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Disasters kill more in 2008 than in tsunami: UN Geneva (AFP) Oct 8, 2008 
More people died from natural disasters in the first six months of 2008 than in the Asian tsunami of 2004 due mainly to the earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar, the United Nations said Wednesday. "2008 is a terrible year. There have already been more victims than in the tsunami," said Salvator Briceno, head of the UN's disaster management agency (ISDR). More than 230,000 people ... read moreNorbert now a category-three hurricane as it aims for Mexico 
Miami (AFP) Oct 8, 2008Norbert has become a major hurricane with winds near 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour, as it churns towards Mexico's tourist destination of Baja, California, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday. The NHC's five-day forecast showed Norbert, currently located in the Pacific Ocean about 470 miles (755 kilometers) south of Baja's southern tip, striking the peninsula at hurricane ... more |
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 'Significant' acceleration of global warming since 2015: study Eight dead as tornados surge across central US 
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Wayward penguins in northern Brazil ship out to Patagonia
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 7, 2008Thirty-one penguins stranded on the balmy Brazilian coast were loaded to a ship Tuesday in the first step of a journey to return them south to their natural habitat in Patagonia. The ship will take three days to transport the group of Magellanic penguins to Brazil's southern border with Argentina, where the birds will rest for a week to gather their strength to complete the voyage. ... more Rainforest dwellers caught between business, green groups 
Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Oct 8, 2008Indigenous leaders in five Amazonian nations, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia on Wednesday demanded a larger say on how best to manage tropical forests to fight climate change. More than a billion poor people who depend on forest ecosystems risk economic and cultural devastation if efforts favored by rich nations to reduce greenhouse gases fail to respect their rights and needs ... more Portable Imaging System Will Help Disaster Response 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 09, 2008Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a low-cost, high-resolution imaging system that can be attached to a helicopter to create a complete and detailed picture of an area devastated by a hurricane or other natural disaster. The resulting visual information can be used to estimate the number of storm refugees and assess the need for health and humanitarian ... more  |
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Walker's World: Bush speaks at last
Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2008 President George W. Bush's call Wednesday for a coordinated action by the Group of Seven industrialized countries to stabilize world markets looks like another classic case of too little, too late. The Bush administration's earlier $700 billion rescue scheme also looked too little and too late when the world markets responded to its enactment by collapsing this week, knocking $2.5 ... more NASA Study Finds Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice And Climate 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 09, 2008A new NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked acceleration of the rate of arctic sea ice drift, long considered by scientists as a bellwether of climate change. NASA researcher Sirpa Hakkinen of Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and colleagues from Woods ... more Hebrew University Scientists Enhance The Scent Of Flowers 
Jerusalem (SPX) Oct 09, 2008A team of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found a way to genetically enhance the scent of flowers and implant a scent in those that don't have one. Smell plays an important role in our lives: It influences the way in which we choose fruit and vegetables, perfume, and even a partner. And yet, smell is not just what we smell with our noses, it's also what we taste ... more Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity 
LOs Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2008In geology as in cancer research, the silver bullet theory always gets the headlines and nearly always turns out to be wrong. For geologists who study mass extinctions, the silver bullet is a giant asteroid plunging to earth. But an asteroid is the prime suspect only in the most recent of five mass extinctions, said USC earth scientist David Bottjer. The cataclysm 65 million years ago ... more |
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