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Global warming could delay, weaken monsoons: study
Chicago (AFP) March 1, 2009Global warming could delay the start of the summer monsoon by five to 15 days within the next century and significantly reduce rainfall in much of South Asia, a recent study has found. Rising global temperatures will likely lead to an eastward shift in monsoon circulation which could result in more rainfall over the Indian Ocean, Myanmar and Bangladesh but less over Pakistan, India and Nepal ... more China approves food safety law: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2009China on Saturday approved a long-awaited food safety law, state media reported, in a bid to end repeated scandals involving dangerous food products in the country. The law has been in the works since October last year after a huge scandal erupted over contaminated milk which killed at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others in China. "The law will see the establishment of ... more Fourth Sumatran tiger killed in Indonesia: official 
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 27, 2009Indonesian villagers have trapped and killed a fourth endangered Sumatran tiger amid a spate of tiger attacks blamed on illegal logging, environmental group WWF said Friday. Four tigers and six people have been killed on Sumatra island this month, it said. "We learnt on February 24 that another Sumatran tiger had been trapped and killed by villagers after it attacked two farmers on Sunda ... more A Sliver Of A Chance For Life On Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2009The Phoenix Mars Lander ended its mission last November, but scientists are still pondering the data. One intriguing discovery was a nightly cycle in which water vapor in the atmosphere collapsed into the martian soil. One researcher thinks this may hint of dew-like films that could have supported life in a previous martian climate. Phoenix landed on Mars on May 25, 2008. It was the first ... more Australia seeks to cut animal gas emissions 
Sydney (AFP) Feb 26, 2009The Australian government has announced a multi-million dollar investment in research on reducing gas emissions from farm animals as part of the fight against global warming. Methane gas from livestock flatulence accounts for about 12 percent of the country's annual greenhouse gas emissions, Agriculture Minister Tony Burke said as he launched the 26.8 million dollar (17.4 million US dollar) ... more |
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Veni, Russia (AFP) Feb 25, 2009There is only one family left in this once-thriving fishing village on the northeastern shores of Sakhalin Island, where the Nivkhs, a small indigenous ethnic group, have lived for centuries. But on a recent winter day, Pyotr Popka was not lamenting the fact that there are only 2,500 of his fellow Nivkhs on Sakhalin or that only several dozen of them can still converse in the Nivkh language ... more Vietnam battling hoof-and-mouth outbreak 
Saigon, Vietnam (UPI) Feb 24, 2009 Vietnamese agriculture officials say hoof-and-mouth disease has been detected in nine provinces during the past three weeks The latest outbreak was reported in central Quang Ngai province, where 19 cows were found to be infected, the Voice of Vietnam radio reported Tuesday. Fifty cows were also found to be infected in Nghe An province. Bird flu has been reported in 10 provinces i ... more Orbital's Launch Of Taurus Rocket Is Unsuccessful 
Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 25, 2009Orbital Sciences has announced that the launch of its Taurus XL rocket, which lifted off at 4:55 a.m. (EST) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA., carrying the company-built Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite for NASA, did not achieve orbit. Preliminary indications are that the payload fairing on the Taurus XL vehicle failed to separate. The fairing is a clamshell structure which ... more Nutrient Pollution Chokes Marine And Freshwater Ecosystems 
Millbrook NY (SPX) Feb 25, 2009Protecting drinking water and preventing harmful coastal "dead zones", as well as eutrophication in many lakes, will require reducing both nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. Because streams and rivers are conduits to the sea, management strategies should be implemented along the land-to-ocean continuum. In most cases, strategies that focus only on one nutrient will fail. These policy ... more US milk company denies China products unsafe 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2009US company Wyeth said it had received complaints that children who had been fed its baby milk powder in China had developed kidney stones, but denied its products were unsafe. The statement posted on Wyeth's China website on Monday was the latest in a rash of reports of sick babies that is raising new concerns long after a tainted baby formula scandal was declared over by Chinese authorities ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 23, 2009Two managers of a chemical company have been arrested over a spill that led to the suspension of drinking water supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in a Chinese city, state press said Monday. The two officials of the Biaoxin Chemical Company were arrested on charges of causing large-scale environmental pollution that forced water supplies for large parts of Yancheng city to be cut ... more New study points to GM contamination of Mexican corn 
Paris (AFP) Feb 23, 2009Genes from genetically-engineered corn have been found in traditional crop strains in Mexico, according to a new study likely to reignite a bitter controversy over biotech maize. The paper, by scientists from Mexico, the United States and the Netherlands, backs a 2001 probe that sparked a row over the safety of genetically-modified (GM) crops. Green activists say GM crops are a potential ... more Inbicon Introduces The New Ethanol 
San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2009At the 14th annual National Ethanol Conference, Danish biotech pioneer Inbicon announced a series of technical and marketing initiatives for bringing commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol to North America. Under the banner of The New Ethanol, and in collaboration with the U.S.-based G-team, Inbicon is putting the finishing touches on new engineering and business model that incorporates its ... more Shredding Corn Silage Could Produce More Ethanol At Less Cost 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 24, 2009A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is commonly done, about 40 percent less energy is needed to gain access to more of the material stored in the plant. Dennis Buckmaster, an associate professor of agricultural and biological engineer ... more Five Things About The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 23, 2009Here are some quick facts about the Earth-orbiting satellite, scheduled to launch on Feb. 24, 2009. + It will study carbon dioxide sources (where it comes from) and sinks (where it is pulled out of the atmosphere and stored). Carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming. The new data will help scientists more accurately forecast global climate change. + Data collected by ... more
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