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NASA Satellite Identifies The World's Most Intense Thunderstorms Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 27, 2006 
A summer thunderstorm often provides much-needed rainfall and heat wave relief, but others bring large hail, destructive winds, and tornadoes. Now with the help of NASA satellite data, scientists are gaining insight into the distribution of such storms around much of the world. By using data from the NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, a study published in the August 2006 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society identified the regions on Earth that experience the most intense thunderstorms. The strongest storms were found to occur east of the Andes Mountains in Argentina, where warm, humid air often collides with cooler, drier air, similar to storms that form east of the Rockies in the US. |
Chinese ship scouts deep-ocean floor in South Pacific
No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter in Japan 'Almost every day': Japan battles spike in bear attacks Countries agree to end mercury tooth fillings by 2034 Earth cannot 'sustain' intensive fossil fuel use, Lula tells COP30 At COP30, nations target the jet set with luxury flight tax Earth 'can no longer sustain' intensive fossil fuel use, Lula tells COP30 Iran president warns Tehran may face evacuation due to drought Greece woos US energy deals, as eco groups cry foul Earth can no longer sustain intensive fossil fuel use: Lula 
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Earthquake Swarms Not Just Clustered Around Volcanoes, Geothermal Regions
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 27, 2006An earthquake swarm - a steady drumbeat of moderate, related seismic events - over hours or days, often can be observed near a volcano such as Mount St. Helens in Washington state or in a geothermal region such as Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. New research led by a University of Washington seismologist shows, however, that such swarms can occur anywhere that is seismically active, not just near volcanoes or geothermal regions. Yale Journal Identifies Products That Cause Greatest Environmental Damage 
New Haven CN (SPX) Oct 27, 2006Cutting-edge research identifying the types of products that cause the greatest environmental damage is the focus of a special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology. Seventy percent to 80 percent of the total environmental impact is from automobiles, air transport, food (meat and dairy, chief among them), home and related energy use, including heating, cooling and energy-using appliances. Climate Change May Trigger Global Recession 
London (AFP) Oct 26, 2006Climate change may have an adverse impact on the global economy in the long run and lead to the worst global recession in recent history, a report to be released next week will warn, The Guardian reported on Thursday. Citing comments made by David King, the British government's chief scientific adviser, the newspaper reported that the report by Nicholas Stern, a former World Bank chief economist, will argue that fighting global warming will save industrialised nations money. |
Pollinators Help One-Third Of World Crop Production
Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2006Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world's crop production, increasing the output of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, finds a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences and co-authored by a conservation biologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Slow Food Movement Meets To 'Sow Seeds Of Virtuous Globalization' 
Turin (AFP) Italy, Oct 26, 2006The Slow Food movement on Thursday kicked off its second world meeting in Turin, Italy, vowing to work together to promote food quality, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity. "We are sowing the seeds of virtuous globalization," said Slow Food International leader Carlo Petrini at the inauguration of the Terra Madre (Mother Earth) convention, addressing delegates from some 150 countries, from the richest to the poorest. "The French revolution made all of us aware of individual rights," he said. "History is calling for collective rights: the right to water, the right to clean air ... the right to biodiversity, the right to peace." Rogue Elephant Kills Five In Eastern Nepal 
Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 26, 2006A rogue elephant in eastern Nepal has killed five people and injured three others by trampling houses in night-time attacks in remote villages during the past week, officials said Thursday. "The elephant, which came from a jungle along the Nepal-India border, killed a 55-year old man in Pakali village on Thursday," said police officer Tej Bahadur Basnet from Sunsari district, 350 kilometers (220 miles) east of Kathmandu. |
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China Lowers Target For Renewable Energy
Beijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2006China has lowered its goal for renewable energy production but its targeted investment of 1.5 trillion yuan (187 billion dollars) in the sector remains unchanged, state press reported Thursday. The target of 20 percent renewable energy sources by 2020 has been cut to 16 percent, the China Daily said, citing Wu Guihui, a leading energy official at the ministry-level National Development and Reform Commission. Kyoto Protocol Countries Launch New Move On Greenhouse Gases 
Paris (AFP) Oct 26, 2006Countries that have ratified the UN's Kyoto Protocol launched a new incentive on Thursday to help tackle greenhouse gas emissions by former Soviet bloc economies. The final decisions completing the Joint Implementation (JI) initiative were made in Bonn by a supervisory committee under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto's parent treaty. Russia/Kazakh To Open Uranium Enrichment Center 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 26, 2006Russia and Kazakhstan are to open an international uranium enrichment center in Angarsk, eastern Siberia, the head of the Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom said Thursday. Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko, speaking after a meeting with Kazakh Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov, said the facility would serve "not only our two countries but any country that wanted to develop civilian nuclear power." Rosatom said the center could begin producing enriched uranium some time next year. |
London Buses To Get Green Makeover
London (AFP) Oct 26, 2006London's 8,000 buses are to get a green makeover in the coming years as the capital's mayor announced major investments into buses that run on hybrid engines, the Guardian reported on Thursday. As part of the plan, every new bus from 2012 will run on hybrid motors that release 40 percent less carbon dioxide than diesel-powered buses, with the aim of putting 500 hybrid buses on London's roads each year, eventually creating a completely green fleet. US Slipping In Stem Cells 
Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2006The legal restrictions on U.S. stem cell research limit the avenues that scientists can pursue, experts said this week. Those against the restrictions say they are putting American researchers at a disadvantage compared to their counterparts in other countries. But those in favor say they impose reasonable limits -- and may be nudging the research in the right direction. Hunger Driving North Korea Refugees, World Must Open Doors 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 26, 2006Hunger is driving increasing numbers of North Koreans to risk their lives fleeing over the border in a humanitarian tragedy overshadowed by the nuclear crisis, a leading think-tank said Thursday. In a report, the International Crisis Group urged China to halt its policy of repatriating the refugees back to face persecution and risk of execution, and called on the outside world to open its doors too. |
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