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Angry British villagers stop Google maps car: report
London (AFP) April 3, 2009Angry residents of an English village blocked the driver of a Google Street View car who was filming the neighbourhood, saying they feared he would encourage burglaries, a report said Friday. One resident, Paul Jacobs, told the BBC he had alerted his neighbours after spotting the car from his window in Broughton, Buckinghamshire, southern England, on Wednesday. "I don't have a problem wi ... more Study urges coastal wind farms 
Washington, April 3, 2009 Wind farms placed off U.S. coastlines could contribute significantly to meeting the nation's energy needs, says an Interior Department study. Turbines off the Atlantic Coast potentially could produce 1,000 gigawatts of electricity, enough to meet 25 percent of the nation's electrical demands, the study says. Turbines located off the Pacific Coast also hold great potential but wou ... more NASA Continues To Advance International Polar Year Science 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2009Although the International Polar Year officially came to a close in February, NASA is continuing to push the frontiers of polar science from space, the air and the surface of ice. On Monday, NASA embarks on the first of two airborne field campaigns in the Arctic to take a closer look at Greenland and Iceland ice sheets and the region's sea ice and glaciers. From space, NASA's Ice, Cl ... more Indiana Firm Lands Wind Farm Contract 
Indianapolis IN (SPX) Apr 03, 2009Horizon Wind Energy has selected Bowen Engineering as the balance of plant contractor for the Meadow Lake wind farm in White County, Indiana. This 200 megawatt facility is the first of several wind farms Horizon is developing in Indiana. "Horizon is a leader in wind energy, and our team is pleased to work with such an outstanding firm," said Bowen Operations Manager Dennis Ward. ... more Satellites Will Help Predict Disasters 
Beijing, China (XNA) Apr 02, 2009China's first two satellites dedicated to environment and disaster monitoring were delivered to their users yesterday. Both Huanjing-1A and Huanjing-1B have two charge coupled device cameras, with a 30-m resolution and a 720-km width, each on board, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense said in a statement. The Ministry of Civil Affairs, in ... more |
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Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 31, 2009Exploiting a little-known punch/counterpunch strategy in the ongoing battle between disease-causing fungi and crop plants, scientists in Canada are reporting development of a new class of "green" fungicides that could provide a safer, more environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional fungicides. They will report on the first pesticides to capitalize on this unique defensive strateg ... more Ice Storms Devastating To Pecan Orchards 
Stillwater OK (SPX) Mar 31, 2009Ice storms and other severe weather can have devastating impacts on agricultural crops, including perennial tree crops. Major ice storms occur at least once a decade, with truly catastrophic "icing events" recorded once or twice a century within a broad belt extending from eastern Texas through New England. Ice storms can result in overwhelming losses to orchards and expensive cleanup for produc ... more Fish Oils Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Flatulent Cows 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2009The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented - helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions. These last two benefits may only apply to cows but lowering emissions is important for the environment, as methane given off by farm animals is a major contribution to greenhouse gas levels. Researche ... more Fighting Global Warming Offers Growth And Development Opportunities 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 31, 2009Combating climate change may not be a question of who will carry the burden but could instead be a rush for the benefits, according to new economic modeling presented at "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions" hosted by the University of Copenhagen. Contrary to current cost models for lowering greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change, a group of researchers fro ... more 15 Years Of Satellite Data Over Mt. Etna 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 30, 2009Using radar images acquired by ESA satellites from 1992 to 2006, scientists have for the first time been able to monitor the long-term behaviour of Mt. Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano. This unprecedented time series of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations from ESA's ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat satellites provided crucial information for understanding how the volcano's su ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2009The retrial of two men sentenced to death for their involvement in China's tainted milk scandal began Thursday after they appealed the verdict, the court hearing the case told AFP. Geng Jinping and Zhang Yujun were to be heard in a trial expected to last one day in the northern province of Hebei, the official Xinhua news agency said. The brothers of the two men were also appealing against ja ... more Scientists Track Asteroid That Hurtles To Earth And Recover Pieces 
Paris (AFP) March 25, 2009Stunned astronomers watched a car-sized asteroid explode into a brilliant meteor shower as it crashed into Earth's atmosphere, and then wandered into a Sudan desert to pick up the pieces, a study released Wednesday reported. It was the first time ever that scientists recovered fragments from an asteroid detected in space, according to the study, published in the British journal Nature. ... more Surprise Recovery Of Meteorites Following Asteroid Impact 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2009Fortunately, it wasn't large enough to require intervention by Bruce Willis, but asteroid 2008 TC3 is the first space rock to have been spotted before it crashed to Earth. It streaked into the skies over northern Sudan in the early morning of October 7, 2008, and then exploded at a high 37 km above the Nubian Desert, before the atmosphere could slow it appreciably. It was believed that the ... more ESA Hosts GMES Session At 'Towards eEnvironment' Conference 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 26, 2009The exchange of environmental information will be the focus of the 'Towards eEnvironment' conference held this week in Prague. ESA will host a GMES session to discuss the status of the programme and demonstrate how its services are helping users. The conference, held in the framework of the Czech Republic's European Union presidency, is dedicated to information exchange among scientists ... more Iraq says Turkey to double water supply 
Baghdad (AFP) March 25, 2009Turkish President Abdullah Gul has promised to double the amount of water allocated to Iraq from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said on Wednesday. The announcement followed two days of talks during Gul's visit to Baghdad, the first in 33 years by a Turkish head of state, on what is a key issue for drought-hit Iraq. "President Gul promised to double ... more
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