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New Zealand glaciers retreat due to global warming: scientists
Wellington (AFP) Nov 19, 2007New Zealand's largest glaciers are retreating fast in the face of global warming and could disappear altogether, scientists said Monday. A report by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said the volume of ice in New Zealand's Southern Alps had shrunk almost 11 percent in the past 30 years. More than 90 percent of this loss was because the 12 largest glaciers in ... more Padang: a major Indonesian city threatened by disaster 
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 19, 2007International scientists are concerned about the growing threat of an earthquake or a tsunami in the Indonesian city of Padang, which has 800,000 inhabitants. This port on the west coast of Sumatra, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Singapore and twice that from Jakarta, is located between two lines of high seismic activity: the Great Sumatran fault, on the mainland to the east, and the ... more China pollution costs 5.8 pct of GDP: report 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2007China's pollution woes are costing it about 5.8 percent of GDP each year, much higher than past official Chinese estimates, state press quoted the World Bank as saying Monday. The costs in absenteeism due to health and other problems total about 100 billion dollars a year, or about 5.8 percent of gross domestic product, Xinhua news agency quoted World Bank China country director David Dollar ... more Atmospheric Measuring Device For Understanding Smog Formation 
Upton NY (SPX) Nov 20, 2007Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new tool for quantitatively measuring elusive atmospheric chemicals that play a key role in the formation of photochemical smog. Better measurements will improve scientists' understanding of the mechanisms of smog formation and their ability to select and predict the effectiveness of various mitigation ... more Aid ships dock in Somalia under French navy escort: UN 
Mogadishu (AFP) Nov 19, 2007UN-chartered food vessels arrived on Monday at a Somali port under a French navy escort on a two-month arrangement to protect relief shipments from pirate attacks, a UN official said. The freighters, MV Rozen and MV Semlow, docked at Merka port about 100 kilometres (63 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu, escorted by French frigate Commandant Ducuing. "They arrived without any fear of ... more |
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Exeter UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2007The flood believed to be behind the Noah's Ark myth kick-started European agriculture, according to new research by the Universities of Exeter, UK and Wollongong, Australia. Published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, the research paper assesses the impact of the collapse of the North American (Laurentide) Ice Sheet, 8000 years ago. The results indicate a catastrophic rise in global sea ... more Tsunami-Recording In The Deep Sea 
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2007In order to extend alert times and avoid false alarms, a new seafloor pressure recording system has been designed to detect tsunamis shortly after their development in the open ocean. The project is directed by scientists of the working group 'Marine Observation Systems' at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, part of the Helmholtz Association. Successful testing of the re ... more Aftershocks rattle Chile five days after massive quake 
Santiago (AFP) Nov 18, 2007Another sizeable aftershock shook northern Chile late Monday, following last week's deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake, US seismologists said. The moderate shock, registering 5.7 on the moment magnitude scale, hit off the coast of the city of Antofagasta, according to the US Geological Survey, which monitors seismologic events worldwide. Monday's jolt had a depth of 35 kilometers (21 miles) ... more Portable Electricity, Life-Like Prosthetics On The Way 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 20, 2007The technology that makes a cell phone vibrate is the same technology that provides more natural movements to prosthetic limbs. A University of Houston research team is working on recreating and enhancing this technological effect, which, if successful, could result in better prosthetic movements and also provide instant electrical power for soldiers and others through the simple act of walking. ... more Brazilian CO2 pollution outstripping economic growth: study 
Sao Paulo (AFP) Nov 19, 2007The increase in CO2 pollution Brazil spewed out between 1994 and 2005 surpassed the rate of its economic growth, a study published Monday in the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said. Carbon dioxide output over that period grew 45 percent, the report by the Economy and Energy Institute said. The annual increase in the greenhouse gas production was 3.4 percent -- higher than the 2.6 percent y ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2007On November 17-18, Saudi Arabia will play host to the third summit in the 47 long-year history of the omnipotent oil cartel - the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). On the eve of the summit, OPEC has been subjected to a massive attack led by oil consumers, who demand that it should immediately increase oil production. The price of oil may surpass the record of $100 per bar ... more Russia Will Supply A Third Of European Gas 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2007At the 20th World Energy Congress in Rome on November 11-15, Russian representatives confirmed that they have chosen Europe as a priority market of energy supplies for many years ahead. Gazprom, for instance, intends to increase its share in the European gas market from the current 26% to 33% by 2015. It seems that Russia is not particularly worried about the EU initiative to protect its domesti ... more Climate change driving 'fourth tech revolution': British PM 
London (AFP) Nov 19, 2007Climate change is driving the need for a "fourth technological revolution" to cut pollution and save the planet, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. In his first major speech on the environment since taking office, Brown said the developing green technology sector could employ 25 million people worldwide and be worth three trillion dollars annually by 2050. Britain currently ... more Analysis: Study lauds China renewables 
Washington (UPI) Nov 19, 2007 A new report from the Worldwatch Institute offers a note of optimism amid the torrent of bad news about China's energy and environmental woes. According to its authors, China is poised to become a renewable energy leader in the near future. But to what extent will this diminish China's problems? "Reaching this milestone in such a short time would constitute a remarkable achieveme ... more Iran must do more to clear nuclear suspicions: Russia 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 19, 2007A UN report on Iran's nuclear programme indicates progress, but Tehran must do more to clear up suspicions over its nuclear activities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. The report, by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, "so far cannot confirm the absence of undeclared nuclear activities in Iran. For this, Iran still has rather a lot to do in cooperation with ... more
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