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 Loke, Ethiopia (AFP) Nov 14, 2009 
Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food reserves have dwindled this year. "The weather has changed, it's not as it used to be before," he laments. "The rains are increasingly erratic, and we are getting less and less yields." In Loke, 350 kilometres (215 miles) south of Addis Ababa, massive expanses of ... read more 
Lima (AFP) Nov 12, 2009Many of Peru's grittiest slums can only dream of access to water. But thanks to a German NGO, simple technology and hard work, some humble homes are the first to use plastic netting to harvest water from the fog cloaking the night sky. In sprawling settlements like Bellavista del Paraiso -- a dusty clutch of streets on Lima's south end named "Beautiful View of Paradise" with some eye-popping ... 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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Amman, Jordan (UPI) Nov 13, 2009 A Jordanian academic has predicted that Israel will go to war with neighboring Lebanon and Egypt to get their water. An Arab water expert warns that Yemen's worsening water shortage, which is already causing civil unrest, will bolster extremist organizations that could ignite conflicts with nearby states. These two views reflect a widely held fear in the Middle East that global ... more 
Beijing (UPI) Nov 12, 2009 Climate change is damaging the Yangtze River basin, scientists say. The Yangtze River Basin Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Report released Tuesday by the World Wildlife Fund said temperatures in the basin, a lifeline for one-third of China's population, have been rising since the 1990s. The report's lead researcher, Xu Ming of the Chinese Academy of Science, said ... more  
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 U.S. researchers say they've determined using a so-called wet ethanol production process yields not only more ethanol, but also more usable co-products. University of Illinois scientists, led by agricultural engineering researcher Esha Khullar, said the wet ethanol process involves soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, resulting in more gallons of ethanol. ... more |
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Paris (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 The European Space Agency's Proba-2 spacecraft platform is in its second week in orbit and scientists say its operational health is excellent. The mini-spacecraft and the ESA's SMOS satellite were launched aboard the same rocket Nov. 2 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia. Proba-2 is designed to demonstrate 17 advanced satellite technologies while observing the sun and the ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2009South Korea on Tuesday launched a 19 billion dollar project to dredge and restore its four major rivers despite protests over the feared environmental impact. Excavators started shifting soil to build temporary dams on two of the rivers after the environment ministry gave the green light following a four-month survey. Under the plan the Han, Nakdong, Geum and Yeongsan rivers will be ... more 
Dakar (AFP) Nov 10, 2009The cereal crop will decline sharply in Chad, Niger and Mauritania in 2009-2010 because of drought, the permanent Inter-state Committee to Fight Drought in the Sahel (CILSS) announced Tuesday. "Compared with last year, drops in cereal production are expected in Chad (34 percent), Niger (36 percent), Mauritania (24 percent), Burkina Faso (10 percent) and Cape Verde (eight percent)," the ... more |
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