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Mozambique's new forests may not be as green as they seemMaputo (AFP) Dec 4, 2011 Foreign companies are spending billions of dollars to plant forests in Mozambique, but conservationists fear the investments aren't as good for the environment as they might initially seem. Mozambique has about 400,000 square kilometres (155,000 square miles) of largely untouched forests, an area larger than Germany that covers half of the country, making it a prime target in the African land rush that has seen foreign firms staking large claims for agri-business across the continent. Three of M ... read more |
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  Namibia vulnerable to climate change, tries carbon trading Slowly the old woman stacks freshly cut branches into a bundle and puts it on her head. Bent and burdened, she shuffles along a dusty footpath to a humble tin shack on the outskirts of Windhoek. ... more | .. |
  Danube's near-record lows strangle shipping Severe drought has hit Europe's second largest river, the Danube, turning it into a navigation nightmare for shipping companies all the way from Germany to Bulgaria. ... more | .. |
 Durban will help fix balance in climate fight: UN official Climate talks in Durban are on track to help poor and vulnerable nations deal with increasingly fierce heatwaves, storms and drought, the UN's top climate official said Saturday. ... more | .. |
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  Could Natural Nuclear Reactors Have Boosted Life on This and Other Planets While modern-day humans use the most advanced engineering to build nuclear reactors, Nature sometimes makes them by accident. Evidence for a cluster of natural nuclear reactors has been found ... more | .. |
  NASA Satellite Confirms Sharp Decline in Pollution from US Coal Power Plants A team of scientists have used the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite to confirm major reductions in the levels of a key air pollutant generated by coal power plants in the e ... more | .. |
  Scientists make key discovery about the atmosphere of early Earth Scientists in the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have used the oldest minerals on Earth to reconstruct the atmospheric conditions present on Earth very soon aft ... more | .. |
 2012 Update: Magnetic Pole Reversal Happens All The Geologic Time Scientists understand that Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. In other words, if you were alive about 800,000 years ago, and facing what we call north wit ... more |
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US seeks deals for Alaska energy as Asia representatives visit
Czechs sign nuclear deal with S.Korea firm KHNP: PM
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  Drop in carbon dioxide levels led to polar ice sheet A drop in carbon dioxide appears to be the driving force that led to the Antarctic ice sheet's formation, according to a recent study led by scientists at Yale and Purdue universities of molecules f ... more | .. |
  Fear of fire stalks Hong Kong's cubicle dwellers When a fire swept through his overcrowded tenement above the Ladies Market in Hong Kong's densely packed Kowloon district last week, Wong Kam-hoi ran for his life through a maze of narrow hallways. ... more | .. |
  Japan looks to giant washer to clean Fukushima debris Japan is looking to launder tsunami debris in a giant washing machine to get rid of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident, a researcher said Friday. ... more | .. |
 China web users criticise new state TV boss Thousands of Chinese web users on Sunday lashed out at the new head of the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) network over a speech in which he said journalists were "propaganda workers". ... more |
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 China lays out conditions for legally binding climate deal China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding climate deal that would go into force after 2020, when current voluntary pledges run out. ... more | .. |
  African leaders must boost AIDS programmes: Bush African leaders must ensure that programmes to fight HIV/AIDS on the ravaged continent are successfully carried out, former US president George W. Bush said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Panda-mania as furry friends arrive in Britain An eagerly anticipated pair of giant pandas arrived in Edinburgh on Sunday on a charter flight from China, to become the first of the endangered animals to live in Britain for 17 years. ... more | .. |
 China braces for social unrest as economy slows China's security chief has told provincial officials they need to be more prepared for the "negative impact" of slowing growth, underscoring Beijing's concern a slowdown could bring social unrest. ... more |
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Ukraine war 'existential', Russia says, launching revenge strikes
'Aces up the sleeve': Ukraine drone attacks in Russia shake up conflict
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 Fresh radioactive runoff at Japan plant A fresh leak of radioactive water into the open ocean has been discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear complex, its operator said Monday as cleanup efforts continued. ... more | .. |
  No end to eruptions at Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano There was no sign Sunday that eruptions at Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano would cease any time soon, geologists monitoring the activity said. ... more | .. |
 Web helps Bangkok's flood-hit pets find relief When the floodwaters came up to her chin, Karuna Leuangleekpai knew she had to abandon her house on the outskirts of Bangkok. But she had no idea what to do with her seven dogs. ... more | .. |
 Workers at Japan nuclear plant recall tsunami desperation The embattled operator of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has released workers' accounts of the desperate moments surrounding the huge earthquake and tsunami that triggered an atomic crisis. ... more |
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Philippines struggles with AIDS The Philippines is struggling to deal with a worsening HIV-AIDS problem, with far too little money being spent on reversing a steady rise in infection rates, health experts warn. ... more | .. |
  Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth: report Scientists from Japan and Russia believe it may be possible to clone a mammoth after finding well-preserved bone marrow in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 China parades Tibetans accused of separatism: photos Tibetans arrested by Chinese security forces have been paraded with placards around their necks indicating their names and alleged crimes such as "separatism", according to photographs published Saturday by the Free Tibet campaign group. ... more | .. |
 Saudis to spend $66B to boost water supply Saudi Arabia's National Water Co. plans to spend $66.4 billion on water and wastewater projects over the next eight years as water consumption grows faster than the kingdom's burgeoning population. ... 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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 EU launches new 6.5-bln fund to slash over-fishing The European Commission unveiled a new 6.5-billion-euro fund Friday to help fishermen move towards sustainable fishing as part of an effort to save fish stocks. ... more | .. |
  Africa's women farmers doorstep UN climate talks Bearing the message that their livelihoods were in peril, hundreds of women farmers tried Friday to gatecrash UN climate talks in Durban, where they were peacefully held back by police. ... more | .. |
  Seychelles invites China to set up anti-piracy base The Seychelles on Friday invited Beijing to set up a military base on the archipelago to beef up the fight against piracy there, Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam said. ... more | .. |
British zoo welcomes giant pandas from China Two giant pandas are set to arrive at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland on Sunday on a eagerly anticipated ten-year loan from China, agreed after years of high-level political and diplomatic negotiations. ... more |
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  Forcasters: Midwest in for roughest winter Forecasters say the worst of what shapes up as a brutal U.S. winter will target the Midwest and its major cities with snow and cold. ... more | .. |
Beijing police to crack down on 'black jails' Police in Beijing have launched a crackdown on rogue security firms, some of which detain petitioners in "black jails", state media said Friday, but a rights group said the illegal practice was unlikely to end. ... more | .. |
 Hundreds of houses collapse in China quake A moderate earthquake in northwestern China has destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged many more, but caused no reported casualties, the government said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 'Record-setting' change in warming Arctic: report An international team of 121 scientists has found "record-setting" change in the Arctic linked to global warming, including melting ice, warming waters and changing wind patterns. ... more |
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