Tiempo Climate Newswatch

August 2007

August 31 2007: Inside the brain of a crayfish - Neurophysiology researchers commonly use crustaceans to try to gain basic understanding of the nervous systems of creatures in general, and, wherever possible, for extrapolating what they find to a basic understanding of the much more complex human brain. All animals, from single-celled amoebas to humans, use similar cellular processes to interpret their olfactory environment. - EurekAlert!

August 31 2007: White House spokesman Snow stepping down - WHITE House Press Secretary Tony Snow, who has been battling cancer, plans to step down on September 14 and he will be replaced his deputy, Dana Perino, a US official said. - The Australian

August 31 2007: White House spokesman stepping down - White House press secretary Tony Snow, who has been battling cancer, plans to step down on September 14 and will be replaced by his deputy, Dana Perino. - The Age

August 31 2007: Tropical storm forms near Mexican resort - Tropical storm Henriette moved toward Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening the resort of Acapulco with rains and hilly areas with mudslides and flash floods. - The Age

August 31 2007: Greece seeks EU help after forest fires - The Age

August 31 2007: Cycling can beat doping storm: Armstrong - The Age

August 31 2007: Mediterranean countries feel the force of deadly forest fires - Terra Daily

August 31 2007: Athens (AFP) Aug 30, 2007 - While Greece edged closer to mastering forest fires that have killed more than 63 people, other countries on the Mediterranean and the Adriatic struggled with deadly woodland blazes Thursday. In Algeria, forest fires fed by winds off the Sahara and still burning out of control in the north of the country had claimed eight lives in the past 48 hours, said the country's civil protection ... - Terra Daily

August 31 2007: Global warming will bring stronger storms and tornadoes - Terra Daily

August 31 2007: Washington (AFP) Aug 30, 2007 - Violent storms and tornadoes may become more common as the earth's climate warms, a study by NASA scientists showed Thursday. Researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies developed what they say is the first climate model able to estimate how the strength of storms changes as the atmosphere warms. The researchers applied global computer models -- which evaluate when ... - Terra Daily

August 31 2007: Troy NY (SPX) Aug 30, 2007 - As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world's population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease - malaria. Now an interdisciplinary team led by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has found a key link that causes malarial infection in both humans and ... - Terra Daily

August 31 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

August 31 2007: Greece seeks EU help to recover from forest fires - Swiss Info

August 31 2007: Climate change may wash away China's dream - Sydney Morning Herald

August 31 2007: Labour is two-faced on climate change - Scoop

August 31 2007: Local release of boneseed predator - 31 August 2007 1:41pm | Environment Canterbury - Scoop

August 31 2007: (August 31, 2007) - -- Antarctica is home to the largest body of ice on Earth. Prior to approximately 10 years ago, no one thought that life could exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, which can be more than two miles ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 31 2007: Global Warming Will Bring Violent Storms And Tornadoes, NASA Predicts - NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth's climate warms. Certain US regions can also expect an upsurge in ... > - Science Daily

August 31 2007: (August 31, 2007) - -- NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth's climate warms. Certain US regions can also expect ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 31 2007: Ethiopian Plateau Formation Coincided With Climate Change That May Have Spurred Human Evolution - Science Daily

August 31 2007: Wildfires: Homes Fuel The Fires More Than Forests - Why do some forest fires spread rapidly over large areas, destroying and damaging many homes, while others are contained with minimal damage? New research shows a major factor is whether homes are fireproofed. There is more flammable material in a house per square yard than in a ... > - Science Daily

August 31 2007: 'Buy palm oil plantations, save biodiversity' - SciDev.Net

August 31 2007: Global Warming Will Cause Killer Storms - Sci-Tech Today

August 31 2007: Public Hearings Held on Smog Standards - Sci-Tech Today

August 31 2007: U.S. Plays Down Climate Split with EU - As the world warms, the United States will face more severe thunderstorms with deadly lightning, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes, a trailblazing study by NASA scientists suggests. - Sci-Tech Today

August 31 2007: The $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source facility, though still powering up, has established a new mark as the world's most powerful accelerator-based source of neutrons for scientific research. - The United States and Europe are working together to tackle global warming, the chief U.S. climate negotiator said Wednesday, deflecting criticism over Washington's perceived go-it-alone stance. - Sci-Tech Today

August 31 2007: As the world warms, the United States will face more severe thunderstorms with deadly lightning, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes, a trailblazing study by NASA scientists suggests. - Activists and asthma patients urged federal environmental officials Thursday to go further in tightening smog standards to protect children and others from ailments caused by dirty air. - Sci-Tech Today

August 31 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse Early Tuesday - Sci-Tech Today

August 31 2007: Protocol on climate change, which Merkel helped draw up as Germany's... - Reuters

August 31 2007: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:56 AM ET - By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Katrina might have caused less damage if the Bush administration had... - Reuters

August 31 2007: talks on Friday that stiff 2020 targets for greenhouse gas cuts would be useful... - Reuters

August 31 2007: As Predicted, Global Warming Fuels More Tropical Rainfall - OneWorld

August 31 2007: Live Science - Image: More rain, more floods (C) UNAMA/IRIN - OneWorld

August 31 2007: Climate Change: - Global warming and the impact of human activity. - International Herald Tribune

August 31 2007: 158 countries set targets for greenhouse gases in UN-brokered accord - International Herald Tribune

August 31 2007: Global food crisis looms as fertile land stripped by climate change - Guardian Unlimited

August 31 2007: Climate change and population growth bring global food crisis - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

August 31 2007: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can kill bacteria like the common pathogen E. coli by severely damaging their cell walls, according to a recent report from Yale researchers in the American Chemical Society journal Langmuir. - EurekAlert!

August 31 2007: When bivalves ruled the world - Fraiser's work supports a relatively new theory for the cause of the massive extinction that occurred as the Permian period ended and the Triassic period began: toxic oceans created by too much atmospheric carbon dioxide. The theory is important because it could help scientists predict what would happen in the oceans during a modern "C02 event." - EurekAlert!

August 31 2007: Antarctica is home to the largest body of ice on Earth. Prior to approximately 10 years ago, no one thought that life could exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, which can be more than two miles thick in places, because conditions were believed to be too extreme. However, Brent Christner, assistant professor of biological sciences at LSU, has spent a great deal of time in one of the world's most hostile environments conducting research that proves otherwise. - EurekAlert!

August 31 2007: LSU professor looks for life in and under antarctic ice - Antarctica is home to the largest body of ice on Earth. Prior to approximately 10 years ago, no one thought that life could exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, which can be more than two miles thick in places, because conditions were believed to be too extreme. However, Brent Christner, assistant professor of biological sciences at LSU, has spent a great deal of time in one of the world's most hostile environments conducting research that proves otherwise. - EurekAlert!

August 31 2007: The first few days at school can be an anxious time as children face the challenge of a new environment and making new friends but according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, children show signs of stress three to six months before term even starts. - EurekAlert!

August 31 2007: Poor indoor air quality means poorer health for patients with COPD - Poor indoor air quality can significantly worsen health problems in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, according to researchers in Scotland. High concentrations of fine particulate pollution -- the type of pollution associated with secondhand smoke and, in developing countries, indoor cooking and heating fires -- were strongly linked to poorer health status. - EurekAlert!

August 31 2007: Environment - - Environment ministers to debate growing water scarcity - EurActiv

August 31 2007: California Governor Activates Heat Wave Response - Environmental News Service

August 31 2007: NASA: Global Warming Will Bring More Severe Storms - Environmental News Service

August 31 2007: NEW YORK, New York, August 30, 2007 (ENS) - - The most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth[rsquo]s climate warms, say scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, using a new climate model. The scientsts predict that in a warmer climate, stronger and more severe storms can be expected, but with fewer storms overall.. - Environmental News Service

August 31 2007: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - - Two years ago today, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, costing at least 1,836 people their lives and causing at least $81.2 billion in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history and one of the deadliest. - Environmental News Service

August 31 2007: Business cuts carbon on the scale of two cities - EDIE

August 31 2007: Refinery emissions 'low risk' to health and environment - US EPA - EDIE

August 31 2007: UK river quality getting better - River quality is, on the whole, gradually improving across the UK although biodiversity is still declining in Northern Ireland. - EDIE

August 31 2007: UK faces "reality check" over climate change targets - EDIE

August 31 2007: Environment trumps trade in Chinese lightbulb case - EDIE

August 31 2007: River pollution affects a sixth of Chinese population - EDIE

August 31 2007: Councils leading the way with green technology - Councils are often criticised for not doing enough with tax-payers' money to protect the environment or reduce energy waste, well that doesn't bear up in our experience. - EDIE

August 31 2007: * - Dodd: The Rock gets point across to Golden Hurricane - CBS

August 31 2007: Tony Snow Announces White House Departure - CBS

August 31 2007: . All the waste they create doesn't do the environment any good! - CBS

August 31 2007: Imported motorbikes flooding domestic market - VietnamNews.Net

August 31 2007: Business Collaboration Services - The decision to relax the export ban on British meat products was welcomed yesterday by Richard Lochhead, the environment secretary, who described it as "brilliant news for Scotland". - VietnamNews.Net

August 31 2007: Snow resigning - Washington Times

August 31 2007: , Japan (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she wanted to offer developing countries a compromise climate change pact... - Reuters

August 31 2007: Malaria train - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

August 31 2007: Eurozone inflation at ECB target - Financial Times

August 31 2007: Greek fire-aid 'fraudsters' held - Fifteen people are held in Greece on suspicion of making false compensation claims after devastating forest fires. - BBC (Europe)

August 31 2007: 'Pom invasion' - A British influx to Australia is driven by a skills drought - BBC

August 31 2007: Spain and UK lead property boom - House prices in Spain have risen at a faster pace than anywhere else in the eurozone. - Guardian Unlimited

August 31 2007: Friday, August 31, 2007 7:33 AM ET - to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases on Friday in a small step towards a new climate pact to replace the UN's - Reuters

August 31 2007: 27-31 meeting stuck a compromise deal noting leading - scientists say cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels are... - Reuters

August 31 2007: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent VIENNA (Reuters) - The UN's top - Reuters

August 31 2007: Study: More storms for U.S. - CNN

August 31 2007: Wind farm is more than hot air - How a helicopter that also doubles as a turbine could be the latest weapon against global warming. - CNN

August 31 2007: Hurricane Dean devastated Mexican ecosystems - New Scientist

August 31 2007: Air-dropped dams could fix levee breeches - Massive self-filling water-bags could be dropped by helicopters to rapidly repair levees breached by storm damage - New Scientist

August 31 2007: National Hurricane Center: Tropical Depression 6 Has Formed In Atlantic - Environmental News Network

August 31 2007: GMO Contamination Sometimes Not So Obvious - Environmental News Network

August 31 2007: SOEs Ordered to Meet Energy, Pollution Targets - China Internet information Centre

August 31 2007: Climate change - Guardian Unlimited

August 31 2007: Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels could change the nature of grasslands and decrease their usefulness as grazing pastures, say researchers. - All Africa News

August 31 2007: South Africa: - Carbon Dioxide Could Make Grasslands 'Unusable' - All Africa News

August 31 2007: August 31, 2007 11:39:00 - The Federal Environment Minister says the State Government should be closer to solving South Australia's water concerns. - ABC News Online

August 31 2007: Labor environment spokesman Peter Garrett's latest comments on the controversial Tasmanian pulp mill have led the Greens to accuse him of talking "gobbledegook". - ABC News Online

August 31 2007: Labor's environment spokesman Peter Garrett says his Federal Government counterpart is having to play catch-up on the proposed Tasmanian pulp mill, because he chose one of the least comprehensive assessment methods available to him. - ABC News Online

August 30 2007: Nairobi/Leverkusen 30 August 2007 - - The election of a new Youth Advisory Council today marked the culmination of the third biannual Tunza International Youth Conference, held in the German city of Leverkusen. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) conference brought together more than 180 young people from 85 countries to discuss ways of promoting environmental awareness through technology. - UNEP

August 30 2007: Qantas launches carbon offset program - The Age

August 30 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: NKorea searches for fugitives after floods: aid group - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Seoul (AFP) Aug 29, 2007 - North Korea has stepped up searches in border towns for people trying to flee the country after devastating floods, a South Korean aid group said Wednesday. Security officials in the communist state have been rounding up illegal travellers in a door-to-door search twice a day in border towns, Good Friends said in a report. Authorities are worried about an exodus across the China border ... - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Global warming could delay next ice age: study - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: London (AFP) Aug 29, 2007 - Burning fossil fuels could postpone the next ice age by up to half a million years, researchers at a British university said Wednesday. Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere caused by burning fuels such as coal and oil may cause enough residual global warming to prevent its onset, said scientists from the University of Southampton in southern England. ... - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Flooding risk from global warming badly under-estimated: study - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Paris (AFP) Aug 29, 2007 - Global warming may carry a higher risk of flooding than previously thought, according to a study released on Wednesday by the British science journal Nature. It says efforts to calculate flooding risk from climate change do not take into account the effect that carbon dioxide (CO2) -- the principal greenhouse gas -- has on vegetation. Plants suck water out of the ground and "breathe" ... - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Aug 29, 2007 - New Orleans Wednesday mourned the huge losses inflicted by Hurricane Katrina two years ago, as US President George W. Bush sought to dispel residents' anger vowing better days lay ahead. Scores of tiny silver hand bells tinkled, as the city's prominent Mayor Ray Nagin led a poignant memorial service to the 1,500 dead across the Gulf Coast and remembered the devastation which laid waste ... - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Serena's just warming up for a crack at hot shot Henin - Sydney Morning Herald

August 30 2007: Expert: Biggest Challenge is Global Warming - Scoop

August 30 2007: 31 August 2007 9:56am | Word of Mouth Media - Biggest challenge is dealing with global warming’s threat to economies, people and cities – says world expert - Scoop

August 30 2007: Global Warming Will Bring Violent Storms And Tornadoes, NASA Predicts - Science Daily (Climate)

August 30 2007: (August 30, 2007) - -- NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth's climate warms. Certain US regions can also expect ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 30 2007: Next Ice Age Delayed By Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels - Science Daily

August 30 2007: Giant Martian Dust Storm Threatens Two Rovers - Science Daily

August 30 2007: Discovery Could Help Stop Malaria At Its Source -- The Mosquito - Mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world's population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease -- malaria. Now scientists have found a key link that causes malarial ... > - Science Daily

August 30 2007: (August 30, 2007) - -- The historic collaboration between leading scientists and Evangelicals to protect the environment continues this week with a trip to Alaska. A group of five scientists and five evangelical leaders ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 30 2007: (August 30, 2007) - -- Why do some forest fires spread rapidly over large areas, destroying and damaging many homes, while others are contained with minimal damage? New research shows a major factor is whether homes are ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 30 2007: Scientists search for new microbes in Mongolia - Japanese and Mongolian researchers have returned from an expedition searching for novel microorganisms in extreme environments. - SciDev.Net

August 30 2007: Carbon dioxide could make grasslands 'unusable' - SciDev.Net

August 30 2007: Major Fight over Damaged Fossils - The United States and Europe are working together to tackle global warming, the chief U.S. climate negotiator said Wednesday, deflecting criticism over Washington's perceived go-it-alone stance. - Sci-Tech Today

August 30 2007: Climate Talks Seek Deal on Warming - Sci-Tech Today

August 30 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse Early Tuesday - Sci-Tech Today

August 30 2007: Hot Year Blamed on Greenhouse Gases - Sci-Tech Today

August 30 2007: By Sophie Hardach TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States must support a global deal to cut carbon dioxide emissions and combat - Reuters

August 30 2007: Energy efficiency seen easy way to aid - Reuters

August 30 2007: A UN report about - investments, outlined to a meeting in Vienna of 1000 delegates from 158 nations, also said emissions of greenhouse gases could be... - Reuters

August 30 2007: Image: Where's Britain in the renewable energy sphere? (C) - OneWorld

August 30 2007: Algerian forest fires claim eight lives - Forest fires fed by winds off the Sahara and still burning out of control in northern Algeria have claimed eight lives in the past 48 hours, the country's civil protection services said on Thursday. A lack of specialised water-bombing planes has added to the challenges faced by firefighters and soldiers sent in as reinforcements. - Mail & Guardian Online

August 30 2007: UN: More than 100 000 Ethiopians affected by floods - Mail & Guardian Online

August 30 2007: TV sting shows schoolteacher in ‘porn racket’ - Angry parents storm into a Delhi school and thrash a lady teacher accused of forcing students into prostitution, reports - Hindustan Times

August 30 2007: Plants raise long-term flood fears - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

August 30 2007: Climate warning raises flood fears - Guardian Unlimited

August 30 2007: Plants raise long-term flood fears - Plans to protect Britain do not heed the risk of rising river levels caused by the effect of global warming on plants - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

August 30 2007: Climate warning raises flood fears - Plans to protect Britain do not heed the risk of rising river levels caused by global warming, finds study. - Guardian Unlimited

August 30 2007: Is a zero-carbon Britain possible? Leo Hickman looks at the facts - Guardian Unlimited

August 30 2007: On Market Predictions in a Chaotic Environment - Scoop

August 30 2007: Yale scientists use nanotechnology to fight E. coli - Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can kill bacteria like the common pathogen E. coli by severely damaging their cell walls, according to a recent report from Yale researchers in the American Chemical Society journal Langmuir. - EurekAlert!

August 30 2007: Fireproofing homes dramatically reduces forest fire size, according to new study - A new study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that modeled the spread of forest fires in Colorado and other western states indicates the size and intensity of fires is directly linked with the density and flammability of houses built in the so-called "wildland-urban interface." - EurekAlert!

August 30 2007: Climate Change - - US stresses 'agreement' with EU on climate change - EurActiv

August 30 2007: ATHENS, Greece, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - - Firefighters are beginning to gain ground against the worst forest fires to strike Greece in more than a century, but only after the blazes claimed 64 lives and charred much of Ilia prefecture on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. The government and main opposition party are both handing cash to victims ahead of next month's election. - Environmental News Service

August 30 2007: TROY, New York, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - - Malaria kills over one million people around the world, mostly young children. And the problem is growing as the Earth heats up due to global warming. Outbreaks of the deadly parasitic disease are spreading into temperate latitudes a little more each year, health officials report. - Environmental News Service

August 30 2007: Two Years After Hurricane Katrina: A Tale of Two Louisianas - Environmental News Service

August 30 2007: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - - Two years ago today, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, costing at least 1,836 people their lives and causing at least $81.2 billion in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history and one of the deadliest. Today, everyone from hurricane survivors to the governors of the affected states to President George W. Bush marked the anniversary in a diversity of ways. - Environmental News Service

August 30 2007: Climate change talks have drawn 1,000 people from over 150 governments, business, industry, environmental groups and research institutions to Vienna. The delegates are seeking to build the political will to limit global warming ahead of an international summit in December that will determine what happens after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. - Environmental News Service

August 30 2007: US casts doubt on global carbon market - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Vienna (AFP) Aug 29, 2007 - The US delegate to a United Nations conference on climate change cast doubt Wednesday about the creation of a global carbon market to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "It's unclear when and if there's going to be a global carbon market," Harlan Watson, the head of the US delegation, told a press conference in Vienna. The European Union as well as US allies such as Australia and ... - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Oil Imports And Oil Prices Drive US To Increase Renewable Energy Capacity - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2007 - Faced with rising oil imports and mounting concerns over the environment, the U.S. and Canadian governments will undertake proactive initiatives to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels. In January 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Clean Energy Act. When enforced, this legislation expects to transfer more than $14 billion from certain subsidies to investments in clean energy. ... - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Mohawk Chosen To Help Primetime Emmy Awards Reduce Carbon Footprint - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Cohoes NY (SPX) Aug 30, 2007 - FOX and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences have gone "Green with Emmy" by partnering to produce an eco-friendly 59th Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast. This "Green with Emmy" campaign encompasses all Emmy events with the sole purpose of reducing the carbon footprint the Primetime Emmys have on the world's climate. However, if you tune in at 8:00 pm EDT on September 16, you might ... - Terra Daily

August 30 2007: Global warming - who pays and when? - Christian Science Monitor

August 30 2007: Wasted chances on renewable energy - OneWorld

August 30 2007: CBS EVENING NEWS - Two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still struggling. Where's all the help the government promised? A - CBS

August 30 2007: After The Storm - CBS

August 30 2007: The Editors - The only 'line' the BBC has on climate change is an impartial one - BBC

August 30 2007: NIGERIA: Flooding, rainstorms force people from homes in the north - IRIN

August 30 2007: Malaysia criticises APEC climate change agenda - Reuters

August 30 2007: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:27 PM ET - "It is unfortunate that people who are talking about climate change like America are not even members of the - Reuters

August 30 2007: Gay storms to sprint double - Guardian Unlimited

August 30 2007: North flood aid mulled after U.N. plea - The Japan Times

August 30 2007: Japan retail sales dent odds of rate rise - The value of retail sales fell 2.2 per cent year on year, according to the trade ministry, hit by the combination of an earthquake, a typhoon and higher taxes - Financial Times

August 30 2007: Greeks clamour for state fire aid - Thousands of Greeks queue for government aid after the country's worst forest fires for decades. - BBC (Europe)

August 30 2007: Bloggers battered by viral storm - BBC

August 30 2007: Experts work on volcano warning - BBC (Sci/Tech)

August 30 2007: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent VIENNA (Reuters) - China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300... - Reuters

August 30 2007: Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:11 AM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent VIENNA (Reuters) - China says its one-child policy has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300... - Reuters

August 30 2007: Disaster machines: Simulating nature's fury - Take a tour of the biggest and baddest platforms for faking quakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and fire - all in the name of safety - New Scientist

August 30 2007: NASA Study Predicts More Severe Storms With Global Warming - Environmental News Network

August 30 2007: The High Price Our Environment is Paying For Our Spending - Environmental News Network

August 30 2007: New Book Details Dramatic Rescue Of Dolphins Swept Out To Sea During Hurricane Katrina - Environmental News Network

August 30 2007: Sandstorms Devouring Great Wall in NW China - China Internet information Centre

August 30 2007: Flooding, Rainstorms Force People From Homes in the North - All Africa News

August 30 2007: August 30, 2007 19:01:00 - Labor's environment spokesman Peter Garrett says his Federal Government counterpart is having to play catch-up on the proposed Tasmanian pulp mill, because he chose one of the least comprehensive assessment methods available to him. - ABC News Online

August 30 2007: Global warming flood threat worse than predicted: study - ABC News Online

August 30 2007: August 30, 2007 16:11:00 - New research on plants suggests that global warming could increase the risk of flooding more than previously estimated. - ABC News Online

August 30 2007: The Tasmanian Liberals have condemned the decision by the Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull to extend the timeframe for making a ruling on the proposed Gunn's pulp mill. - ABC News Online

August 30 2007: Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has delayed his decision on whether to approve the controversial Gunns pulp mill proposed for the Tamar Valley in northern Tasmania. - ABC News Online

August 29 2007: Post-quake Peru needs tents for homeless - PERUVIAN officials today issued a worldwide emergency request for 40,000 tents for some 200,000 people made homeless by the massive earthquake that struck the south-west coastal area earlier this month. - The Australian

August 29 2007: Climate change on APEC agenda: Hu - CLIMATE change is a priority for Beijing and should be on the agenda at the Asia-Pacific leaders summit next week, China's President Hu Jintao said during a phone conversation with Australian Prime Minister John Howard. - The Australian

August 29 2007: Hong Kong faces 10 percent risk of tsunami this century: study - Terra Daily

August 29 2007: Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2007 - Hong Kong and the neighbouring territory of Macau face a roughly 10 percent risk of being hit by a devastating tsunami in the next hundred years, scientists said. The danger stems from where the bed of the South China Sea ducks under the Manila Trench, a boundary in the notoriously seismic Philippine Sea plate of the Earth's crust. An earthquake on the Manila Trench could cause giant waves ... - Terra Daily

August 29 2007: Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-Record US Warmth In 2006 - Terra Daily

August 29 2007: Washington DC (SPX) Aug 29, 2007 - Greenhouse gases likely accounted for over half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study that will be published 5 September in Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Last year's average temperature was the second highest since recordkeeping began in 1895. The team found that it was very unlikely ... - Terra Daily

August 29 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

August 29 2007: Taranaki tornado bill spins in at $8 million - Stuff

August 29 2007: JOHN SELKIRK/Dominion Post - FANS BID ABS FAREWELL ON QUEST TO BREAK DROUGHT (+VIDEO) - Stuff

August 29 2007: By Anne Moore Odell, SocialFunds.com - A new study from GRI and KPMG on sustainability reports notes that companies highlight new business opportunities created by climate change and shy away from risks associated with climate change. - GreenBiz

August 29 2007: (August 29, 2007) - -- The historic collaboration between leading scientists and Evangelicals to protect the environment continues this week with a trip to Alaska. A group of five scientists and five evangelical leaders ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 29 2007: Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-record U.S. Warmth In 2006 - Greenhouse gases likely accounted for over half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study. Last year's average temperature was the second highest since recordkeeping began in 1895. The team found that it was very unlikely that the 2006 El ... > - Science Daily

August 29 2007: (August 29, 2007) - -- Greenhouse gases likely accounted for over half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study. Last year's average temperature was the second highest ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 29 2007: (August 29, 2007) - -- NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise with the longest and most complete data record available. Climate scientists predict that a warming trend in ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 29 2007: Chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside carbon nanotubes. Alpha-particle radiation is so powerful that cancer cells can be destroyed with just one direct hit from an alpha particle on a cell nucleus. Researchers hope to use their new ... > - Science Daily

August 29 2007: Scientists search for new microbes in Mongolia - Japanese and Mongolian researchers have returned from an expedition searching for novel microorganisms in extreme environments. - SciDev.Net

August 29 2007: Why do we have a hurricane season? - Scientific American

August 29 2007: "We have met the enemy, and he is us," the comic-strip character Pogo said decades ago. A new analysis of last year's near-record temperatures in the United States suggests he was right. - The struggle to contain and reverse climate change may hinge on whether governments choose environmentally friendly investments in the next two decades, U.N. experts said Tuesday. - Sci-Tech Today

August 29 2007: Hot Year Blamed on Greenhouse Gases - Sci-Tech Today

August 29 2007: Climate Talks Seek Deal on Warming - Sci-Tech Today

August 29 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse Early Tuesday - Sci-Tech Today

August 29 2007: Mexico Forecasts Four More Hurricanes in 2007 - Rigzone

August 29 2007: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - - A Mexican meteorology agency said Tuesday that four more hurricanes will probably form and hit Mexico during the remainder of the 2007 hurricane season, which ends in November. - Rigzone

August 29 2007: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:02 PM ET - they are one of the largest carbon stores on earth and play a significant role in the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and global - Reuters

August 29 2007: By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Katrina might have caused less damage if the Bush administration had... - Reuters

August 29 2007: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:56 AM ET - By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Katrina might have caused less damage if the Bush administration had... - Reuters

August 29 2007: Energy efficiency seen easy way to aid climate: UN - Reuters

August 29 2007: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:42 AM ET - He said the study could help guide governments, meeting in Austria to try to work out a longer-term fight against global warming beyond the UN's - Reuters

August 29 2007: generateDate('Aug 29, 2007 17:41 -0400', '5:41 PM'); - Ireland's average temperature has been rising at twice the global rate since the early 1980s and parts of the country are becoming wetter and more prone to flooding due to climate change, a government-funded report said Wednesday. - Newsday (AP update)

August 29 2007: Thousands in Mozambique face food shortages - More than 85 000 people in the central Mozambican province of Sofala are facing food shortages because of floods and drought that hit that part of the country earlier this year. The national secretariat on food security and nutrition said the number could increase to more than 100 000 by the end of October. - Mail & Guardian Online

August 29 2007: Despite putting on a brave face at the annual Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, farmers in Africa's one-time breadbasket face a bleak future as they battle power cuts, fertiliser shortages and drought. Hundreds of farmers from across the country have been gathering in the capital, Harare, since Monday for the showpiece agricultural event. - Mail & Guardian Online

August 29 2007: Floods put 3.5 million at risk of disease - IRIN

August 29 2007: UN warns following appeal for US$20 million for victims - KHARTOUM - The UN has warned that an estimated 3.5 million people are at risk of disease because of the floods that have claimed 90 lives and affected 400,000 people across the country. The warning followed an appeal by the UN and the government of Sudan for US$20 million to help support the flood victims. - IRIN

August 29 2007: Floods in threaten food security - IRIN

August 29 2007: First drought and food shortages, now fires - IRIN

August 29 2007: Discovery could help stop malaria at its source -- the mosquito - Mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world’s population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease -- malaria. Now an interdisciplinary team led by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has found a key link that causes malarial infection in both humans and mosquitoes. If this link in the chain of infection can be broken at its source -- the mosquito -- then the spread of malaria could be stopped without any man, woman or child needing to a take a drug. - EurekAlert!

August 29 2007: Environment - - EurActiv

August 29 2007: Greenhouse Gases, Not El Nino, Fueled U.S. Heat in 2006 - Environmental News Service

August 29 2007: BOULDER, Colorado, August 28, 2007 (ENS) - - Greenhouse gases probably accounted for more than half of the widespread heatwave felt across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study that will be published next week. Scientists at NOAA's Earth System Research Lab estimate that there is only a 16 percent chance that 2007 will bring record-breaking heat.. . - Environmental News Service

August 29 2007: Algeria takes action against forest fires - Earth Times

August 29 2007: The mangrove man - Abdoulaye Diame is on a crusade in his native Senegal to save a plant crucial to curbing floods, filtering seawater, and regulating tides. - Christian Science Monitor

August 29 2007: Fearless in the floods - Christian Science Monitor

August 29 2007: Could life rise in a comet? - Scientists stretch their imaginations to wonder at the possibility of life on comets and noncarbon-based creatures. - Christian Science Monitor

August 29 2007: Toronto turns to lake water for air conditioning - Cold water drawn from Lake Ontario cools buildings and provides big energy savings. - Christian Science Monitor

August 29 2007: Why the American West is out front on curbing greenhouse gases - Christian Science Monitor

August 29 2007: Harry Smith - visited New Orleans, two years after the storm, and reports on their yeoman efforts as they seek to fill a void still very much left by various levels of government. - CBS

August 29 2007: Gulf Coast Marks 2 Years - Somber ceremonies on anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall. - CBS

August 29 2007: SUDAN: Floods put 3.5 million people at risk of disease - UN - IRIN

August 29 2007: India tribe to honour Gore on global warming - Reuters

August 29 2007: The United States, the top emitter of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, is not part of - Reuters

August 29 2007: Warming-fueled hurricanes need new tactics-experts - Reuters

August 29 2007: Change, have reported a link between global warming and the... - Reuters

August 29 2007: Lib Dems see zero-carbon Britain setting the global green agenda - Party unveils blueprint for tackling climate change - Guardian Unlimited

August 29 2007: President Bush and first lady Laura Bush mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Two years on and many of New Orleans’ poorest residents have still not returned home - Financial Times

August 29 2007: Japan eyes North Korea flood aid - BBC (Asia/Pacific)

August 29 2007: Bush marks two years since Katrina - President Bush praises the spirit of Mississippi and Louisiana, two years after Hurricane Katrina. - BBC (Americas)

August 29 2007: Bush marks two years from Katrina - President Bush praises the spirit of Mississippi and Louisiana, two years after Hurricane Katrina. - BBC (World)

August 29 2007: Sudan launches flood aid appeal - BBC (Africa)

August 29 2007: Climate flooding risk 'misjudged' - BBC

August 29 2007: Ozone has 'strong climate effect' - BBC (Sci/Tech)

August 29 2007: Q&A: Climate change - BBC (Sci/Tech)

August 29 2007: Hurricane blues - BBC

August 29 2007: China's Hu says climate change on APEC agenda - Reuters

August 29 2007: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:38 AM ET - About 1000 delegates are currently meeting in Vienna to seek a global deal that would tackle warming beyond 2012 and widen the UN's - Reuters

August 29 2007: Internet thriller - The inside story of the Philippines prison dance that took the Web by storm - CNN

August 29 2007: Leaf 'sweat glands' to worsen future flooding - New Scientist

August 29 2007: Tiny pores on plant leaves that are sensitive to CO - may exacerbate future flooding as a result of increasing atmospheric pollution - New Scientist

August 29 2007: Dina Kyriakidou - ATHENS - Weak zoning laws, careless farmers and smoldering garbage dumps are the main reasons for the forest fires that have killed 63 and destroyed whole rural economies in Greece in recent days, Greenpeace said on Monday. The fires, fanned by strong winds, have engulfed whole villages, forcing thousands to flee their homes, and burned millions of hectares of woods and farmland dried by summer heat. Greece has declared a state of emergency and sought help from its EU partners. The prime minister, facing parliamentary elections on September 16, indicated arsonists might have been responsible and vowed to punish them. - Environmental News Network

August 29 2007: Mankind to blame for warming but can slow damage - Environmental News Network

August 29 2007: Alister Doyle - Reuters - Mankind is to blame for climate change but governments still have time to slow accelerating damage at moderate cost if they act quickly, a draft U.N. report shows. Underlining the need for speed, it says a European Union goal of holding temperature rises to a maximum 2 Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times is almost out of reach. The 21-page study, due for release in November, lays out possible responses to global warming but cautions that some impacts are already inevitable, such as a gradual rise in sea levels that is set to last for centuries. - Environmental News Network

August 29 2007: Mankind to Blame for Warming but Can Slow Damage, UN Says - Environmental News Network

August 29 2007: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) - Environmental News Network

August 29 2007: Mars Rovers Fight the Dust - Crippled for weeks by a raging dust storm, the rovers are back in business. - Discovery Online

August 29 2007: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:30:00 EST - Surfers Ride Icy Glacier Waves - Discovery Online

August 29 2007: Plants to Suck Up Less Water - Rising CO2 levels may inhibit plants' abilities to absorb water, leading to floods. - Discovery Online

August 29 2007: Floods Leave 1,138 People Dead, 210 Missing in China - China Internet information Centre

August 29 2007: Severe Punishment Suggested on Water Polluters - Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday suggested a more severe punishment on enterprises that overdischarge water pollutants. The current fines on those enterprises overdischarging sewage are too gentle to stop them from further water pollution. - China Internet information Centre

August 29 2007: How plants can intensify floods - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

August 29 2007: Floods Put 3.5 Million People At Risk of Disease - UN - The UN has warned that an estimated 3.5 million people are at risk of disease because of the floods that have claimed 90 lives and affected 400,000 people across the country. The warning followed an appeal by the UN and the government of Sudan for US$20 million to help support the flood victims. - All Africa News

August 29 2007: Flood Displaces 3,000 People - All Africa News

August 29 2007: August 29, 2007 19:47:00 - Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has delayed his decision on whether to approve the controversial Gunns pulp mill proposed for the Tamar Valley in northern Tasmania. - ABC News Online

August 29 2007: The Wilderness Society has urged the Federal Shadow Environment Minister, Peter Garrett to "find his voice again". - ABC News Online

August 28 2007: Pioneering projects from Brazil, South Africa and Zimbabwe receive environmental "life-cycle" awards - New research to measure the environmental impact of sugar production in South Africa, newsprint paper production in Zimbabwe and new approaches to assess impacts on biodiversity in Brazil have been recognized today by a new award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). - UNEP

August 28 2007: Climate change can't bog down APEC - The Australian

August 28 2007: Antarctic ozone hole appearing early: UN - A hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has appeared earlier than usual in 2007, the United Nations weather agency has said. - The Age

August 28 2007: Hewitt powers into US Open second round - Lleyton Hewitt survived a minor injury scare to storm into the second round of the US Open, beating American Amer Delic. - The Age

August 28 2007: e-Science Points To Pollution Solutions - Terra Daily

August 28 2007: Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 27, 2007 - The pollution produced by light trucks, SUVs and minivans is only half a percent higher than that produced by conventional cars, based on a recent study. But researchers say that this tiny difference becomes enormous when considering the number of light trucks moving along the nation's highways. "That small difference becomes tremendously magnified when you consider the billions of miles ... - Terra Daily

August 28 2007: ODP Scientists Say No Large Northern Hemisphere Ice Sheets 41 Million Years Ago - Terra Daily

August 28 2007: Corals And Climate Change - Terra Daily

August 28 2007: Virginia Key FL (SPX) Aug 28, 2007 - A modest new lab at the Rosenstiel School is the first of its kind to tackle the global problem of climate change impacts on corals. Fully operational this month, this new lab has begun to study how corals respond to the combined stress of greenhouse warming and ocean acidification. The lab is the first to maintain corals under precisely controlled temperature and carbon dioxide conditions while ... - Terra Daily

August 28 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

August 28 2007: Patchy viewing for lunar eclipse - Stuff

August 28 2007: STACY SQUIRES/The Press - ONCE IN A RED MOON: A view of the lunar eclipse from Canterbury. High winds and cloudy skies meant patchy viewing for some of the eclipse, known as the luna rossa because of the moon's coppery glow. - Stuff

August 28 2007: Lunar eclipse - Scoop

August 28 2007: Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-record U.S. Warmth In 2006 - Science Daily (Climate)

August 28 2007: (August 28, 2007) - -- Greenhouse gases likely accounted for over half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States in 2006, according to a new study. Last year's average temperature was the second highest ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 28 2007: (August 28, 2007) - -- Why do some forest fires spread rapidly over large areas, destroying and damaging many homes, while others are contained with minimal damage? New research shows a major factor is whether homes are ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 28 2007: Water Pollution Can Be Reduced With New Storm Water Analysis System - Science Daily (Climate)

August 28 2007: (August 28, 2007) - -- Tackling climate change in the next quarter century will require major changes to patterns of investment and financial flows, according to a recently released report by the United Nations Framework ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 28 2007: Pollution Harms Top Marine Predators - Science Daily

August 28 2007: New Cancer Weapon: Nuclear Nanocapsules - Chemists have found a way to package some of nature's most powerful radioactive particles inside carbon nanotubes. Alpha-particle radiation is so powerful that cancer cells can be destroyed with just one direct hit from an alpha particle on a cell nucleus. Researchers hope to use their new ... > - Science Daily

August 28 2007: -- Women who lived in regions with high carbon monoxide or fine-particle levels -- pollution caused mainly by vehicle traffic -- were approximately 10 to 25 percent more likely to have a preterm baby ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 28 2007: Antarctic ozone hole early in 2007 - Scientific American

August 28 2007: Climate Talks Seek Deal on Warming - Sci-Tech Today

August 28 2007: It's the business end of climate change: ensuring that the $20 trillion the world will spend on energy over the next two decades is as environmentally friendly as possible. - Sci-Tech Today

August 28 2007: Climate Talks Focus on Business End - More than 100 nations struggled Monday to strike a balance between what rich and poor countries must do to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming. - Sci-Tech Today

August 28 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse Early Tuesday - Sci-Tech Today

August 28 2007: they are one of the largest carbon stores on earth and play a significant role in the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and global - Reuters

August 28 2007: reports showed that "global greenhouse gas... - Reuters

August 28 2007: scientists attribute to human-made greenhouse gas emissions.... - Reuters

August 28 2007: Greenhouse gases fueled 2006 warmth: report - Reuters

August 28 2007: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:36 AM ET - This is in line with a global warming trend over the past century that most - Reuters

August 28 2007: [raquo] - The real threat of global warming - On Line Opinion

August 28 2007: Greenhouse Gases Likely Drove Near-Record U.S. Warmth In 2006 - NOAA

August 28 2007: Audit Targets Hurricane Relief Firm - Newsday (AP update)

August 28 2007: El Niýýo not responsible for US heatwave - New Scientist

August 28 2007: Zimbabwe farmers face bleak future - Despite putting on a brave face at the annual Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, farmers in Africa's one-time breadbasket face a bleak future as they battle power cuts, fertiliser shortages and drought. Hundreds of farmers from across the country have been gathering in the capital, Harare, since Monday for the showpiece agricultural event. - Mail & Guardian Online

August 28 2007: UN: More than 100 000 Ethiopians affected by floods - More than 100 000 people have been affected by floods in Ethiopia and 17 have died of waterborne disease, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "Approximately 103 000 people have been affected by floods," UN humanitarian agency Ocha said in a report following days of heavy rains. - Mail & Guardian Online

August 28 2007: Famine monitors: 1,5-million Somalis in need of assistance - Mail & Guardian Online

August 28 2007: Flood victims face rising food prices - IRIN

August 28 2007: Flood survivors struggle one year on - IRIN

August 28 2007: Flood waters recede, but challenges remain - IRIN

August 28 2007: PAKISTAN: Livelihoods at stake as flood-affected areas struggle to recover - KOT PALYANI, 27 August 2007 (IRIN) - Almost two months after heavy monsoon rains and a cyclone, life has not returned to normal in the Pakistan's south and southwest. According to the UN and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), more than 400 people died, some 2.5 million were affected and close to 380,000 people were displaced by the floods in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. - IRIN

August 28 2007: SUDAN: Floods in eastern Sudan threaten food security - IRIN

August 28 2007: Science of climate change - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

August 28 2007: Protection for UK's great and small - Biodiversity Action Plan list doubles in size - Guardian Unlimited

August 28 2007: New protection for UK's great and small - · Biodiversity Action Plan list doubles in size - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

August 28 2007: India and China urged to cut emissions - The most vulnerable developing nations call for large and rapidly developing countries to do more to tackle global warming. - Guardian Unlimited (Science)

August 28 2007: India and China urged to cut emissions - Developing nations call for large industrial countries to do more to tackle global warming. - Guardian Unlimited

August 28 2007: Topics include: discovery of Sudbury impact event debris in Michigan; climate change and dispersal of early modern humans out of Africa; relationship of mantle plumes and supercontinent cycles; relationship of San Andreas fault system activity and the eastern California shear zone; and ramifications of sediment mixing in studying the Great Barrier Reef. An open-access Research Focus on paleoseismology addresses earthquake prediction. The GSA TODAY science article examines climate change, Ethiopian Plateau development, and human evolution. - EurekAlert!

August 28 2007: September Geology and GSA Today media highlights - Topics include: discovery of Sudbury impact event debris in Michigan; climate change and dispersal of early modern humans out of Africa; relationship of mantle plumes and supercontinent cycles; relationship of San Andreas fault system activity and the eastern California shear zone; and ramifications of sediment mixing in studying the Great Barrier Reef. An open-access Research Focus on paleoseismology addresses earthquake prediction. The GSA TODAY science article examines climate change, Ethiopian Plateau development, and human evolution. - EurekAlert!

August 28 2007: Greenhouse gases likely drove near-record US warmth in 2006 - Greenhouse gases likely accounted for over half of the widespread warmth across the continental United States in 2006. Researchers found that it was very unlikely that the 2006 El Nino played any role, though other natural factors likely contributed to the near-record warmth. - EurekAlert!

August 28 2007: VIENNA, Austria, August 28, 2007 (ENS) - - Climate change talks have drawn 1,000 people from over 150 governments, business, industry, environmental groups and research institutions to Vienna. The delegates are seeking to build the political will to limit global warming ahead of an international summit in December that will determine what happens after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. - Environmental News Service

August 28 2007: Climate Change New Focus for U.S. Coral Reef Task Force - Environmental News Service

August 28 2007: U.S. Senate Environment Committee Member Fined for Lewd Behavior - Environmental News Service

August 28 2007: Wind turbines whip up landscape concerns on Greek islands - Terra Daily

August 28 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse This Morning - CBS

August 28 2007: Lunar Eclipse In Argentina - CBS

August 28 2007: ETHIOPIA: Flood survivors struggle one year on - IRIN

August 28 2007: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent VIENNA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - - Reuters

August 28 2007: Malaria train - Lake pollution - BBC (Africa)

August 28 2007: Eurozone data give upbeat picture - Financial Times

August 28 2007: Burning issue - Do forest fires raging in Greece portend ecological harm? - BBC (World)

August 28 2007: Vienna Meeting Seeks Climate Plan - Delegates from more than 150 countries are meeting in Vienna to discuss ways to widen and extend the United Nations Kyoto protocol on climate change. - OneWorld

August 28 2007: Blown away - Did Hurricane Katrina silence New Orleans' music forever? - BBC

August 28 2007: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:11 AM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent VIENNA (Reuters) - The UN's top - Reuters

August 28 2007: Energy efficiency seen easiest path to aid - Reuters

August 28 2007: A UN report about - investments, outlined to a meeting in Vienna of 1000 delegates from 158 nations, also said emissions of greenhouse gases could be... - Reuters

August 28 2007: Tsunami risk for Hong Kong and Macao - New Scientist

August 28 2007: Experts Say Greenhouse Gases Fueled 2006 US Heat, Not El Nino - Environmental News Network

August 28 2007: Antarctic Ozone Hole Appears Early, Growing - Environmental News Network

August 28 2007: August 28, 2007 - - A hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has appeared earlier than usual in 2007, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said it would not be clear for several weeks whether the ozone hole, which is expected to continue growing until early October, would be larger than its record size in 2006. "It is still too early to give a definitive statement about the development of this year's ozone hole and the degree of ozone loss that will occur. This will, to a large extent, depend on the meteorological conditions," the Geneva-based agency said. - Environmental News Network

August 28 2007: WASHINGTON - Greenhouse gas emissions -- not El Nino or other natural phenomena -- pushed U.S. temperatures for 2006 close to a record high, government climate scientists reported on Tuesday. - Environmental News Network

August 28 2007: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:30:30 EST - Record Heat? Blame Global Warming - Discovery Online

August 28 2007: As carbon dioxide increases, shrubs encroach on grasslands, scientists find. - Discovery Online

August 28 2007: Oil Drilling in Northwest China Turns Green - China's northwest region is crucial to the country's energy structure. Since 2000, it has witnessed 110 billion yuan (US$14.2 billion) in central government investment, to help protect the environment as energy exploitation continues. - China Internet information Centre

August 28 2007: Youths Help Fight Against Climate Change - China Internet information Centre

August 28 2007: UN, NGOs Call for U.S. $20 Million for Flood Relief - The United Nations and its partner non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today launched a flash appeal for more than $20 million so they can help millions of Sudanese recover from what many consider to be the country's worst floods in living memory. - All Africa News

August 28 2007: By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent VIENNA (Reuters) - - Reuters

August 28 2007: August 28, 2007 12:41:00 - Northern Territory Environment Minister Delia Lawrie has asked Parliament to pass a motion calling on the Prime Minister to promise a referendum on a nuclear waste dump in the Territory. - ABC News Online

August 28 2007: Businessman Geoffrey Cousins says he hopes voters in the federal Environment Minister's electorate will take notice of a full-page advertisement tomorrow involving a number of Australian celebrities. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: Bacteria could point to life on Mars - ANCIENT bacteria are able to survive nearly half a million years in harsh, frozen conditions, researchers said today in a study that adds to arguments that permafrost environments on Mars could harbour life. - The Australian

August 27 2007: Total lunar eclipse on Tuesday night - The Age

August 27 2007: Cousins attacks Garrett over pulp mill - Geoffrey Cousins has lashed out at federal opposition environment spokesman Peter Garrett for failing to speak out against a proposed pulp mill in Tasmania. - The Age

August 27 2007: Toxic Air Pollution In Urban Parking Garages Study Finds SUVs Bigger Polluters - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: NASA Eyes Current Sea Surface Temperatures For Hurricanes - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2007 - Sea surface temperatures are one of the key ingredients for tropical cyclone formation and they were warming up in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and eastern Atlantic Ocean by the middle of August. As a result, they helped spawn Hurricane Dean in the central Atlantic, and Tropical Storm Erin in the Gulf of Mexico, both during the week of August 13. ... - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2007 - The Los Angeles basin appears to be in a seismic "lull" characterized by relatively smaller and infrequent earthquakes, according to a study in the September issue of Geology. By contrast, the Mojave Desert is in a seismically active period. Seismic activity alternates between the two regions, the study suggests. The lull in the Los Angeles basin began 1,000 years ago, said the authors ... - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: A couple and their two children were killed in central Mexico Thursday by a landslide caused by driving rains blamed on the remnants of hurricane Dean, raising to at least 25 the death toll from the storm's rampage. The four were killed when a chunk of mountainside buried the path on which they were walking in Xochitlaxco, according to Puebla state Governor Mario Marin. ... - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: Muliaina vows to 'empty the tank' - Mils Muliaina says he's ready to push himself beyond anything he's experienced on a rugby field to win the World Cup and believes his fellow All Blacks will have to do the same if Graham Henry's side is to end New Zealand's 20-year title drought. - Stuff

August 27 2007: Look out tomorrow for red moon eclipse - Stuff

August 27 2007: Perfect storm awaits households - Stuff

August 27 2007: New hurricane model has early success ... - Science Daily

August 27 2007: Major Shift In Investments Crucial To Responding To Climate Change, UN - Science Daily (Climate)

August 27 2007: (August 26, 2007) - -- Tackling climate change in the next quarter century will require major changes to patterns of investment and financial flows, according to a recently released report by the United Nations Framework ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 27 2007: How Snakes Survive Starvation - Science Daily

August 27 2007: (August 27, 2007) - -- The Los Angeles basin appears to be in a seismic "lull" characterized by relatively smaller and infrequent earthquakes, according to a study in the September issue of Geology. Study has implications ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 27 2007: Air Pollution Linked To Premature Birth In Pregnant Women - Science Daily (Climate)

August 27 2007: (August 27, 2007) - -- Women who lived in regions with high carbon monoxide or fine-particle levels -- pollution caused mainly by vehicle traffic -- were approximately 10 to 25 percent more likely to have a preterm baby ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 27 2007: Toxic Air Pollution In Urban Parking Garages: SUVs Pollute Slightly More - Science Daily (Climate)

August 27 2007: (August 27, 2007) - -- The pollution produced by light trucks, SUVs and minivans is only half a percent higher than that produced by conventional cars, based on a recent study. But researchers say that this tiny difference ... > - Science Daily (Climate)

August 27 2007: It's the business end of climate change: ensuring that the $20 trillion the world will spend on energy over the next two decades is as environmentally friendly as possible. - The Earth's shadow will creep across the moon's surface early Tuesday, slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red. The total lunar eclipse is the second this year. - Sci-Tech Today

August 27 2007: China, Japan To Launch Lunar Probes - It's the business end of climate change: ensuring that the $20 trillion the world will spend on energy over the next two decades is as environmentally friendly as possible. - Sci-Tech Today

August 27 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse Early Tuesday - Sci-Tech Today

August 27 2007: President George W. Bush agreed at a summit in Germany with his main industrial allies in June that UN - reports showed that "global greenhouse gas... - Reuters

August 27 2007: The real threat of global warming - On Line Opinion

August 27 2007: Blog: After the mail-storm - New Zealand Herald

August 27 2007: Related story: - After the mail-storm - New Zealand Herald

August 27 2007: U.N. Climate Talks Seek Deal on Warming - Newsday (AP update)

August 27 2007: Floods in eastern Sudan threaten food security - IRIN

August 27 2007: Flood victims move to temporary shelters - IRIN

August 27 2007: BBC news chiefs attack plans for climate change campaign - Guardian Unlimited

August 27 2007: They live by night - Wet weather, home improvements and wind turbines are putting Britain's bats at risk. Why do we care so little about these mysterious animals? - Guardian Unlimited

August 27 2007: Get Free Daily Newsletters About Earth And More - Earth - Energy - Pollution - Climate - China - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: Greek authorities launched a hunt for arsonists suspected of setting several of the forest fires that have left more than 60 people dead and gutted about 100 villages in south-west Greece - Financial Times

August 27 2007: Bioengineers at University of Pennsylvania devise nanoscale system to measure cellular forces - University of Pennsylvania researchers have designed a nanoscale system to observe and measure how individual cells react to external forces. By combining microfabricated cantilevers and magnetic nanowire technology to create independent, nanoscale sensors, the study showed that cells respond to outside forces and demonstrated a dynamic biological relationship between cells and their environment. - EurekAlert!

August 27 2007: Environment - - EurActiv

August 27 2007: Climate Change - - EurActiv

August 27 2007: An earthquake last month that forced the closure of the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan was about 2.7 times stronger than the maximum considered in the plant's design guidelines, a report said Sunday. The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, registered the July 16 quake at 993 gals, the Mainichi Shimbun reported. ... - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: China oil giants reject pollution insurance scheme - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: Beijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2007 - China's two leading oil producers have snubbed a new policy forcing companies to buy pollution insurance, claiming insurers cannot afford the compensation, state media said Friday. China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and China Petroleum and Chemicals Corporation (Sinopec) said that large chemical firms should not be forced to buy the insurance, according to the China.com.cn website. ... - Terra Daily

August 27 2007: UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News - August 27, 2007 - Lunar eclipse visible Tuesday GREENBELT, Md., Aug. 27 -- A total eclipse of the moon in the early hours of Tuesday will be visible from North and South America, Australia and western Asia. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon crosses into the shad... - Earth Times

August 27 2007: A college's art treasure dilemma: to sell or to hold? - An O'Keeffe painting is at the center of a storm over Fisk University's plan to raise funds by selling it. - Christian Science Monitor

August 27 2007: Total Lunar Eclipse Coming Early Tuesday - CBS

August 27 2007: * - Total Lunar Eclipse Coming Early Tuesday - CBS

August 27 2007: The New Orleans doctor accused of murdering patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina denies the allegations in her first interview, with - CBS

August 27 2007: Tumultuous Tenure - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigns amid firings firestorm, questions over handling of terror investigations. - CBS

August 27 2007: LIBERIA: Floods displace hundreds in Monrovia - IRIN

August 27 2007: CHAD: Govt to provide US$600,000 of aid as flood damage spreads - IRIN

August 27 2007: NEPAL: Strikes hampering aid deliveries to flood victims - IRIN

August 27 2007: SUDAN: Floods in eastern Sudan threaten food security - IRIN

August 27 2007: Protocol setting greenhouse emissions targets for developed... - Reuters

August 27 2007: Australian PM says APEC to tackle energy savings - Reuters

August 27 2007: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:26 AM ET - The United States, the top emitter of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, is not part of - Reuters

August 27 2007: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:26 AM ET - By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent VIENNA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - - Reuters

August 27 2007: Mars rovers begin to stir as dust storms recede - New Scientist

August 27 2007: Vienna meeting seeks climate plan - Delegates from 150 countries meet in Vienna to discuss progress on steps to tackle climate change. - BBC (Sci/Tech)

August 27 2007: Climate change: Who will buy? - BBC (Sci/Tech)

August 27 2007: Economics of climate change - BBC (Sci/Tech)

August 27 2007: Tsunami prediction for Hong Kong and Macao - New Scientist

August 27 2007: Vassilis Triandafyllou -Reuters - Desperate Greek villages encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds continued to fan forest fires sweeping through the country, killing 63 people in three days. People sought refuge by river banks as towering flames engulfed homes, farms and forests and firefighters battled scores of blazes across the country, which has declared a nationwide emergency - Environmental News Network

August 27 2007: 63 Dead,Thousands Homeless, Greek Forest Fires Surround Villages - Environmental News Network

August 27 2007: ATHENS - Weak zoning laws, careless farmers and smoldering garbage dumps are the main reasons for the forest fires that have killed 63 and destroyed whole rural economies in Greece in recent days, Greenpeace said on Monday. The fires, fanned by strong winds, have engulfed whole villages, forcing thousands to flee their homes, and burned millions of hectares of woods and farmland dried by summer heat. Greece has declared a state of emergency and sought help from its EU partners. The prime minister, facing parliamentary elections on September 16, indicated arsonists might have been responsible and vowed to punish them. - Environmental News Network

August 27 2007: August 27, 2007 - - Polluters along two of China's main rivers have defied a decade-old clean-up effort, leaving much of the water unfit to touch, let alone drink, and a risk to a sixth of the population, state media said on Monday. Half the check points along the Huai River and its tributaries in central and eastern China showed pollution of "Grade 5" or worse -- the top of the dial in key toxins, meaning that the water was unfit for human contact and may not be fit even for irrigation, national legislators were told. - Environmental News Network

August 27 2007: Germany's Merkel Presses China On Climate Change - Environmental News Network

August 27 2007: Claudia Kade -Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged China on Monday to do more to halt climate change, prompting the response that the developed West has been polluting the skies for much longer than the newly developing Chinese. Merkel is on her second visit to China as Chancellor and the trip comes four months before world environment ministers meet in Bali to try to launch new talks to extend the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012. She pressed for stronger protection of intellectual property rights and said the ground rules for gathering resources should be the same worldwide, an apparent criticism of China's relations with Sudan. - Environmental News Network

August 27 2007: The eclipse will be visible in North and South America. - Discovery Online

August 27 2007: Enterprisers, Officials Discuss Desertification in N. China - China Internet information Centre

August 27 2007: Dead Fish at Yuanmingyuan Raises Environment Concern - China Internet information Centre

August 27 2007: Merkel Has Climate Change on Agenda - China Internet information Centre

August 27 2007: Report: N. Korea floods killed 600 - CNN (Asia)

August 27 2007: August 27, 2007 10:33:00 - Former chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix says more energy should come from nuclear sources to help reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: A survey commissioned by an environmental group shows voters in marginal seats favour Labor's approach to climate change. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his Opposition counterpart Peter Garrett have debated the issue of climate change at a public forum in Brisbane. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: August 26, 2007 12:06:00 - Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his Opposition counterpart Peter Garrett have debated the issue of climate change at a public forum in Brisbane. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: China dedicates $200b to environment - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: August 25, 2007 19:20:00 - China is to spend more than $200 billion to clean up the environment after decades of rapid economic growth. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: Prime Minister John Howard has described as "heavy-handed" a Labor plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by replacing electric hot water systems. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: August 25, 2007 14:01:00 - Emergency authorities are sandbagging homes and businesses along the Noosa River on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in preparation for the high tide tonight, when flooding is expected to worsen. - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: Conference looking at climate change and pulp mill - ABC News Online

August 27 2007: August 25, 2007 13:25:00 - A conference in Launceston today is examining the issues of climate change, the proposed pulp mill and the loss of agricultural land. - ABC News Online

August 26 2007: Greek fires kill 58 - FIREFIGHTERS rescued the marble temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia from raging flames today but forest fires ravaged nearby villages and the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno rose to 58. - The Australian

August 26 2007: Greece offers million euro reward - Greece has offered a reward of up to one million euros for information leading to the arrest of any arsonists responsible for a spate of forest fires. - The Age

August 26 2007: Turnbull yet to approve Tassie pulp mill - Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is "not unsympathetic" to calls for a proposed pulp mill to be moved to a less environmentally-sensitive site. - The Age

August 26 2007: Indian flood victims resort to raw flour - Sydney Morning Herald

August 26 2007: Hundreds die in North Korean floods - Sydney Morning Herald

August 26 2007: IBM: Internet Threatens To Eclipse TV - Sci-Tech Today

August 26 2007: U.S. Told To Issue Plans on Warming - Sci-Tech Today

August 26 2007: By Gerard Wynn LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - More than two thirds of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed by 2030 to fight - Reuters

August 26 2007: Treaty greenhouse gas reductions traded on the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange on Friday,... - Reuters

August 26 2007: By Gerard Wynn LONDON (Reuters) - More than two thirds of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed by 2030 to fight climate change will have to come from... - Reuters

August 26 2007: Efforts to Change Flood Insurance Stall - Newsday (AP update)

August 26 2007: Market should look up after monsoon session ends - Hindustan Times

August 26 2007: Not all refugees return to New Orleans - Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, former residents of the city are drifting back in, but many don't want to go back. Leroy Fair Jr., now 64, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he would rather stay in Texas, where he originally went... - Earth Times

August 26 2007: Visions of winter when temperatures top 100 degrees F - Just as snowstorms slow the pace of daily life, so does the swelter of summer. - Christian Science Monitor

August 26 2007: Almost two years ago, Hurricane Katrina left a huge swath of destruction across Louisiana and Mississippi. Recovery has often been slow, but as - CBS

August 26 2007: Chicago Stormed - Fast-moving storm packing 70 mph winds sends roofs snd scaffolds tumbling, 40 hurt. - CBS

August 26 2007: FACTBOX-What is the Kyoto Protocol? - Reuters

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