Global warming lengthens day
July 30, 2009 by admin
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GLOBAL WARMING caused by increasing manmade carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lengthen the day, according to a study published in the journal, Geophysical Research Letters. Researchers at Belgium’s Royal Observatory and the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, led by Olivier de Viron, analysed the effect of adding one per cent more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year, in order to reach a doubling of the carbon dioxide concentration after 70 years.
4,694 confirmed A(H1N1) influenza cases around the world: WHO
July 30, 2009 by admin
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The number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the swine flu or A(H1N1) virus has increased to 4,694 – double from the last Friday’s figure – and also claimed 53 lives around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
According to latest WHO update, Mexico and the US have topped the list of 30 countries where laboratory-confirmed human cases of the virus have been reported. Mexico has 1,626 cases with 48 deaths while the US has 2,532 with three deaths.
“WHO’s pandemic alert level remains at Phase 5 – on a six-point warning scale – as it has for the past several days,” Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s Acting Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment said.
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