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Libya warns of disaster if 'Great Man-Made River' hitTripoli (AFP) April 3, 2011 Libya warned on Sunday that NATO-led air strikes could cause a "human and environmental disaster" if they damaged the country's massive Great Man-Made River (GMMR) project. Built at a cost of 33 billion dollars, the GMMR extracts water from deep beneath the Sahara desert at a depth of between 500 and 800 metres (1,600 to 2,500 feet), purifies it and transports it to the coastal cities of the north where most of the population is concentrated. Engineer and project manager Abdelmajid Gahoud told f ... read more |
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  Japan battles to stop radiation leak into sea Workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant Sunday struggled to stop a radioactive water leak into the Pacific, as the government warned the facility may spread contamination for months. ... more | .. |
  Fishermen, greens see red over Alaska navy exercises Environmental groups and fishermen are sounding the alarm over planned US Navy live-fire exercises they claim threaten marine wildlife including whales in the Gulf of Alaska. ... more | .. |
  Declining mangroves shield against global warming Mangroves, which have declined by up to half over the last 50 years, are an important bulkhead against climate change, a study released on Sunday has shown for the first time. ... more | .. |
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  Japan nuclear crisis to affect climate battle: EU Japan's nuclear crisis will have a clear impact on global efforts to fight climate change, the chief EU negotiator said Sunday as the latest round of UN talks got under way. ... more | .. |
  India's maverick environment minister who likes to annoy India's maverick environment minister Jairam Ramesh is more than a little smug that at one time or another he has raised the hackles of big business, cabinet colleagues and environmentalists. ... more | .. |
 Cat bond market could be boosted by Japanese crisis The market for bonds designed to cover natural catastrophes has taken a hit since the disasters in Japan last month, but could profit in the end from such dramatic events, specialists say. ... more | .. |
 Japan tsunami survivor returns to help save nuclear plant Three weeks after watching a massive wave smash into the Fukushima nuclear plant, Hiroyuki Kohno is heading back to the disaster zone to join crews struggling to avert a meltdown. ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
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 Japan fishermen vow to rebuild tsunami-hit lives Fishermen whose livelihoods were devastated when the enormous tsunami hit Japan say they are determined to rebuild their industry on the sea that so cruelly turned against them. ... more | .. |
  'Bionic eye' implant offers hope to the blind For a man whose view of the world has slowly faded to black over 30 years, a device that allows him to see flashes of light has enkindled his hope of one day gazing upon his grandson's face. ... more | .. |
 UN talks aim to thrash out tough details on climate The first UN climate talks of the year will be held in Bangkok this week, with negotiators looking to hammer out tough details of a global pact that has offered hope in the fight against global warming. ... more | .. |
  Thailand flood toll reaches 40 The death toll from heavy flooding in southern Thailand has risen to 40, the government said Sunday, with thousands of people forced to live in temporary shelters. ... more |
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  Half China's dairies shut in safety audit: govt Nearly half of Chinese dairies inspected in a government safety audit have been ordered to stop production, a spokesman said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima 'much bigger than Chernobyl': expert Japan's unfolding nuclear disaster is "much bigger than Chernobyl" and could rewrite the international scale used to measure the severity of atomic accidents, a Russian expert said here Friday. ... more | .. |
 Mideast drought, factor in unrest, worsens Syrian President Bashar Assad is struggling to contain spreading unrest that threatens his regime by dangling the prospect of political reform but the crisis goes deeper than that. ... more | .. |
 Lone pine tree symbol of hope in Japan tsunami city A lone pine tree stands on the shore of a tsunami-wrecked Japanese city, a symbol of hope and defiance for people who have lost everything. ... 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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 Brazil banks sued for encouraging deforestation Federal prosecutors in Brazil said Friday they have filed suit against the state-run Banco do Brasil for approving loans to companies that illegally deforested the Amazon jungle and used slave-like labor practices. ... more | .. |
 US studies Fukushima disaster for safety lessons US engineers studying Japan's experience with its crippled nuclear plant have focused on two key weaknesses - backup energy systems and spent fuel rod pools - that could also plague reactors in the United States. ... more | .. |
 Wine tasters swoon over Bordeaux's 'liquid beauty' Bordeaux is spoiled for choice as it unveils the 2010 vintage, its third smash hit in six years, in a week of barrel tastings for wine professionals from around the world. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM tells nuclear workers 'you can't lose this battle' Japan's premier on Saturday visited emergency crew who have struggled to stabilise a tsunami-hit nuclear plant that has leaked radiation into the air, ground and ocean. ... more |
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 Japan PM vows help in first tour of tsunami zone Japan's prime minister set foot Saturday in the tsunami zone for the first time since calamity struck three weeks ago, as the UN warned of a "very serious" nuclear situation. ... more | .. |
 Japan disasters wilt cherry blossom parties Cherry blossoms, symbols of the fleeting nature of life, are opening in Tokyo but many of the usual boisterous parties will be cancelled as Japan reels from its quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. ... more | .. |
  Turkish 'zero problem' policy hampered by Arab revolts Turkey's ambitious diplomatic policy of "zero problem" with its neighbours, notably aimed at building closer ties with Arab leaders, is hampered by the ongoing rebellions in the Middle East, experts said. ... more | .. |
 Parody blooms on Twitter Twitter is becoming the place for parody with a cast of characters that includes an elusive cobra, a tipsy Queen of England, a profanity-spewing US politician and a maladroit BP spokesman. ... 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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 'Super' salmon resist climate change better: study Toughened by a punishing annual migration in western Canada, a special breed of sockeye salmon has proved better able to survive environmental change than other members of the species, a study said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  New dino in same league as T. rex Move over Tyrannosaurus rex, there's a new flesh-ripping theropod on the scene that scientists say was probably as big and fearsome as the king of dinosaurs. ... more | .. |
 How Plants Absorb Pollutants The environmental concern is great when considering the role of toxic contaminants in the plant-soil relationship. Understanding plant's absorption and accumulation of these contaminants from the so ... more | .. |
 Calculating Livestock Numbers By Weather And Climate Ranchers in the central Great Plains may be using some of their winter downtime in the future to rehearse the upcoming production season, all from the warmth of their homes, according to U.S. Depart ... more |
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 Improve Crop Yield By Removing Manure Solids Manure has long been used as a crop fertilizer, but the challenge of finding an efficient use of the nutrients found in manure is ever present. The ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus in manure is low i ... more | .. |
  University Of Nevada, Reno Invents Next-Gen Device To Track World's Air Quality A new air-quality measuring instrument invented by Pat Arnott and Ian Arnold of the University of Nevada, Reno that is more economical, more portable and more accurate than older technologies has be ... more | .. |
  Spanish navy delivers suspected pirates to Seychelles The Spanish navy on Saturday handed over 11 suspected pirates to authorities in the Seychelles, four days after they were arrested while allegedly pursuing a fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, Spain's defence ministry said. ... more | .. |
 Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks Despite much research that demonstrates potential dangers from climate change, public concern has not been increasing. One theory is that this is because the public is not intimately familiar ... more |
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