If global temperatures rise just 2 degrees Celsiuswe won't be around

For Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, the cold scientific numbers of the climate debate add up to the very survival of his tropical Indian Ocean state.
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Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights

In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.
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Maps depict effect of climate change

The Victorian Government has released maps showing the possible effects of sea level rises on vulnerable coastal regions over the next 100 years.According to these maps some townships could become submerged during extreme storm events, as water levels rise over the next century. Portland, Port Fairy, Port Phillip, Barwon Heads, Tooradin and Seaspray regions are the most risk prone areas.The study reveals that the sea levels during extreme storms could rise anywhere between 80 centimetres and 1.4 metres, over the next century. The Environment Minister, Gavin Jennings said that the study is more accurate than a similar Commonwealth study released on the weekend. More detailed reports are expected to be released by next year. 

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Agriculture Can Adapt to Climate Change

Better crop management, including smarter application of pesticides, can help poor farmers cope with climate change. New knowledge, technology and policy for agriculture have never been more critical, and adaptation and mitigation strategies must urgently be applied to national and regional development programmes.

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'Eye in the sky' to monitor irrigation projects

With some states not fully utilising the Centrally-funded scheme to create irrigation facilities, Government has decided to assign the National Remote Sensing Center to monitor 50 projects using satellite imagery.The satellite imagery will be used to confirm the progress made by states in carrying out irrigation projects under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP). The Water Resources Ministry and the Central Water Commission will also carry out field visits to monitor physical progress and financial performance of ongoing projects.Earlier also center had used remote sensing technology to monitor 53 projects. It had later provided the Ministry with assessments of 48 projects which had helped in pinpointing gaps in the network which lead to non-continuity of the network for irrigation delivery.

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Grow Your Own Electricity

How about a really small power plant in your basement? And your neighbors and the folks down the street. Engineers at automaker Volkswagen are getting ready to build small natural gas-powered generators intended to go into people’s basements or garages.

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Eruptions at Mayon

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World Not Ending in 2012, Says NASA

Contrary to what you may read on the Internet, the world is not going to end in 2012. A rogue planet named Nibiru is not on a collision course with Earth. And a solar flare won't toast the planet.

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