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 May 16, 2007 |
| WATER WORLD + Australian Capital Faces Water Cuts  Canberra (AFP) May 15, 2007 - The gardens gracing Australia's capital could soon be condemned to death by water restrictions as the country's worst drought in living memory bites deeper, an official said Tuesday. Canberra, where the roof of the federal parliament is covered with green lawn, will face the harshest possible cutbacks in water usage by July if it does not rain. The "stage four" restrictions could be impose ... moreICE WORLD + NASA Finds Vast Regions Of West Antarctica Melted In Recent Past  Boulder CO (SPX) May 16, 2007 - A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. This was the first widespread Antarctic melting ever detected with NASA's QuikScat satellite and the most significant melt observed using satellites during the past three decades. Combined, the affected regions encompassed an a ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + Using Soil To Lock Up Carbon Could Help Offset Global Warming  Ithica NY (SPX) May 16, 2007 - Writing in the May 10 issue of the journal Nature, a Cornell biogeochemist describes an economical and efficient way to help offset global warming: Pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring, or partially burning, trees, grasses or crop residues without the use of oxygen. This process, he writes, would double the carbon concentration in the residue, which could be returned to the soil ... moreWOOD PILE + Brazil Demonstrating That Reducing Tropical Deforestation Is Key WinWin Global Warming Solution  Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 16, 2007 - Tropical deforestation is the source of nearly a fifth of annual, human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Recent studies by Woods Hole Research Center scientists demonstrate that during years of severe drought, tropical rainforest fires can double emissions from tropical forests. Now, an international team of forest and climate researchers has found that halving d ... moreICE WORLD + What Climate Changes Does Antarctica Predict  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007 - Not long ago, I came back from Antarctica where I stayed with the 52nd Russian Antarctic expedition. This continent is unique - it has no state borders and scientists can choose to work wherever they want. This freedom is granted by the Antarctic Treaty signed on December 1, 1959. It designates Antarctica as a "natural reserve, devoted to peace and science." Every country has the right to conduc ... more | WHALES AHOY:  ABOUT US:  EPIDEMICS:  FARM NEWS:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + Powered By Sound Revolutionary Stove Could Help Reduce Poverty  Nottingham UK (SPX) May 16, 2007 - It's a cooker, a fridge and a generator in one - and it could have a huge impact on the lives of people in the world's poorest communities. The 2m pound SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project brings together experts from across the world to develop a wood-powered generator capable of both cooking and cooling food. By developing an affordable, versatile domestic ap ... moreENERGY TECH + Russian Pipeline Monopoly Takes Over Oil Product Transit Firm  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007 - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has signed a resolution on merging the state-controlled crude pipeline operator Transneft with the state-run oil product transit company Transnefteprodukt, the government's press office said Tuesday. Analysts say the merger is likely to raise the companies' efficiency and cut independent producers' expenses on oil and petroleum product transportation. ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Regulator To Ask US Experts For Hydrocarbon Reserves Estimate  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007 - Russia's mineral resources watchdog said Tuesday it will ask the American Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to provide estimates of Russia's hydrocarbon reserves according to SPE procedures. The Federal Agency for the Management of Mineral Resources said it is primarily interested in estimates of reserves in areas without transport infrastructure. The regulator said earlier some foreign ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Russia To Build Nuclear Centre In Sanctions-Hit Myanmar  Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2007 - Russia said Tuesday it had agreed to help build a nuclear research centre in Myanmar, the Asian state run by a military junta that is under European and US economic sanctions. "The agreement foresees cooperation in the design and equipping of a centre for nuclear research in Myanmar," including a small light-water nuclear reactor, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said in a statement. ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Newmont Exec Sues New York Times Over Indonesia Stories  Jakarta (AFP) May 15, 2007 - An executive from US mining giant Newmont sued the New York Times for more than 64 million dollars Tuesday over claims the firm dumped toxic waste into an Indonesian bay. Richard Ness said he sued the newspaper and one of its reporters for defamation in an Indonesian court over stories published in 2004 that claimed Newmont polluted the bay with tonnes of waste from its now defunct gold mine. ... more | CAR TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  SOLAR DAILY:  CLIMATE SCIENCE:  |
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