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 Taipei (AFP) Aug 17, 2009 
Typhoon Morakot has hit Taiwan's agriculture and tourism sectors hard, but the overall impact on the economy -- already reeling from the financial crisis -- may be limited, experts said. The island was struggling with possibly its longest recession yet when the typhoon struck on August 8, unleashing floods and mudslides that President Ma Ying-jeou has warned may have left up to 500 dead. ... read more
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Aug 17, 2009 U.S. and Mexican scientists have linked gene expression in honeybees' brains in the response to threats with long-term and evolutionary aggression differences. The study involved scientists from the University of Illinois, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Fyssen Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Illinois Sociogenomics Initiative, Purdue University, the University ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Stockholm (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Asia could face chronic food shortages and social unrest if the region fails to improve its management of water and farming, according to a UN report published on Monday. An extra 1.5 billion people will live in Asia by 2050, putting even more pressure on already scarce food supplies, said the study, issued by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Water ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2009China, the world's leading exporter of marine fish products, needs to adapt its fisheries if it is to meet new EU regulations to combat illegal fishing, according to a report released Monday. Under the legislation which comes into force in January 2010, all fish materials imported into the European Union will have to be accompanied by catch certificates validated by the nation under whose ... more  
Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Aug 17, 2009 Governments must adapt to more storms, shortages, droughts and floods because of climate change, experts said at the World Water Week 2009 in Stockholm. "Climate change is to a very large extent about water change," said Anders Berntell, head of the Stockholm International Water Institute. "Because it's through water that we will first and foremost experience climate change -- too much ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2009Beneath northern India's irrigated fields of wheat, rice, and barley ... beneath its densely populated cities of Jaiphur and New Delhi, the groundwater has been disappearing. Halfway around the world, hydrologists, including Matt Rodell of NASA, have been hunting for it. Where is northern India's underground water supply going? According to Rodell and colleagues, it is being pumped and con ... more 
Carpinteria CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2009A deployable satellite reflector and boom assembly from Northrop Grumman will help NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) map soil moisture and the freezing and thawing cycles globally with unprecedented accuracy, resolution and coverage. The company's AstroMesh-Lite configuration deployable reflector will be used on JPL's Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission targeted for launch in ... more 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2009Rocketing domestic use and farm irrigation have seriously damaged India's groundwater supply, and drinking water may become scarce, according to a study released Wednesday. The study of three states in northwest India, including the capital New Delhi, found that water was being extracted at an unsustainable rate as the region undergoes rapid economic development. Water shortages are a gr ... more |
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