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Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade |
...decade just as much as they did previously.
Despite its negative side this document, developed for the United Nations, shows that the emissions of gases causing global warming grow, but with a slower pace as the economy does. This trend corresponds completely with the goal set by the president 5 years ago, that is: the carbon dioxide emissions should not grow faster than the economy.
The president's views have foun... |
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Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming |
...n taking immediate measures to convey the core of the problem to policy makers rather than proving the existance of global warming.
The Artic Sea melting has struck a warning sign on humanity that can no longer hide from the climate changes. The warming that takes place on the poles is much different from the warming on the equator. Huge amounts of ice that turn into water will alter the sea level with no way back. The... |
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River Drying Up to Lead to Freshwater Crisis |
... bad planning some of the largest and well-known rivers in the world are currently at risk of drying up. An environment group called WWF made a study that pays attention to ten best-known rivers that can dry up in case people won't take certain measures. The report states that indifference towards these rivers might lead to "fresh water emergency."
Among the ten rivers that the report is focused on five are situated in A... |
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Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming |
...such animals as mice and squirrels move to higher elevations and, probably, this is also caused by global warming. A similar threat hangs over polar bears that live on sea ice, which gradually melts. What happens with this species, if their habitat disappears is not even a guess - it is a fact: they will disappear with the ice they live on.
8. The blooming ices
While everyone is concerned with the effects of the global ... |
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Second Smallest Country on Earth is Disappearing |
...rime Minister of a tiny South Pacific island of Tuvalu calls to the rest of the world to take urgent action as his nation is at danger of disappearing due to global warming. Experts claim that island can sink in less than 50 years.
The country,measuring a mere 26 km2 and its 10,500 people could be the first to sink due to the current rising sea level. Tuvalu island is a part of atolls and reefs that are no more than ... |
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Antarctic Microbes to Tell about Past and Future of Climate Change |
...percent ice-free. Scientists believe that throughout ice ages there was not enough ice-free land required for the continent's plants and animal species. In such conditions both plants and animal life were not able to survive and thus successfully evolve.
Despite this fact researchers state that a special long-term isolation, as well as evolutionary persistence along with an incredible ability to survive the changes of ... |
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One Million of 100-Year-Olds by 2050, Half of Them to Face Dementia |
...orn nowadays in the UK are expected to live to the age of 100, while it is predicted that the number of centenarians will increase from the present-day total of 10,000 to 1million by the year 2074. However, the increased lifespan is believed to be spoiled by deteriorating health - in future half of the 100-year-olds will be dying with dementia.
Dr Brown, an expert in the degenerative disease, insists that much more fu... |
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The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away |
...enes in embryonic development, aging, adult physiology and diseases. Thanks to this technology over ten thousand mouse genes were made inactive, which means that scientists have researched the significance of about a half of all genes in the mammalian genome by "knocking out" certain genes. The gene targeting technology has already produced over 500 mouse models of human disorders, such as cardiovascular, neuro-degenerati... |
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Divorces Cause Global Warming, Study Says |
...nt if woman moves out to a new place after divorce. As a result, more land of housing is needed with increased expenditure on utilities.
Jianguo Liu, lead author of the study said that there are fewer people in the divorced households and the resource efficiency used per person is much lower than in married households.
The study included data of 12 countries with 3,283 households from the United States, Brazil, Ecuado... |
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Biggest Fears Worldwide Revealed |
...ntries worldwide with more than 1000.
Terrorism was the biggest fear in all countries, with war being on the second place. Britons said that the biggest threat to the planet was global warming, followed by natural disasters that also were named among the biggest fears.
The most pessimistic nation were the Greeks, with 74 percent having a negative outlook on modern society. The most optimistic nation were Indians, with ... |
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Global Warming will Launch the Global Wars |
...climate change conference on Bali Island, Indonesia.
The fight against global warming requires a lot of cooperation from countries around the world but it may as well increase the rivalry for significant resources such as water and food. Achim Steiner, director of the UN Environmental Programme, said that global warming is likely to trigger a security issue more than ever.
Experts predict that more than 500 million pe... |
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Earth Hour Will be Marked Worldwide |
...tries from the UK, South Africa and New Zealand joining the campaign.
Next year, 13 cities are going to participate in Earth Hour event, including other Australian cities Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra. Chicago in North America and Toronto in Canada also signed up to mark the day. People from Tel Aviv in Israel, Suva in Fiji, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg in Denmark reported about their wish to participat... |
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Fox Interactive Media Purchased Strategic Data Corp. |
...spond to them. The information regarding financial data was not provided.
The president of Fox, Mr. Levinsohn, mentioned in a phone interview that the use of Strategic Data's technology is to significantly increase the company's performance revenue value.
Fox Interactive Media is News Corp.'s closely watched division. It put a new shine on the global media conglomerate right after it had purchased in 2005 MySpace, a de... |
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DNA research approaches the origins of human beings |
...f well-known scientists in geography and genetic medicine will reside in 10 world regions to find traces of human ancestry.
Aside from DNA information collected from indigenous people, other people can also have their genetic data tested and take part in the research on voluntary basis.
Scott Woodward, one of John Hopkins University researches emphasizes that a person's DNA holds an enormous amount of information to ... |
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Microsoft to Connect Xbox 360 and PC Gamers |
...here its on-line service will be able to support competition between gamers that use Xbox 360 and PCs.
Users of the new Live on-line service will need to create only one single account regardless of what they use: Xbox 360 game console, PC or both.
The software giant offers two levels of Live subscription. One level is called silver membership and it is a free one. The other level, called Gold, however, includes cross-p... |
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