Russian nuclear expert: Fukushima crisis bigger than Chernobyl
PressTV The nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima power plant is “much bigger than Chernobyl” and could rewrite the international scale used to measure the severity of atomic accidents, a Russian nuclear expert says. “Fukushima is much bigger than Chernobyl,” AFP quoted thermodynamic engineer Natalia Mironova as saying on Friday. “Chernobyl was a dirty bomb explosion. [...]
Read More →Billion-plus people to lack water in 2050: study
Yahoo News More than one billion urban residents will face serious water shortages by 2050 as climate change worsens effects of urbanization, with Indian cities among the worst hit, a study said Monday. The shortage threatens sanitation in some of the world’s fastest-growing cities but also poses risks for wildlife if cities pump in water [...]
Read More →Japanese nuclear workers face new threat from radioactive groundwater
Guardian.co.uk • Fukushima workers surviving on two small meals a day• Technicians sleep in corridors during three-day shifts• Radiation monitors shared between employees Japanese nuclear plant workers in the control room of Fukushima Daiichi’s No 2 reactor. Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant face new threats to their health [...]
Read More →2011 Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Joint Lowest On Record
Discovery News Sea ice cover in the Arctic appears to have reached its maximum extent for the year, and according to scientists with the National Snow and Ice Data Center, that extent ties 2006 for the lowest on record. Watching a time-lapse movie of sea ice as it waxes and wanes over the course of [...]
Read More →Millions of Mummy Puppies Revealed at Egyptian Catacombs
Fox News Scott Williams, Cardiff University Dog remains in the catacomb uncovered beneath the Egyptian desert. The excavation of a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the Egyptian desert has revealed the remains of millions of animals, mostly dogs and jackals. Many appear to have been only hours or days old when they were killed and mummified. [...]
Read More →Shimon Peres welcomes Arab uprisings
Guardian.co.uk Israeli president says events in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries represent an opportunity for Israel and the Palestinians The Israeli president, Shimon Peres, has welcomed “the winds of change” blowing through the Middle East and said events in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries represent an opportunity for Israel and the Palestinians. Peres’s [...]
Read More →Gates: No U.S. Ground Forces in Libya
The Epoch Times U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates said on Thursday that the U.S. will not deploy any ground forces to aid Libyan rebels fighting against supporters of veteran strongman Moammar Gadhafi. However, he added that U.S. forces involved in the mission might offer tactical, logistical, and intelligence support, such as arms and training. [...]
Read More →‘We will die if it is necessary to save the nation’: Members of the Fukushima 50 expect to perish from radiation sickness ‘within weeks’
Daily Mail Police, rescue workers and family members could be exposed to radiation Radioactivity levels in the ocean 4,385 times above regulatory limit Ground water levels are 10,000 times the Government health standard Fisherman warned not to operate within 12 miles of plant Compensation claims could top $12bn Power firm’s shares lose 80% of value [...]
Read More →Ancient Ocean ‘Dead Zone’ Delayed Life After Mass Extinction
By Wynne Parry Live Science A flood of nutrients may have created an oxygen-starved ocean about 250 million years ago, preventing life from bouncing back for a few million years after a mass extinction wiped out 90 percent of marine species, a new study indicates. The enriched, yet oxygen-starved ocean would have been similar [...]
Read More →Olmert says Gaza war inevitable
PressTV Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said that an all-out war against the Gaza Strip is inevitable. “If there’s one thing I regret — it’s that we didn’t finish the job back then — we cannot avoid the need to complete the job,” Olmert said on Wednesday, referring [...]
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