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A Common Mining Byproduct Spreading Breast Cancer; Reading Palm Trees
Tue,24 Apr 2012 12:49 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Discovered in Green: Small amounts of a common contaminant is spreading breast cancer, reading palm trees teaches us about plant diversity and climate change, handling bark beetles, and how to get plant's to act less defensive. Fresh news and ideas about our planet's futureSee full coverage Small doses of cadmium are spreading breast cancers. Small concentrations over a long period of time causes breast cancers to develop and spread in a more aggressive way. ... Full Story | Top |
S.Africa further cuts 2012 maize crop forecast
Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:33 AM PDT
Reuters -  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa cut its 2012 maize output forecast by nearly 2 percent on Tuesday, bang in line with market expectations, citing continued unfavourable weather conditions. The government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said in its third production forecast for the May 2011-April 2012 season that the country is now expected to harvest 11.12 million tonnes of maize from 11.3 million tonnes in the previous forecast. The estimate was the exact mirror of a forecast of 11.12 million tonnes, according to a Reuters poll. The traders said a late-season drought weighed on yields. ...
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Moroccan Agmin sees cereals harvest at 4.8 mln tonnes
Tue,24 Apr 2012 07:32 AM PDT
Reuters - RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's cereals harvest should reach 4.8 million tonnes this year, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday, which is above the most recent forecasts, but far below last year's level and the crop budget for 2012. Aziz Akhannouch said the decline was due to bad weather conditions, according to remarks carried by the official MAP news agency. He did not give a breakdown per variety. The finance ministry has revised down its economic growth projections for 2012 to between 3 and 4 percent versus the 4. ... Full Story | Top |
Gas falls on warm week-ahead weather forecast
Tue,24 Apr 2012 04:16 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British prompt gas prices defied an undersupplied market on Tuesday and fell on the back of warmer weather forecasts for next week which is expected to hit demand, while weak economic indicators painted a bearish picture for curve contracts. Gas for day-ahead delivery fell 0.75 pence to 59.05 pence per therm at 10.10 a.m. British time and within-day gas slipped 0.30 pence to 59.70 pence, ignoring impact from a short gas market. The UK gas market was 15. ... Full Story | Top |
The nation's weather
Tue,24 Apr 2012 01:57 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Weather Underground Forecast for Tuesday, April 24, 2012. The main weather story in the country on Tuesday will continue to be a strong storm that will move out of the Northeast and into Ontario and Quebec. Cold air will pour into the eastern third of the country due to this storm, allowing snow to continue to fall in the Pennsylvania and New York. The heaviest of this snow will fall in the morning, followed by snow turning to rain in the afternoon.
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Nobody's Using Cookstoves; Pollution Is Making Us Fat
Mon,23 Apr 2012 11:28 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Today in Green Research: Cookstoves aren't saving humanity, pollution's making us fat, climate change is going to mess with the corn market, a highly endangered plant. Fresh news and ideas about our planet's futureSee full coverage Nobody's using those cookstoves that are supposed to save humanity. If a great idea falls into the laps of millions of households and nobody uses it, it doesn't count as a great idea, which is exactly what's happening with the cookstove movement. ... Full Story | Top |
Winter returns with a blast as snow pounds U.S. Northeast
Mon,23 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT
Reuters -  BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A spring storm struck the U.S. Northeast on Monday, dumping wet snow in western Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and western New York and bringing heavy rains to the Eastern Seaboard. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from West Virginia northward into western New York, a flood watch for central New Hampshire and eastern Maine and flood advisories for eastern Massachusetts. As much as 12 to 18 inches of snow could fall in the mountains of West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, the service said. ...
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No Warm Feelings for 'Frozen Planet'; Fish Labels Are Fishy
Mon,23 Apr 2012 08:53 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - The New York Times on the controversy surrounding Frozen Planet Irony alert: for all the sharp, HD details of Frozen Planet, one of those stunning nature documentaries cut from the same cloth as Planet Earth, it glosses over something awfully big: why the Earth is warming. As Brian Stelter explains, the series adresses how Arctic and Antarctic creatures have been affected by global warming without getting into the reasons why the world's heating up -- i.e., man-made carbon emissions. ... Full Story | Top |
Weather-driven demand boosts UK gas prices
Mon,23 Apr 2012 04:41 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British prompt gas prices rose on Monday morning as supply lagged demand amid colder-than-average temperatures forecast until the end of the month, while curve gas slumped with weakening oil prices. However, average summer temperatures across Europe will be higher-than-normal between May and July, with the exception of south-eastern parts of the continent, forecaster Weather Services International (WSI) said. ... Full Story | Top |
UK, U.S. to agree to work on floating wind turbines
Mon,23 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT
Reuters - DON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States will agree to collaborate on developing floating wind turbine technology at a clean energy ministerial meeting in London this week, the UK's department of energy and climate change (DECC) said on Monday. Energy ministers from 23 of the world's biggest economies meet Wednesday and Thursday to discuss how to speed up the move to cleaner energy technologies. ... Full Story | Top |
Winter punches back with snow, heavy rain in Northeast U.S.
Sun,22 Apr 2012 03:30 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Wintry weather was set to make a comeback with as much as a foot or more of snow on the way in the northeastern United States on Sunday, while other parts of New England faced the threat of flooding. After a relatively mild winter, winter storm warnings were in effect in parts of Pennsylvania and New York for Sunday night through Wednesday. Heavy snow was expected to start falling late Sunday with up to 14 inches possible, potentially causing downed trees and power outages, according to the National Weather Service. ... Full Story | Top |
8 Ways Global Warming Is Already Changing the World
Sat,21 Apr 2012 12:42 PM PDT
LiveScience.com - Over the last 100 years, global temperatures have warmed by about 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit (0.74 degrees Celsius) on average. The change may seem minor, but it's happening very quickly — more than half of it since 1979, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Full Story | Top |
Bad weather halts Westwood's charge in Indonesia
Sat,21 Apr 2012 07:55 AM PDT
Yahoo! Sports - Lee Westwood of England celebrates sinkling a birdie putt on the 18th green during final round play in the 2012 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar Full Story | Top |
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