25 November, 2010

US goverment designated a “critical habitat” for polar bears in Alaska

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Comunicas.- The US has designated a "critical habitat" for polar bears living on Alaska's disappearing sea ice. The area - twice the size of the United Kingdom - has been set aside to help stave off the danger of extinction, the US Fish and Wildlife Service said. The territory includes locations where oil and gas [...]

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8 November, 2010

The CERN created a “mini-Big Bang”

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Comunicas.- The Large Hadron Collider has successfully created a "mini-Big Bang" by smashing together lead ions instead of protons. The scientists working at the enormous machine on Franco-Swiss border achieved the unique conditions on 7 November. The experiment created temperatures a million times hotter than the centre of the Sun. The LHC is housed in [...]

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20 October, 2010

Brazil and India head move to ‘green’ economic future

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Comunicas.- Governments are increasingly taking the economic value of nature into account in policy-making, with growing interest in results from a UN-backed analysis. The Brazilian and Indian governments are among those keen to use findings from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Teeb) project. Final results from the three-year study were unveiled here at the [...]

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5 October, 2010

State of emergency in Hungary because a toxic red sludge (+ video)

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Comunicas.- Emergency services in Hungary are trying to stop a torrent of toxic red sludge flowing into major waterways, including the River Danube. A state of emergency has been declared in three western counties after the chemical waste burst from a reservoir at an alumina plant. Four people are known to have died, with 120 [...]

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26 March, 2011

Tonight millions will turn off the lights for Earth Hour

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Comunicas Global.- The Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, Beijing's Forbidden City, and hundreds of other world landmarks will be abruptly blacked out tonight.

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11 March, 2011

Amateur videos of the Japan’s earthquake has received millons of visits on Internet

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11 March, 2011

Earthquake and tsunami in Japan (+ details)

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Comunicas, Japan.- Another day, another earthquake. Except the Magnitude 8.9 tremor off the coast of Honshu, Japan, will be a standout event for 2011 - if not in terms of the eventual death toll it brings, then certainly in scale. There are usually only one or two quakes of M 8.0 and above every year. [...]

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18 January, 2011

America’s addiction to salt is as serious as a heart attack

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Comunicas.- A silent killer sits on virtually every American household's dinner table. Salt — that ubiquitous spice that consumers sprinkle on everything from french fries to filet mignon — is responsible for millions of deaths and billions in health care costs every, single year. What's worse is that the problem is largely ignored by the [...]

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17 January, 2011

Risks of cyber war ‘over-hyped’, says OECD

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Comunicas.- The vast majority of hi-tech attacks described as acts of cyber war do not deserve the name, says a report. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development study is part of a series considering incidents that could cause global disruption. While pandemics and financial instability could cause problems, cyber attacks are unlikely to, it [...]

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1 December, 2010

Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon has fallen

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Comunicas.- Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has fallen to its lowest rate for 22 years, Brazil's government has said. Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said 6,450sq km (2,490 sq miles) of forest were cleared between August 2009 and July 2010, a drop of 14% compared with the previous 12 months. Deforestation is thought to be responsible [...]

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