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Tremors may indicate risk of big California quake: journal

AFP - 2 hours 7 mins ago

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - An increase in tremors deep under California's San Andreas fault may be the harbinger of a major earthquake, according to a study out Friday in the journal Science. More »

NASA hopes third time is lucky for Endeavour launch
AFP - 11 hours 1 min ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA officials are hoping that the third time is the charm for the space shuttle Endeavour, which is due to launch Saturday on a mission to the International Space Station. More »
Climate tango in L'Aquila bodes ill for Copenhagen deal
AFP - Yesterday, 09:59 pm
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - The complex dance towards a new pact on climate change took two steps forward, one step sideways and one step back in two days of summits here. More »
Steppe change: Mammoths roamed southern Spain
AFP - Yesterday, 07:33 pm
PARIS (AFP) - Remains of woolly mammoths have been found in southern Spain, proving that the chilly grip of the last Ice Age extended farther south than thought, palaeontologists said on Thursday. More »
'El Nino' arrives in Pacific for a months-long stay
AFP - Yesterday, 07:27 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US scientists on Thursday said that the El Nino warming trend of the Pacific Ocean waters has returned, bringing with it almost certain changes in weather patterns around the world. More »
'Historic consensus' at G8 on climate change
AFP - Yesterday, 06:49 pm
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - US President Barack Obama hailed Thursday what he said was an "historic consensus" on battling climate change between the leaders of the world's 17 leading economic powers. More »
Greenland's glaciers under threat from climate change
AFP - Yesterday, 05:06 pm
ILULISSAT, Greenland (AFP) - One of the world's largest glaciers, on the west coast of Greenland, is shrinking at an alarming rate as a result of global warming -- with potentially dire consequences. More »
US rewards for Filipino whistleblowers of polluting ship
AFP - Yesterday, 05:06 pm
MANILA (AFP) - Three Filipino crew members who reported their ship illegally dumping waste oil into the Gulf of Mexico have received financial rewards of up to 90,000 dollars each, the US embassy said Thursday. More »
Global warming impacting Greenlanders' daily lives
AFP - Yesterday, 07:13 am
NUUK (AFP) - From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, fisherman Johannes Heilmann has watched helplessly in recent years as climate change takes its toll on Greenland. More »
Prince Charles warns of evironmental doom
AFP - Yesterday, 12:15 am
LONDON (AFP) - Prince Charles warned Wednesday of environmental catastrophe, saying the world must "urgently confront" pressing green issues to avoid destroying "our children's future." More »