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 Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 14, 2009 
The Gaza Strip's underground water supplies are "in danger of collapse" following years of overuse and a devastating war Israel waged in the territory at the turn of the year, the UN said Monday. "The underground water supplies, upon which 1.5 million Palestinians depend for agriculture and drinking water, are in danger of collapse," the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a statement ... read more 
Taipei (AFP) Sept 14, 2009Taiwan hopes to sign an agreement with China to rein in illegal fishing by mainland vessels, which often use dynamite and poison to boost their catch, an official said Monday. "Top officials from the two sides have reached a tentative consensus on the agreement," Chen Tien-shou, deputy chief of Taiwan's Fisheries Agency, told reporters. Li Jianhua, the head of China's Bureau of Fisheries ... 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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Bucharest (AFP) Sept 13, 2009When communism crumbled two decades ago, Eastern Europeans were only too delighted to discover the fast-food chains that symbolized the West. But today they increasingly long for organic food. "The general trend is that more and more organic products are being sold in former Soviet-bloc countries," said Amarjit Sahota, head of the research department of London-based consulting firm Organic ... more 
Fayetteville AK (SPX) Sep 14, 2009 A new soil test for nitrogen fertilization of rice may not sound like blockbuster technology, but it is, said Chuck Wilson, extension rice agronomist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. The new technology is the first and only site-specific test of mineralizable soil nitrogen as a basis for nitrogen fertilizer recommendations in any crop. It will help farmers apply ... more 
Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2009 Polluters are admitting dumping more toxic substances into U.S. drinking water supplies but they are rarely punished by regulators, records indicate. Even though chemical factories, manufacturing plants and other workplaces have self-reported more than 500,000 instances of violating the Clean Water Act in the last five years, state agencies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2009Ten years ago, NASA-funded ecologist Steve Running, of the University of Montana, wrote an essay for the Earth Observatory about why NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) mission was so important. In this opinion essay, he talks about how changes in the Earth system documented over the past decade make satellite-based Earth observation more important than ever. The views expressed here are ... more  
Istanbul (AFP) Sept 10, 2009Turkey's government came under fire Thursday over ramshackle planning in Istanbul, a day after killer floods swept away cars and bridges in what the prime minister called the "disaster of the century." With the death toll from the flash floods in Istanbul and its environs rising to 32, authorities launched a massive rescue and clean-up operation as they braced for a new front of heavy rain ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 10, 2009India's monsoon rains have strengthened in recent weeks, easing a drought that has hit large swathes of the country, though some areas remain severely affected, the weather office said Thursday. "There have been rains in the past couple of weeks. We are expecting good rains in the next couple of days and a further lessening of the deficiency," weather office spokesman B.P. Yadav told AFP. ... more |
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