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Biggest spike ever in global warming gasesWashington (AFP) Nov 4, 2011 The amount of global warming gases sent into the atmosphere made an unprecedented jump in 2010, according to the US Department of Energy's latest world data on carbon dioxide emissions. "It's big," said Tom Boden, director of the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Environmental Sciences Division at the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. "Our data go back to 1751, even before the Industrial Revolution. Never before have we seen a 500-million-metric-ton carbon increase in a ... read more |
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  Hundreds of foreigners stranded in Everest region Around 1,500 foreign tourists have been stranded in the Everest region due to heavy fog that has halted flights from the only airstrip serving the area, a local aviation official said on Friday. ... more | .. |
  US advises Syrians against surrendering to regime The US State Department on Friday advised Syrians against surrendering to President Bashar al-Assad's regime after Damascus announced an amnesty for those who give up their weapons. ... more | .. |
  Six killed as Italian port city floods Six people were killed Friday when the Italian port city of Genoa was hit by flash floods during heavy rainfall, including a woman who was apparently crushed by cars being swept away by the water. ... more | .. |
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  China denies abuses in Zambian mines China on Friday denied abusing workers in Zambian copper mines, after a Human Rights Watch report accused Chinese firms of flouting health and safety laws while demanding up to 18 hours of labour a day. ... more | .. |
  Peru's Congress approves 10-year GMO ban Peru's Congress announced Friday it overwhelmingly approved a 10-year moratorium on imports of genetically modified organisms in order to safeguard the country's biodiversity. ... more | .. |
 After famine and drought, Somali refugees face floods Thousands of Somalis who fled famine, drought and conflict now face the misery of heavy rains and flooding in the region, the UN refugee agency said Friday. ... more | .. |
 African farmers struggle to fund green projects As South Africa prepares to host UN climate talks at the end of the month, African farmers say they are struggling to access a key programme meant to help them take part in the fight against climate change. ... more |
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'No doubt' Canadian firm will be first to extract deep sea minerals: CEO
Tabletop particle blaster: How tiny nozzles and lasers could replace giant accelerators
Set it and forget it: Autonomous structures can be programmed to jump days in advance | .. |
  China urges condemnation of self-immolations China said Friday a recent wave of self-immolations by Buddhist monks and nuns should be condemned, a day after the 11th such incident hit the country. ... more | .. |
 Poll says Spanish right set for election landslide Spain's right-wing opposition Popular Party is set for a record victory over the ruling Socialists in November 20 general elections, a poll said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Probability of powerful quake rises for N. Z. city Scientists warned Friday of an increased probability that another powerful earthquake will hit the earthquake-stricken New Zealand city of Christchurch in the next year. ... more | .. |
 Bangkok subway at risk from advancing floods Thailand's worst floods in half a century reached the edge of downtown Bangkok on Friday, threatening some underground rail stations and forcing the closure of a major shopping centre. ... more |
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  US task force lays out priorities for post-quake Japan Japan should shore up its nuclear safety credibility and prime its economy to bounce back from the quake-tsunami disaster, a US task force said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  DR Congo seeks to keep its huge green lung breathing Forest conservation is a major challenge for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's second biggest green lung after the Amazon, amid a paucity of energy production and renewable alternatives. ... more | .. |
  Beijing accuses US embassy of pollution 'hype': report Environmental authorities in Beijing have accused the US embassy of "hype" after its widely-publicised measurements of air quality in the Chinese capital sparked concern, state media said Friday. ... more | .. |
  China hospital disposes of live baby Health authorities in south China said Friday they were investigating a hospital medical team for mistakenly diagnosing a stillbirth and disposing of a baby that was alive. ... more |
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Iran FM warns Europe against 'strategic mistake' at IAEA; Iran obtained 'sensitive' Israeli intel
DOD is investigating Hegseth's staffers over Houthi-strikes chats
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 Japan govt hands $11.5 bln aid to TEPCO: reports Japan's government on Friday reportedly agreed to give the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant $11.5 billion in aid to help it pay compensation to those affected by the disaster. ... more | .. |
 Earthquakes killed 780,000 in past decade: study Earthquakes claimed more than 780,000 lives in the past decade, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all disaster-related deaths, according to a study published in The Lancet on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Exiled Tibet PM urges US pressure over protests Tibet's prime minister-in-exile urged the United States on Thursday to step up pressure on China after a wave of self-immolations, which he said showed the failure of Beijing's rule. ... more | .. |
 Vampire Bacteria Has Potential as Living Antibiotic A vampire-like bacteria that leeches onto specific other bacteria - including certain human pathogens - has the potential to serve as a living antibiotic for a range of infectious diseases, a new st ... more |
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Lessons from the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake Details of an earthquake that rocked the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand in February 2011 may transform the way scientists assess the potential threat of fault lines that run through ... more | .. |
  Humans and Climate Contributed to Extinctions of Large Ice-Age Mammals The genetic history of six large herbivores - the woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth, wild horse, reindeer, bison, and musk ox - has shown that both climate change and humans were responsible for the ... more | .. |
  Animals That Are Born To Roar When lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply - terrifying every creature within earshot - they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention, although their voices are much deeper. So says the ... more | .. |
  Jawbone found in England is from the earliest known modern human in northwestern Europe A piece of jawbone excavated from a prehistoric cave in England is the earliest evidence for modern humans in Europe, according to an international team of scientists. The bone first was believed to ... more |
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Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
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 Insects are scared to death of fish The mere presence of a predator causes enough stress to kill a dragonfly, even when the predator cannot actually get at its prey to eat it, say biologists at the University of Toronto. "How pr ... more | .. |
 Increased use of bikes for commuting offers economic, health benefits Cutting out short auto trips and replacing them with mass transit and active transport would yield major health benefits, according to a study just published in the scientific journal Environmental ... more | .. |
 Link between air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in this week's issue of the journal Nature. Traditionally, prevailing wind shear patterns prohibit cyclones in the Arabian ... more | .. |
  Peatland carbon storage is stabilized against catastrophic release of carbon Concerns that global warming may have a domino effect -unleashing 600 billion tons of carbon in vast expanses of peat in the Northern hemisphere and accelerating warming to disastrous proportions - ... more |
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 UofL scientist discovers first known mammalian skull from Late Cretaceous in South America Paleontologist Guillermo Rougier, Ph.D., professor of anatomical sciences and neurobiology at the University of Louisville, and his team have reported their discovery of two skulls from the first kn ... more | .. |
Tibetans divided by self-immolations For Tashi Choezom, a Tibetan studying for a nursing degree in New Delhi, the string of suicides by monks and nuns who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese religious repression are a sin. ... more | .. |
 Storm kills 11 in Oman Eleven people, including two children, have been killed in flash floods caused by heavy rains that have hit Oman over the past three days, the Arabian Peninsula state's police announced on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Island states slam slow pace of climate talks Island states facing rising seas driven by global warming slammed on Thursday suggestions by some rich nations that a comprehensive climate deal can wait until 2018 or later. ... more |
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