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Nations set course for 2015 global climate pactDurban, South Africa (AFP) Dec 11, 2011 A marathon UN climate conference on Sunday approved a roadmap towards an accord that for the first time will bring all major greenhouse-gas emitters under a single legal roof. If approved as scheduled in 2015, the pact will be operational from 2020 and become the prime weapon in the fight against climate change. Greenpeace, however, lamented the deal as a victory for polluters over people. It was reached after nearly 14 days of talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC ... read more |
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  Paleoclimate Record Points Toward Potential Rapid Climate Changes New research into the Earth's paleoclimate history by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies director James E. Hansen suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, including mul ... more | .. |
  Landsat satellites Track Yellowstone Underground Heat Yellowstone National Park sits on top of a vast, ancient, and still active volcano. Heat pours off its underground magma chamber, and is the fuel for Yellowstone's famous features - more than 10,000 ... more | .. |
 GIS Cloud Featured at Eye on Earth Summit At the Eye on Earth Summit Esri will describe how cloud GIS is positioned to create an international geospatial platform for sharing environmental data and designing solutions. Also former US ... more | .. |
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  Thales contacts e2v for supply of CMOS imaging sensors for next Meteosat series e2v has signed a multi-million Euro contract with Thales Alenia Space for the design, development and manufacture of a space qualified CMOS imaging sensor for use in the Flexible Combined Imager (FC ... more | .. |
 Climate change driving tropical birds to higher elevations Tropical birds are moving to higher elevations because of climate change, but they may not be moving fast enough, according to a new study by Duke University researchers. The study, published in the ... more | .. |
  Evacuation plans need to incorporate family perspectives A study sponsored by the National Science Foundation found that most respondents felt the evacuation of New Orleans residents to the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina was a "failure" and this opinio ... more | .. |
  The heart of the plant Food prices are soaring at the same time as the Earth's population is nearing 9 billion. As a result the need for increased crop yields is extremely important. New research led by Carnegie's Wolf Fr ... 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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 Jason-1 Achieves a One-Decade Landmark On Dec. 7, 2001, NASA and the French Space Agency Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) launched the Jason-1 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., embarking on a planned three-to-fi ... more | .. |
  Research raises new questions about animal empathy The emotions of rats and mice and the mental infrastructure behind them promise to illuminate the nature of human emotions, including empathy and nurturance, a Washington State University neuroscien ... more | .. |
 New study reveals North America's biggest dinosaur New research from Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies and the State Museum of Pennsylvania has unveiled enormous bones from North America's biggest dinosaur. In a paper published ... more | .. |
 ESA selects Astrium to build Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite Furthering Europe's capacity to monitor atmospheric pollution, ESA has awarded a contract worth 45.5 million euro to Astrium UK to act as prime contractor for the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite syst ... more |
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 Scientists reveal where growing conditions today mirror future climates With climate change posing a threat to food production around the world, scientists are developing a form of virtual time travel that can offer farmers in many countries a glimpse of their future by ... more | .. |
 Healthier hot dogs an impossibility of food science In part of an effort to replace animal fat in hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers and other foods with healthier fat, scientists are reporting an advance in solving the mystery of why hot dogs develop an ... more | .. |
 Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes Two talks at a scientific conference this week will propose a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2 ... more | .. |
 Ancient meat-loving predators survived for 35 million years A species of ancient predator with saw-like teeth, sleek bodies and a voracious appetite for meat survived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of mammals ruled the earth. A ... 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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  China minister defends Beijing Olympics legacy A top Chinese minister defended the legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Sunday, citing an improved environment just as authorities in the capital face pressure to act on heavy pollution. ... more | .. |
  Brazil's Belo Monte dam better than alternatives: study Brazil's Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon will have fewer environmental effects than fossil-fuel alternatives and will be cheaper than other renewable energy sources, state media said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Mexico unrattled one day after quake The major earthquake that struck southern Mexico killed at least two people and led to power outages in some areas, but wrought surprisingly little structural damage, relieved authorities here said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Syria activists call strike, Homs fears grow A general strike was observed on Sunday in several regions of Syria to step up the pressure on the regime, activists said, as fears grew of an "invasion" of the besieged protest hub of Homs. ... more |
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Major 6.5 quake hits southern Mexico, 2 dead A major 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Saturday with officials reporting two deaths, as the quake was strongly felt in the capital Mexico City and southern Guerrero state. ... more | .. |
  Study finds wide distrust of atheists A study of adults in the United States and students in Canada found that most do not trust atheists to make moral choices. ... more | .. |
 Catalysts for peace: three women receive Nobel Prize A Liberian rights campaigner, the country's president and a Yemeni activist received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Saturday for their work for peace and women's rights. ... more | .. |
 Post-Mubarak Egypt has softer line on Nile With the downfall of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian leaders are showing more willingness to discuss sharing the waters of the Nile River with Ethiopia and other African states that have been battling for a better deal to accommodate their swelling populations. ... 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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  China deploys patrol boats on Mekong: state media China has deployed more than 300 armed police to patrol the Mekong river in boats in collaboration with Myanmar, Thailand and Laos after a deadly attack in October, state-run media said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Radioactive water leaked at second Japan plant A Japanese nuclear plant leaked 1.8 tonnes of radioactive water from its cooling system, the government said, heightening safety worries as an atomic crisis continues at another plant. ... more | .. |
 Security firms hustle in lawless Libya As rival militias in postwar Libya wage turf wars in Tripoli and the interim government struggles to form a national army, Western mercenaries are moving in to fill the security vacuum in the oil-rich North African state. ... more | .. |
 Myanmar capital to get its first embassy Bangladesh will be the first country to move its embassy from Yangon to the new city and capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar's official newspaper said. ... more |
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  World vigilant after Dutch lab mutates killer virus World health ministers said Friday they were being vigilant after a Dutch laboratory developed a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus that is for the first time contagious among humans. ... more | .. |
  Christmas shopping hampered as Milan battles smog Milan's mayor imposed a two-day ban on traffic in the city and closed schools on Friday in a radical move to battle smog in Italy's industrial heartland, despite fierce protests from shopkeepers. ... more | .. |
 Africa's Sahel desert regions face major food crisis: UN The United Nations warned Friday that Africa's Sahel region faced a serious food crisis and appealed for urgent action to save a million children at risk of malnutrition. ... more | .. |
  Japan whaling operator sues Sea Shepherd Japan's whaling authorities said Friday they are suing militant environmentalist group Sea Shepherd and its head in the United States in a bid to stop them interfering in the annual whale hunt. ... more |
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