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Boulder CO (UPI) Dec 01, 2004The new makeup of the U.S. Senate is giving Republicans their best opportunity since the Bush administration took office to open up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for oil and natural gas. Spotlight On Space Debris 
Darmstadt, Germany (ESA) Dec 06, 2004At closing speeds reaching 50 thousand km per hour, even the smallest bits of space debris can cause serious harm to spacecraft; larger ones cause catastrophe. Near-Earth missions, like the International Space Station, now carry ever-more sophisticated shielding. |
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Argo Robotic Instrument Network Now Covers Most Of The Globe
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2004Scientists have crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world's oceans. NASA Study Finds Glacier Doing Double Time 
WASHINGTON DC (SPX) Dec 02, 2004A NASA-funded study found the world's fastest glacier, Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae, doubled its speed of ice flow between 1997 and 2003. New Evidence Supports Terrestrial Cause Of End-Permian Mass Extinction 
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 01, 2004Two hundred and fifty million years ago, ninety percent of marine species disappeared and life on land suffered greatly during the world's largest mass extinction. The cause of this great dying has baffled scientists for decades, and recent speculations invoke asteroid impacts as a kill mechanism. Phillipines Storm Leaves 300 Dead, 150 Missing 
Real, Philippines (AFP) Nov 30, 2004Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors Tuesday after floods and landslides unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines killed more than 300 people and left at least 150 others missing, many buried alive under tonnes of debris. New International Effort To Uncover Microbial Diversity In World's Oceans 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Nov 30, 2004In an unprecedented effort to catalog the Earth's known marine microbes, and explore the ocean's yet untold microbial diversity, Mitchell L. Sogin, Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory's (MBL'S) Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, and Jan W. de Leeuw, Senior Scientist at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), have launched the International Census of Marine Microbes, the first global effort to focus on the biodiversity of single-celled organisms in the world's oceans. The Origin Of Life On Earth 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2004Neil deGrasse Tyson, author and host of the NOVA series, "Origins, Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution", gives a galvanizing tour of the cosmos revealing what the universe has been up to while turning part of itself into us. WHO: Bird Flu Outbreak Will Likely Cause New Human Flu Pandemic 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) Nov 29, 2004The World Health Organization is warning Asian nations that its current struggle with bird flu could lead to the next deadly human flu pandemic across the globe. Millions could die. The WHO is holding a major regional conference in Bangkok this week to develop strategies to contain the flu and other infectious diseases. |
Evacuation Of Volcano-Hit Papua New Guinea Island Gets Underway
Port Moresby, PNG (AFP) Nov 28, 2004An urgent evacuation of around 9,000 villagers from Papua New Guinea's remote Manam Island got underway Sunday amid fears the the island's volcano was on the verge of a major eruption, officials said. Some Consumers Still Wary Of GM Foods 
WASHINGTON (UPI) Nov 23, 2004This Thursday an estimated 40 million turkeys will adorn dinner tables across the United States as families gather for the traditional Thanksgiving Day feast. Most Americans will be thinking about how long the in-laws will be staying, what the football scores are, and how to avoid the crowds at the malls the next day - not whether their turkey was fed insect-resistant corn, or if their mashed potatoes were made from fungal-resistant spuds. Vast Water Supplies Hidden Under North China Desert: Study 
Paris, France (AFP) Nov 24, 2004A desert in China's Inner Mongolia that has the highest sand dunes in the world holds a vast store of underground water which, if used wisely, could ease the chronic water shortage afflicting the north of the country, a study says. Brazil To Start Enriching Uranium Next Month: Official 
Brasilia, Brazil (AFP) Nov 24, 2004Brazil will start enriching uranium next month after getting the green light from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the government announced Wednesday after months of negotiations. Researchers Probe Marine Mysteries Off The Alaskan Coast 
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2004A summer voyage to investigate the causes of one of the most devastating tsunamis in United States history has uncovered new mysteries about biological and geological processes off Alaska. Report On Second Double Star - Cluster Workshop 
Beijing (ESA) Nov 23, 2004The second Double Star Cluster workshop took place on 8-10 November 2004 in the Centre for Space and Applied Research (CSSAR) in Beijing. More than 70 scientists from China, Europe, Russia and USA gathered to discuss the first results of the Double Star mission. Climate Change: Humans Fuss, Animals Adjust 
Boulder CO (UPI) Nov 15, 2004Scientists can argue all they want about how many degrees Celsius - or Fahrenheit - the planet is warming and what the trend portends, but meanwhile Earth's plants, insects and animals are not waiting for the outcome. They already are altering their patterns of behavior in response to what is happening. |
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