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West Africa's coastline redrawn by climate change: experts
Accra (AFP) Aug 22, 2008Rising sea levels caused by climate change will brutally redraw a 4,000-kilometre (2500-mile) stretch of west African coastline from Senegal to Cameroon by century's end, experts were told AFP Friday. "The cost of Guinea will cease to exist by the end of this century," said Stefan Cramer, a marine geologist and head of German green group Heinrich Boll Stiftung's operations in Nigeria. ... more Tracking A Crop Disease Could Save Millions Of Lives 
London, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2008Scientists have discovered why one of the world's most important agricultural diseases emerged, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of General Virology. Maize streak virus (MSV) causes the main virus disease of Africa's most important food crop. By comparing the genome of the virus to those of its less harmful relatives, scientists have discovered how and ... more Two years on, face transplant patients can smile: study 
Paris (AFP) Aug 22, 2008Two facial transplants -- one on a Chinese man who had half his face ripped off by a bear -- have proved highly successful two years on, opening the way for wider use of the procedure, studies released Friday report. The operations in China and France are among a handful that have pioneered the use of donor tissue to repair severe disfigurement of the face caused by burns, tumours ... more Tropical storm Julio nears Mexican resorts in Baja 
Miami (AFP) Aug 24, 2008Tropical storm Julio honed in on the resort-heavy southern coastline of Mexico's Baja California Sunday, threatening to unleash torrents of rain and heavy winds on the popular tourist area. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami warned that the storm would dump up to 15 centimeters (six inches) of rain on the southern Baja peninsula. At 1800 GMT the center of Julio was about 35 ... more Trees Kill Odors And Other Emissions From Poultry Farms 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 25, 2008Planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses and aid in reducing neighbor complaints, according to scientists from the University of Delaware. Some of the emissions were cut by almost half, George W. Malone, Ph.D., and colleagues said here at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS ... more |
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New York (AFP) Aug 22, 2008A fourth of the fish for sale in New York City markets and sushi restaurants is mislabeled, a study launched by two high school students has found. Cheap fish masquerading as fancy and endangered species disguised as eco-friendly have both been busted by the enterprising young scientists and a new technique called DNA bar coding, the New York Times said Friday. Kate Stoeckle, 19, and ... more Nigeria, S.Africa worst greenhouse gas emitters in Africa: experts 
Accra (AFP) Aug 23, 2008Nigeria and South Africa are the main emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa, accounting for almost 90 percent of the emissions in the continent, environmental experts said Saturday. "Nigeria produces almost 45 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in Africa from its gas flaring by oil firms in the Niger Delta while South Africa produces as much from industrial pollution," Stefan Cramer ... more New Book Supports Theory Of Man The Hunted 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 25, 2008Despite popular theories to the contrary, early humans evolved not as aggressive hunters, but as prey of many predators. "Humans are no more born to be hunters than to be gardeners," argues Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, in the newly-updated version of the controversial book "Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators and Human Evolution ... more Lingering Fay dumps rain on south, eyes New Orleans 
Miami (AFP) Aug 24, 2008Tropical storm Fay, which left dozens dead in the Caribbean and Florida, has been downgraded to a depression but was still drenching southern US states Sunday along the Katrina-ravaged Gulf coast. "Fay weakens to a depression, but heavy rains and flooding could continue for several days," the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in a statement late Saturday, with the storm slowing to a ... more Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study 
Paris (AFP) Aug 24, 2008Climate change could release unexpectedly huge stores of carbon dioxide from Arctic soils, which would in turn fuel a vicious circle of global warming, a new study warned Sunday. And according to one commentary on the research, current models of climate change have not taken this extra source of greenhouse gas into account. Scientists have long known that organic carbon trapped inside a ... more |
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Madrid (AFP) Aug 24, 2008A Spanish nuclear power plant shut down after an electrical generator fire Sunday, safety officials said, the latest incident at a reactor that has already been hit with record fines for its safety record. The incident came just weeks after the government vowed to take action against another nuclear station over a radioactive leak last year. In Sunday's leak environmental group Greenpeac ... more Nuke plant increases NYC earthquake risk 
New York (UPI) Aug 23, 2008 Seismologists said nuclear power plants located 24 miles north of New York increase the risk of serious damage from earthquakes. Columbia University researchers said the Indian Point nuclear power plants sit astride the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones, making the risk of earthquake substantially greater than formerly believed. The findings, publis ... more Nuclear suppliers fail to reach consensus on US-India deal 
Vienna (AFP) Aug 22, 2008Nuclear supplier nations ended a two-day meeting here Friday without reaching agreement on lifting a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), which controls the export and sale of nuclear technology worldwide, convened for two days "to discuss a US draft proposal on a statement on civil nuclear cooperation with India." Following a full session a ... more Academy Awarded Funding For Wave Energy Research 
US Air Force Academy CO (AFPN) Aug 22, 2008The next source of alternative energy could come from ocean waves, and Air Force Academy professors have been granted funding to dive into this research. The National Science Foundation has awarded the Academy's Aeronautics Department $285,619 to support a cyclodial propeller wave energy converter research project to harness the ocean's power. The concept of ocean waves turning power ... more Analysis: Iraq Energy Roundup 
Baghdad, Iraq (UPI) Aug 25, 2008Iraq said it planned to sign a $1.2 billion deal with China's state-run oil firm, marking the first major oil deal since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Baghdad officials said the deal with China National Petroleum Corp. could come as early as next week, Abu Dhabi's The National reported. The deal replaced a contract with the Chinese ... more
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