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NASA - Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt

Thu, 2012-07-26 21:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

nasa.gov - July 2012

Extent of surface melt over Greenland’s ice sheet on July 8 (left) and July 12 (right). Measurements from three satellites showed that on July 8, about 40 percent of the ice sheet had undergone thawing at or near the surface. In just a few days, the melting had dramatically accelerated and an estimated 97 percent of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12. In the image, the areas classified as “probable melt” (light pink) correspond to those sites where at least one satellite detected surface melting. The areas classified as “melt” (dark pink) correspond to sites where two or three satellites detected surface melting. The satellites are measuring different physical properties at different scales and are passing over Greenland at different times. As a whole, they provide a picture of an extreme melt event about which scientists are very confident. Credit: Nicolo E. DiGirolamo, SSAI/NASA GSFC, and Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory
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How Climate Change is Increasing Cholera Outbreaks in Northern Europe

Tue, 2012-07-24 22:52 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Rising temperatures: The Baltic Sea represents the 'fastest warming marine eco-system examined so far anywhere on earth'

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  • Vibrio bacteria, which is normally found growing in warm and tropical waters, now thrives in the Baltic Sea

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  • Bacteria strains will multiply as seas warm, predict researchers
  • The bacteria causes illnesses from cholera to gastroenteritis

    dailymail.co.uk - by Claire Bates - July 23, 2012

    Climate change could be driving an increase in illnesses such as cholera and gastroenteritis in northern Europe, scientists have warned.

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    A rise in temperatures in the Baltic Sea has triggered the growth of the water-borne bacteria Vibrio.

    An international team examined sea surface temperature records and satellite data in the Baltic, as well as statistics on Vibrio cases in the region.

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    Pakistan's Escalating Vaccine Tensions

    Sat, 2012-07-21 17:18 — Maeryn Obley

    cfr.org - Laurie Garrett - July 18th, 2012

    Last year the CIA deployed a Pakistani physician to execute a phony hepatitis vaccine campaign in Abbottabad, hoping to extract blood samples from the children living inside a compound, thought to house Osama bin Laden and his family. Because of the vaccine deception, multiple imams and Taliban leaders have declared that vaccines are CIA plots. The ruse may also be responsible for what appears to have been an assassination attempt against a World Health Organization immunization convoy that injured two people on July 17.

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    Calculating the global health consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

    Sat, 2012-07-21 17:13 — Maeryn Obley

    submitted by Luis Kun

    homelandsecuritynewswire.com - July 18th, 2012

    Radiation from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause approximately 130 deaths and 180 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan, Stanford researchers have calculated. The estimates have large uncertainty ranges, but contrast with previous claims that the radioactive release would likely cause no severe health effects. The numbers are in addition to the roughly 600 deaths caused by the evacuation of the area surrounding the nuclear plant directly after the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown.

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    Living in a Cashless Society

    Mon, 2012-07-16 18:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

    submitted by Theresa Bernardo

    techtalkafrica.com - by Niyi Aderibigbe - June 7, 2012

    After decades of cash use, there has been a call from different quarters for an alternative means of transaction. With globalization advancement in technology, many models of cashless transactions have emerged. Use of debit and credit cards to pay for goods, electronic transfer of money through banks, internet banking, mobile money, etc. has become the order of the day. Contrary to the belief of some people that a cashless society might be a mirage, it has become a dream for many countries of the world which is gradually coming true.

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    Students and Scientists Gather in Singapore to Discuss Water Problem

    Tue, 2012-07-10 14:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

    NTU places water research in the forefront // Source: ntu.edu.sg

    submitted by Samuel Bendett

    Homeland Security News Wire - July 6, 2012

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    Russia: Warnings Did Not Reach People Before Flood

    Mon, 2012-07-09 17:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

    submitted by Samuel Bendett

          

    A priest conducts a funeral ceremony, while acquaintances of Pyotr Ostapenko, 35, a flood victim, stand nearby, at the central cemetery in Krymsk in theKrasnodar region, southern Russia, July 9, 2012. Russia began a day of mourning on Monday for the 171 people killed in floods that drove thousands from their homes, with the causes of the disaster posing hard questions for the authorities, including President Vladimir Putin.
    Photo By EDUARD KORNIYENKO/REUTERS

    yahoo.com - Associated Press - by Nataliya Vasilyeva and Sergey Ponomarev - July 9, 2012

    KRYMSK, Russia (AP) — Authorities failed to properly warn residents in the Black Sea region of floods that killed at least 171 people and left others scrambling for safety, Russia's emergencies minister acknowledged Monday, adding to public outrage fueled by widespread mistrust of the government.

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    The U.K. August 2011 Riots Could Have Been Predicted

    Thu, 2012-07-05 11:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

    Burned-out hulk of stores and apartments after night of rioting // Source: wikipedia.org

    Homeland Security News Wire - July 5, 2012

    Researchers studying urban violence have developed a new method which can help city authorities to assess the conditions where conflict could potentially tip into violence; Participatory Violence Appraisal (PVA), used in Kenya and Chile, could have helped to anticipate the tipping points that led to last summer’s riots in cities across the United Kingdom, the researchers say

    A University of Manchester team researching urban violence has developed a new method which can help city authorities to assess the conditions where conflict could potentially tip into violence.

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    Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

    Fri, 2012-06-22 20:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

          

    A class 2 brine disposal well in western Louisiana near the Texas border. The well sat by the side of the road, without restricted access. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)

    propublica.org - by Abrahm Lustgarten - June 21, 2012

    Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation's geology as an invisible dumping ground.

    No company would be allowed to pour such dangerous chemicals into the rivers or onto the soil. But until recently, scientists and environmental officials have assumed that deep layers of rock beneath the earth would safely entomb the waste for millennia.

    There are growing signs they were mistaken.

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    Events Developed by Syngenta Seeds - ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications)

    Thu, 2012-06-21 11:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

    Bt Maize Products
    http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/developer/default.asp?DeveloperID=3&Developer=Syngenta_Seeds

    Bt 176
    http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/events/default.asp?EventID=13&Event=BT_176

    Commission Decision on the withdrawal from the market of Bt 176 (3 page .PDF file)
    http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_117/l_11720070505en00140016.pdf

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