Tiempo Climate Newswatch

January 2008

January 31 2008: Public Release: 31-Jan-2008 - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - EurekAlert!

January 31 2008: Storms hit Suncorp earnings - The Australian

January 31 2008: Lyndal McFarland, Dow Jones Newswires - SUNCORP said today storms in many parts of Australia and volatility in global financial markets will hurt earnings this year. - The Australian

January 31 2008: Warmer seas boosted hurricane frequency by 40 percent: study - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: Paris (AFP) Jan 30, 2008 - Warmer seas accounted for 40 percent of a dramatic surge in hurricanes from the mid-1990s, according to a study released on Thursday by the British journal Nature. The paper -- the first to calculate the precise contribution of sea temperatures in driving hurricane frequency -- could be a major contribution to scientists struggling to understand impacts from global warming, its authors say. ... - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: Snow blankets Jerusalem in Mideast freeze - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 30, 2008 - Blankets of snow brought the Holy City of Jerusalem and other cities across the Middle East grinding to a halt on Wednesday as icy weather conditions gripped the mainly desert region. Snow blocked roads to the Jordanian capital Amman and schools, universities and banks were shut in the desert kingdom, while freezing winds swept through the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and severe storms ... - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: Malawi's flood disaster set to get worse: govt official - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: Blantyre (AFP) Jan 30, 2008 - Rising floodwaters devastating the crops, livestock and infrastructure across half the coutry and menacing more than 73,000 Malawians are going to get worse, government officials said Wednesday. "It's getting worse in Malawi because it is raining everyday," said Lilian Ng'oma, a senior official in the disaster management ministry. "We expect more rains and more flooding this year. ... - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: China sends in army to battle snow chaos - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown that ice caps on the northern plateau of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic have shrunk by more than 50 percent in the last half century as a result of warming, and are expected to disappear by the middle of the century. Radiocarbon dating of dead plant material emerging from beneath the receding ice margins show the Baffin Island ... - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: Midwestern farming has introduced the equivalent of five Connecticut Rivers into the Mississippi River over the past 50 years and is adding more carbon dioxide annually into its waters, according to a study published in Nature by researchers at Yale and Louisiana State universities. "It's like the discovery of a new large river being piped out of the corn belt," said Pete Raymond, lead aut ... - Terra Daily

January 31 2008: Volcano eruption tipped - Former New Zealand rugby league international Lesley "the volcano" Vainikolo aims to burst into England rugby folklore when he makes his Six Nations debut. - Stuff

January 31 2008: Garrett powers back to climate change action - Sydney Morning Herald

January 31 2008: Holy Land shivers in blanket of snow - Sydney Morning Herald

January 31 2008: The Eyes Have It: Researchers Can Now Determine When A Human Was Born By Looking Into The Eyes Of The Dead - Using the radiocarbon dating method and special proteins in the lens of the eye, researchers can now establish, with relatively high precision, when a person was ... > - Science Daily

January 31 2008: El Nino At Play As Source Of More Intense Regional US Wintertime Storms - Science Daily

January 31 2008: January 31, 2008 - - The next time you have to raise your umbrella against torrents of cold winter rain, you may have a remote weather phenomenon to thank that many may know by name as El Nino, but may not well ... > - Science Daily

January 31 2008: Climate Change Poses A Huge Threat To Human Health - Science Daily

January 31 2008: January 30, 2008 - - Climate change will have a huge impact on human health and bold environmental policy decisions are needed now to protect the world's population. The threat to human health is of a more fundamental ... > - Science Daily

January 31 2008: Health professionals must consider climate change - The health sector must more closely consider the effects of climate change, write - SciDev.Net

January 31 2008: Marine environment left unprotected by weak laws - On Line Opinion

January 31 2008: Respecting culture - allowing abuse - Children are still being returned to dysfunctional and unsafe environments under the guise of respect for their culture. - On Line Opinion

January 31 2008: Image: President Bush believes that global warming is best addressed through voluntary measures undertaken by business (C) Earth Action / - OneWorld

January 31 2008: Ecological effects of carbon trading - OneWorld

January 31 2008: 3 Dead As Snow Hits Texas Panhandle - Newsday (AP update)

January 31 2008: Sonrise in north, eclipse in south - Hindustan Times

January 31 2008: Warmer Atlantic increases frequency of hurricanes - Warmer waters in the north Atlantic have made hurricanes stronger and more frequent in the - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

January 31 2008: what scientists believe is a dangerous emitter of - carbon dioxide - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

January 31 2008: China suffers food shortages - Food shortages and price rises loom as blizzards continue to destroy crops and shut down transport - Guardian Unlimited

January 31 2008: Renewable Energy - GreenBiz

January 31 2008: Pollution Prevention - GreenBiz

January 31 2008: Energy Efficiency - GreenBiz

January 31 2008: Air France Pledges $3 Billion a Year to Cut Carbon Emissions - GreenBiz

January 31 2008: E.U. Sets Ambitious Goals to Address Climate Change - GreenBiz

January 31 2008: Website Gives Businesses Basics, Resources on Climate Change - GreenBiz

January 31 2008: BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 24, 2008 -- Under the newly released proposals, European countries will aim for a 20 percent reduction in their emissions by 2020, using carbon credit trading, automotive emissions limits, renewable energy and energy-efficient heating and cooling as key strategies. - GreenBiz

January 31 2008: Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers - Hydrocarbons -- molecules critical to life -- are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Being able to produce building blocks of life makes Lost City-like vents even stronger contenders as places where life might have originated on Earth. - EurekAlert!

January 31 2008: Sustaining and enhancing altered ecosystems has become the new mantra for conservation and restoration managers as ecosystems continue to change in response to global warming and other environmental changes, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. - EurekAlert!

January 31 2008: A team of scientists present a new approach to management efforts in a paper posted this week on Frontiers e-View, the online pre-press publication site of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, published by the Ecological Society of America. The researchers suggest that such efforts should focus less on restoring ecosystems to their original state and more on sustaining new, healthy ecosystems that are resilient to further environmental change. - EurekAlert!

January 31 2008: Environment - - EurActiv

January 31 2008: PORTLAND, Oregon, January 29, 2008 (ENS) - Global warming is being explored at more than 1,500 universities, colleges and high schools across the country this week in what organizers are calling the largest teach-in in American history. The problems posed by Earth's warming climate and the best possible solutions are the subject of classes, seminars, panels, debates, teleconferences, expos, concerts ... - Environmental News Service

January 31 2008: Letters to the Editor - Readers write about science in the courtroom, the validity of Hamas, Kenya's strife, Sufi poet Rumi, and global-warming prevention. - Christian Science Monitor

January 31 2008: China battles rising prices, snowstorms - Christian Science Monitor

January 31 2008: Protocol, the main deal for fighting climate change until 2012,... - Reuters

January 31 2008: In December, officials at - talks in Bali, Indonesia, agreed to start two years of negotiations to seal a broader pact to fight global warming.... - Reuters

January 31 2008: China's snow storms not - Reuters

January 31 2008: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:32 PM ET - By Michael Perry SYDNEY, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Snow storms in China that have killed more than 60 people are not directly linked to - Reuters

January 31 2008: Australia's La Nina rains set to last until mid-'08 - Reuters

January 31 2008: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:23 PM ET - "There's a higher-than-normal chance of that happening when you're in a La Nina," Brad Murphy, senior climatologist at the National - Reuters

January 31 2008: UK greenhouse gas emissions fall - Reuters

January 31 2008: Under the international - Protocol, Britain has to cut by 2012 its greenhouse gases to 12.5 percent below 1990 levels. Benn said Britain was taking... - Reuters

January 31 2008: By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - The government said on Thursday that emissions of - -warming greenhouse gases edged down half a percent in 2006.... - Reuters

January 31 2008: Greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2006 - Reuters

January 31 2008: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:38 PM ET - LONDON (Reuters) - Emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases fell 0.5 percent in 2006, final estimates showed on Thursday, an output equivalent to 652.3... - Reuters

January 31 2008: Change Bill which includes legally binding targets to cut - -warming carbon emissions by 26-32 percent by 2025... - Reuters

January 31 2008: By Pete Harrison LONDON (Reuters) - The patio heaters warming drinkers and diners on the pavements of northern Europe are also warming the planet's - Reuters

January 31 2008: Swarming robots that use electromagnetic forces to cling together and morph into different shapes are being developed by researchers - New Scientist

January 31 2008: Eurozone inflation soars to 14-year high - Financial Times

January 31 2008: Eurozone inflation at 14-year high - Financial Times

January 31 2008: 1953: Victoria ferry disaster - Few survive storm which claims 130 lives - BBC

January 31 2008: Holiday hell - Chinese travellers' fury as snow storms continue to sow chaos - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

January 31 2008: Battered Britain - Video footage of extreme weather as storms get worse - BBC

January 31 2008: Storms batter parts of Britain - BBC

January 31 2008: Carbon emissions show slight fall - Britain's carbon emissions fell by 0.1% last year, according to government figures. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

January 31 2008: Eurozone inflation at new record - BBC (Europe)

January 31 2008: FACTBOX - Climate change debate coins new jargon - Reuters

January 31 2008: Protocol, an international agreement adopted in 1997 in - , Japan, which sets binding targets for emission of greenhouse gases... - Reuters

January 31 2008: Protocol, contending that its aim to set mandatory limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and... - Reuters

January 31 2008: US drought 'man-made' says study - New Scientist

January 31 2008: Responding to Climate Change - Environmental News Network

January 31 2008: UK greenhouse gas emissions fall in 2006 - Environmental News Network

January 31 2008: January 31, 2008 02:04 PM - - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A water supply crisis is looming in the western United States thanks to human-caused climate change that already has altered the region's river flows, snow pack and air temperatures, scientists said. Trends over the past half century foreshadow a worsening decline in water, perhaps the region's most valuable natural resource, even as population and demand expands in western states, researchers led by a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography wrote in the journal Science on Thursday. - Environmental News Network

January 31 2008: -- Some of the world's poorest regions could face severe food shortages in the coming decades thanks to - climate change - Discovery Online

January 31 2008: China fights 'war' against snow havoc - China is waging an all-out war against the disasters caused by heavy snow and rain in the southern provinces, with military forces and police officers getting involved. - China Internet information Centre

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January 31 2008: Penguin couple goes on snow date - China Internet information Centre

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January 31 2008: describes practical ways to combat climate change. Plus, the creation of artificial life, and a robotic doll called Stan - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

January 31 2008: Global Warming Not A Priority For Business, Confirms Survey - OneWorld

January 31 2008: China under snow - CNN (Asia)

January 31 2008: China rail services resuming - Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China. - CNN (Asia)

January 30 2008: Researchers bunker down to watch storms - The Australian

January 30 2008: Tsunamis: The worst may be yet to come - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Los Angeles (UPI) Jan 29, 2007 - A U.S. review of potential tsunami hazards suggested 2004's catastrophic tsunami was far from the worst possible scenario in Indian Ocean borderlands. The research -- conducted by Costas Synolakis, director of the University of Southern California Tsunami Research Center, and Northwestern University Professor Emile Okal -- evaluated potential tsunami-generating sources in the area betwe ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Tropical cyclone batters Fiji - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Suva (AFP) Jan 29, 2008 - A tropical cyclone battered the South Pacific island nation of Fiji, causing widespread flooding, blackouts in the capital and at least three deaths, officials and reports said Tuesday. Cyclone Gene smashed into Fiji overnight, dumping heavy rain and packing wind gusts of up to 140 kilometres (85 miles) per hour, the Fiji Meteorological Service said. Interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainim ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Protecting The Alps From Traffic Noise And Air Pollution - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - A European research project under the name of ALPNAP comes to a conclusion that helps to minimise noise and air pollution along main alpine traffic routes. The project was led by the German Aerospace Center's (DLR) Institute for Atmospheric Physics. The findings will be presented to the public from 23rd to 25th January, 2008 at a conference in Innsbruck. The growing level of goods traffic ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - A new review of tsunami hazards concludes that the 2004 catastrophe was far from the worst possible in many Indian Ocean borderlands - and notes that warning systems to guard at-risk populations are still lagging. Costas Synolakis, director of the University of Southern California Tsunami Research Center is co-author of "Far-Field Tsunami Hazard From Mega-Thrust Earthquakes in the Indian Ocean ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: El Nino At Play As Source Of More Intense Regional US Wintertime Storms - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - The next time you have to raise your umbrella against torrents of cold winter rain, you may have a remote weather phenomenon to thank that many may know by name as El Nino, but may not well understand. Researchers now believe that some of the most intense winter storm activity over parts of the United States may be set in motion from changes in the surface waters of far-flung parts of the Pacifi ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Britain's spy headquarters for listening in on signals around the world was severely disrupted by last year's floods that inundated large parts of England, lawmakers said in a report Tuesday. The Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, which oversees the work of Britain's domestic and intelligence services, said there were "unprecedented problems" at the Government Communications ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown that ice caps on the northern plateau of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic have shrunk by more than 50 percent in the last half century as a result of warming, and are expected to disappear by the middle of the century. Radiocarbon dating of dead plant material emerging from beneath the receding ice margins show the Baffin Island ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: The Caribbean's fragile coral reefs were devastated in 2005 by a doubly whammy of record-high temperatures and 13 full-on hurricanes, according to a UN-sponsored report released Monday. During the last 50 years many Caribbean reefs have lost up to 80 percent of their coral cover, damaging or destroying the main source of livelihood for hundreds of thousands of people, said the report, prepar ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Millions stranded as snowstorms block roads, rail - Sydney Morning Herald

January 30 2008: Business Welcomes State of the Environment Report - Scoop

January 30 2008: Five major policies needed on state of environment - Scoop

January 30 2008: Carbon Monoxide May Cause Long-lasting Heart Damage - Science Daily

January 30 2008: January 29, 2008 - - Heart damage caused by carbon monoxide may have long-lasting effects even after the toxic gas has been eliminated from the blood. According to the findings of a new study, carbon monoxide also causes ... > - Science Daily

January 30 2008: Climate change coverage on the up in Brazil - Brazilian newspapers have increased their climate change coverage since the last quarter of 2006, finds a study published this month. - SciDev.Net

January 30 2008: Health professionals must consider climate change - The health sector must more closely consider the effects of climate change, write - SciDev.Net

January 30 2008: Comet Dust a Bust for NASA Program - Sci-Tech Today

January 30 2008: Russia clears way for carbon profits - Reuters

January 30 2008: The UN's - Protocol puts limits on greenhouse gases from 36 rich nations but softens the restrictions by allowing governments to fund emissions-cutting... - Reuters

January 30 2008: One more worm in the hurricane can - New Scientist

January 30 2008: Children displaced by Mozambique floods - Mail & Guardian Online

January 30 2008: Rising flood waters devastating crops, livestock and infrastructure across half the coutry and menacing more than 73 000 Malawians are going to get worse, government officials said on Wednesday. "It's getting worse in Malawi because it is raining every day," said Lilian Ng'oma, a senior official in the Disaster Management Ministry. - Mail & Guardian Online

January 30 2008: Children displaced by Mozambique floods - At least 15 000 children under the age of five have been displaced by the torrential floods in Mozambique, a global agency working with children said on Wednesday. "In most disasters, including these floods, children tend to suffer the most," said Unicef spokesperson Thierry Delvigne-Jean. - Mail & Guardian Online

January 30 2008: Snow further complicates relief supplies to Gaza - IRIN

January 30 2008: Cyclone shelters save lives, but more needed - IRIN

January 30 2008: Government seeks urgent help for drought regions - IRIN

January 30 2008: In pictures: Snow chaos around the world - Guardian Unlimited

January 30 2008: Snow and gales set to sweep Britain - Guardian Unlimited

January 30 2008: Turbine sets sail for a greener future - Is wind turbine that looks like a giant rotary washing line the answer to our renewable energy prayers? - Guardian Unlimited

January 30 2008: Middle East affected by freak blizzard - Guardian Unlimited

January 30 2008: How do multiple deployments affect soldiers and their families? - Studies over the years have shown that highly stressful situations like divorce, natural disasters and accidents can produce immediate and long-term physical and emotional problems for the victim. What similar consequences do soldiers and their families face as a result of long and repeated deployments into war-torn areas of the world? - EurekAlert!

January 30 2008: Climate Change Links 2008 Champions of the Earth - Environmental News Service

January 30 2008: NAIROBI, Kenya, January 29, 2008 (ENS) - A prime minister, a former prime minister, and a prince are among seven Champions of the Earth selected for recognition as outstanding environmental achievers by the UN Environment Programme. The work of this year's champions - one from each region of the world - is all related to global warming in some way. - Environmental News Service

January 30 2008: Japan minister eyes deeper cuts in greenhouse gas - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Tokyo (AFP) Jan 29, 2008 - Japan should look at cutting greenhouse emissions by even more than the 50 percent by 2050 sought by the last Group of Eight summit, the environment minister said Tuesday. Japan, home of the landmark Kyoto Protocol, is hoping to play a major role in the fight against global warming when it hosts the next summit of the Group of Eight major economies in July. The previous summit in Germany ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: US President George W. Bush called Monday for completing an international deal aimed at cutting global-warming greenhouse gases that involves "every major economy and gives none a free ride." In his annual State of the Union speech, Bush plugged a US initiative which stresses uses of nuclear power and technology to trap emissions from coal plants that critics fear will undermine UN-led effor ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Amherst, Mass. (UPI) Jan 29, 2007 - U.S. scientists said deposits of natural gas created by bacteria during the last ice age might lead to technology making natural gas a renewal resource. Steven Petsch and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts studied natural gas reservoirs in Michigan's Antrim Shale and determined carbon-hungry bacteria trapped in the rock beneath ice sheets produced the gas during the ice age ... - Terra Daily

January 30 2008: Danes urged to reduce pollution - EDIE

January 30 2008: Antarctic ice loss speeds up - NASA has charted a worrying trend in Antarctic ice levels, showing it is disappearing at an ever increasing rate that now rivals the loss of the Greenland ice sheet. - EDIE

January 30 2008: EU announces plans for 20% emissions reduction - The European Commission has announced a package of measures to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 20% and increase renewable energy use by 20% by 2020. - EDIE

January 30 2008: Pollution levels in Ireland fall - EDIE

January 30 2008: Bush's much-maligned climate talks could yet help global-warming treaty - At the meeting of the world's biggest polluters in Hawaii this week, host US has a chance to show it is serious about action on climate change. - Christian Science Monitor

January 30 2008: Global Wine Industry to Tackle Carbon Footprinting - GreenBiz

January 30 2008: Winter Storms Hamper China's Transport - CBS

January 30 2008: China Blizzard Buries New Year (1:41) - CBS

January 30 2008: SOMALIA: Government seeks urgent help for drought regions - IRIN

January 30 2008: change." Delegates from the biggest greenhouse... - Reuters

January 30 2008: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:19 AM ET - By Pete Harrison LONDON (Reuters) - The patio heaters warming drinkers and diners on the pavements of northern Europe are also warming the planet's - Reuters

January 30 2008: 529 defective houses revive safety fears - A total of 529 houses in five prefectures built by First Juken of Hyogo Prefecture are found to have defects, including walls unable to withstand earthquakes or strong wind. - The Japan Times

January 30 2008: The Sky Trust: A Cap-and Dividend System that Pays Citizens - A clearly-written guide to carbon capping has been released for free Internet distribution. - OneWorld

January 30 2008: Image: Carbon Capping: A Citizen's Guide. Image by OnTheCommons.org - OneWorld

January 30 2008: Aceh recovers - Tsunami photos - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

January 30 2008: Snowstorms in Israel and the West Bank - BBC (Middle East)

January 30 2008: Chinese troops to aid snow relief - BBC

January 30 2008: Ships on legs - It's stormy, wet and deep. How are wind turbines built at sea? - BBC (Sci/Tech)

January 30 2008: In pictures - Police tend thousands stranded by snow in China's train stations. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

January 30 2008: Winter storms cost China $4.5 billion - CNN

January 30 2008: Wildlife Scientists Call on Congress to Help Wildlife Survive Global Warming - Environmental News Network

January 30 2008: Less waste urged with energy efficiency gains - Environmental News Network

January 30 2008: China's crops badly damaged by icy storms: AgMin - Environmental News Network

January 30 2008: Triple Pundit - The proposed future of air travel is quite a marvel. Seems unfathomable compared to the pollutant, oil-guzzling airliners of today. With the endless and testing delays, the awkward security, and greenhouse gas-emitting beasts, it[rsquo]s a wonder why solutions have not yet come to fruition. It just so turns out, it is all happening rather quickly behind the scenes. One proposed aircraft that seems wildly impossible is actually on the slate for possible funding for testing. The concept hypersonic jet has been developed by Reaction Engine and it is aptly called the A2. It is a Mach-5 (3,400 mph) wicked aircraft capable of holding 300 passengers and produces, get this, ZERO emissions! - Environmental News Network

January 30 2008: Warmer Atlantic Explains Worse Hurricanes - Discovery Online

January 30 2008: Winter storm to continue: forecaster - China Internet information Centre

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January 30 2008: Winter storm to continue: forecaster - The worst winter weather in five decades will continue over the next three days, the China Meteorological Administration said on Wednesday. The heavy snow and sleet has paralyzed transport and led to power supply reductions in almost half of the 31 provinces and regions. - China Internet information Centre

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January 30 2008: Bottling out - Our environment show tackles bottled water and McDonald's - Guardian Unlimited

January 30 2008: Clinton Speaks on Edwards and Arkansas - ABC News' Kate Snow and Eloise Harper Report: Senator Hillary Clinton says she[rsquo]s not seeking Sen. John Edwards' endorsement but she[rsquo]d be glad to have his supporters. "I have not because I think this... - ABC News

January 30 2008: Powerful cyclone kills six in Fiji - CNN (Asia)

January 30 2008: Mining Poses Health, Environmental Threat - UN Expert - Voicing concern about the impact of mining on the environment, workers and communities in Tanzania, an independent United Nations expert has recommended closer national monitoring of industry there. - All Africa News

January 30 2008: Urgent Help Needed in Drought Regions - All Africa News

January 30 2008: Pollution Forcing Farmers Into Illegal Mining? - Environmental groups have for several years accused mining companies in Ghana of destroying the environment. In a strange twist of events, it now seems that farmers have turned to illegal mining as a result of the devastation of the pollution caused by mining activities. - All Africa News

January 30 2008: "With the floods we learn not only how to deal with the land, the water and the grass, but also how to think of the use of physical space for economic growth, and reorganise the community in terms of the challenges and opportunities that arise." - All Africa News

January 30 2008: Wicked Winds Hit Northeast During Storm - ABC News

January 30 2008: January 30, 2008 14:49:00 - The Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says he will not intervene in the planned transportation of lead through Fremantle. - ABC News Online

January 30 2008: Lower flood peak predicted for Rockhampton - ABC News Online

January 30 2008: January 30, 2008 10:28:00 - Flooding of the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, in central Queensland, is now expected to be lower than first predicted, but the water is still flowing with great force. - ABC News Online

January 30 2008: The anti-dredging group Blue Wedges says the Federal Environment Minister should never have given permission for channel deepening in Port Phillip Bay. - ABC News Online

January 30 2008: Asthmatics warned to avoid Sydney's smog - ABC News Online

January 30 2008: January 30, 2008 09:20:00 - Asthmatics in Sydney are being advised to avoid outdoor exercise today because of high air pollution levels expected across the city. - ABC News Online

January 29 2008: CarbonSIM Pty Ltd - Carbon & Emissions Trading - EDIE

January 29 2008: Black market fuel floods Iran markets - VietnamNews.Net

January 29 2008: Flannery's plan: buy forests to help environment - The Age

January 29 2008: The preservation of coastal ecosystem services such as clean water, storm buffers or fisheries protection does not have to be an all-or-nothing approach, a new study indicates, and a better understanding of how ecosystems actually respond to protection efforts in a "nonlinear" fashion could help lead the way out of environmental-versus-economic gridlock. There may be much better ways to pr ... - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: Tokyo (AFP) Jan 28, 2008 - A team from the UN atomic watchdog on Monday kicked off a follow-up examination at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan which has been halted since a massive earthquake last year. It is the second inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which first visited in August and said the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant posted no public health risk. The team of 12 nuclear exper ... - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: Economists Help Climate Scientists To Improve Global Warming Forecasts - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: Drought Length Influences Survival Of Fish In Stream Pools - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: Fayetteville, AR (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - University of Arkansas researchers have found that not all pools of water are equal from year to year when it comes to housing fish species during dry spells - a finding that becomes increasingly important during unusual and prolonged drought conditions. Dan Magoulick, associate professor of biological sciences in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and graduate student Matt P ... - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2008 - China issued a severe weather warning on Monday for large swathes of the country already reeling from transport havoc and power shortages caused by the heaviest snowfalls in decades. The forecast of further severe snowstorms came as hundreds of thousands of travellers remained stranded in airports, train stations, and on highways as they struggled to join their families for the Lunar New Yea ... - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: China is considering using it's environmental resources satellites to monitor natural disasters in the country as well as other parts of the world, said the country's space authority. China will expand the use of its Cbers-2B satellite to gather more information on land, forests and farmland to help itself and more countries to deal with natural disasters, said China Daily quoting Li Guoping, sp ... - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: Madison WI (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - Most people know it from experience: After so many hours of being awake, your brain feels unable to absorb any more-and several hours of sleep will refresh it. Now new research from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health clarifies this phenomenon, supporting the idea that sleep plays a critical role in the brain's ability to change in response to its environment. This a ... - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: Cyclone pummels Madagascar, kills two - Stuff

January 29 2008: NZ expert to chair international climate group - 30 January 2008 9:55am | Ministry for the Environment - Scoop

January 29 2008: Society shows eclipse to Christchurch community - Scoop

January 29 2008: 29 January 2008 4:36pm | Canterbury Astronomical Society - Members of the Canterbury Astronomical Society will help Christchurch residents enjoy a solar eclipse on February 7th. Groups of members will set up their telescopes around the city with filters that make it safe for people to view the Sun. - Scoop

January 29 2008: Kiwi families wanting to do their bit to save energy, look after their health, and save money at the same time, will benefit from a new information campaign by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), starting today. - Scoop

January 29 2008: January 29, 2008 - - A new study aims to determine whether a new drug based on carbon nanotubes can help prevent people from dying of acute radiation injury following radiation exposure. The study was commissioned after ... > - Science Daily

January 29 2008: Natural Gas Formation By Bacteria Linked To Climate Change And Renewable Energy - Science Daily

January 29 2008: January 28, 2008 - - Natural gas reservoirs in Michigan's Antrim Shale are providing new information about global warming and the Earth's climate history. The new study is also good news for energy companies hoping to ... > - Science Daily

January 29 2008: Stardust Comet Dust Resembles Asteroid Materials - Science Daily

January 29 2008: Innovative Method Improves Tsunami Warning Systems, Offers New Insights - Science Daily

January 29 2008: January 29, 2008 - - A wave of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of the December 2004 ... > - Science Daily

January 29 2008: Innovative Method Improves Tsunami Warning Systems, Offers New Insights - A wave of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of the December 2004 ... > - Science Daily

January 29 2008: Ants And Avalanches: Insects On Coffee Plants Follow Widespread Natural Tendency - Science Daily

January 29 2008: Air Pollution - Science Daily

January 29 2008: Climate change coverage on the up in Brazil - Brazilian newspapers have increased their climate change coverage since the last quarter of 2006, finds a study published this month. - SciDev.Net

January 29 2008: When the air is thick with pollution, "sick building" complaints become more common - Scientific American

January 29 2008: Smog Can Make People Sick, Even Indoors - Scientific American

January 29 2008: Comet Dust a Bust for NASA Program - Sci-Tech Today

January 29 2008: Staff at Norway Valhall Platform Reduced Due to Storms - Rigzone

January 29 2008: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - - BP has started reducing personnel levels at its Norwegian Valhall installation in the North Sea. The platform is subject to subsidence, presenting a potential threat to personnel int he event of very high storm waves. - Rigzone

January 29 2008: The regulatory statement also said Blair would work closely with Zurich's recently-launched - change initiative, which will research global warming... - Reuters

January 29 2008: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:18 AM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - US-hosted - Reuters

January 29 2008: Mozambicans opt for a new life on terra firma - After rain comes sunshine -- if you're willing to seize the chance of a new life. Mozambique is trying to convince tens of thousands of people in low-lying areas who fall victim each year to floods during the summer rainy season to permanently resettle on higher ground. - Mail & Guardian Online

January 29 2008: Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2008 - The potential of carbon nanotubes to diagnose and treat brain tumors is being explored through a partnership between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and City of Hope, a leading cancer research and treatment center in Duarte, Calif. Nanotechnology may help revolutionize medicine in the future with its promise to play a role in selective cancer therapy. City of Hope rese ... - Terra Daily

January 29 2008: January 28, 2008 - GreatPoint Energy, Marquiss Wind Power, Achates Power, Automotive Solar Systems and Power Efficiency Corp raise capital, while Qiangsheng Photovoltaic Technology plans its IPO. - Greentech Media

January 29 2008: Agriculture is changing the chemistry of the Mississippi River - Midwestern farming has introduced the equivalent of five Connecticut Rivers into the Mississippi River over the past 50 years and is adding more carbon dioxide annually into its waters, according to a study published in Nature by researchers at Yale and Louisiana State universities. - EurekAlert!

January 29 2008: Climate Change - - Energy and climate change take centre stage at EBS - EurActiv

January 29 2008: Giant Teach-In to Focus the Nation on Global Warming - Environmental News Service

January 29 2008: PORTLAND, Oregon, January 29, 2008 (ENS) - Global warming is being explored at more than 1,500 universities, colleges and high schools across the country this week in what organizers are calling the largest teach-in in American history. The problems posed by Earth's warming climate and the best possible solutions are the subject of classes, seminars, panels, debates, teleconferences, workshops, roundtable discussions, expos, concerts ... - Environmental News Service

January 29 2008: New York Sets Guidelines for Wind Turbine Harm to Birds, Bats - Environmental News Service

January 29 2008: Icy Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic is not half as icy as it was just 50 years ago. Ice caps on the island's northern plateau are 50 percent smaller in area than they were in 1950 due to warming temperatures and are expected to vanish by the middle of the century, according to new research from the University of Colorado at Boulder. - Environmental News Service

January 29 2008: Nothing New for Environment in Bush State of the Union - Environmental News Service

January 29 2008: In his final State of the Union Address to the nation tonight, outgoing President George W. Bush called on Congress to work with him in his remaining year to improve energy security and confront the challenge of climate change without undermining economic growth. To the president, this means developing American technology to replace imported oil with clean coal, nuclear power and renewables, a position he has maintained since early in his presidency. - Environmental News Service

January 29 2008: UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News - January 29, 2008 - Tsunamis: The worst may be yet to come LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 -- A U.S. review of potential tsunami hazards suggested 2004's catastrophic tsunami was far from the worst possible scenario in Indian Ocean borderlands. The research -- conducted by Costas... - Earth Times

January 29 2008: China urges energy conservation - Earth Times

January 29 2008: CSHL scientists make progress in determining how the brain selectively interprets sound - Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have reported new findings about how the mammalian brain interprets and fashions representations of sound that may help explain how we are able to focus on one particular sound among many in noisy environments such as offices or cocktail parties. - EurekAlert!

January 29 2008: Heavy snow piles on the agony - China Internet information Centre

January 29 2008: " width="155" height="100" border="0" /> - Snows and stays in - CCTV

January 29 2008: Western States Smothered In Snow - CBS

January 29 2008: MOZAMBIQUE: Flood lessons - IRIN

January 29 2008: Bush to commit $2 billion to climate change fund - Reuters

January 29 2008: "The United States is committed to strengthening our energy security and confronting global - change." Delegates from the biggest greenhouse... - Reuters

January 29 2008: Canada's Alberta warns of cost of fast carbon cuts - Reuters

January 29 2008: Shape-shifting robot forms from magnetic swarm - Swarming robots that use electromagnetic forces to cling together and morph into different shapes are being developed by researchers - New Scientist

January 29 2008: The Ocean's Biological Deserts Are Expanding - Researchers report that the ocean's biological deserts have been expanding, and they are growing much faster than global warming models predict. - OneWorld

January 29 2008: Image: Global warming could be the ultimate cause of the observed biological desert expansion in the oceans - OneWorld

January 29 2008: Soldiers lift a woman over a fence in a crush at Shanghai's train station. Unexpectedly heavy snow has plagued parts of China, leading to road and rail closures - Financial Times

January 29 2008: In pictures: After the flood - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

January 29 2008: Fiji lashed by powerful cyclone - BBC (World)

January 29 2008: Transport chaos in snow-hit China - The heaviest snow in years causes travel chaos in China, with millions unable to go home for the holidays. - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

January 29 2008: Storms Hammer West With Heavy Snow - Washington Times

January 29 2008: Snow slams parts of China - CNN

January 29 2008: Powerful cyclone kills six in Fiji - CNN

January 29 2008: Your images of China's snow, travel chaos - CNN

January 29 2008: China's worst winter - CNN viewers' images of the severe snow bringing chaos to China ahead of the holiday season - CNN

January 29 2008: Chinese PM apologizes for snow chaos - CNN

January 29 2008: Killer starfish destroy 'richest' coral reefs - Reefs at the heart of the richest area of coral biodiversity on Earth have been destroyed by crown of thorns starfish, finds a new survey - New Scientist

January 29 2008: One-Atom-Thick Carbon Sheets Made Simply - Discovery Online

January 29 2008: Black swan couple hatched 9 chicks in Wuhan - The recent wild weather in central China, to the agony of many travelers, didn't hinder the birth of nine black swan chicks in the zoo of Wuhan, the ice and snow covered capital of Hubei Province. - China Internet information Centre

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January 29 2008: -change strategy last week that has attracted scorn from environmental groups. They say the plan will allow carbon emissions to rise... - Reuters

January 29 2008: Snow throws China into tilt - CNN (Asia)

January 29 2008: Zambezi River Floods Parts of City - All Africa News

January 29 2008: Flooding Brings Risk of Disease - All Africa News

January 29 2008: Norway Budgets 500m Euros for Climate Change - All Africa News

January 29 2008: Businesses looking for leadership on climate change - ABC News Online

January 29 2008: January 30, 2008 07:47:00 - A new survey has found that despite the warnings, just 22 per cent of Australian businesses have taken action in response to climate change. - ABC News Online

January 29 2008: The United States will commit $US2 billion ($2.25 billion) to promote clean energy technologies and fight climate change, President George W Bush said in his final State of the Union speech today. - ABC News Online

January 29 2008: Rockhampton braces for flood - ABC News Online

January 29 2008: January 29, 2008 13:29:00 - Police are warning Rockhampton residents in central Queensland to prepare for the worst, despite fresh predictions the flood swollen Fitzroy River will not rise as high as had earlier been predicted. - ABC News Online

January 29 2008: January 29, 2008 10:48:00 - The new general manager of the Alice Springs Solar Cities Project says it will not be long before the rollout of energy saving initiatives begins in the town. - ABC News Online

January 29 2008: A western Queensland Mayor says the drought is far from over, despite massive flooding and rain across a large area of the state. - ABC News Online

January 28 2008: Climate Change Links 2008 Champions of the Earth Award Winners - UNEP

January 28 2008: Monday 28 January 2008 - From protecting the unique biodiversity of Yemen's islands to piloting climate-proofing strategies in Sudan and boosting conservation in Barbados, the 2008 Champions of the Earth are making their mark across the planet. - UNEP

January 28 2008: Caution on short-term greenhouse targets - THE economist advising the Rudd Government on climate change has warned nations against locking in to strict interim greenhouse-gas reduction targets in their zeal to tackle global warming. - The Australian

January 28 2008: US to commit $US2bn to climate change - The Australian

January 28 2008: Bush to commit $2bn to climate change - THE US will commit $US2 billion ($2.27 billion) over the next three years for a new international fund to promote clean energy technologies and fight climate change, President George W. Bush will tell Congress today in his annual State of the Union speech. - The Australian

January 28 2008: Rockhampton told to prepare for the worst - AUTHORITIES in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton have warned residents to prepare for the worst despite predictions that flooding will not reach dangerous levels. - The Australian

January 28 2008: Snow storms cause deaths in China ahead of Lunar New Year - Terra Daily

January 28 2008: Beijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2008 - The worst snows to hit parts of China for 50 years killed at least a dozen people at the weekend, state media said, with thousands more injured as they headed home for the Lunar New Year holiday. The conditions brought traffic to a standstill in eight provinces, cut off a key rail link and left thousands of vehicles marooned on icy highways, reports said, with the cold snap causing power cut ... - Terra Daily

January 28 2008: Iraq ratifies Kyoto Protocol on climate change - Terra Daily

January 28 2008: Baghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2008 - Iraq has formally ratified the UN's Kyoto Protocol on climate change, according to a government statement seen by AFP on Saturday. "The presidential council ratified in its session on January 23 a law according to which the Republic of Iraq will join the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol," the statement said. The Kyoto Protocol legally commits i ... - Terra Daily

January 28 2008: Cairo (AFP) Jan 25, 2008 - From blaring car horns to wedding parties, rising noise pollution in the 24-hour metropolis of Cairo has reached alarming levels, leading to hearing problems, irritability and even death. Living in the city centre, where noise levels reach an average of 90 decibels (dB) and never drop below 70 dB, is like spending all day inside a factory, a 2007 study by the Egyptian National Research Centr ... - Terra Daily

January 28 2008: The European Union aims to enact sweeping new legislation on energy and climate change by the spring of 2009, the EU's Slovenian presidency said Thursday. "We are counting on a constructive approach and support of the member states and the parliament for a final adoption of the package by spring 2009," said Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik. The measures, presented by the Eur ... - Terra Daily

January 28 2008: Brussels (AFP) Jan 24, 2008 - The European Union aims to enact sweeping new legislation on energy and climate change by the spring of 2009, the EU's Slovenian presidency said Thursday. "We are counting on a constructive approach and support of the member states and the parliament for a final adoption of the package by spring 2009," said Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik. The measures, presented by the Eur ... - Terra Daily

January 28 2008: Initiative aims to give boost to engineering - Nanotechnology could be soon applied to monitoring health, the environment and security on a large scale thanks to a new national initiative. - Swiss Info

January 28 2008: Celsias project website to fight global warming - Scoop

January 28 2008: American Geophysical Union Revises Position On Climate Change - Science Daily

January 28 2008: January 28, 2008 - - A statement by the world's largest scientific society of Earth and space scientists -- the American Geophysical Union -- updates the organization's position on climate change: the evidence for it, ... > - Science Daily

January 28 2008: Is Diabetes Linked To Environmental Pollution? - Science Daily

January 28 2008: January 28, 2008 - - Scientists are advocating additional research into the little understood links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes. Some recent research has demonstrated a very strong relationship ... > - Science Daily

January 28 2008: Babies conceived during a period of famine are at risk of developing addictions later in life, according to new research. Researchers studied men and women born in Rotterdam during the Dutch "hunger ... > - Science Daily

January 28 2008: January 28, 2008 - - Babies conceived during a period of famine are at risk of developing addictions later in life, according to new research. Researchers studied men and women born in Rotterdam during the Dutch "hunger ... > - Science Daily

January 28 2008: Comet Dust a Bust for NASA Program - Sci-Tech Today

January 28 2008: change initiative, which will research global warming... - Reuters

January 28 2008: Bush to commit $2 billion to climate change fund - Reuters

January 28 2008: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:01 AM ET - Delegates from the biggest greenhouse gas-polluting countries will meet this week in Hawaii to spur UN negotiations for an international - Reuters

January 28 2008: CHICAGO - Transistor radios tinier than a grain of sand, made using nanotechnology, can not only tune in to the traffic report, but may end up outperforming current silicon-based electronics, US researchers said on Monday. The researchers made the microscopic radios out of carbon nanotubes - tiny[hellip] - New Zealand Herald

January 28 2008: Avalanche in Central Russia Kills 4 - Newsday (AP update)

January 28 2008: 300 Afghans Die From Recent Snow, Cold - Newsday (AP update)

January 28 2008: Tiny avalanche photodiode detects single UV photons - Researchers at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering have demonstrated visible-blind avalanche photodiodes capable of detecting single photons in the ultraviolet region (360-200 nm). The Northwestern team, led by Manijeh Razeghi, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering, became the world's first to demonstrate back-illuminated single photon detection from a III-nitride photodetector. - EurekAlert!

January 28 2008: Param Vir Chakra in eye of a storm - Hindustan Times

January 28 2008: Riders of the storm - Hindustan Times

January 28 2008: Snowstorms cause havoc in China - Guardian Unlimited

January 28 2008: Human Activity Causing Global Warming, Say Geophysicists - OneWorld

January 28 2008: Image: It's official: the planet is warming and we are the cause - OneWorld

January 28 2008: Baffin Island ice caps shrink by 50 percent since 1950s, says CU-Boulder study - A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown that ice caps on the northern plateau of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic have shrunk by more than 50 percent in the last half century as a result of warming, and are expected to disappear by the middle of the century. - EurekAlert!

January 28 2008: El Nino at play as source of more intense regional US wintertime storms - EurekAlert!

January 28 2008: Climate Change - - EU carbon storage proposals get mixed reviews - EurActiv

January 28 2008: BOULDER, Colorado, January 28, 2008 (ENS) - Icy Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic is not half as icy as it was just 50 years ago. Ice caps on the island's northern plateau are 50 percent smaller in area than they were in 1950 due to warming temperatures and are expected to vanish by the middle of the century, according to new research from the University of Colorado at Boulder. - Environmental News Service

January 28 2008: Economic, scientific, and political leaders and entertainers pledged hundreds of millions of dollars and moral support to environmental causes ranging from clean water and climate change to a modern green farming revolution as the World Economic Forum wound up its annual meeting in Davos today. - Environmental News Service

January 28 2008: Snow in China strands travelers - Christian Science Monitor

January 28 2008: The Dangerous Rise of Carbon Fundamentalism - GreenBiz

January 28 2008: World Leaders Call for Global Climate Change Effort, Strengthened Public Governance - GreenBiz

January 28 2008: China issues red alert for snowstorms - CCTV

January 28 2008: More rain, snow to hit China - CCTV

January 28 2008: Snows and stays in China - CCTV

January 28 2008: Heavy snow affects holiday travel - CCTV

January 28 2008: Holiday mayhem as snow persists - CCTV

January 28 2008: Half-Million Chinese Stranded By Blizzards - CBS

January 28 2008: Business Collaboration Services - Coal prices may rise for a seventh week in the U.S. as electricity shortages in South Africa and flooding in Australia disrupt supplies from the world's two biggest exporters. - VietnamNews.Net

January 28 2008: Japan's agriculture, fisheries at risk - A government panel warns that global warming could inflict major damage in the years ahead on Japan's agriculture and fisheries. - The Japan Times

January 28 2008: Eurozone lending rises despite credit crisis - Financial Times

January 28 2008: Snow storm brings China to a halt - Financial Times

January 28 2008: 'Action needed' on home emissions - European governments and the EU are urged to hasten introduction of housing that contributes nothing to global warming. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

January 28 2008: In pictures - Weather and transport chaos as heavy snow hits China - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

January 28 2008: Snowstorm causes chaos - CNN

January 28 2008: Snow slams China; half million stranded at train station - CNN

January 28 2008: Heavy snow storms slam China - CNN

January 28 2008: Wal-Mart installs solar power at store - Environmental News Network

January 28 2008: Heavy snow piles on the agony - China Internet information Centre

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January 28 2008: Gabrielle Walker - describes practical ways to combat climate change. Plus, the creation of artificial life, and a robotic doll called Stan - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

January 28 2008: Can synthetic microbes help us tackle climate change? - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

January 28 2008: If you worry about a warming climate you can look at your Hummer and feel anxious, or you can take comfort that some solutions don't demand that we give up such comforts. Quoth the Times of London: "A... - ABC News

January 28 2008: Burp! Cows Can Fight Global Warming - ABC News

January 28 2008: China braces for a brutal winter - Brutal winter weather that has battered China's central, eastern and southern sections prompts the China Meteorological Administration to issue a rare red alert Monday as the nation braces for more snow and bone-chilling temperatures. - CNN (Asia)

January 28 2008: Qld drought not broken: Mayor - ABC News Online

January 28 2008: January 28, 2008 13:00:00 - A western Queensland Mayor says the drought is far from over, despite massive flooding and rain across a large area of the state. - ABC News Online

January 27 2008: Federal Election: Environment - The Mercury

January 27 2008: Police in flood city ready for looters - ROCKHAMPTON police said they are prepared for any looting as the central Queensland city braces itself for flooding. - The Australian

January 27 2008: 12 die in China snowstorms - THE worst snows to hit parts of China for 50 years killed at least a dozen people at the weekend with thousands more injured as they headed home for the Lunar New Year holiday. - The Australian

January 27 2008: High-flyer Rudd set to leave big carbon footprint - The Age

January 27 2008: Aussie police prepared for looting, flooding - Stuff

January 27 2008: Offers flood in for family of Burton victim - Stuff

January 27 2008: 2007 Was Tenth Warmest For U.S., Fifth Warmest Worldwide - The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. in 2007 is officially the tenth warmest on record, according to data from scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The ... > - Science Daily

January 27 2008: Warmer Ocean Could Reduce Number Of Atlantic Hurricane Landfalls - Science Daily

January 27 2008: Could Tiny Diatoms Help Offset Global Warming? - Diatoms -- some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair -- are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the Earth's atmosphere. The ... > - Science Daily

January 27 2008: UK chief boosts climate ties with China and India - The UK prime minister's trips to China and India have strengthened collaboration, particularly on climate change. - SciDev.Net

January 27 2008: Moz families refuse to be relocated despite floods - Mail & Guardian Online

January 27 2008: Sudan summons US envoy over Darfur comments - Sudan summoned the top United States diplomat in Khartoum saying he had interfered in the internal affairs of the country and rejected US criticism of the appointment of Musa Hilal to a central government post. US Charge D'Affaires Alberto Fernandez told Reuters that Khartoum's lack of implementation of internal peace accords had created an environment of distrust. - Mail & Guardian Online

January 27 2008: Letters to the Editor - Readers write about Bill Clinton's place in this year's campaign, nationwide climate change education, the age factor in government, and the Navy's use of sonar technology. - Christian Science Monitor

January 27 2008: Radar: snow alert - Newsday (AP update)

January 27 2008: By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - Security forces round the world will face tough new challenges as - change unleashes violent storms,... - Reuters

January 27 2008: Quake warning system fails again - The government's earthquake intensity warning system experiences its second failure as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake surprises the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. - The Japan Times

January 27 2008: Fukuda unveils new climate strategy - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda airs new climate-change goals at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, including quantified reduction targets for big carbon emitters and a 30 percent improvement in global energy efficiency by 2020. - The Japan Times

January 27 2008: Expect the eurozone to show resistance - Financial Times

January 27 2008: Snow hampers Chinese New Year - BBC (World)

January 27 2008: Snow hampers China New Year - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

January 27 2008: Read More from Pollution Topic - Environmental News Network

January 27 2008: January 27, 2008 07:39 AM - - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's biggest greenhouse gas-polluting countries are sending delegates to Hawaii this week for a U.S.-hosted meeting aimed at curbing climate change without stalling economic growth. The two-day gathering, which starts on Wednesday in Honolulu, is meant to spur U.N. negotiations for an international climate agreement by 2009, so a pact will be ready when the current carbon-capping Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. - Environmental News Network

January 27 2008: New Methane Storage Technology Exceeds DOE Goals - Environmental News Network

January 27 2008: Playing God - Can synthetic microbes help us tackle climate change? - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

January 27 2008: Cyclone Unlikely to Hit Flooded River Valleys - A tropical cyclone is moving slowly down the Mozambique Channel, but on its current path is unlikely to hit the flooded river valleys of central Mozambique. - All Africa News

January 27 2008: Body of Third Avalanche Victim Found - ABC News

January 26 2008: Third suspected flood looter charged - The Mercury

January 26 2008: Two dead, two missing in avalanche - TWO skiers were killed and two were missing as rare avalanches struck mountains near Los Angeles after a severe winter storm pounded the region, authorities said. - The Australian

January 26 2008: US pushes its climate change agenda despite criticism - Terra Daily

January 26 2008: Washington (AFP) Jan 25, 2008 - The United States pushed forward with its own agenda on climate change Friday despite criticism that Washington is attempting to undermine the global effort led by the United Nations. But as senior officials outlined the broad agenda of a meeting the United States is hosting next week in Hawaii -- which includes an emphasis on controversial uses of nuclear power and technology to trap emissi ... - Terra Daily

January 26 2008: London (AFP) Jan 25, 2008 - A massive stash of false limbs found in the cellar of a retired British taxi driver's home are to be sent to Pakistan to help victims of the 2005 earthquake, a charity said Friday. More than 100 artificial limbs and about 100 crutches and walking frames were found by a plumber fitting central heating at Mike Sutton's home in Bridport, south-west England, soon after he and his wife Teresa mov ... - Terra Daily

January 26 2008: Berlin (UPI) Jan 25, 2007 - Politicians hail the European Commission's latest energy and climate package as a climate protection milestone, with the fossil fuel-heavy industry warning of job losses. Earlier this week EC officials announced the individual, concrete targets each country will have to meet regarding the use of renewable energy. The targets are part of a plan that has the European Union by 2020 generat ... - Terra Daily

January 26 2008: Flood, feast and famine in Mozambique - Sydney Morning Herald

January 26 2008: - Experts in mitosis (cell division) have made discoveries that explain how one protein -- the kinase Aurora B -- could have such a large role in guiding and policing the process of cell division. This ... > - Science Daily

January 26 2008: January 26, 2008 - - The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. in 2007 is officially the tenth warmest on record, according to data from scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The ... > - Science Daily

January 26 2008: 2007 Was Tenth Warmest For U.S., Fifth Warmest Worldwide - Science Daily

January 26 2008: Could Tiny Diatoms Help Offset Global Warming? - Science Daily

January 26 2008: Proposed New City Of Istanbul Could Be Refuge In Case Of Severe Earthquake - Science Daily

January 26 2008: January 26, 2008 - - Istanbul is at such high risk for a devastating earthquake that engineers at Purdue University and the Republic of Turkey have come up with a bold new proposal: build a second city. A second, ... > - Science Daily

January 26 2008: Energy and the Environment - Science Daily

January 26 2008: News - Geophysicists Urge Steep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Scientific American

January 26 2008: Protocol on climate change, breaking with... - Reuters

January 26 2008: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:03 PM ET - urged countries to improve energy efficiency by 2020 and unveiled a $10 billion package to help developing countries to tackle - Reuters

January 26 2008: California Braces for More Wintry Storms - Newsday (AP update)

January 26 2008: Claim: Global warming will trigger illness - Science Daily

January 26 2008: Southern Africa floods: 'Improve warning systems' - Mail & Guardian Online

January 26 2008: Renewable Energy Revolution For Britain - An eight-fold expansion of renewable energy will be needed in Britain by 2020 if EU targets are to be met. - OneWorld

January 26 2008: Hain's departure epitomises the eclipse of 60s idealism - Guardian Unlimited

January 26 2008: January 25, 2008 - After becoming part of an investigation into greenhouse gas-related financial risk, the world's largest coal company makes an undisclosed investment in GreatPoint Energy, which wants to turn coal into cleaner natural gas. - Greentech Media

January 26 2008: Abu Dhabi commits $10B for greentech, while Nanogram, eSolar, Transonic Combustion, Carbon Motors, Nanoptek, Knight & Carver and Ambient -- among others - Greentech Media

January 26 2008: Environmental Defense - Global warming is the most serious environmental threat of our time. As these facts show, affordable options are available. And America cannot afford to fall behind any more in the race to invent clean, renewable energy sources. - Environmental News Network

January 26 2008: California Slaps Yamaha With $2 Million Air Pollution Fine - Environmental News Service

January 26 2008: States Seek Fraud Protection for Carbon Offset Market - Environmental News Service

January 26 2008: CAMBRIDGE, UK, January 25, 2008 (ENS) - Cambridge University scientists are advocating more research into the possible links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. At least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, according to estimates by the World Health Organization. - Environmental News Service

January 26 2008: Winter Storms, Mudslides And Flash Floods Continue To Plague State - CBS

January 26 2008: Avalanches Claim Three Lives In Calif. - CBS

January 26 2008: Japan targets climate change with $10 billion fund - Reuters

January 26 2008: Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:19 AM ET - Japan would cut its carbon emissions beyond the 2012 expiry of the - Reuters

January 26 2008: Japan would cut its carbon emissions beyond the 2012 expiry of the - Protocol and proposed a global target to improve energy efficiency by 2020.... - Reuters

January 26 2008: Global Warming by the Numbers - Environmental News Network

January 26 2008: Avalanches Kill Three; One Walks Out Alive - ABC News

January 26 2008: Drought KO's freshwater yacht race - ABC News Online

January 25 2008: Friday 25 January 2008 - The Natural World Museum (NWM) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have revealed plans to bring their innovative and highly celebrated art exhibit, "Melting Ice / A Hot Topic: Envisioning Change", to the Principality of Monaco in honor of the official programming for the Tenth Special Session of UNEP's Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum on Globalization and Environment: Financing the Climate Challenge. This forum is the largest gathering of environmental leaders from across the globe. - UNEP

January 25 2008: Nominations are officially open for the 2008 UNEP Sasakawa Prize, the United Nations Environment Programme announced today. - UNEP

January 25 2008: In Cairo the noise pollution can be a killer - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Champaign IL (SPX) Jan 25, 2008 - Scientists studying microbial communities and the growth of sedimentary rock at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park have made a surprising discovery about the geological record of life and the environment. Their discovery could affect how certain sequences of sedimentary rock are dated, and how scientists might search for evidence of life on other planets. "We found microbes c ... - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: The European Union aims to enact sweeping new legislation on energy and climate change by the spring of 2009, the EU's Slovenian presidency said Thursday. "We are counting on a constructive approach and support of the member states and the parliament for a final adoption of the package by spring 2009," said Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik. The measures, presented by the Eur ... - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Brussels (AFP) Jan 24, 2008 - The European Union aims to enact sweeping new legislation on energy and climate change by the spring of 2009, the EU's Slovenian presidency said Thursday. "We are counting on a constructive approach and support of the member states and the parliament for a final adoption of the package by spring 2009," said Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik. The measures, presented by the Eur ... - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Climate change 'significantly worse' than feared: Al Gore - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 24, 2008 - Climate change is occurring far faster than even the worst predictions of the UN's Nobel Prize-winning scientific panel on climate change foresaw, Al Gore warned Thursday. New evidence shows "the climate crisis is significantly worse and unfolding more rapidly than those on the pessimistic side of the IPCC projections had warned us," the former US vice president and climate campaigner told d ... - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Methane Storage Material Exceeds US DoE Goals - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Meteor impacts can have subtle effects - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Lower Hutt, New Zealand (UPI) Jan 23, 2007 - A New Zealand study suggests meteor impacts with the Earth can produce effects of a more subtle and insidious kind than just catastrophic extinction. Researchers at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, said the shattering impact of meteors on rocks can produce increased groundwater-rock surface interaction, affecting the quality of groundwater tha ... - Terra Daily

January 25 2008: Flood's bitter harvest - Sydney Morning Herald

January 25 2008: Greenhouse cuts would land us in the Middle Ages, says Labor sceptic - Sydney Morning Herald

January 25 2008: Experts in mitosis (cell division) have made discoveries that explain how one protein -- the kinase Aurora B -- could have such a large role in guiding and policing the process of cell division. This ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: January 25, 2008 - - Experts in mitosis (cell division) have made discoveries that explain how one protein -- the kinase Aurora B -- could have such a large role in guiding and policing the process of cell division. This ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: A warming global ocean -- influencing the winds that shear off the tops of developing storms -- could mean fewer Atlantic hurricanes striking the United States according to new findings ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: Warmer Ocean Could Reduce Number Of Atlantic Hurricane Landfalls - A warming global ocean -- influencing the winds that shear off the tops of developing storms -- could mean fewer Atlantic hurricanes striking the United States according to new findings ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: Mystery Of Jupiter's Jets Uncovered - At the end of March 2007, scientists all over the world observed with surprise and awe a rare change in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Research into these unusual storms and the reaction of the jet to them gives a more ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: The potential of carbon nanotubes to diagnose and treat brain tumors is being explored through a new partnership. Nanotechnology may help revolutionize medicine in the future with its promise to play a role in selective cancer therapy. ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: Antarctic Ice Core To Provide Clearest Climate Record Yet - The first season is complete on a major effort to retrieve the most detailed record of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere over the last 100,000 years. - OneWorld

January 25 2008: Nitrogen Fixation Process In Plants To Combat Drought In Various Species Of Legumes - Science Daily

January 25 2008: January 25, 2008 - - Researchers have undertaken a large-scale investigation into the molecular environment of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), a protein centrally associated with Alzheimer's ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: - Autumn colors are appearing later and later, if at all. Scientists say we can blame increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for prolonging the growing season. And that may actually be ... > - Science Daily

January 25 2008: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors - Science Daily

January 25 2008: Acid Rain - Science Daily

January 25 2008: UK chief boosts climate ties with China and India - The UK prime minister's trips to China and India have strengthened collaboration, particularly on climate change. - SciDev.Net

January 25 2008: The American Geophysical Union says massive reductions in greenhouse gases will be needed[mdash]and scientists should speak up about it - Scientific American

January 25 2008: Geophysicists Urge Steep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Scientific American

January 25 2008: 23 hours ago - Geophysicists Urge Steep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Scientific American

January 25 2008: Dust samples prompt a rethink about comets - Scientific American

January 25 2008: StatoilHydro's Oseberg South Shutting In On Storms - Rigzone

January 25 2008: Friday, January 25, 2008 - - StatoilHydro said it began a shutdown at its Oseberg South field because of storms in the area, but expects the worst weather to pass over during the afternoon and may start the field back up in the evening. - Rigzone

January 25 2008: Fortis raises 2008-12 carbon price forecast - Reuters

January 25 2008: Protocol on climate change, breaking with... - Reuters

January 25 2008: rule out forcing importers to the EU to buy permits to emit carbon dioxide if there were no international climate deal successor to the - Reuters

January 25 2008: By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - Security forces round the world will face tough new challenges as - change unleashes violent storms,... - Reuters

January 25 2008: How traffic pollution damages the heart - New Scientist

January 25 2008: Zambian army mobilised to help in flood crisis - Mail & Guardian Online

January 25 2008: Cyclone leaves devastation across Balochistan Province - IRIN

January 25 2008: Bhupathi-Sania in mixed doubles final - Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza combine well to storm into the final after scoring a straight set 6-4 6-2 victory over eighth seeds Nathalie Dechy of France and Andy Ram of Israel. - Hindustan Times

January 25 2008: Hungry mothers risk addiction in their adult children - Babies conceived during a period of famine are at risk of developing addictions later in life, according to new research published in the international journal Addiction. Researchers from the Dutch mental health care organisation, Bouman GGZ, and Erasmus University Rotterdam studied men and women born in Rotterdam during the Dutch "hunger winter." Those whose mothers had suffered severe food shortages and starvation during their early pregnancy were significantly more likely to be receiving treatment for addictive disorders. - EurekAlert!

January 25 2008: AGU revises position on climate change - A statement newly released by the world's largest scientific society of Earth and space scientists -- the American Geophysical Union, or AGU -- updates the organization's position on climate change: the evidence for it, potential consequences from it, and how to respond to it. The statement is the first revision since 2003 of the climate-change position of the AGU, which has a membership of 50,000 researchers, teachers, and students in 137 countries. - EurekAlert!

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