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| June 05, 2014 |
 Oceans worth up to $222 bln annually in CO2 capture Bonn (AFP) June 04, 2014 - By absorbing carbon emissions from the atmosphere, the seas avert climate damage worth up to $222 billion (163 billion euros) every year, according to an estimate released on Thursday. Fish catches are worth another $16 billion annually, according to the report by a non-governmental watchdog, the Global Ocean Commission, which hopes that by setting an economic price on the value of internati ... more |  |
 Satellites improving lives in rural Africa Paris (ESA) Jun 03, 2014 - An ESA-supported project is showing how satcoms can help farmers, voters and educators in rural Africa. The three elements of the Sway4edu project are helping to run elections, educate teachers and improve radio programming. Satellite terminals provide Internet connectivity, with solar panels and batteries (where needed), laptops, tablets, a projector with screen, and loudspeakers. Sway4ed ... more |  |
 Galaxy possibly teeming with 100 million life-sustaining planets Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 03, 2014 - Forget close encounters of a third kind. Imagine galactic encounters with millions of planets in the Milky Way galaxy, each of them overflowing with complex life forms. A new study says it's a possibility. Although researchers are nearly unanimous in the belief that some other life forms exist in the great expanse of outer space, the worlds that any intelligent life forms inhabit are proba ... more |  |
 Weakened storm Boris still packing heavy rains, mudslide risk Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico (AFP) June 04, 2014 - Boris, now a tropical depression after losing some of its punch, nevertheless was potent enough to prompt evacuations of thousands of inhabitants Wednesday along Mexico's Pacific coast. The season's second named storm - downgraded overnight from a tropical storm - Boris brought "extraordinarily" heavy rains that led disaster officials to evacuate some 16,000 people. On his Twitter acco ... more |  |
 Less than 5 percent of Chinese cities meeting air quality standards Beijing (UPI) Jun 4, 2013 - Less than 5 percent of the major Chinese cities subject to air quality monitoring have met national standards, the government said Wednesday. Li Ganjie, vice minister for environmental protection, said only 3 of the 74 major cities subject to air quality monitoring met national quality standards set in 2013, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Beijing in May announced new s ... more |  |
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Harsh space weather may doom potential life on red-dwarf planets Boston (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Life in the universe might be even rarer than we thought. Recently, astronomers looking for potentially habitable worlds have targeted red dwarf stars because they are the most common type of star, comprising 80 percent of the stars in the universe. But a new study shows that harsh space weather might strip the atmosphere of any rocky planet orbiting in a red dwarf's habitable zone. "A red ... more |  |
 Paleontologists dig up remains of ancient giant crocodile Cerrejon, Colombia (UPI) Jun 4, 2013 - Even Happy Gilmore wouldn't stand a chance against Balrog, the ancient croc named for the Mines of Moria monster in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Perhaps no one would stand a chance against the ancient 16-foot, 900-pound croc, whose remains were discovered in an open-pit coal mine - one of the world's largest - in Cerrejon, Colombia. Balrog - or more scientifically, Anthracosuchus bal ... more |  |
 Dalai Lama in democracy call ahead of Tibet autonomy push Dharamsala, India (AFP) June 05, 2014 - The Dalai Lama has called for democracy in China and offered prayers for victims of the Tiananmen crackdown ahead of the launch Thursday of a new campaign for autonomy in his Tibetan homeland. Rattled by a wave of self-immolations that have highlighted the sense of desperation among Tibetans, the Nobel prize-winner and other exiled leaders are renewing their push for a "Middle Way" of peacef ... more |  |
H.K. rallies for Tiananmen anniversary as Beijing clamps down Hong Kong (AFP) June 04, 2014 - Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong Wednesday to remember the dead on the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the only major commemoration in China as authorities clamped tight security on Beijing. The White House called for China's Communist authorities to account for those killed, detained or missing in connection with the June 1989 assault, still a taboo topic for a na ... more |  |
 EU greenhouse emissions fall more than expected: new data Copenhagen (AFP) June 03, 2014 - The European Union's greenhouse-gas emissions fell more in 2012 than previously estimated, according to new data released on Tuesday. By the end of 2012, the EU had reduced its output of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by more than 19 percent compared to 1990 levels, rather than the 18 percent announced in a preliminary reading in October last year. Emissions fell "largely due to reducti ... more |  |
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 Half of world's forest species at risk: UN Rome (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Half of the world's forest species are at risk from climate change and farming, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as it called for "urgent action" to manage them better. In its first global study of forest genetic resources, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said woodland was shrinking fastest in Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria. "Forests provide food, goods and servic ... more |  |
 Spider venom may save the bees: study Paris (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Venom from one of the world's most poisonous spiders may help save the world's honeybees, providing a biopesticide that kills pests but spares the precious pollinators, a study said Wednesday. Bee populations, both wild and captive, are in decline in Europe, the Americas and Asia for reasons scientists are struggling to understand, with industrial pesticides among the suspected culprits. ... more |  |
Koala shows it's cool to be a tree hugger Paris (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Australia's cuddly koala rarely drinks water and doesn't have any sweat glands, long leaving scientists to wonder how it cools off in a heatwave. On Wednesday, zoologists announced they had uncovered the iconic mammal's secret - hugging trees, whose trunks can be several degrees cooler than the surroundings. Koalas have high mortality rates in heatwaves. Unable to sweat, they use pantin ... more |  |
Manitoba stops zebra mussel invasion with fertilizer Ottawa (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Canadian conservation authorities on Tuesday celebrated a succesful test using liquid fertilizer to kill invasive Zebra mussels in a lakefront harbor in the western province of Manitoba. "The treatment process came to a successful end at Winnipeg Beach Harbour on Monday with all... mussels pulled from the harbor confirmed dead after day nine of the estimated 10 day treatment process," Manito ... more |  |
 Tehran warned of new sandstorm as death toll hits five Tehran (AFP) June 03, 2014 - Iranian authorities warned on Tuesday of harsh weather conditions across the country, a day after a freak sandstorm with record winds killed five people in Tehran. The warning of possible floods and drastic temperature drops, particularly in the northern parts of the country, in the next few days came after Monday's deadly sandstorm that forced thousands in the capital to run for cover in ru ... more |  |
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Tropical storm Boris downgraded, still packing heavy rain Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico (AFP) June 04, 2014 - A storm named Boris that is lingering off Mexico's west coast was downgraded to a tropical depression on Wednesday, but is still packing heavy rains that could cause deadly flash floods and mudslides. The warning from the US National Hurricane Center said Boris could dump as much as 20 inches (50 cm) of rain in some parts of the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca. Boris was expected to make la ... more |  |
 The 'Sherlock Holmes' of Himalayan mountaineering Kathmandu (AFP) June 04, 2014 - When a deadly avalanche hit Mount Everest last April, reporters made a beeline for 90-year-old Elizabeth Hawley, the woman Edmund Hillary once called "the Sherlock Holmes of the mountaineering world". The ice avalanche struck a group of Nepalese guides early on April 18. By 1 pm, nine people had been killed and the toll would eventually rise to 16, making it the worst disaster in the mountai ... more |  |
H.K. rallies for Tiananmen 25th anniversary as Beijing clamps down Beijing (AFP) June 04, 2014 - China on Wednesday imposed smothering security in central Beijing on the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, as tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong for potentially the biggest commemoration yet seen in honour of the student protesters killed in 1989. The White House called for China's Communist authorities to account for those killed, detained or missing in connection wit ... more |  |
'Extinct' bat found in Papua New Guinea Sydney (AFP) June 04, 2014 - A big-eared bat which was thought to be extinct has been found in a forest in Papua New Guinea, highlighting the unique biodiversity of the developing nation, researchers said Wednesday. Until the find the bat, or Pharotis imogene, had not been seen in 120 years. "The species was presumed extinct," University of Queensland researcher Luke Leung said. Two University of Queensland stud ... more |  |
Activists urge Singapore casino resort to free dolphins Singapore (AFP) June 04, 2014 - Singapore animal-rights activists on Wednesday repeated calls for a casino resort to release dolphins from a marine life park after four of them died in captivity. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said in a statement that a bottlenose dolphin named Sharmila died on May 11 at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), which originally acquired 27 dolphins for its marine park. ... more |  |
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