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Shepparton named Vic’s second biggest water user
Shepparton residents are using less water than in 2001 but they still consumed the second most amount of water per person in Victoria last year.
Shepparton household usage was 411 litres per person, per day, one litre less than the biggest water user, Swan Hill.
Places in the state’s south used the least, but Goulburn Valley Water [...]
Karzai unlikely to claim Afghan election victory soon
Washington, Sep.17 (ANI): With accusations of vote fraud piling up around Afghanistan’s presidential election, incumbent Hamid Karzai is unlikely to claim victory any time soon.
At the very least, a national electoral complaints commission investigating fraudulent voting will take weeks to determine how much of [...]
Scientists map melting history of Greenland’s ice sheet
Washington, September 17 (ANI): Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have mapped the history of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
Numerous drillings have been made through both Greenland’s ice sheet and small ice caps near the coast.
By analyzing every single annual layer in the [...]
Action plan to phase out consumption of HCFC is on track: Ramesh
New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): Union Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday that India has developed a comprehensive Road Map and Action Plan to phase-out of production and consumption of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in various sectors.
Addressing the gathering during the 15th [...]
Climate change will lead to less ultraviolet radiation over northern high latitudes
Imphal, Sep.16 (ANI): “Move onward with the Lord within your heart and with the footprints of your ancestors in your eyes’ is the greatest moral teaching from Heigru Hidongba ceremony held every year in Manipur.
Heigru Hidongba, a socio-religious ceremony, to exhibit the firm devotion of the [...]
Robbie Williams moving Down Under?
London, Sep 16 (ANI): It seems that Robbie Williams is shifting bag and baggage to Australia, all thanks to his ladylove Ayda Field.
The singer has revealed that he is searching for a farm or beachfront retreat Down Under because of his girlfriend.
Robbie divulged the details in an interview on Australia’s biggest breakfast radio show on [...]
Declining CO2 levels helped in Antarctic formation 34 million years ago
Washington, September 14 (ANI): In a major research study, the link between declining carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the earth’s atmosphere and the formation of the Antarctic ice caps some 34 million years ago has been confirmed for the first time.
The research was carried out by a team of scientists from Cardiff, Bristol and Texas [...]
Now, Scot players to test a waterproof football kit
Edinburgh, Sep.13 (ANI): Scotland may be out of the World Cup, but it leads the globe on one footballing frontier – testing out a new range of all-weather soccer gear.
US sportswear giant Under Armour has handpicked two players from the ranks of the Scottish junior leagues to trial shirts, shorts, socks and boots which provide [...]
Climate change is faster in Arctic than in any other location on Earth
Washington, September 13 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland have participated in two new studies, which indicate that climate change is progressing faster in Arctic areas than in any other location on Earth.
The study results indicate that the Arctic eco-system has experienced immense changes in the last twenty years.
At many levels, the [...]
Four giant stone-age axes found in African lake basin
Washington, September 13 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has found four giant stone hand axes from the dry basin of Lake Makgadikgadi in the Kalahari Desert in Africa, dating back to the Stone Age, which suggests that the region was once much drier and wetter than it is today.
The discovery of the axes is part [...]
Danish Prime Minister meets Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, Sep. 11 (ANI): Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Friday.
The two leaders discussed bilateral, regional and international issues.
During the meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) [...]
Polar bears face extinction in less than 70 years because of global warming
London, September 11 (ANI): A new research has warned that polar bears face extinction in less than 70 years because of global warming.
“Recent projections suggest polar bears could be extinct within 70 years,” Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University, who [...]
Danish PM to discuss climate change during visit to India
New Delhi, Sep.10 (ANI): The Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Loekke Rasmussen, will arrive here on Friday on a daylong working visit to India to speed up negotiations on a climate deal ahead of a key summit to be held in Copenhagen between December 7 and 18. [...]
Authorities promote blackberry production among Uttarakhand farmers
Nainital, Sep 9 (ANI): In an initiative to promote European blackberry production in Uttarakhand, the state government have authorities distributed saplings of the fruit among farmers across the street.
Blackberry is not sown in the country, but the prospect of [...]
American glaciers shrinking dramatically in response to global warming
Washington, September 6 (ANI): Reports indicate that most glaciers in Washington and Alaska in the US are dramatically shrinking in response to a warming climate.
During the past 50 years, USGS (US Geological Survey) scientists have measured changes in the mass (length and thickness) of three glaciers: Alaska’s Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers and Washington’s South Cascade [...]
Carrots are better than sticks when it comes to fostering cooperation
Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Rewards have been found to be much more successful in promoting public cooperation rather than punishment, suggests a new study.
According to researchers, rewards robustly build compliance and cooperation and could help in developing solutions for [...]
Scientists identify ‘tipping points’ at which sudden shifts to new conditions occur
Washington, September 3 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have identified ‘tipping points’ at which sudden shifts to new conditions occur in the world.
The research was done by Martin Scheffer of Wageningen University in The Netherlands and co-authors, including William Brock and Stephen Carpenter [...]
Climate change mitigation strategies ignore carbon cycling processes of inland waters
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): In a new report, scientists have determined that climate change mitigation strategies ignore carbon cycling processes of inland waters.
Scientists from the University of Vienna, Uppsala University in Sweden, University of Antwerp, and the US [...]
Human impacts and environmental factors changing northwest Atlantic ecosystem
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): A new report by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has determined that human impacts and environmental factors are changing the northwest Atlantic ecosystem.
According to the report, fish in US waters [...]
Man-made volcanoes may cool Earth by reflecting sunlight back into space
London, August 30 (ANI): The Royal Society in London seems to be convinced that man-made volcanoes can help stave off climate change, as it is backing research into simulated volcanic eruptions that will spray millions of tons of dust into the air to cool the Earth.
This week, the society will call for a global [...]
