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India 'cannot pollute way to prosperity' says ministerNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2011 India's crusading environment minister has rejected criticism that his pro-green policies are driving away foreign investors and said the country "cannot pollute its way to prosperity". Jairam Ramesh, whose push to enforce environmental rules has put him in conflict with business, said there was "no robust empirical evidence" to suggest his blocking of industrial projects had contributed to a drop in foreign investment. India, whose economy is expected to grow by 8.6 percent in the current fisca ... read more |
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  Researchers Map Out Ice Sheets Shrinking During Ice Age A set of maps created by the University of Sheffield have illustrated, for the first time, how our last British ice sheet shrunk during the Ice Age. Led by Professor Chris Clark from the Unive ... more | .. |
  Biogeochemistry At The Core Of Global Environmental Solutions If society wants to address big picture environmental problems, like global climate change, acid rain, and coastal dead zones, we need to pay closer attention to the Earth's coupled biogeochemical c ... more | .. |
 Arctic Climate Variation Under Ancient Greenhouse Conditions Based on reconstructions of Arctic climate variability in the greenhouse world of the Late Cretaceous, Southampton scientists have concluded that man-made global warming probably would not greatly c ... more | .. |
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  Study: Sulfur emissions on the rise After a decade of decline, worldwide sulfur emissions increased between 2000 and 2005, driven by growth in developing economies, a U.S. study says. ... more | .. |
 Satellites Locate Seized Italian Oil Tanker The Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, operated by the Italian space agency, have acquired the first images of the Italian oil tanker Savina Caylyn since it was hijacked earlier this week by Somali pirates in ... more | .. |
  Does Earth Hot Past Offers A Glimpse Into The Future The magnitude of climate change during Earth's deep past suggests that future temperatures may eventually rise far more than projected if society continues its pace of emitting greenhouse gases, a n ... more | .. |
  Cyclone Bingiza hits Madagascar Tropical cyclone Bingiza hit Madagascar on Monday, the disaster management authority said, adding that the north of the Indian Ocean island had been put on high alert. ... more |
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  Tunisian army patrols ports to stop migrant exodus Tunisian troops patrolled southern fishing ports Monday, controlling access and checking identities in a bid to halt a Europe-bound exodus of illegal immigrants that has alarmed Italy. ... more | .. |
  Egypt military regime urges end to strikes, protests Egypt's new military regime on Monday called on workers to end a wave of strikes and civil disobedience that has threatened to paralyse the country in the wake of the fall of Hosni Mubarak's government. ... more | .. |
South Sudan: Born under a bad sign? South Sudan, soon to be the world's newest country, is grappling with mounting bloodshed triggered by renegade military commanders and rival forces deployed along the contested oil-rich border with the north. ... more | .. |
  Man dies after swine flu infection in Hong Kong A man has died in Hong Kong after contracting swine flu, health authorities said Monday, a year-and-a-half after an outbreak of the disease killed 80 people in the city. ... more |
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 Volcanic vents found in Antarctic waters British researchers say the discovery of deep-sea volcanic vents in the Antarctic's Southern Ocean suggests they're more common than previously thought. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: The new Egypt needs food As Egypt seeks to establish a new and representative political system after the fall of the Mubarak regime, the one helpful action the United States and Europe could take would be to ensure that Egypt's drama doesn't turn into desperate tragedy by ensuring its food supply. ... more | .. |
Floods disrupt Sri Lanka's rice production Recent flooding in Sri Lanka destroyed more than one-third of the county's upcoming rice harvest, a government official said. ... more | .. |
 Garbage floats off Greek island after landfill collapses Waters off the Greek island of Andros were choked with garbage on Monday after a landfill was flushed into the sea in an environmental disaster indicative of Greece's chronic waste management woes. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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  23 fishermen missing in Russia: report A Russian fishing trawler with at least 23 people on board has gone missing in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported Monday. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong rare whales plan riles activists Beluga whales are majestic, sociable creatures that live in small pods mostly in the icy waters around the Arctic circle. ... more | .. |
 Simple Marine Worms Distantly Related To Humans Two groups of lowly marine worms are related to complex species including vertebrates (such as humans) and starfish, according to new research. Previously thought to be an evolutionary link between ... more | .. |
 Kenya's Fisheries Management Promotes Species That Grow Larger And Live Longer Marine conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society working in Kenya have found that better fisheries management that includes restricting fishing gear is producing more predatory and lon ... more |
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 P Summit Calls For A New Alchemy Around Phosphorus And Food The problem with phosphorus, a critical element in fertilizers and food, is, as comedian Rodney Dangerfield would say, that it "can't get no respect." Increasingly scarce, yet commonly overuse ... more | .. |
 Healing Our Planetary Ills From The Ground Up Under our feet and ubiquitous, lowly soil can be easily overlooked when it comes to addressing climate change and population growth. But in the January-February issue of the Soil Science Society of ... more | .. |
 Putting Trees On Farms Fundamental To Future Agricultural Development Trees growing on farms will be essential to future development. As the number of trees in forests is declining every year, the number of trees on farms is increasing. Marking the launch of the Inter ... more | .. |
 Livestock Boom Risks Aggravating Animal Plagues Increasing numbers of domestic livestock and more resource-intensive production methods are encouraging animal epidemics around the world, a problem that is particularly acute in developing countrie ... more |
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 Pheromone Increases Foraging Honey Bees, Leads To Healthier Hives The application of a naturally occurring pheromone to honey bee test colonies increases colony growth resulting in stronger hives overall, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Oregon ... more | .. |
  Discovery Could Change Views Of Human Evolution Feet arches give humans a spring in their steps, shock absorbing abilities, and stiff platforms to propel themselves forward, allowing them to walk upright consistently. Now, researchers at the Univ ... more | .. |
 Sri Lanka flood damage $600 mln The damage from monsoon flooding in Sri Lanka over the last six weeks is estimated at $600 million, a government minister said Sunday amid a slow response to an international appeal for help. ... more | .. |
  Danish warship captures Gulf of Aden pirates A Danish ship patrolling the Gulf of Aden under NATO operational control captured 16 suspected Somali pirates who were sailing a hijacked vessel, the Danish navy and NATO said Sunday. ... more |
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  Thousands in S. Korea help clear record snow South Korea mobilised thousands of government workers and soldiers Monday to clear a record snowfall that hit the country's northeastern province of Gangwon. ... more | .. |
 CALIPSO Spies Polar Stratospheric Clouds NASA's Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite was in the right place at the right time in early 2011. On January 4, while flying past the east coast of ... more | .. |
 Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent for January During the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2010-2011, unusually cold temperatures and heavy snowstorms plagued North America and Europe, while conditions were unusually warm farther north. Now the U.S ... more | .. |
  Kenyan conservationists worried over rising ivory demand A slowdown in the increase of Kenya's elephant numbers is raising fears among conservationists that hard-fought gains in saving the animals may be reversed amid growing demand for ivory. ... more |
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