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Satellites Show How Earth Moved During Italy Quake
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 20, 2009Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that shook the medieval town of L'Aquila in central Italy on 6 April 2009. Scientists from Italy's Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell' Ambiente (IREA-CNR) and the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisic ... 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 Lowly maggot poised to boost income, cut pollution 
Marseille, France (AFP) March 12, 2009Dirt poor peasants in the tropics could be thrown an economic lifeline after a lucky discovery by French scientists involving a useless palm oil by-product and the lowly maggot. The synergy of two otherwise nuisance agents produced a virtually cost-free feed for farmed fish while reducing a pungent source of pollution -- a potential boon in countries like Indonesia, one of the world's larges ... 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 NASA Launches Eyes On The Earth 3-D 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2009New interactive features on NASA's Global Climate Change Web site give the public the opportunity to "fly along" with NASA's fleet of Earth science missions and observe Earth from a global perspective in an immersive, 3-D environment. Developed using a state-of-the-art, browser-based visualization technology, "Eyes on the Earth 3-D" displays the location of all of NASA's 15 currently opera ... 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 |
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Hong Kong (AFP) March 6, 2009Hong Kong authorities said Friday that a dead chicken found in the southern Chinese territory had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. The government said laboratory tests had confirmed that the chicken found floating in the sea off Hong Kong on March 2 carried the deadly strain. The statement said there were no poultry farms within three kilometres (two mile ... more Growth Energy Slams ARB Staff Report On New Low Carbon Fuel Standard Rules 
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2009Growth Energy has called on the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to reject rules developed by its staff that would impose unfair standards in calculating the carbon intensity of fuels as part of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The ARB staff report calls for the adoption of a flawed indirect land use change (ILUC) theory that would only penalize biofuels while ignoring the signific ... more Netafim To Supply Smart Irrigation Solutions For Peruvian Ethanol Project 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 09, 2009Netafim has entered into an EPC agreement with Maple, under which Netafim will provide engineering, procurement and construction of a drip irrigation system and become the exclusive supplier of smart irrigation solutions for Maple's sugar cane project to be constructed and operated in Peru. The project, spanning close to 8,000 hectares of land in Northern Peru, will include cultivation of ... more Mars Rover Spirit Faces Circuitous Route 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2009Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations for the upcoming Martian summer and following winter. The rover has begun a trek skirting at least partway around the plateau instead of directly over it. However, Spirit has also gotten a jum ... more US demands al-Marri Supreme Court case be dropped 
Washington (AFP) March 5, 2009The new US administration has pressed the Supreme Court in papers filed this week to set aside a constitutional challenge in a case that could determine whether "enemy combatants" can be held indefinitely on US soil. The case involves Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, an alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper agent who has been held as an "enemy combatant" in the United States since 2003 but was formally charged ... more
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