Archive for April 17th, 2010

Reduction Arctic summer ice is source of great concern

Northwest Cable News: The University of Washington is one of the key institutions looking at what's happening to the Arctic, global warming and the rise in the oceans. When we think of NASA, we often think about space, but NASA is also behind the flights over the poles. It's called Operation IceBridge and the news this spring near the North Pole is not good. "The ice mass is decreasing. Both the Arctic sea-ice appears to be shrinking and thinning and the ice sheets are dropping in elevation," said ...

Bomb blasts rock China JV hydropower site in Myanmar

Reuters: A series of bombs exploded at a controversial hydropower project site being jointly built by a Chinese company in northern Myanmar on Saturday, just two days after bombs killed eight in the former capital of Yangon. There was no immediate report of casualties or damage. "We don't have any further details about it as yet," said a government official who asked not to be identified since he was not allowed to talk to the media. Myanmar's junta has in the past blamed ...