Monthly Archives: April 2009

Climate Change To Spur Rapid Shifts In Wildfire Hotspot

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Climate change will bring about major shifts in worldwide fire patterns, and those changes are coming fast, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with scientists at Texas Tech University. The … Continue reading →

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Clinton urges controls on Antarctic tourism

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  urged tighter controls on cruise ships and tourists in Antarctica to prevent further environmental damage to the fragile region. Clinton was speaking at a joint session of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and the … Continue reading →

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Ice bridge holding Antarctic ice shelf cracks up

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

An ice bridge which had apparently held a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place during recorded history shattered on Saturday and could herald a wider collapse linked to global warming, a leading scientist said. The satellite picture, from the European … Continue reading →

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Gamma-ray burst

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Gamma-ray bursts were discovered in the late 1960s by the U.S. Vela nuclear test detection satellites. The Velas were built to detect gamma radiation pulses emitted by nuclear weapon tests in space. The United States suspected that the USSR might … Continue reading →

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