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Istanbul (AFP) March 16, 2009The World Water Forum, a seven-day arena aimed at addressing the planet's deepening crisis of freshwater, was launched here Monday to appeals for a campaign to save the precious stuff of life. The forum, held only every three years, will address growing water scarcity, the risk of conflict as countries squabble over rivers, lakes and aquifers, and how to provide clean water and sanitation to ... more Hong Kong bird flu cases raise questions over China's detection 
Hong Kong (AFP) March 15, 2009A probe into an outbreak of bird flu at a Hong Kong chicken farm and carcasses popping up in city waters have raised questions over whether the H5N1 virus is going undetected in southern China. The report released this month said wild birds were the most likely carriers of the virus that broke out in December on a farm close to the territory's border with the southern Chinese province of Gua ... more Walker's World: The G20 treads water 
Paris (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 The main achievement of the Group of 20 summit of finance ministers over the weekend was to stick together and maintain an appearance of unity and resolve in favor of more stimulus and no protectionism. But they did that already, back at the first G20 summit in Washington last November. Hence the mood of disappointment that greeted the close of the summit, symbolized by the German editi ... more Riot police quell protest as water forum opens 
Istanbul (AFP) March 16, 2009The World Water Forum, a seven-day arena aimed at addressing the planet's deepening crisis of fresh water, was launched here Monday amid a violent protest broken up by riot police using tear gas. The forum, held only every three years, will address growing water scarcity, the risk of conflict as countries squabble over rivers, lakes and aquifers, and how to provide clean water and sanitation ... more California's drought-resistent gardens are hot 
Pasadena, California (AFP) March 16, 2009Even grinding recession has not undone growth in one corner of California's drought-parched landscaping sector, where Robert Cornell has spent more than two decades fine-tuning climate friendly gardens. In Pasadena, a wealthy suburban area northeast of Los Angeles, amid the rows of luxurious flowers and freshly mowed lawns, there is little sign that California is in a drought emergency after ... more |
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Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 14, 2009More than 150 years after a small Eurasian tree named tamarisk or saltcedar started taking over riverbanks throughout the U.S. Southwest, saltcedar leaf beetles were unleashed to defoliate the exotic invader. Now, University of Utah scientists say their new study shows it is feasible to use satellite data to monitor the extent of the beetle's attack on tamarisk, and whether use of the beet ... more 'Water tribunal' condemns Turkish dam projects 
Istanbul (AFP) March 14, 2009A symbolic environmental tribunal slammed Turkey Saturday over three dam projects on grounds that their construction would destroy natural and historical riches and displace thousands of people. The international tribunal - made up of academics and environmental activists - convened as part of an initiave to raise awareness on water resources management ahead of the fifth World Water Foru ... more Seed germination control process revealed 
West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Mar 12, 2009 U.S. researchers say they have identified a process involved in regulating seed germination, preventing crops from germinating in adverse conditions. Purdue University scientists led by Professor Mike Hasegawa and former postdoctoral student Kenji Miura discovered the step involved in keeping seeds from germinating in freezing conditions or during a drought. The work is part of o ... more Liberia invaded by crop-eating caterpillars again: ministry 
Monrovia (AFP) March 12, 2009Liberia has been hit by a second invasion of crop-destroying caterpillars which have wreaked havoc in the west African nation, agriculture ministry officials said Thursday. "We have two weeks maximum to react. We have our teams out on the field preparing to contain the situation," Moses Subah, head of the agriculture ministry's technical team, said. "We have mobilised experts from the s ... more Population growth, climate change sparking water crisis: UN 
Paris (AFP) March 12, 2009Surging population growth, climate change, reckless irrigation and chronic waste are placing the world's water supplies at threat, a landmark UN report said on Thursday. Compiled by 24 UN agencies, the 348-page document gave a grim assessment of the state of the planet's freshwater, especially in developing countries, and described the outlook for coming generations as deeply worrying. W ... more |
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Houston (UPI) Mar 10, 2009 The U.S. space agency says it has started streaming live video views of the Earth from the International Space Station at an altitude of 220 miles. The streaming video of Earth and the exterior structure of the space station are from cameras mounted outside the laboratory complex that is orbiting Earth at 17,500 miles an hour. The video is transmitted to Internet viewers primarily while ... more Population growth, climate change sparking water crisis: UN 
Paris (AFP) March 12, 2009Surging population growth, climate change, reckless irrigation and chronic waste are placing the world's water supplies at threat, a landmark UN report said on Thursday. Compiled by 24 UN agencies, the 348-page document gave a grim assessment of the state of the planet's freshwater, especially in developing countries, and described the outlook for coming generations as deeply worrying. ... more Analysis: Water complicates CO2 laws 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2009Policies that cut carbon emissions may be counterproductive if they strain dwindling water supplies -- a problem that has already stemmed from some poorly crafted laws, experts said. Water and energy systems are intertwined throughout the world. Forty percent of the United States' freshwater withdrawals are used to produce energy, and 18 percent of the nation's electricity goes to treat ... more Deadly violence taints China's village elections 
Nanfanzhuang, China (AFP) March 9, 2009When Zhou Changshun complained about the fairness of elections in his home village in China's Hebei province, he had just three days left to live. On the third day the farmer was found dead at home alongside the butchered remains of his 60-year-old wife and daughter-in law. His grandson, aged three, died later in hospital from axe wounds. "There is no doubt about it, we suspect Zhou ... more It's Raining Pentagons 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2009This week's Nature Materials (09 March 2009) reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain. Although the structure of reg ... more
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