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Hanging On For Dear LifeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 29, 2010 Countless people clung to life in the branches of trees hemming the shorelines during the deadly 2004 tsunami that killed more than 230,000 coastal residents in Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka. In the aftermath of the disaster, land change scientist Chandra Giri from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) decided to explore to what degree those unique trees - which make up valuable forest ecosystems called mangroves - safeguard lives, property and beaches during hurricanes, tsunamis and floods. ... read more |
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 Teen Sailor Meets NASA Team That Helped Saved Her Life It has been almost six months since 16-year-old Abby Sunderland's 40-foot vessel, Wild Eyes, was damaged in a storm, leaving her stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean. But now, she finally got ... more | .. |
 Introducing The A-Train Mention the "A-Train" and most people probably think of the jazz legend Billy Strayhorn or perhaps New York City subway trains - not climate change. However, it turns out that a convoy of "A-Train" ... more | .. |
  UN starts wheat aid to 500,000 Pakistani farmers The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said it had begun large-scale distribution of wheat seed in Pakistan to 500,000 farming families affected by catastrophic floods earlier this year. ... more | .. |
  New index measures impact of fish farming on environment Researchers in Canada on Wednesday released the first scientific index designed to measure the impact of fish farming on the environment. ... more | .. |
 Italy slaps restrictions on Google's Street View Italy's privacy regulator on Monday announced restrictions on Google's Street View mapping service, echoing privacy concerns aired elsewhere in Europe. ... more |
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Nagoya, Japan (AFP) Oct 26, 2010Brazil's environment minister warned Tuesday that UN talks on biodiversity hinged on a deal being reached to stop genetic resources and knowledge being plundered in developing countries. Izabella Teixeira said securing a binding pact on ending "biopiracy" was imperative if there was to be a broader treaty at the talks, which are being held in Japan this week, to slow the mass extinction of s ... more 
Rome (AFP) Oct 26, 2010The genetic diversity of the plants that we grow and eat could be lost forever due to climate change, threatening future food security, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said on Tuesday. Experts from the Rome-based organisation warned that the loss of biodiversity will have a major impact on humankind's ability to feed itself in the future as the global population rises to ni ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 26, 2010NASA satellites have watched as Richard went through a couple of life-transitions over the weekend. Richard developed into a tropical storm last week, intensified into a hurricane and made landfall in Belize and is now a tropical depression, poised to enter western Gulf of Mexico. Richard formed in the Caribbean Sea on 20 October 2010. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satelli ... more |
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  Yale Scientist Helps Pinpoint Threats To Life In World's Rivers  Human Activities Overload Ecosystems With Nitrogen   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Pacific Island Crop Varieties Highly VulnerableSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 26, 2010 Hoping to save the vulnerable varieties of bananas painted by the artist Paul Gauguin, rare coconuts, and 1,000 other unique varieties of staple fruit and vegetable crops across the Pacific, crop specialists from nine islands have launched a major effort to preserve the indigenous diversity of foods that are deemed critical to combating diet-related health problems. "Through this project we will bring together 1,000 unique samples of Pacific crops for long-term conservation," said Dr. Mary Taylor, ... read more |
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