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Massive Southern Ocean Current DiscoveredCanberra, Australia (SPX) May 03, 2010 A deep ocean current with a volume equivalent to 40 Amazon Rivers has been discovered by Japanese and Australian scientists near the Kerguelen plateau, in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean, 4,200 kilometres south-west of Perth. In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, the researchers described the current -more than three kilometres below the Ocean's surface - as an important pathway in a global network of ocean currents that influence climate patterns. "The current carries den ... read more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Apr 27, 2010 Leaders of India and Pakistan are set to meet on the sidelines of a summit of regional heads of government in Bhutan this week. Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani "could not be ruled out" at a meeting of South Asian leaders in Bhutan's capital, Thimphu. "All bilat ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Apr 27, 2010 Indian efforts to cultivate jatropha as an alternative biofuel have stalled. The Business Standard reported Tuesday that the Indian government had hoped that jatropha could replace one-fifth of India's diesel consumption by next year. The government consequently identified 98 million acres of available land where jatropha could be cultivated. Jatropha has long been promoted as a ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Apr 27, 2010India's advanced, high-resolution remote-sensing satellite Cartosat-2B would be launched on May 9 at 9.23 am from Sriharikota spaceport, ISRO said today. "It will be launched at 9.23 am on May 9 by PSLV-C15," Indian Space Research Organisation spokesperson S Satish told PTI. The highly agile satellite is expected to give a boost to the tasks of infrastructure and urban planning. The ... more |
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Study challenges IPCC's Bangladesh climate predictionsDhaka (AFP) April 22, 2010 Scientists in Bangladesh posed a fresh challenge to the UN's top climate change panel Thursday, saying its doomsday forecasts for the country in the body's landmark 2007 report were overblown. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), already under fire for errors in the 2007 report, had said a one-metre (three-foot) rise in sea levels would flood 17 percent of Bangladesh and create 20 million refugees by 2050. The warning helped create a widespread consensus that the low-lying count ... read more |
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