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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
admin /27 June, 2012
ScienceDaily: Hurricanes and Cyclones News NOAA: Data from new satellite implemented in record time; Meteorologists are now using information for weather forecasts Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:37 AM PDT Data flowing from a new generation of instruments onboard the Suomi NPP satellite, a joint NASA/NOAA mission, are being used in NOAA’s global numerical weather forecast Continue Reading →
admin /27 June, 2012
ScienceDaily: Earth Science News ScienceDaily: Earth Science News Scientists find new primitive mineral in meteorite Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:19 AM PDT In 1969, an exploding fireball tore through the sky over Mexico, scattering thousands of pieces of meteorite across the state of Chihuahua. More than 40 years later, the Allende meteorite is still Continue Reading →
admin /27 June, 2012
Atlantic heat constrains Arctic sea ice extent Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:50 AM PDT The Arctic sea ice cover is a sensitive indicator of climate variability and change. Researchers have for the first time quantified how Atlantic heat influences the sea ice extent in the Barents Sea, where the retreat in Arctic winter sea ice Continue Reading →
admin /27 June, 2012
Plans for carbon-capture power station abandoned Environmentalists welcome Ayrshire Power’s withdrawal of plans for coal-fired station at Hunterston due to financial concerns Share24 Email Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 June 2012 19.53 BST Hunterston power station, near where Ayrshire Power had planned to build another station using ‘clean coal’. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Continue Reading →
admin /26 June, 2012
Asbestos found at Pilbara mine sites from quarry ABCJune 27, 2012, 8:55 am tweet0 Email Print ABC © Enlarge photo The Department of Mines and Petroleum is investigating asbestos contamination in the Pilbara. Rio Tinto has confirmed brown asbestos was found last month at its West Angelas mine site. The fibres were identified in material Continue Reading →
admin /26 June, 2012
Forget peak oil, we may have reached ‘peak GDP’PublicServiceEurope.comWe will find out in this century whether we are living in the era of peak everything: peak food, peak water, peak biodiversity, peak energy, peak population and …See all stories on this topic »
