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New Disaster Preparedness Strategy Announced
Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2008In an unprecedented initiative, US and Canadian experts have developed a comprehensive framework to optimize and manage critical care resources during times of pandemic outbreaks or other mass critical care disasters. The new proposal suggests legally protecting clinicians who follow accepted protocols for the allocation of scarce resources when providing care during mass critical care eve ... more Scientists Endure Arctic For Last Campaign Prior To CryoSat-2 Launch 
Paris, France (ESA) May 12, 2008An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring the data delivered by ESA's ice mission CryoSat will be as accurate as possible. The scientists, mainly from Denmark, UK, Germany and Canada, are currently in the middle of CryoSa ... more Scripps Oceanography Research Pegs ID Of Red Tide Killer 
San Diego CA (SPX) May 09, 2008Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have identified a potential "red tide killer." Red tides and related phenomena in which microscopic algae accumulate rapidly in dense concentrations have been on the rise in recent years, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in worldwide losses to fisheries and beach tourism activities. Despite their wide-ranging impacts ... more USGS Awards Satellite Imagery Contracts: Enhancing Access To Users 
Reston VA (SPX) May 09, 2008The United States Geological Survey (USGS) announced the award of three multi-year acquisition contracts for high and moderate-resolution satellite imagery to GeoEye of Dulles, VA, DigitalGlobe of Longmont, CO and SPOT Image Corporation of Chantilly, VA. The contracts will to provide the USGS and other Federal agencies access to commercial satellite data from the U.S. and international mar ... more Tornadoes kill at least 22 across US 
Washington (AFP) May 11, 2008Rescue crews searched through rubble Sunday for survivors of tornadoes which tore across the United States the previous day, killing at least 22 people and shattering homes and businesses, officials said. Missouri's department of emergency management said 14 people were confirmed dead in the state, with scores more injured. "We are still conducting some search and rescue today," departme ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2008A sensor considered critical in monitoring global climate will be restored to the first satellite scheduled to fly in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) top officials from NOAA, NASA, and the Air Force said yesterday. At a meeting of the tri-agency NPOESS Executive Committee (EXCOM), the members agreed to restore the Total Solar Irradiance Senso ... more Chilean Volcano Captured Blasting Ash 
Paris, France (ESA) May 09, 2008Chile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008. The 1000 m-high volcano had been dormant for thousands of years before erupting on 2 May, causing the evacuation of thousands. Chaiten Volcano is located in southern Chile 10 km northeast of the town ... more Bluesky Launches 3D Computer Models Of Britain's Cities 
Coalville, England (SPX) May 12, 2008Aerial survey specialist Bluesky has launched a new range of highly accurate and detailed 3D city models. The new product range will be available off the shelf and will help improve the management of urban centres providing a new understanding of the built environment. Applications including planning and development control, security and emergency response planning, environmental modelling ... more Zimbabwe opposition lobbies for peacekeepers: spokesman 
Johannesburg (AFP) May 11, 2008Zimbabwe's opposition has met with Angola's president to urge him to send regional peacekeepers for Zimbabwe's upcoming presidential runoff, an opposition spokesman said Sunday. President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the head of the security committee of the 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) which has the ability to deploy peacekeepers in the region. The meeting was held ... more Sahara made slow transition from green to desert: study 
Washington (AFP) May 9, 2008The Sahara became the world's biggest hot desert some 2,700 years ago after a very slow fade from green, according to a new study which clashes with the theory that desertification came abruptly. Six thousand years ago, the massive arid region dominating northern Africa was quite green, a patchwork of trees and savannas as well as many sparkling lakes. The region, larger than Australia, ... more |
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Utsira, Norway (AFP) May 11, 2008As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition. "Wind-mapping shows that ... Norway is among the (world's) most ideal locations for wind power, both on the coast and offshore," said Norwegian Deputy Petroleum and Energy Minister Liv Monica Stubholdt. Yet the Scandinavia ... more French contemplate bid for leading UK nuclear utility 
London (AFP) May 11, 2008French state-owned energy giant EDF, the world's biggest nuclear energy producer, has ambitions to expand into a lucrative future British market with a bid for the leading British nuclear energy producer. Friday was the deadline for bids for the British government's 35.2 percent stake in British Energy, the biggest British power generator, a privatised company providing nearly 19 percent of ... more Finland to decide on new nuclear reactors in 2010: govt 
Helsinki (AFP) May 9, 2008Finland's government is planning to take a decision on whether to build new nuclear reactors in 2010, ahead of parliamentary elections in 2011, the ministry of economic affairs said Friday. Electricity producer Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) submitted an application on April 25 to the ministry to build the country's sixth reactor, in Olkiluoto, southwestern Finland. In addition to TVO ... more Analysis: China faces tanker shortage 
Washington (UPI) May 9, 2008 Driving China's pipeline strategy of seeking agreement with Russia and Central Asian states for transmission of oil and natural gas is a potential shortage beyond the energy issues so prominent in the media. And China's potential shortage is tankers. According to a recent report in PortWorld, a prominent Chinese shipping executive commented that by 2015 China will need nearly 150 Very ... more Analysis: OPEC head puts oil price on U.S. 
Washington (UPI) May 8, 2008 Angry oil consumers taking aim at OPEC are looking at a "scapegoat" instead of a needed mirror, the head of the bloc of oil producers said during a visit to Washington Thursday. Chakib Khelil, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, blamed the record high prices for oil on the hemorrhaging U.S. economy -- especially the downgrading dollar -- and panned new ... more
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