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Amazon countries to hold climate talks Friday 20th of November 2009 04:30:17 PM BRASILIA (AFP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday.The leaders are set to be joined by French Presid... Read more	Source: Asian carp may have passed barrier Friday 20th of November 2009 02:57:01 PM CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Asian carp may have passed through an electric barrier intended to keep the invasive species out of Lake Michigan, new findings suggest. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday samples taken beyond the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal barrier and from Lake Michigan Sept. 23 and Oct. 1 indicate Asian carp may be within 8 miles of th... Read more
EPA says fuel efficiency on the rise Friday 20th of November 2009 02:45:33 PM WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said automakers are reporting an increase in the average fuel economy for new vehicles. EPA said in a news release Friday based on the 21 miles per gallon average fuel economy reported by automakers in 2008, the average is expected to increase to 21.1 mpg for 2009. In the annual EPA re... Read more	CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month breakdown: official Friday 20th of November 2009 02:35:08 PM GENEVA (AFP) -- The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.Copyright © 2009 AFP All Rights Reserv... Read more
Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study Friday 20th of November 2009 02:20:07 PM MOSCOW (AFP) -- Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.According to the report by the environmental... Read more	Frog legs spreading pathogen Friday 20th of November 2009 02:01:03 PM WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A worldwide trade in frog legs may be spreading pathogens deadly to amphibians, scientists in Washington said. Amphibians are declining rapidly worldwide, with more than one-third of the estimated 6,000 amphibian species threatened with extinction, scientists at the Smithsonian Institution said in a release. Many amphibians a... Read more
DNA barcodes used to identify species Friday 20th of November 2009 01:26:08 PM WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A new tool involving DNA barcoding showed endangered bluefin tuna was served in sushi bars sampled in New York and Colorado, scientists said. The bluefin was identified through a hand-held genetics tool that assigned a barcode to various species of tuna in much the same way that barcodes identify products in stores. The barco... Read more	False alarms wake orbiting astronauts Friday 20th of November 2009 01:06:28 PM HOUSTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- NASA Friday was investigating false fire and depressurization alarms aboard the shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station, officials said. The alarms woke sleeping astronauts Thursday night with sensors indicating a fire and a dangerous loss of pressure, NASA officials said Friday. The alarms turned out to be false an... Read more
Catalina bison on birth control Friday 20th of November 2009 12:30:59 PM AVALON, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- California's Catalina Island has put its famous bison on birth control to produce a healthier and less environmentally damaging herd, officials said. The herd, which now numbers fewer than 200, ideally would contain about 150 bison, descendants of 14 shipped to the island in 1924 for the silent movie The Vanishing American. Read more	Scientists complete corn genome Friday 20th of November 2009 12:25:54 PM AMES, Iowa, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- After three years and $30 million, U.S. scientists have finished mapping the complete genome sequence of corn, the most widely eaten cereal after rice. A strain of corn called B73 may prove to be a textbook of how genes work, said Patrick Schnable, a geneticist at Iowa State University, where the strain was developed in the 1970s. Read more
EU takes France to court over poor waste water treatment Friday 20th of November 2009 12:15:25 PM BRUSSELS (AFP) -- The European Commission announced Friday that it is taking France to court over failure to properly treat waste water in over 60 large towns and cities including Avignon, Bordeaux and Lyon."Untreated urban waste water can endanger the heal... Read more	Mammoth dung clue to changing landscape Friday 20th of November 2009 10:20:44 AM MADISON, Wis., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A study of mammoth dung from a lake bed in Indiana suggests a crashing comet did not wipe out North America's largest ice age animals, scientists said. The study from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, suggests the decline of mammoths, mastodons and other large ice age animals was a gradual process that took about 1,000 years... Read more
Atlantis pair replace antenna in first space walk Friday 20th of November 2009 08:55:16 AM WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis completed Thursday the first space walk of their mission, replacing a vital communications antenna on the exterior of the International Space Station.Mission specialists Mike Foreman and... Read more	Copenhagen summit will be 'success': UN climate chief Friday 20th of November 2009 08:45:35 AM UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- Efforts to craft a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen next month will certainly "yield a success," the UN's top climate official pledged on Thursday."There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that it will yield a ... Read more
Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission Friday 20th of November 2009 08:15:43 AM SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.Environment Minister Peter Garrett urged Japan, which says the killings are for res... Read more	'Catastrophic' warning as fires flare in Australia Friday 20th of November 2009 06:35:35 AM by Amy Coopes SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster.Major light... Read more
Giant atom-smasher poised for restart: CERN Friday 20th of November 2009 06:30:40 AM GENEVA (AFP) -- The world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults, is set to restart this weekend, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said Friday.The first beam of sub-atomic particles are ex... Read more	El Nino intensifies Latin America drought Friday 20th of November 2009 05:30:33 AM MONTEVIDEO (AFP) -- From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.The occasional seasonal warming of central and eastern Pacific waters upsets normal weather patt... Read more
'Catastrophic' warnings as bushfires flare in Australia Friday 20th of November 2009 04:50:25 AM by Amy Coopes SYDNEY (AFP) -- Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster.Major lightn... Read more	Shun beef to stop climate change, says India Friday 20th of November 2009 04:45:24 AM NEW DELHI (AFP) -- India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming."The single most important cause of (carbon) emi... Read more