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Brown clouds of pollution a huge threat to Asia: UN Beijing (AFP) Nov 13, 2008 
Enormous brown clouds of pollution hanging over Asia are killing hundreds of thousands of people, melting glaciers, changing weather patterns and damaging crops, the United Nations said Thursday. Car traffic, factory emissions and indoor cooking are among the culprits for the "Atmospheric Brown Clouds", which are up to three kilometres (1.8 miles) thick, according the UN's Environment ... read moreWildfires Result In Loss Of Forests Reserved By Northwest Forest Plan 
Portland OR (SPX) Nov 14, 2008Although the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) significantly reduced cutting of old-growth forests on federal land, forests in the driest regions are now at greater risk of being lost to wildfire than to logging. A team of federal and university scientists recently completed a study and analysis of large-diameter forests and discovered that elevated fire levels in the Pacific Northwest outweigh ... more |
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 In Finland, kids take hovercraft to school over frozen Baltic Sea Four dead, at least 12 injured after tornados hit Michigan: US media 
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Vietnam to grow genetically modified crops: reports
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 12, 2008Vietnam plans to test genetically modified (GM) agricultural crops from now until 2010 and then grow them on a large scale, media reports in the communist country said on Thursday. Agriculture Minister Cao Duc Phat announced the plan in a National Assembly session this week, said the state-run Vietnam News Agency. Under the government plan, Vietnam would from 2011 plant GM species of ... more US issues melamine alert on Chinese-made food products 
Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2008US authorities Thursday issued a nationwide "import alert" for Chinese-made food products for possible melamine contamination and warned against consuming several products from China including infant formula. The Food and Drug Administration said it had an alert in place since October 10 for specific imports containing milk but that new data indicated that "a countrywide import alert is ... more "Pet Earth" iPhone game champions defending the planet 
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 13, 2008Travel-planning website GoPlanit.com has launched an iPhone game in which players shake, tap and blow on devices to defend nature on a "Pet Earth" and earn world-greening virtual trees. The California-based startup says it plans to make the videogame efforts real by donating portions of sales and advertising revenues to tree-planting nonprofit groups Arbor Day Foundation and Trees for the ... more  |
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Germany extends military mission in Horn of Africa
Berlin (AFP) Nov 13, 2008The German parliament voted Thursday to extend the country's monitoring mission in the Horn of Africa as part of the US-led "war on terror" but lowered its troop levels. The maximum level of soldiers that may serve in the maritime surveillance portion of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in eastern Africa was reduced to 800 from 1,400. There are currently fewer than 100 German troops in the ... more Pesticides more dangerous than thought 
Pittsburgh (UPI) Nov 13, 2008 U.S. scientists studying 10 of the world's most popular approved pesticides say, when combined, the chemicals caused 99 percent mortality in tadpoles. University of Pittsburgh researchers said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-approved pesticides, when mixed together, can decimate amphibian populations even if the concentration of the individual chemicals is within limits consider ... more Neuroscientists to help design hospitals 
San Diego (UPI) Nov 13, 2008 A U.S. architectural firm has announced plans to work with neuroscientists to identify healthcare facility designs that promote performance and healing. HMC Architects of Ontario, Calif., says it will work with a team of neuroscientists from the University of California-San Diego, citing recent studies showing building design, color and lighting affect patient health. "Neuroscien ... more NATO praises British navy over Somali piracy incident 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 13, 2008NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer praised the British navy Thursday for its actions during a patrol in the Gulf of Aden in which two suspected Somali pirates were killed. The shooting happened when HMS Cumberland and Russian frigate Neustrashimy (Fearless) were conducting a routine NATO-led patrol in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday and spotted a dhow which had been identified in an at ... more |
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