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Marine animals suggest evidence for a Trans-Antarctic seaway

Posted on September 1st, 2010

A tiny marine filter-feeder, that anchors itself to the sea bed, offers new clues to scientists studying the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet — a region that is thought to be vulnerable to collapse.

As part of a study for the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML), scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) analysed sea-bed colonies of bryozoans from coastal and deep sea regions around the continent and from further afield.

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NOAA Reopens More than 4,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area

Posted on September 1st, 2010

Today NOAA reopened 4,281 square miles of Gulf waters off western Louisiana to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states.

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Indonesian Volcanos

Posted on September 1st, 2010

The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatau for its global effects in 1883, Lake Toba for its supervolcanic eruption estimated to have occurred 74,000 Before Present which was responsible for several years of cold of volcanic winter, and Mount Tambora for the most violent eruption in recorded history in 1815. Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung has recently erupted, two days after it sprang back into life after over 400 years of inactivity.

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NEWS IN FOCUS

New effort broadens weatherization program, includes renewable technologies

August 27th, 2010

The Energy Department announced a $120 million effort today to broaden its approach to weatherizing homes by testing new partnerships to snare outside funding and — for the first time — small-scale solar and wind equipment.

Abattoirs in Wales ‘could close’ over subsidies threat

August 27th, 2010

All but three of Wales’ abattoirs could close if subsidies are phased out as planned, a report has warned.

AMs say it is not known if the assembly government plans to replace the abbatoirs or put in place contingencies after Food Standards Agency (FSA) help ends.

Fossil fuel subsidies are 10 times those of renewables, figures show

August 27th, 2010

Despite repeated pledges to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and criticism from some quarters that government support for renewable energy technologies is too generous, global subsidies provided to renewable energy and biofuels are dwarfed by those enjoyed by the fossil fuel industry.