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Economic impact of Japan disaster 'worse than thought'Tokyo (AFP) April 12, 2011 The economic impact of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan is worse than previously thought, a Japanese minister was quoted as saying Tuesday. Economy and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano said the ripples of the disaster that struck the country last month would be felt widely. "The blow to the economy is bigger than initially thought," Yosano said, the Nikkei business daily reported. The damage "is wide-ranging. (The tsunami) hit the region that has sophisticated manufacturin ... read more |
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  ESA Arctic Ice Campaign Takes Off To guarantee ESA's CryoSat mission is delivering the best data possible, scientists have set out on a major expedition to the Arctic - part of a collaborative effort between ESA and NASA to gather i ... more | .. |
  Combating Plant Diseases Is Key For Sustainable Crops Climate change is likely to make plants more vulnerable to infectious disease, which will threaten crop yield and impact on the price and availability of food. Dr Adrian Newton, presenting his work ... more | .. |
  An Electric Yellowstone Makes For Super Visuals University of Utah geophysicists made the first large-scale picture of the electrical conductivity of the gigantic underground plume of hot and partly molten rock that feeds the Yellowstone supervol ... more | .. |
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  Penguins That Shun Ice Still Lose Big From A Warming Climate Fluctuations in penguin populations in the Antarctic are linked more strongly to the availability of their primary food source than to changes in their habitats, according to a new study published o ... more | .. |
 Arctic Sea Ice Flights Near Completion Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne mission to monitor polar ice, is amid its fourth week of flights for the Arctic 2011 campaign. Researchers and crew successfully completed flights from Thule, Gr ... more | .. |
 Invasive Plant Threat Depends On Spatial The phrase "invasive plant species" typically evokes negative images such as broad swaths of kudzu smothered trees along the highway or purple loosestrife taking over wetlands and clogging waterways ... more | .. |
 New Genetic Study Helps To Solve Darwin's Mystery About The Ancient Evolution Of Flowering Plants The evolution and diversification of the more than 300,000 living species of flowering plants may have been "jump started" much earlier than previously calculated, a new study indicates. Accor ... 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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  Shootingstars Provide Clues To Likely Response Of Plants To Global Warming Many scientists are concerned that plant and animal species may face extinction due to global warming, but biologists at Washington University in St. Louis are trying to predict exactly what will ha ... more | .. |
  Bioengineering With Vetiver Grass Mohammad Golabi, a soil science professor at the University of Guam, has put his years of research on vetiver grass to practical use in shielding the reefs in Pago Bay from the harmful effects of co ... more | .. |
  Ancient Fossils Hold Clues For Predicting Future Climate Change, Scientists Report By studying fossilized mollusks from some 3.5 million years ago, UCLA geoscientists and colleagues have been able to construct an ancient climate record that holds clues about the long-term effects ... more | .. |
  Pulling Back The Sheets Melting ice sheets from Greenland and Antarctica has long been tied to rising sea levels. But these two sources are outpacing all others - including mountain glaciers and ice caps - to become the do ... more |
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 Europe faces drought and flood burden: climate scientist A leading climate scientist warned Tuesday that Europe should take action over increasing drought and floods, stressing that some climate change trends were clear despite variations in predictions. ... more | .. |
  Indonesia's carbon-rich wetlands essential Because of their potential for storing carbon, Indonesia's wetlands - which include mangroves and freshwater peat forests - are integral in the fight against climate change, experts say. ... more | .. |
 Japanese queue to buy produce from nuclear crisis area Japanese shoppers on Tuesday snapped up fruit and vegetables farmed in the area hit by a nuclear disaster at a specially organised market, saying they wanted to show solidarity with the region. ... more | .. |
  China silent on Ai location, condemns foreign support China on Tuesday refused to provide any details about the whereabouts of detained outspoken artist Ai Weiwei and chided foreign countries for supporting a "suspected criminal". ... 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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 Fukushima 'not comparable' with Chernobyl: French watchdog The accident at Fukushima has released "significant" amounts of radiation but at levels and with an impact that are "not comparable" to Chernobyl, France's nuclear safety agency said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 EU fishing rules are fully operational: commission A new system of fishery control with continent-wide, common rules and penalties is now fully operational, the European Commission said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Body of US tsunami victim found on beach The body of a US man swept away by Japan's tsunami when it hit California has been found on a beach, officials said Tuesday, a month after the disaster. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kongers back weddings without shark fin soup Almost 80 percent of Hong Kongers now consider it socially acceptable to leave shark fin soup off the menu for a wedding banquet, a survey by a shark conservation group said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Japan raises nuclear disaster to Chernobyl level Japan upgraded its month-old nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises Tuesday, placing it on a par with the Chernobyl disaster a quarter-century ago. ... more | .. |
 Three killed in Japan aftershock: officials A powerful tremor that struck Japan on Monday, one of hundreds of aftershocks stemming from the massive earthquake-tsunami that hit a month ago, killed three people, emergency services said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Pamela Anderson pleads to China on seal meat Former "Baywatch" star and animal activist Pamela Anderson has called on China to join other countries in banning imports of seal meat and oil from her native Canada, calling seal-hunting inhumane. ... more | .. |
  Scientists describe 'yo-yo' Earth movement Australian researchers, with European colleagues, have confirmed a formerly purely theoretical geologic phenomenon and have given it a name - yo-yo subduction. ... 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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 US offers help after Namibia flooding The United States offered condolences and help Monday after flooding in Namibia caused widespread damage and claimed dozens of lives. ... more | .. |
 Two Koreas hold fresh talks on volcanic threat South and North Korea on Tuesday resumed talks about a potential volcanic threat from the peninsula's highest mountain, in a rare example of cooperation after months of confrontation. ... more | .. |
Most Christians detained in Beijing freed: group Almost all of the more than 150 Christians rounded up in Beijing when they tried to pray outdoors have been released, but church leaders remain under house arrest, a US-based rights group said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Joint Polar Satellite System Program And The US Budget While our politicians are arguing over a FY 2011 budget that should have been passed by last September, many space programs of vital national interest are being delayed, and their futures are coming ... more |
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  French veil ban comes into force France's controversial burqa ban came into force Monday, with women wearing the Muslim face veil in public risking fines of $200 and classes on secularism. ... more | .. |
 Yellowstone volcano plume measured larger Scientists say a new measurement of the underground plume of partly molten rock feeding the Yellowstone supervolcano shows it's larger than previously thought. ... more | .. |
 UN to urge boost to national disaster plans The United Nations will press political and business leaders to bolster preparations for major disasters during a conference in Geneva next month, a senior UN official said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Brazil meat processor to invest $300 mn in China Brazilian meat processing company Marfrig plans to invest 300 million dollars to expand its operations in China, the company said Monday in a statement. ... more |
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