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UN Satellite Atlas Exposes Decades Of Environmental Damage
Geneva (AFP) Jun 03, 2005
An atlas of satellite photographs published by the UN environmental agency on Friday has exposed the physical damage wrought by the growing human population, including deforestation, retreating icecaps, dried seas, sprawling cities and pollution.

NASA Scientists Confirm Liquid Water On Early Earth
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2005
Research funded partly by NASA has confirmed the existence of liquid water on the Earth's surface more than 4 billion years ago. Scientists have found that the Earth had formed patterns of crust formation, erosion and sediment recycling as early as 4.35 billion years ago.

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Arctic Sentinels Help Monitor Polar Changes
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 05, 2005
It is bitterly cold and the wind seems to sear through one's duffle coat. EuroNews has brought its cameras into the Arctic wilderness of the Svalbard archipelago. The North Pole is barely 1000 km away.

Dissapearing Arctic Lakes Linked To Climate Change
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jun 05, 2005
Continued arctic warming may be causing a decrease in the number and size of Arctic lakes. The issue is the subject of a paper published in the June 3 issue of the journal "Science."

Death Toll Rises To 204 From China's Torrential Rains, Floods
Beijing (AFP) Jun 05, 2005
The death toll from torrential rains and the start of annual summer flooding in China rose to 204, with 79 others missing, state media reported Sunday, citing government figures.

Veteran Russian Ecologists Form Green Russia Party
Moscow (AFP) Jun 05, 2005
Some of Russia's leading opposition ecologists joined forces Sunday to launch the Green Russia party which they said could become an influential political force ahead parliamentary elections in 2007.

Bangladesh Signs Deal With Chinese Companies To Extract Coal
Dhaka (AFP) Jun 05, 2005
Bangladesh's state-owned Petrochemical company, Petrobangla, signed an 82 million dollar deal with two Chinese companies to extract coal from one of the country's biggest mines, a junior minister said Sunday.

Natural Gas The Future Of Africa's Energy Security Needs, Conference Told
Maputo (AFP) Jun 03, 2005
Natural gas in Africa will play a major role in the future of the continent's energy needs and can be used in wide-ranging roles from household cooking to generating electricity at power stations, an African energy expert said Friday.

France's Total, Japan Form Alliance To Mass Produce 'Clean' Fuel
Kushiro, Japan (AFP) Jun 05, 2005
In the often snow-covered landscape of northern Japan, French oil giant Total is working with a Japanese consortium with a goal of mass producing by 2010 a new eco-friendly fuel derived from natural gas.

Tanker Traffic On The High Seas Problematic
Washington (UPI) June 3, 2005
Ships and pipelines transport more than 35 million barrels of oil daily and much of the traffic passes through narrow and hazardous straits.

Analysis: The End Of The 'European Dream?'
Brussels (UPI) June 2, 2005
Last year, U.S. author and social critic Jeremy Rifkin wrote a best-selling book called "The American Dream" in which he predicted that the EU's vision of the future would quietly eclipse the United States'.

EU Still Strong On External Agenda
Washington (UPI) June 2, 2005
As the European Union faces the task of rebuilding its political stamina and healing the wounds of rejection caused by the French and Dutch "no" vote against the constitution, European officials stressed to the United States Thursday it is still the same Europe it was a month ago.

NASA Spacecraft Measures Unusual Arctic Ozone Conditions
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2005
Despite near-record levels of chemical ozone destruction in the Arctic this winter, observations from Aura show that other atmospheric processes restored ozone amounts to near average.

Weatherman's Monsoon Talk Says It All In Agriculture-Dependent India
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jun 05, 2005
Prashant Goswami at this time of year has farmers, government officials, global investors, stock market players and economists hanging on his every word - provided he's making monsoon talk.


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