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Better desalination technology key to solving world's water shortageNew Haven, CT (SPX) Aug 08, 2011 Over one-third of the world's population already lives in areas struggling to keep up with the demand for fresh water. By 2025, that number will nearly double. Some countries have met the challenge by tapping into natural sources of fresh water, but as many examples - such as the much-depleted Jordan River - have demonstrated, many of these practices are far from sustainable. A new Yale University study argues that seawater desalination should play an important role in helping combat worldwide fre ... read more |
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 East Africa climate under the spell of El Nino since the last Ice Age currently wreaking havoc in wide regions of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia, affecting food security and putting millions of people in urgent need of assistance. Scientists have attributed the ... more | .. |
  Scientists Study Effects of Rising Carbon Dioxide on Rangelands Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can reverse the drying effects of predicted higher temperatures on semi-arid rangelands, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature by a team ... more | .. |
  Slowing climate change by targeting gases other than carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide remains the undisputed king of recent climate change, but other greenhouse gases measurably contribute to the problem. A new study, conducted by NOAA scientists and published online i ... more | .. |
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 Ocean probes to help refine climate change forecasting A USC researcher has opened a new window to understanding how the ocean impacts climate change. Lisa Collins, environmental studies lecturer with the USC Dornsife College, spent four years collectin ... more | .. |
  New Montana State research sheds light on South Pole dinosaurs Dog-sized dinosaurs that lived near the South Pole, sometimes in the dark for months at a time, had bone tissue very similar to dinosaurs that lived everywhere on the planet, according to a doctoral ... more | .. |
  Six Million Years of African Savanna Scientists using chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover--in effect, shade--have found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed at most East African sites where human ... more | .. |
  Fungi helped destroy forests during mass extinction 250 million years ago The demise of the world's forests some 250 million years ago likely was accelerated by aggressive tree-killing fungi triggered by global climate change, according to a new study by a University of C ... more |
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Nuclearn Deploys Gamma2 AI to Revolutionize Nuclear Plant Operations
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 Human Influence on the 21st Century Climate New computer modeling work shows that by 2100, if society wants to limit carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to less than 40 percent higher than it is today, the lowest cost option is to use every avai ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Debuts an Interoperable Server System With Digital and Analog Interfaces Raytheon has developed a new server-based system that links 4G LTE and P25 systems over the same network. This ensures that public safety officials can all stay connected when they need it most, whe ... more | .. |
 Aid to reach Somali capital Monday: UNHCR The UN refugee agency said an airlift of urgent supplies for famine-stricken Somalis will touch down in the capital Mogadishu on Monday - the agency's first such operation in five years. ... more | .. |
 UN chief to visit Japan nuclear disaster zone UN chief Ban Ki-moon will visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone Monday, becoming one of the most senior foreign leaders to go near the crippled atomic power plant in Japan's northeast. ... more |
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  Dalai Lama's political successor to be sworn in Lobsang Sangay, a 43-year-old Harvard scholar, will be sworn in as head of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Monday, replacing the Dalai Lama as the movement's political leader. ... more | .. |
 S.Africa raises activists' eyebrows ahead of climate talks South Africa's preparations to host the next major round of climate talks have met with scepticism from activists critical of what they say is the country's lack of leadership on environmental issues. ... more | .. |
China pushes public housing as prices boom With their monthly income of 10,000 yuan (about $1,500), Beijing nurse Liang Huiqing and her husband would not have been able to get a foothold in China's soaring property market without government help. ... more | .. |
  Eastern China braces for Typhoon Muifa Eastern China on Sunday braced for the arrival of Typhoon Muifa, with thousands of boats ordered to stay in ports after the storm left one person missing further down the coast. ... more |
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Russia: Other nations ready to supply Iran with nukes; as US claims strikes 'devastated' program
Russian drone and missile barrage on Kyiv kills seven
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 Mushroom poisoning adds to rainy French summer woes Tourists and locals in southwest France are flocking to hospital wards after eating mushrooms that this year sprouted much earlier than usual due to the rainy summer, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Arctic melting brings benefit The Arctic Ocean will be partially ice-free this summer for the first time in three decades, which scientists say will have some positive impacts on the region. ... more | .. |
 UN chief heads to Japan as nuclear crisis simmers UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Japan on Sunday, where he plans to visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone, as the crippled atomic power plant simmers and a food safety scare deepens. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian soldiers accused of killing girl in restive city Residents of violence-wracked Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday accused soldiers of killing a seven-year old girl in a bid to disperse a crowd scrambling for free grains. ... more |
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 Tibetan exile leader detained in Nepal A Tibetan exiles leader was detained by Nepal police after holding a news conference to deny allegations of involvement in a case involving false passports, campaigners said Saturday. ... more | .. |
China widens evacuations as typhoon nears China said Saturday that it had evacuated nearly 500,000 people as Typhoon Muifa approached but the storm was likely to miss the commercial capital Shanghai. ... more | .. |
  UNHCR alarmed by measles outbreak in Ethiopian camps The UN refugee agency said Saturday it was alarmed by a suspected measles outbreak in south-east Ethiopia's Dollo Ado camps, where thousands of famine-hit Somalis have sought refuge in recent weeks. ... more | .. |
Fleeing famine, Somalis queue patiently for a cooked meal Hundreds of Somali women, huddled together with their children, queue for hours for their first cooked meal in days, having walked long distances to flee drought, famine and conflict. ... more |
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Macron says Europe must become 'space power' again
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US lawmaker urges humanitarian corridors in Somalia A US lawmaker called Friday for world leaders to negotiate humanitarian corridors in Somalia to allow in food aid, warning of a massive loss of life without greater effort to fight the famine. ... more | .. |
 Italy urges NATO to rescue Libya refugees Italy on Friday urged NATO to help rescue refugees fleeing Libya by sea and demanded an inquiry into the alliance's reported failure to assist a stricken boat on which dozens may have died of dehydration. ... more | .. |
China evacuates 200,000+ ahead of typhoon China evacuated more than 200,000 people on its east coast and cancelled nearly 200 flights Friday in preparation for the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in years. ... more | .. |
 Somali gunmen kill five as they loot food aid Gunmen opened fire killing five people on Friday as they looted food aid for thousands of starving people affected by famine in the Somali capital, officials and witnesses said. ... more |
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 China paying 'close attention' to Africa famine China said Friday it was paying "close attention" to a disastrous famine in the Horn of Africa, after top US House Democrat Nancy Pelosi urged it to do more. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar media blames rebels for deaths at dam Myanmar state media on Friday accused ethnic fighters of killing seven people who visited a Chinese-run dam at the centre of an ongoing conflict between the army and rebels. ... more | .. |
  Toll rises to 13 after storm abates The toll from floods and mudslides in Thailand caused by the tail end of tropical storm Nock-ten has risen to 13, Thai authorities said on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Pollutants found at US base in S.Korea: officials Traces of toxic chemicals have been found at a US military camp but there is no evidence yet to support claims that Agent Orange was buried there in 1978, South Korean and American investigators said Friday. ... more |
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