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Russia, Norway sign Barents agreementMoscow (UPI) Feb 9, 2011 Global climate change warming has opened possibilities for nations with arctic coastlines to exploit offshore energy resources in the usually ice-bound region. Norway's Parliament voted unanimously to ratify a 2010 agreement with Russia delineating their arctic borders, which opens the possibility of developing the vast oil and natural gas reserves in the Barents Sea. Parliament's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense considered the delimitation treaty. Defending the agreemen ... read more |
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  China to spur rice output as drought shrivels wheat China called Wednesday for higher rice output to offset damage to its wheat crop in the drought-stricken north and pledged $1 billion in spending to battle a problem the UN warned could be "very serious". ... more | .. |
  Drilling may kill Mediterranean ecosystem: WWF A rush to drill in the gas-rich Mediterranean may do permanent damage to the sea's wildlife as it takes at least a millennium for an ecosystem to grow, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  NASA's Earth Data System Earns Praise If you're distributing 412 million data products in a year to more than 1.1 million users, how do you ever make sure people are getting what they want? The Earth Observing System Data and Informatio ... more | .. |
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  US Midwest braces for new round of snow A large swathe of the US South and Midwest still digging out from last week's huge snowfall faced more wintry weather Wednesday as the fifth major storm of the season forced several states to close schools and kept many residents homebound. ... more | .. |
  UN's Sri Lanka flood appeal falling short International aid for 1.2 million Sri Lankans affected by monsoon flooding has fallen far short of the immediate humanitarian needs, United Nations figures showed Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Fear of infection drove AIDS decline in Zimbabwe Fear of infection helped drive a 50 percent decline in new cases of HIV in Zimbabwe from 1997 to 2007, said an international study published Tuesday in the United States. ... more | .. |
  China police stop spread of Egypt news: activist Police in southwest China have barred activists from distributing leaflets about anti-government protests in Egypt and Tunisia, deeming the news too sensitive, one dissident said Wednesday. ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
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  Spanish prosecutors, ecologists urge action on pollution Spain's public prosecutors joined environmental groups Wednesday in demanding emergency measures to clear a thick layer of smog lingering over Madrid that medics warned could have grave health effects. ... more | .. |
Syria renews direct access to Facebook, YouTube For the first time since 2007, Syrians can directly log onto Facebook and YouTube without going through proxy servers abroad, Internet users said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Guinean arrested in Mali for suspected arms smuggling A Guinean national has been arrested in Mali for trying to smuggle weapons, including 17 rockets, a security source said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Cambodian girl dies from bird flu: WHO A five-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday, in the first reported fatality from the virus since early last year. ... more |
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Egypt army would intervene in case of chaos: minister The army would be forced to intervene if anti-government protests push Egypt into chaos, Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Wednesday, according to the state news agency. ... more | .. |
  Unexpected Exoskeleton Remnants Found In Paleozoic Fossils Surprising new research shows that, contrary to conventional belief, remains of chitin-protein complex-structural materials containing protein and polysaccharide-are present in abundance in fossils ... more | .. |
 Lifestyle Affects Life Expectancy More Than Genetics How long your parents lived does not affect how long you will live. Instead it is how you live your life that determines how old you will get, reveals research from the University of Gothenburg rece ... more | .. |
 Clay-Armored Bubbles May Have Formed First Protocells A team of applied physicists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Princeton, and Brandeis have demonstrated the formation of semipermeable vesicles from inorganic clay. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
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 X-Rays Reveal Hidden Leg Of An Ancient Snake A novel X-ray imaging technology is helping scientists better understand how in the course of evolution snakes have lost their legs. The researchers hope the new data will help resolve a heated deba ... more | .. |
 TRMM Satellite Totaled Cyclone Yasi's Heavy Rainfall In Queensland Queensland, which is still trying to recover from earlier widespread flooding as a result of above-normal rainfall due to La Nina and previous tropical cyclone activity, just received a direct hit o ... more | .. |
 A Snowy US Panorama By Satellite Last week 30 U.S. states were affected by a massive winter storm. This week satellite images created by NASA provide a snowy panorama of that fallen snow. The Geostationary Operational Environ ... more | .. |
 For Communist Cuba, more Internet, greater risk A massive submarine fiber optic cable rolled ashore Cuba on Tuesday from Venezuela to bring better Internet connections, though most Cubans will still have only limited access to the Web. ... more |
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Arms seized in Nigeria were for Gambia: Iran ambassador Tehran's ambassador to Nigeria said Tuesday that arms seized in October at a port in Lagos were destined for the Gambia and followed an agreement between Iran and the small West African nation. ... more | .. |
  Study warns of climate-driven migration Climate-triggered migration will accelerate in the coming decades in the Asia-Pacific region, says a forthcoming Asian Development Bank report. ... more | .. |
 Argentina admits to malnutrition deaths Argentine officials admitted deaths due to malnutrition among the country's poor of indigenous Latin American people and promised government action to minimize the problem. ... more | .. |
 Study: Asian gibbons have regional accents Gibbons in Asia have regional accents scientists say can identify the exact species of gibbon singing and where they are from. ... more |
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Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return
Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes
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  U.K. says forest-sale plans still alive A controversial plan to sell off some of Britain's heritage forests is not a done deal, the U.K. environment secretary says, but neither has it been abandoned. ... more | .. |
 France halts arms sale, tear gas to Egypt France has suspended the sale of arms and riot police equipment to Egypt, the government in Paris has announced. ... more | .. |
 Suez, Transfield win Adelaide water contract Suez Environnement and Australian partner Transfield Services have won the contract to supply water and waste water services to Adelaide and the surrounding area, the French group said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
'Green' caps for old landfills tested U.S. researchers say they're working on a "green" way to cap old landfills that could reduce emissions and protect water quality. ... more |
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 Study: Brief breaks improve performance Taking a break from a task requiring sustained attention can dramatically improve the ability to focus on the task for prolonged periods, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Three wildlife volunteers freed in east India: police Three female volunteers working for the WWF environmental group were freed in northeast India after being kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Prince Charles decries 'reckless roulette' over climate Britain's Prince Charles hit out Wednesday at climate change doubters for playing a "reckless game of roulette" with Earth's future and urged Europe to take ambitious action against global warming. ... more | .. |
First French 'designer baby' born French doctors have announced the birth of a baby selected by genetic sampling who may offer a cure for a sibling affected by an incurable hereditary disease. ... more |
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