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Earth Hour aims for hope in darkened worldSydney (AFP) March 24, 2011 Lights will go out around the world Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign, which this year will also mark Japan's earthquake and tsunami. From across the Pacific, to Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas, iconic landmarks such as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, New York's Empire State building and the Eiffel Tower in Paris will go dark. "Earth Hour is like a New Year's Eve," Earth Hour co-founder and executive director Andy ... read more |
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  Japan death toll tops 10,000: Kyodo The death toll from a massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast coast topped 10,000 on Friday, two weeks after the disaster struck, Kyodo news reported. ... more | .. |
  Tsunami batters Japan's tourism industry The beach resort of Okumatsushima was a thriving stop on the Japanese tourist trail until two weeks ago, when a huge tsunami virtually wiped it from the map. ... more | .. |
  Report Uncovers Key Trends In Water Resources Research The report "Confronting the Global Water Crisis through Research - 2010", carried out by Elsevier, reveals the increasingly international and strategic nature of water resources research. Exam ... more | .. |
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  Putting Food Scares Under The Microscope As the increasing number food scares causes consumers to question the safety of everyday food items, researchers at Queen's University Belfast have completed the first ever analysis of all the food ... more | .. |
 Tree Resin The Key Evidence Of Current And Historic Insect Invasions A University of Alberta-led research team has discovered that insects that bore into trees as long ago 90 million years, or as recently as last summer, leave a calling card that's rich with informat ... more | .. |
 Over 25 killed in Myanmar quake: officials At least 25 people were killed and dozens of buildings destroyed when a strong earthquake struck Myanmar near the Thai border, officials from both countries said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Israeli alarm grows amid Arab upheaval Amid a surge of terrorist attacks in recent days, Israelis are bracing for an escalation in violence and possibly a new invasion of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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 Global food scare widens from Japan nuclear plant Countries across the world have shunned Japanese food imports as radioactive steam leaked from a disaster-struck nuclear plant, straining nerves in Tokyo. ... more | .. |
  Study: 2011 arctic ice extent is down The 2011 maximum extent of Arctic sea ice appears to be tied for the lowest amount in area since satellite measurements began 32 year ago, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
Two dead as strong quake hits Myanmar: officials A strong earthquake struck Myanmar near the Thai border on Thursday, killing at least two people, including a child, officials from both countries said, with shaking felt across the region. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi Kurdistan building 11 dams, 28 more planned Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan area are building 11 dams and plan dozens more, the region's agriculture minister said Thursday, a move that could raise tensions over water. ... more |
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  Time for work on Cancun deal - UN climate chief The UN's climate chief on Thursday urged countries to flesh out last December's worldwide deal in Cancun, including details of a fund to help poor countries badly exposed to the impacts of global warming. ... more | .. |
  Race to save oil slicked penguins on remote British island A race to rescue up to 20,000 endangered penguins from an oil spill in an isolated south Atlantic British island group was underway Thursday after a cargo ship ran aground. ... more | .. |
  Burkina Faso soldiers freed from prison after protests Five Burkinabe soldiers sentenced to prison over a sex scandal were released Thursday after soldiers protested their punishment, shooting into the air and looting stores, a military source said. ... more | .. |
 State of Japan's stricken nuclear reactors Japanese emergency crews have battled to stabilise the crippled Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1) atomic power plant that has sparked global fears of a large-scale radiation disaster. ... 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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 Koreas agree to hold volcano talks South and North Korean experts will hold talks next week on their first joint research into volcanic activity in the peninsula's highest mountain, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Two workers at Japan plant taken to hospital Three workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant were exposed to high radiation as they sought to restore power to reactor three, with two hospitalised, the nuclear safety agency said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Identifying The Origin Of The Fly Some may think that the mosquito and the house fly are worlds apart when it comes to common ancestry but new research published this week by an international team of scientists puts them much closer ... more | .. |
 Carbon Tax Must Not Comprise Food And Fibre Production Despite the commitment to excluding agriculture's direct emissions from its carbon tax, the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) continues to be extremely concerned about the Government's emerging car ... more |
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 Drought-Prone Pasts May Foretell New York's And Atlanta's Futures New York City and Atlanta have both experienced droughts in the past few decades that required them to implement water restrictions and conservation measures. However, a new study of tree-ring data ... more | .. |
 Two Rivers Water Company Signs Agreement On 1000 Acres Of Farmland Two Rivers Water Company has announced that the Company has signed agreements to acquire an additional 1,000 acres of land adjacent to irrigated farmland it currently owns in Pueblo County, Colorado ... more | .. |
 Hydrogen Sulfide Helped Spark Life In the 1950s, biochemist Stanley Miller performed a series of experiments to demonstrate that organic compounds could be created under conditions mimicking the primordial Earth. Some unused samples ... more | .. |
  Thirst For Knowledge: NASA Eyes World's Water As the world moves toward adding a few more billion people in the coming decades, many people who keep an eye on the horizon find themselves worried about water. Drinking water, water for irrigation ... 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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  Rare gene defect affects both pain, smell People with a rare genetic defect who are unable to feel pain also are unable to smell anything, as the same nerve protein is involved, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Flowering Plant Study 'Catches Evolution In The Act' A new University of Florida study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species' genes are reset, allowing for greater genetic variation. Researchers say the s ... more | .. |
 Ancient Trash Heaps Gave Rise To Everglades Tree Islands Garbage mounds left by prehistoric humans might have driven the formation of many of the Florida Everglades' tree islands, distinctive havens of exceptional ecological richness in the sprawling mars ... more | .. |
 MU Researcher Works To Save One Of The World's Most Endangered Birds The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a multicolored, tropical bird with bright blue feathers, a dusty orange head, and a bright green back. The entire population of these birds - less than 125 - lives on one t ... more |
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 Fault-Finding Coral Reefs Can Predict the Site of Coming Earthquakes In the wake of the devastating loss of life in Japan, the urgent question is where the next big earthquake will hit. To answer it, geologist Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham and his doctoral student Gal Hartma ... more | .. |
  Primordial Soup Gets Spicier Stanley Miller gained fame with his 1953 experiment showing the synthesis of organic compounds thought to be important in setting the origin of life in motion. Five years later, he produced samples ... more | .. |
  Drilling into Earth's mantle proposed International scientists say they are preparing to drill off Costa Rica in an attempt to retrieve the deepest rocks ever extracted from beneath the seabed. ... more | .. |
 Fish Know To Avoid The Spear Fish are not as dumb as people sometimes think: marine scientists have found that fish that are regularly hunted with spearguns are much more wary and keep their distance from fishers. In inve ... more |
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