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Pollution In Our Melting SnowToronto ON (SPX) Mar 29, 2011 With birds chirping and temperatures warming , spring is finally in the air. But for University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) environmental chemist Torsten Meyer, springtime has a dark side. "During the winter months, contaminants accumulate in the snow," says Meyer, an expert on snow-bound organic contaminants and a post-doctoral fellow at UTSC. "When the snow melts, these chemicals are released into the environment at high concentrations." In a specially designed, temperature-control ... read more |
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  Fukushima: still a crisis situation, say experts Critically damaged reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant are still leaking radioactive pollution into the air, and probably into the soil and sea, say experts. ... more | .. |
  Large-Scale Assessment Of Arctic Ocean Show Significant Increase In Freshwater Content The freshwater content of the upper Arctic Ocean has increased by about 20 percent since the 1990s. This corresponds to a rise of approx. 8,400 cubic kilometres and has the same magnitude as the vol ... more | .. |
 Aid workers praise Myanmar quake response Aid workers praised Myanmar's regime on Monday for its speedy response to the recent earthquake that killed more than 70, in contrast to the aftermath of previous disasters to strike the country. ... more | .. |
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  How Do Plants Fight Disease? How exactly bacterial pathogens cause diseases in plants remains a mystery and continues to frustrate scientists working to solve this problem. Now Wenbo Ma, a young plant pathologist at the Univers ... more | .. |
 Study Predicts Large Regional Changes In Farmland Area The effects of climate change and population growth on agricultural land area vary from region to region, according to a new study by University of Illinois researchers. Regions with relative ... more | .. |
  Uncertain Future For Joshua Trees Projected With Climate Change Temperature increases resulting from climate change in the Southwest will likely eliminate Joshua trees from 90 percent of their current range in 60 to 90 years, according to a new study led by U.S. ... more | .. |
 Managing Grazing Lands With Fire Improves Profitability Texas Agrilife Research fire and brush control studies in the Rolling Plains on a working ranch-scale showed the benefits and limitations of managed fires for reducing mesquite encroachment while su ... 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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 Russian Boreal Forests Undergoing Vegetation Change Russia's boreal forest - the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world, found in the country's cold northern regions - is undergoing an accelerating large-scale shift in vegetation types as ... more | .. |
  Sudan president heads to Qatar amid Darfur violence Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is to hold talks on Tuesday in Qatar, a key broker in the floundering Darfur peace process, amid reports of fresh air strikes in the war-torn western region. ... more | .. |
  WHO chief says report exonerates agency on flu handling World health chief Margaret Chan on Monday welcomed the first results of a probe into the global handling of the swine flu pandemic in 2009-2010, claiming it had exonerated the agency on two key counts. ... more | .. |
  Billion-plus people to lack water in 2050: study More than one billion urban residents will face serious water shortages by 2050 as climate change worsens effects of urbanization, with Indian cities among the worst hit, a study said Monday. ... more |
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  German Greens say state triumphs just the beginning Germany's triumphant Greens said Monday their historic gains in two state polls were only the start in a "super" election year but analysts said the Japan nuclear emergency had played an outsized role. ... more | .. |
  India's tiger numbers up in new count India, home to most of the world's wild tigers, on Monday reported a rise in the animal's numbers for the first time in years in a rare piece of good news for conservationists. ... more | .. |
 Sweden responds to EU criticism of wolf hunt Sweden's environment minister on Monday said the country's wolf hunt was necessary to boost acceptance of the animal, in a response to a European Commission reprimand for allowing the cull. ... more | .. |
  Carbon tax not behind state rout: Australia PM Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday the savage loss endured by her Labor Party in a state election was no reflection on her government or her plans for a carbon tax. ... 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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 China 'to pull dairy licences in safety drive' More than one fifth of China's dairy producers will lose their licences after inspections aimed at preventing a repeat of a huge 2008 milk-contamination scandal, state media reported Monday. ... more | .. |
 Rare elephant found dead in Indonesia: official A rare Sumatran elephant has died in Indonesia after blocking a village street for a week, an official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  No long-distance risks from mega-quakes: study Monster earthquakes like the 9.0-magnitude event that occurred off Japan on March 11 are unlikely to trigger a large quake in distant regions of the world, according to a study published on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Rescuers struggle in quake-hit Myanmar Rescue teams struggled Sunday to reach those affected by a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar's east three days ago, as aid workers feared the death toll would increase. ... more |
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 Egypt seeks food and water security in Sudan Egypt will make the completion of a partially-built canal spanning an unnavigable section of the river Nile in south Sudan a top priority, a cabinet spokesman said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Global executions decline despite China: Amnesty Global use of the death penalty continues to decline even though China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen, the US and Saudi Arabia still execute thousands of people each year, Amnesty International said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Dissident Yemeni general vows to help rebellion A leading dissident Yemeni army officer vowed Sunday to help bring about the overthrow of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, his spokesman said. ... more | .. |
 US experts unsure about Fukushima situation US experts have expressed uncertainty about the seriousness of the situation at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, steering clear of speculation whether the core of one of the reactors there had been damaged. ... 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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 Japan's tsunami orphans face uncertain future Naho Tsuchiya's parents won't be there to wish her luck when she starts high school next week. She and her little brother are now orphans, left to fend for themselves by Japan's tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Brazil needs to push to unblock climate talks: Clinton US ex-president Bill Clinton urged Brazil Saturday to push to get global climate change talks unblocked by getting key trade partners, the United States and China, to curb greenhouse gas emissions. ... more | .. |
 Tweeting the turmoil in the Middle East For the nearly 40,000 followers of his Twitter feed, Andy Carvin is providing a unique window into the turmoil in the Middle East. ... more | .. |
Radiation levels soar at Japan nuclear plant Very high levels of radiation detected in water leaking from a reactor at a nuclear plant in Japan dealt a new setback Sunday to efforts to bring the stricken facility under control. ... more |
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 Furnaces fired up at tsunami-struck crematorium The furnaces are burning again at the tsunami-battered crematorium in Natori, where workers face a grisly backlog of bodies from Japan's worst natural disaster in nearly a century. ... more | .. |
 Russia aims to boost caviar exports with fish farms Once the world's top exporter of black caviar, Russia is building fish farms to harvest the gourmet delicacy as it aims to bring its sturgeon stocks back from the brink. ... more | .. |
 Tibet exile govt accepts Dalai Lama retirement The Tibetan parliament-in-exile agreed on Friday to accept the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics, paving the way for a new leadership structure within the movement. ... more | .. |
  Survivors struggle in remote Myanmar quake areas Survivors surveyed the wreckage of their Myanmar villages on Saturday as details of an earthquake that left 75 dead and reduced homes to rubble began to trickle out of remote areas. ... more |
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