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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2009 
Since May 2009, the tropical Pacific Ocean has switched from a cool pattern of ocean circulation known as La Nina to her warmer sibling, El Nino. This cyclical warming of the ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific generally occurs every three to seven years, and is linked with changes in the strength of the trade winds. El Nino can affect weather worldwide, including the ... read more 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2009Scientists from CSIRO's Water for a Healthy Country Flagship have removed approximately 90 per cent of Australia's vegetation cover from satellite images of the continent to produce the most detailed available Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of its topography. "The DEM will revolutionise geological applications, land-use studies, soil science, and much more," CSIRO's Dr John Gallant said in ... more |
New research measures how much plastic is lethal for marine life
COP30 by the numbers One dead in northern Italy mudslide: firefighters EU defends carbon tax as ministers take over COP30 negotiations South Korea pledges to phase out coal plants at COP30 Record support in Norway for fossil fuel drilling: study EU defends carbon tax at COP30, urges quick adoption COP30 talks enter homestretch with UN warning against 'stonewalling' UN climate chief urges COP30 negotiators to not 'waste time on stonewalling' South Korea pledges to phase out coal plants 
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Taipei (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Taiwan and China will cooperate on research in Antarctica for the first time, an official said Thursday, in a sign that ties between the two former arch foes are warming even in polar science. Three Taiwanese biologists will join a Chinese team in Antarctica for periods ranging up to three months, said Wang Wei-hsien, director of Taiwan's Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium. ... more  
Bangkok (AFP) Oct 8, 2009UN climate negotiations are making real progress, but will fail to lay the foundation for a global treaty without a major push from world leaders, the UN climate chief said Thursday. "There is a general sense that this process needs the backing of political leaders at the highest level in order to get to a result," said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on ... more 
Kok Karm, Thailand (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Using nothing but bamboo poles and remarkable ingenuity, one Thai villager succeeded in beating back the waves that had slowly engulfed his seaside community and robbed it of precious land. But now that heroic feat may be undone by a new foe -- the forces of climate change that are inexorably pushing up sea levels even as Thailand's vast Chao Phraya river delta, home to 25 million people ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's popularity has risen sharply, as more than half the people on the island supported the way his government handled Typhoon Parma, a survey showed Thursday. Ma's approval rating climbed to 47.3 percent from a record low of 29.6 percent on August 19, less than two weeks after Typhoon Morakot lashed the island killing at least 619 people, according to a poll by ... more  
Raichur, India (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Survivors of flash floods that killed more than 300 people in southern India began to return home Thursday to discover what was left of their houses and belongings. Close to 1.5 million residents of the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra were displaced by days of heavy rains, according to government figures. Aid workers said water had receded enough in many areas for the ... more 
Padang, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Mass graves were designated in Indonesia on Thursday as villagers gave up hope of finding loved ones buried alive in landslides triggered by last week's 7.6-magnitude earthquake. In Malalak, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Padang, West Sumatra, grieving villagers, religious leaders and officials agreed to stop looking for 40 people buried in landslides and declare the areas mass ... more |
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