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On the Threshold of Abrupt Climate Change Washington DC (SPX) Sep 23, 2008 
Abrupt climate change is a potential menace that hasn't received much attention. That's about to change. Through its Climate Change Prediction Program, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) recently launched IMPACTS - Investigation of the Magnitudes and Probabilities of Abrupt Climate Transitions - a program led by William Collins of ... read moreWalker's World: The mega-bank cometh 
Beijing (UPI) Sep 22, 2008 There is loose talk of "a trillion-dollar bailout." But it is too soon even to guess at the eventual cost of the massive rescue package that U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has devised for congressional approval. It is also too soon to assess how long it will take to stabilize the U.S. markets until normal operations can resume, and how far it will be accepted by markets elsewhere ... more |
Search called off after Indonesia landfill collapse kills seven
February fifth warmest on record, extreme rain in Europe: EU monitor Venezuelan lawmakers advance mining reforms sought by US UN warns of environmental hazards from Middle East war Antarctic sea ice improves after four years of extreme lows: US scientists Water emerges as a dangerous new war target Indonesia landfill collapse kills five Indonesia landfill collapse kills four Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund' Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs 
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World's Largest Corporations Seek Clarity On Climate Change Regulation
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 23, 2008Global corporations view climate change as a driver of risk and opportunity and have cited clear regulation as key to managing the impacts, in this year's findings from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which includes exclusive data from 1550 of the world's major companies on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change related strategies. With a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty ... more UN requests 460 million dollars for drought-stricken Ethiopia 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Sept 22, 2008The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday launched an appeal for 460 million dollars (315 million euros) to feed 9.6 million people affected by drought and rising food prices in Ethiopia. "The Horn of Africa region is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since 1984, and Ethiopia is caught in the middle," said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran in a statement. "We know ... more Redesigned Hammer That Forged Evolution Of Pregnancy In Mammals 
New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 23, 2008Yale researchers have shown that the origin and evolution of the placenta and uterus in mammals is associated with evolutionary changes in a single regulatory protein, according to a report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Many past studies have shown that genes are regulated and altered by changes within their own structures. This is the first work suggesting that the ... more  |
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On The Brink Of A New Agricultural Revolution
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 23, 2008In a keynote address to the Australian Society of Agronomy Conference, the Director of CSIRO's Agricultural Sustainability Initiative, Dr Brian Keating, said there is evidence that rates of increase in agricultural productivity are easing both in Australia and overseas. "This is happening at a time when demand for additional food and fibre production has never been higher and supply is ... more Global Food Situation At A Crossroads 
Los Banos, Philippines (SPX) Sep 23, 2008Declining agricultural productivity and continued growing demand have brought the world food situation to a crossroads. Failure to act now through a wholesale reinvestment in agriculture-including research into improved technologies, infrastructure development, and training and education of agricultural scientists and trainers-could lead to a long-term crisis that makes the price spikes of ... more Climate Change, Human Activity And Wildfires 
Eugene OR (SPX) Sep 23, 2008Climate has been implicated by a new study as a major driver of wildfires in the last 2,000 years. But human activities, such as land clearance and fire suppression during the industrial era (since 1750) have created large swings in burning, first increasing fires until the late 1800s, and then dramatically reducing burning in the 20th century. The study by a nine-member team from seven in ... more New Study Offers Solution To Global Fisheries Collapse 
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2008A study published in Science shows that an innovative yet contentious fisheries management strategy called "catch shares" can reverse fisheries collapse. Where traditional "open access" fisheries have converted to catch shares, both fishermen and the oceans have benefited. Catch shares are common in New Zealand, Australia, Iceland, and increasingly the US and Canada.* They guarantee each ... more |
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