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 June 18, 2007 |
| CLIMATE SCIENCE + World Desertification Day Puts Spotlight On Neglected Crisis  Paris (AFP) June 15, 2007 - The United Nations on Sunday sounds a loud alarm about desertification, warning that global warming is helping to drive the onward march of parched land and, in years to come, millions of people could be driven from their homes. Of six billion humans, nearly a fifth are threatened directly or indirectly by desertification, experts warn ahead of the UN's annual World Day to Combat ... moreFLORA AND FAUNA + Ancient DNA Traces The Woolly Mammoth Disappearance  London UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2007 - Some ancient-DNA evidence has offered new clues to a very cold case: the disappearance of the last woolly mammoths, one of the most iconic of all Ice Age giants, according to a June 7th report published online in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. DNA lifted from the bones, teeth, and tusks of the extinct mammoths revealed a "genetic signature" of a range expansion after the last ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + UN Secretary General Points To Climate Change As Partly Behind Darfur Disaster  Washington (AFP) June 16, 2007 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon, in an article published Saturday. "The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change," Ban said in a Washington Post opinion column. UN statistics showed that rainfall declined some 40 ... moreFARM NEWS + Down On The Virtual Farm With GrassGro 3  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2007 - Graziers will have improved access to decades of CSIRO grazing research with the release of GrassGro 3, the latest version of the high-powered grazing management software. Launched at the Grasslands Society of Southern Australia's annual conference today by Tim Prance, Senior Consultant in Pastures and Grazing Systems with Rural Solutions South Australia, GrassGro version 3 includes a new ... moreFLORA AND FAUNA + Book Makes Case For Using Evolution In Everyday Life  Binghamton, NY (SPX) Jun 18, 2007 - Evolution is not just about human origins, dinosaurs and fossils, says Binghamton University evolutionist David Sloan Wilson. It can also be applied to almost every aspect of human life, as he demonstrates in his first book for a general audience, Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives (Bantam Press 2007). Using witty, straightforward ... more | ABOUT US:  WATER WORLD:  WATER WORLD:  DISASTER MANAGEMENT:  |
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| CIVIL NUCLEAR + Indian Villagers Oppose Uranium Mines  Shillong (AFP) India, June 17, 2007 - Villagers are fighting back against plans to mine uranium in northeast India, saying it will put their health at risk and destroy the environment. Residents voiced opposition at this week's hearing into the state-run Uranium Corporation of India Ltd's plan to mine in hilly, tribal-run areas. News of the hearing by Meghalaya state's pollution control board, held in a remote village north ... moreENERGY TECH + Call For Spain To Switch Fully To Renewables  Madrid (AFP) June 16, 2007 - Some 4,000 environmental campaigners gathered in Barcelona on Saturday to press the government to commit Spain to switch fully to renewable energy sources by 2050, Greenpeace said. Greenpeace in February began a campaign to urge Spain to boost use of renewables, although the country is already a European leader in the field. Eva Salana, spokeswoman for the environmental pressure group ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Canada Okays Plan For Nuclear Waste Depot  Ottawa (AFP) June 15, 2007 - The Canadian government has approved a plan for a below-ground nuclear waste depot that is backed by the nuclear power industry but branded by environmentalists as dangerous. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn said Thursday that the government had accepted a plan to bury radioactive waste from nuclear plants in deep subterranean storage depots after first temporarily storing it in shallower ... moreCAR TECH + Debate Heats Up In US Over Coal Fuel For Cars  Washington (AFP) June 17, 2007 - A fiery debate has been rekindled in Washington as US lawmakers mull proposed incentives to produce diesel fuel from coal. Backers of coal-based liquid fuels say they can help reduce US dependence on imported oil. Critics contend the use of coal in any form would lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful environmental effects. Synthetic motor fuel from coal has been ... moreENERGY TECH + Russia Needs 92 Billion Dollars To Develop Eastern Gas Deposits By 2030  Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 18, 2007 - A program to develop gas deposits in East Siberia and the Far East will require 2,400 billion rubles (about $92 billion) in investment by 2030, an official of Russia's industry and energy ministry said Friday. At its meeting June 15, the government commission for the fuel and energy complex discussed a program to create a single system of gas production, transportation, and supply in East ... more | ENERGY TECH:  TECH SPACE:  FROTH AND BUBBLE:  ENERGY TECH:  |
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