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 May 21, 2007 |
| DISASTER MANAGEMENT + GeoOptics Announces 100-Spacecraft Array to Deliver Critical Hurricane And Climate Data  Boulder CO (SPX) May 21, 2007 - GeoOptics is an international consortium formed to deploy and operate CICERO, which will consist of 100 micro-satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) performing Global Positioning System and Galileo atmospheric radio occultation (GNSS-RO). CICERO will deliver critical data on the state of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere in near real time to forecasters and researchers worldwide at an accuracy ... moreWATER WORLD + Pearl River Estuary Largely Destroyed  Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2007 - The estuary of southern China's Pearl river has been ravaged by worsening pollution, causing sea waters off Hong Kong to deteriorate steadily in recent years, state press said Friday. "In the Pearl river estuary, the ecology system has been destroyed and cannot be rectified in the short term," the China Daily said, citing a recent report by the Guangdong provincial oceanic and fishery administra ... moreFLORA AND FAUNA + Miracle Of Evolution Fights For Survival In Death Valley  Devils Hole (AFP) Nevada, May 18, 2007 - For 60,000 years, they have withstood the bone-chilling extremes of the Ice Age, the blistering temperatures of the desert and an ever-shrinking habitat. These days, however, the Devils Hole pupfish rely on an eight-foot high fence which surrounds their murky pool of water in this remote corner of Death Valley National Park. At only 2.7 centimeters long, the Devils Hole pupfish are one of ... moreAFRICA NEWS + Rebels And Rangers Kills Conservationists And Poachers In Africa Wildlife Clashes  Kinshasa (AFP) May 20, 2007 - A nature conservationist was killed and two park keepers wounded when local tribesmen attacked their remote gorilla observation post in a wildlife park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an official said Sunday. A third keeper was believed to have been abducted. Conservation officials suspect locals living illegally in the Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, of ordering ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + It Takes People Power To Overcome Disasters  Washington (UPI) May 18, 2007 - Efforts to prepare for public health disasters are leaving out a critical component, experts say: the individual citizen. "Citizens have to get involved," said Maurice Ramirez, co-founder of Disaster Life Support of North America, a company that educates officials and the public about disaster preparedness and recovery. "We need to make people be prepared and it's just not happening," Rami ... more | CLIMATE SCIENCE:  DISASTER MANAGEMENT:  WATER WORLD:  WATER WORLD:  |
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| CLIMATE SCIENCE + Climate Change, Energy Security Pose Risk To Mideast Stability  Geneva (AFP) May 18, 2007 - Climate change and energy security are among the greatest risks facing the Middle East, as a scarcity of natural resources disrupts the social fabric and Western states try to move away from hydrocarbons, the World Economic Forum said on Friday. The region is also vulnerable to any downturn in the booming Chinese economy, as well as geopolitical tensions relating to both the conflict in Iraq, an ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Russia's Emergency Ministry Rejects Rumors Of Blasts At NPP  Krasnodar, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007 - Russia's emergencies ministry on Sunday rejected the rumors of blasts at nuclear power plants in the south of the country. The ministry's department for the Krasnodar Territory has been receiving a growing number of phone calls from local residents about the alleged blasts since Saturday, the spokeswoman for the regional branch said. "Residents are making phone calls to ask about explosion ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Chinese Climate Official Calls On Rich Nations To Share Technology  Bonn (AFP) Germany, May 18, 2007 - Wealthy countries should do more to help developing nations cut back on environmentally damaging practices that could lead to global warming by sharing technology, a Chinese official said. "Some progress has been made, but the industrial countries are reluctant" to transfer technology that could reduce pollution, Ji Zou told AFP while attending a UN climate conference here on Thursday. "Th ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Iran Building First Indigenous Nuclear Plant  Tehran (AFP) May 19, 2007 - Iran has begun building a nuclear power plant using indigenous technology and know-how, the deputy head of Iran's atomic energy organisation was quoted as saying on Saturday. "Building of the first indigenous nuclear plant with a capacity of 360 megawatts has started," state-run television quoted Mohammad Saeedi as saying. He did not say where the plant would be located, but added: "Iran w ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Fearing Energy Shortage, Thailand Mulls Nuclear  Bangkok (AFP) May 20, 2007 - Fearing a looming electricity shortage, Thailand has for the first time included nuclear power as an option in its long-term energy planning, despite worries about environmental problems. The government's planners believe that by the end of the next decade building nuclear plants will be the most affordable way of meeting the country's rapidly growing energy needs. "We estimate that by the ... more | CIVIL NUCLEAR:  ENERGY TECH:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  |
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