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Warmer Ocean Could Reduce Number of Atlantic Hurricane Landfalls (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-03-2008 at 09:00:58
| A warming global ocean — influencing the winds that shear off the tops of developing storms — could mean fewer Atlantic hurricanes striking the United States according to new findings by NOAA climate scientists. Furthermore, the relative warming role of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans is important for determining Atlantic hurricane activity. |
Agriculture is Altering Mississippi River Chemistry (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-03-2008 at 09:00:58
| BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Over the past 50 years, farming has altered the hydrology and chemistry of the Mississippi River, injecting more carbon dioxide into the river and raising river discharge, finds a study by researchers at Louisiana State and Yale universities.
LSU Professor R. Eugene Turner and graduate student Whitney Broussard, along with their colleagues at Yale, tracked changes in the discharge of water and the concentration of bicarbonate, which forms when carbon dioxide in soil water dissolves rock minerals.
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Dutch to explore new ways to defend coastline (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-03-2008 at 09:00:58
| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on Friday it would explore new ways of protecting its coastline from the effects of climate change, including the use of ground-breaking sensor technology.
The Netherlands, which has a quarter of its territory below sea level, will spend 22 million euros ($32.7 million) on anti-flooding projects. Companies and research organizations will contribute an additional 23 million euros. |
African quakes kill at least 30 (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-03-2008 at 11:00:57
| KIGALI (Reuters) - Earthquakes struck Rwanda and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and seriously injuring 350 more, officials said.
The two quakes struck close together in Africa's Great Lakes region hours apart along the western Great Rift Valley fault. |
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