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Global environment fund gives money to dirty fuel
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2007-01-24 06:15:27

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The world's biggest fund for environmental projects is investing for the first time in a non-renewable, polluting fuel -- coal -- in what it says is a new pragmatic approach to the energy needs of the developing world.


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Action on warming could curb nightmare impacts
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch

Category: Reuters

2007-03-20 03:47:15

OSLO (Reuters) - Cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases can mute the worst impacts of global warming, such as water shortages for billions of people or extinction of almost half of Amazonian tree species, a draft U.N. report shows.


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Biggest hurricanes found one day after lightning
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Climate

2009-05-02 09:27:07
Israeli researchers analyzed global weather conditions and found that the worst hurricanes came just one day after the appearance of lightning. Their conclusion could help to better forecast hurricane activity.


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Boston Marathon held during Nor’Eastern but astronaut Williams has perfect weather
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-04-16 09:45:44
Sunita Williams, NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, qualified for the Boston Marathon and will be running the race from a treadmill with highly controlled weather conditions, as opposed to the other 24,000 participants who will be fighting fierce storms that are also racing across the area.    
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Boston-area scientists study controlling hurricanes with soot
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Climate

2007-11-01 09:09:41
Moshe Alamaro and Ross Hoffman say that if airplanes drop soot over clouds, then the carbon particles could absorb sunlight that would warm up the cold clouds. Such action would reduce wind speeds and possibly prevent hurricanes from causing damage like Katrina did to New Orleans.       
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