia on Sunday, patrolling key intersections in the state capital Salvador after a police strike led to a major spike in murders and violent crime. ... more | .. |
Strong 6.5 quake strikes off Vanuatu: Hong Kong Observatory A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Sunday, the Hong Kong Observatory said, but there were no reports of a tsunami warning. ... more |
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 Landslide win for new Finnish president Niinistoe Finland's conservative pro-European Sauli Niinistoe won Finland's presidential election on Sunday, easily defeating Green liberal challenger Pekka Haavisto as had been widely expected. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen urges 'open', 'fair' village elections China's Premier Wen Jiabao called for open and democratic village elections in comments published Sunday, after unfair polls were part of the reason behind a rebellion against officials in south China. ... more | .. |
  Africa land grabs 'could cause conflicts' The stampede by wealthy states for arable land across Africa and other developing regions could trigger a series of conflicts if governments fail to protect the rights of their people, two recent studies on land grabs warn. ... more | .. |
 Deep freeze hits Poland's hardy lake swimmers Hardy fans of swimming in the frozen lakes of northern Poland have decided to call off a mass outing this weekend due to vicious cold snap gripping the country, organisers said Friday. ... more |
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