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The future of wine.(Editorial)(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008; Torr, Geordie ... I love wine. I spend a large proportion of my spare time learning about it and a disturbingly large proportion of my pay packet buying it. And although I have a soft spot for the wines of my home country, Australia, I've been having a great time exploring the great wines of France, Spain ...

Where in the world?(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Identify this country using the following clues: * It didn't become a unified kingdom until 1861 * Its birth rate is among the world's lowest * It has the world's highest per capita level of car ownership * Two other countries are located within ...

Earthquake changes shape of Sichuan.(WORLDWATCH)(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008; Borg, Victor ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The earthquake that devastated Sichuan in southwestern China in May, killing as many as 80,000 people and destroying 15 million homes, has also significantly rearranged the region's geography. Close to the epicenter of the 7.9-magnitude quake, two ...

World's most powerful dam planned for Congo River.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Plans have been rekindled for the construction of a 40billion [pounds sterling] hydropower dam on the Congo River, which could generate twice as much electricity as China's controversial Three Gorges Dam. First proposed during the 1980s, the so-called Grand Inga Dam didn't get ...

Return for Chagossians could boost islands' biodiversity.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Allowing the displaced inhabitants of the Chagos Islands to return home some 50 years after being evicted to make way for a US military base could bring unexpected benefits to the British Indian Ocean Territory's fragile environment, according to a report published by the Let Them Return ...

Rainforest mapping reveals hundreds of villages.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Conservation charity the Rainforest Foundation has enlisted the inhabitants of 100 villages in remote and war-torn parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), many of which don't appear on existing maps, to build a clearer picture of the region. ...

How did the Cornish bat cross the road?(bridge in Cornwall)(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... A new bypass under construction around the village of Dobwalls in Cornwall is to incorporate a series of measures to reduce its overall environmental impact--including a 'bridge' to help local bats cross the new road safely. Ecological surveys of the area around Dobwalls ...

Top 10 fastest-shrinking populations.(WORLDWATCH)(Table)

Jul 01, 2008 ... <Pre> TOP 10 FASTEST-SHRINKING POPULATIONS (AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE, 2005) 1 MOLDOVA -0.90 2 GEORGIA -0.79 3 UKRAINE -0.76 4 BULGARIA-0.72 5 BELARUS -0.55 ...

The government of Spain has approved a 180million [euro] plan to build a water pipeline between the River Ebro and Barcelona, which is suffering under the worst drought in decades.(SPAIN)(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... The government of Spain has approved a 180million [euro] plan to build a water pipeline between the River Ebro and Barcelona, which is suffering ...

Bill Bryson, travel author and president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, has announced the launch of a new drive against litter called Stop the Drop.(UK)(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Bill Bryson, travel author and president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, has announced the launch of a new drive against litter called Stop the Drop. The campaign calls for the government and local councils to ...

Scientists in Sweden have discovered a spruce tree that they believe to be almost 10,000 years old, which would make it the world's oldest known tree.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Scientists in Sweden have discovered a spruce tree that they believe to be almost 10,000 years old, which would make it the world's oldest known tree. A team from Umea University made the discovery in a remote part of the ...

An area containing a plethora of geographical wonders including volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, canyons, sand flats, rivers and lakes has become Europe's largest national park.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... An area containing a plethora of geographical wonders including volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, canyons, sand fiats, rivers and lakes has become Europe's largest national park. Iceland's ...

Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos (Lesvos) have launched a legal battle to prevent a Greek gay rights organisation from using the term 'lesbian'.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos (Lesvos) have launched a legal battle to prevent a Greek gay rights organisation from using the term 'lesbian'. They claim that the term should ...

Mangrove destruction exacerbated effects of Burmese cyclone.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Destruction of mangrove swamps along the southern coast of Myanmar may have exacerbated the impact of the cyclone that struck in early May, causing 15,000 deaths in the immediate aftermath and the displacement of more than a million people, according to ...

Cloud cover linked to earthquake activity.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Chinese scientists think they may have discovered a link between cloud formations and seismic activity, which may help in the prediction of earthquakes. According to research published in the International Journal of Remote Sensing, geophysicists Guangmeng Guo and Bin Wang of ...

Concerns about the world's water cooling system.

Jul 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scientists studying the Southern Ocean have found that it's becoming less salty, which could have a big effect on the world's climate and ocean currents. 'Our preliminary results from the voyage suggest the dense water sinking near Antarctica is continuing ...

Carbon dioxide high.(CLIMATEWATCH)(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have hit a record high, according to a new US report. Figures collected by the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii suggest that levels are now 387 parts per million (ppm)--the highest they've been for 650,000 years. The recordings also show ...

Glaciers releasing chemical cocktails.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Frozen stores of the pesticide DDT are leaking from melting Antarctic glaciers, according to a new study. Marine biologist Heidi Geisz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in the USA, led a team that sampled DDT levels in penguins. A 1964 survey found small amounts in the ...

Fewer caribou calves are being born in Greenland and more of them are dying, say researchers, who are placing the blame on global warming.(GREENLAND)(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Fewer caribou calves are being born in Greenland and more of them are dying, say researchers, who are placing the blame on global warming. The birth of calves used to coincide with a plentiful supply of plant food for their ...

Four fatal shark attacks in the first four months of this year (compared to just one in the whole of last year) has led shark experts to look for the cause of the sudden surge.(Brief article)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Four fatal shark attacks in the first four months of this year (compared to just one in the whole of last year) has led shark experts to look for the cause of the sudden surge. Some think global ...