300,000 evacuated as typhoon lands in south China
September 29th, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 29 (IANS) About 300,000 people were evacuated in south China in preparation for typhoon Nesat's expected assault on the island province of Hainan Thursday.Packing winds of 42 metres ... Read more...
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Hurricane Paula battering Cuba’s western coast
October 14th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Warnings were in effect on Thursday as hurricane Paula, the ninth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic Season, continues to move toward Cuba's western coast bringing heavy rains and ... Read more...
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15-storey Frankfurt glass tower uses 50pc energy of conventional offices
September 20th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): A 15-story glass tower opened in Frankfurt this July promises to be a world-class energy miser, using half as much energy as a conventional office building in Europe ... Read more...
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One-man weather centre making right predictions
August 16th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) An accountant in Britain got so fed up with the 'wrong' weather forecasts of the national meteorological bureau, he has started predicting weather using his own equipment.
Simon Cansick, ... Read more...
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NASA satellite improves pollution monitoring
July 26th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 26 (ANI): NASA scientists improved watershed pollution monitoring models by incorporating satellite and ground-based observations of precipitation.The research team, led by Joseph Nigro of Science Systems and Applications, Inc., incorporated ... Read more...
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Global warming? Family log of 114 years tells all (Lead)
May 8th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Every day since Jan 1, 1896, an observer has hiked to a spot at the Mohonk Preserve, a resort and nature area, some 145 km north of New ... Read more...
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Generations of family log temperature for 114 years
May 8th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Every day since Jan 1, 1896, an observer has hiked to a spot at the Mohonk Preserve, a resort and nature area, some 145 km north of New ... Read more...
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Last Decade Warmest Ever, NASA Study Reveals
January 25th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
New York, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent report released by NASA scientists reveals that the last decade experienced the warmest weather ever on Earth. The study also indicates that ... Read more...
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Antarctic weather station shows extraordinary burst of warming since 1950
January 19th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 19 (ANI): Records of more than a century of weather data from the southern hemisphere's oldest, coldest weather station have revealed an extraordinary burst of warming since 1950.The base at ... Read more...
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Life on other planets will be found within 10 years: Mars explorer
April 25th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): A University of Arizona professor, who led NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission, has said that within 10 years life will be found outside Earth.Peter Smith held the audience spellbound ... Read more...
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Antarctica warming, study says
January 23rd, 2009 - 5:56 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 23 (DPA) Antarctica is warming, despite the recent scientific consensus that the southernmost continent was not being impacted by global warming, a study published in the journal Nature said Thursday.Scientists ... Read more...
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A sensor system run on electricity generated by trees may prevent forest fires
September 23rd, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 23 (ANI): Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are developing a network of sensors that may be run on electricity generated by trees, which could be used to ... Read more...
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