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Devastation in N.Z. quake on par with Haiti: ex-PMChristchurch, New Zealand (AFP) Feb 28, 2011 The scale of devastation in quake-hit Christchurch is comparable with the destruction wreaked in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, New Zealand's former premier Helen Clark said Monday, as rescuers prepared for the final death toll to rise above 200. The stark assessment came with much of the city lying in ruins after last Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude quake caused widespread death and destruction, toppling buildings and tearing up roads. "The building damage I've seen compared with Haiti," Clark, who now hea ... read more |
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  Walker's World: Arab spring turns chill It took a while but it is becoming ever more clear that the North African revolutions are unlikely to unfold like a morality play in which good defeats evil, not like a fairy tale in which all live happily ever after. ... more | .. |
  NASA Spacecraft Images New Zealand Quake Region A day after a powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked Christchurch, a city of 377,000 on New Zealand's South Island, on Feb. 22, 2011, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiom ... more | .. |
  DLR Researchers Contribute New Insights On Changes In The Ozone Layer German Aerospace Center researchers have been instrumental in the preparation of a report on the changes in the Ozone Layer for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report was published ... more | .. |
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  Candid Cameras Give A Chance To See Wildlife As A Scientist Does The new website allows the public to see exactly what scientists see in their research-photos of wildlife captured at close range, from the head-on stare of a jaguar in Peru to inside the mouth of a ... more | .. |
  Arctic Environment During An Ancient Bout Of Natural Global Warming Scientists are unravelling the environmental changes that took place around the Arctic during an exceptional episode of ancient global warming. Newly published results from a high-resolution study o ... more | .. |
 International Consortium To Study Impacts Of Iron Fertilisation Scientists at the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will participate in an international effort to assess the efficacy of ocean iron fertilisation (OIF) in reducing the amount of carbon dioxid ... more | .. |
  Marine 'Networks' Can Protect Fish Stocks University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science faculty were part of an international scientific team to show that strong links between the corals reefs of the South Chi ... more |
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From Quantum Physics to Coastal Resilience Brad Bartz to Present Who Turned the Power Back On at AltaSea
Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats up
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 Survey Finds More Sea Islands Disappear In China A five-year government survey finds that China faces a worsening problem over the disappearance of sea islands caused by disorderly and crude exploitation. Reclamation, sand dredging, and bomb ... more | .. |
  Madagascar navy rescues pirate-seized vessel Madagascar's navy Sunday towed into Antsiranana port a hijacked Comoros-flagged vessel almost a week after its captain and two suspected pirates arrived on the island to seek help, an official said. ... more | .. |
 NZ promises Japan, China probe into school tragedy New Zealand Sunday assured Japan and China it would "vigorously" probe the collapse in last week's quake of a building in which dozens of foreign students are thought to have died. ... more | .. |
  China's Wen vows action, police smother 'rallies' Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged on Sunday to tackled a range of hot-button public concerns as an online call for rallies across the country to pressure the government fizzled in major cities. ... more |
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  Year after Chile quake, president pledges vigilance Chilean President Sebastian Pinera vowed Saturday to stand by victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck one year ago this weekend, but civic organizations protested the slow reconstruction. ... more | .. |
 N.Zealand remembers quake dead as toll hits 146 Grieving New Zealanders held church services for victims of the deadly Christchurch earthquake Sunday as the danger of falling debris frustrated efforts to recover bodies. ... more | .. |
 Makeshift toilets part of life in quake-hit city For Christchurch mother-of-two Nicky White, the city's deadly earthquake has left no room for delicacy as her family struggles with the basics of everyday life such as finding a toilet. ... more | .. |
  Applications for modified animals debated The Canadian government is considering requests to allow genetically modified fish and pigs, but the public may never hear of their decision, critics say. ... more |
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Airbus and Hisdesat extend deal to market next generation PAZ-2 radar imagery
NASA backs studies to boost hypersonic flight testing
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 High food prices threaten seething Mideast As if the Middle East wasn't battered enough by political turmoil, analysts say the region is likely to be hit by rising food prices - one of the problems that triggered the unrest. ... more | .. |
 Irish vote amid crisis, painful bailout Irish voters reeling from their country's economic crisis Friday headed to the polls to choose a new Parliament, in an early election that is set to change Irish politics for years to come. ... more | .. |
 Libya on edge as Kadhafi forces fight back in west Libya was on edge Friday as heavily armed forces still loyal to Moamer Kadhafi's crumbling regime staged a bloody fightback in western towns near the capital, even as the east lay in the hands of his opponents. ... more | .. |
 Drought rattles farmers in eastern China Yu Ruicheng's weathered face creases with worry as she stands on her dry wheat field in eastern China, where a record drought is threatening to send soaring global food prices even higher. ... more |
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 Homoplasy: A Good Thread To Pull To Understand The Evolutionary Ball Of Yarn Studying the many potential reasons why the same trait has independently evolved in different species (homoplasy) can improve our understanding of the genetic, developmental and evolutionary relatio ... more | .. |
  New Free, Hands-On Tool Supports Sustainable Living Choices People who want to eat healthy and live sustainably have a new way to measure their impact on the environment: a Web-based tool that calculates an individual's "nitrogen footprint." The device was c ... more | .. |
 Climategate Undermined Belief In Global Warming Among Many TV Meteorologists A new paper by George Mason University researchers shows that 'Climategate'-the unauthorized release in late 2009 of stolen e-mails between climate scientists in the U.S. and United Kingdom-undermin ... more | .. |
  Old Salt Suggests Marine Life Is Capturing More Carbon Tiny Antarctic marine creatures collected 100 years ago by Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott give new clues about polar environmental change. By comparing present-day bryozoans - a sea- ... more |
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The Race Is On: Artemis, China and Musk Turn the Moon Into the Next Strategic High Ground
First Crewed Moon Flyby In 54 Years: Artemis II
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  The Mysterious Rumble Of Thundersnow NASA atmospheric scientists got an unexpected chance to study a curious phenomenon called "thundersnow" when a recent storm unleashed it right over their heads. Walt Petersen and Kevin Knupp have t ... more | .. |
 Examining Climate Change Effects On Wheat Wheat growers in the Southwest have a better idea about how to adjust to climate change in the decades ahead, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Arizona. Researchers ... more | .. |
  Bacteria Living On Old-Growth Trees May Help Forests Grow Biology researchers discover that bacteria living in mosses on tree branches twice as effective at 'fixing' nitrogen as those on the ground. A new study by Dr. Zoe Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow in t ... more | .. |
 Transitioning To Organic Farming As the organic food trend continues to grow; more farmers are converting from conventional agriculture to organic production. One of the fastest growing markets in the U.S. is the production of orga ... more |
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 California water future called 'bleak' Scientists say the water situation in California is "bleak" and the state needs to act to bolster its entire aquatic ecosystem. ... more | .. |
  Fossil in China said to show first legs Scientists say an ancient fossil found in China dubbed the "walking cactus" is not a plant but the first creature to walk on bendable, jointed legs. ... more | .. |
  Fire officials extinguish Chinese capsule hotel A Japanese-style capsule hotel in downtown Shanghai has been shut down over safety concerns, the city's fire authorities said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Brown Tide Culprit Sequenced: Genome Of The First Of Algal Bloom Species Algae play key roles in the global carbon cycle, helping sequester significant amounts of carbon. Some algal species can bloom, or become so numerous, that they discolor coastal waters and reduce th ... more |
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