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| October 02, 2013 |
 Wildlife face 'Armageddon' as forests shrink Singapore (SPX) Oct 02, 2013 - Species living in rainforest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than was previously thought, says an international team of scientists. In a study spanning two decades, the researchers witnessed the near-complete extinction of native small mammals on forest islands created by a large hydroelectric reservoir in Thailand. "It was like ecological Armageddon," said Luke Gibson from ... more |  |
 Scientists tag Indonesian volcano as source of 13th century eruption Cambridge, England (UPI) Oct 1, 2013 - Scientists say they've identified an Indonesian volcano responsible for a huge 13th century eruption that may have caused climate cooling and failed harvests. The 1257 eruption was so large it left its chemical signature in the ice of both the arctic and the antarctic, they said. Writing in the PNAS journal, an international team has named the Samalas Volcano on Lombok Island, In ... more |  |
 Ancient sagas show Vikings more social, less warlike Coventry, England (UPI) Oct 1, 2013 - Age-old Icelandic sagas describe complex social networks that challenge the stereotypical image of Vikings as unworldly, violent savages, scientists say. Researchers at Coventry University report they conducted a detailed analysis of the relationships described in ancient Icelandic manuscripts to shed new light on Viking society. Padraig Mac Carron and Ralph Kenna said they appli ... more |  |
 Russia to charge Greenpeace activists with piracy: report Moscow (AFP) Oct 01, 2013 - Greenpeace activists detained in Russia for a protest against Arctic oil drilling will be formally charged with piracy on Wednesday, the Interfax news agency said. If found guilty, the 30 detained activists could face a maximum punishment of 15 years in jail. "They will be charged... (with) piracy committed by an organised group," Interfax quoted a law enforcement source as saying on Tue ... more |  |
Pakistan quake death toll rises to 376 Islamabad (AFP) Oct 01, 2013 - The death toll from a strong quake that hit southwest Pakistan last week rose to 376 on Tuesday as relief work in the shattered area continued, the national disaster management agency said. The deadly 7.7-magnitude quake shook the province of Baluchistan on September 24, making more than 100,000 people homeless. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the area again on Saturday, killing at least 2 ... more |  |
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 200,000-year history of continental shelf from Okinawa Trough deep-sea core Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 02, 2013 - new research paper shows that a great number of nearby terrigenous pollen and charcoal have been found from the deep-sea sediments of the last 200 kyrs in Okinawa Trough. It is tesitfied that the continental shelf of the East China Sea was exposed and covered with the huge wetland and grassland ecosystems during the the last two glacial periods. They discovered that the variation of terres ... more |  |
 How plants respond to the changing environment in geological time periods Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 02, 2013 - Understanding the impact of environmental change on plant traits is an important issue in evolutionary biology. As the only direct evidence of past life, fossils provide important information on the interactions between plants and environmental change. After ten years' survey, Professor Zhou Zhekun's group from Kunming Institute of Botany has discovered more than ten well preserved Neogene ... more |  |
 Dams provide resilience to Columbia from climate change impacts Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 02, 2013 - Dams have been vilified for detrimental effects to water quality and fish passage, but a new study suggests that these structures provide "ecological and engineering resilience" to climate change in the Columbia River basin. The study, which was published in the Canadian journal Atmosphere-Ocean, looked at the effects of climate warming on stream flow in the headwaters and downstream reach ... more |  |
 Satellite flood maps reach crisis teams via Internet Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2013 - Building on its use of satellites for responding to disasters, ESA has helped to create a service that makes flood maps available simply via the Internet. Floods can be devastating, as seen recently in Germany and central Europe. Knowing the extent of a flood and understanding how it might develop is essential for teams responding to the emergency. Traditionally, this is often worked ... more |  |
 New data show agricultural anabolic steroids regenerate in aquatic ecosystems Reno NV (SPX) Oct 02, 2013 - New regulatory approaches may be needed to assess environmental risks of agricultural growth promoters, and similar human pharmaceuticals, following research that shows a newly found reversion mechanism allows unexpected persistence of the steroidal substances in aquatic environments. Results of the research will be published in an article in the renowned journal Science - the weekly journ ... more |  |
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Five dead as Typhoon Wutip batters Vietnam Hanoi (AFP) Oct 01, 2013 - Typhoon Wutip left a trail of destruction with at least five people dead, dozens of fishermen missing in the South China Sea and thousands of homes damaged in Vietnam, authorities said Tuesday. Roads were flooded, sea dykes damaged and power lines torn up along Vietnam's central coast, including in top tourist attractions such as the World Heritage Site of Hoi An and the ancient capital of H ... more |  |
 Japanese fast-food chain to farm in Fukushima Tokyo (AFP) Oct 01, 2013 - Major Japanese fast-food chain Yoshinoya said Tuesday it would grow rice and vegetables in Fukushima prefecture, home to the nuclear plant that was crippled by a tsunami in 2011. Operator Yoshinoya Holdings said it had set up a joint venture with local farmers - called Yoshinoya Farm Fukushima - to grow rice, onions and cabbages in a 4.3-hectare (10.6 acre) field in Shirakawa, 80 kilometre ... more |  |
Cameras capture Sumatran rhino in Indonesian Borneo Jakarta (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - Hidden cameras have captured images of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island, where it was thought to have long ago died out, the WWF said Wednesday. Sixteen camera traps - remote-controlled cameras with motion sensors frequently used in ecological research - filmed the rhino walking through the forest and wallowing in mud in Kutai Barat, East Kal ... more |  |
China's Xi due in Indonesia on first Southeast Asia trip Jakarta (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Indonesia Wednesday on his first trip to Southeast Asia since taking power, as Beijing seeks to tap into the country's booming economy. He will receive a ceremonial welcome at the start of the two-day state visit before holding talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and signing a number of trade agreements. They are expected to include deals ... more |  |
 Flood maps from satellite data can help emergency response Paris (UPI) Oct 1, 2013 - The European Space Agency says satellite data have helped create flood maps that are available quickly via the Internet for help in responding to disasters. Knowing the extent of a flood - such as the disasters seen recently in Germany and Central Europe - and understanding how it might develop is essential for teams responding to an emergency, researchers said. Normally such u ... more |  |
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US banks $584 mln in Egypt aid for safe-keeping Washington (AFP) Oct 01, 2013 - The United States is depositing $584 million in remaining 2013 military aid for Egypt into a federal bank account as the US administration reviews whether to release the funds, an official said Tuesday. The final tranche of some $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt has not yet been disbursed amid political upheavals in the North African nation. And President Barack Obama's admini ... more |  |
 China's e-cigarette inventor fights for financial rewards Beijing (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - The Chinese inventor who dreamed up the electronic cigarette in a nicotine-induced vision says that despite its global popularity, copycat versions and legal disputes mean he has battled to cash in on his creation. "Smoking is the most unhealthy thing in people's everyday lives.... I've made a big contribution to society," said Hon Lik, 57, in a cramped office in Beijing, sending tobacco-sce ... more |  |
China chides its 'unruly' tourists Beijing (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - Chinese tourists should not pick their noses in public, pee in pools or steal airplane life jackets, China's image-conscious authorities have warned in a handbook in their latest effort to counter unruly behaviour. The National Tourism Administration publicised its 64-page Guidebook for Civilised Tourism - with illustrations to accompany its list of dos and don'ts - on its website ahead of ... more |  |
Warming hits Greenland's caribou Paris (AFP) Oct 01, 2013 - Arctic ice melt due to global warming is having an unexpected impact on West Greenland's caribou, causing fewer calves to be born and boosting their death rate, a study said Tuesday. Accelerated ice melt has caused the plant growth season on Greenland to start ever earlier - about 16 days sooner on average in 2011 than in 2002, scientists wrote in the journal Nature Communications. The ... more |  |
Malaysia pays $133 mn after delays to troubled dam Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Oct 02, 2013 - Malaysia's government agreed to pay $133 million in compensation to two foreign contractors for losses incurred in the problem-plagued Bakun Dam, an audit has revealed. The compensation, revealed in the Auditor-General's annual report, is a rare official acknowledgement of problems in a highly controversial project that Transparency International once labelled a "Monument to Corruption". ... more |  |
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