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2000s were warmest decade on record, global warming ‘undeniable’

30 July, 22:06, by admin Tags:
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International Online: According to “USA Today,” the British “Daily Telegraph” reported on July 28, the United Kingdom and the United States National Weather Service Weather Service has issued a joint report on global warming, climate, and lists the latest and most convincing evidence that indeed continue to heat the Earth.


Report that in the past, scientists have mostly used the land air temperature measurement stations to observe the 150 years of temperature variations, this shows the trend of global warming. But some skeptics have questioned whether the surface temperature can be manipulated. In particular the 2009 “Climate gate” scandal, making a warming skeptics do not believe that the trend even more.

The American release of this report, for the first time using a variety of different temperature measurement techniques, proven through the full range of 10 indicators of global warming. These indicators include: the ship on the ocean depths in measuring the temperature of the upper atmosphere with a balloon measuring the temperature of melting glaciers on the investigation, including a number of data spanning the 19th century to the 20th century 50’s 70’s time period .

The report also pointed out that global warming has been going on for over 30 years. While Europe and the United States last year, the Northeast experienced a cold winter, but in 2010 has become the hottest year in history. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that the first half of the U.S. temperature record. Moreover, the temperature of the last 30 years, records show that temperature rises higher each year. 1980, was considered to be the hottest year in history, but to the 90’s, the annual average temperature is over 80 years; to the 21st century, temperatures are still rising. National Weather Service said temperatures this year reached the highest since 1998 value.

UK Met Office Climate Monitoring Officer Dr. Shi Tuote said: “The climate in different regions differ. Chuxian a winter such as the UK does not mean that global warming does not exist other regional temperature trends. To understand the trend of climate change, need to observe the long-term record of climate change. We analyzed the different decades of climate change data, the data show that global warming is clear and beyond doubt. “

U.S. Empire State Building Energy Saving

29 July, 22:19, by admin Tags:
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Day, the Empire State Building energy-saving plan unveiled the exhibition, a multimedia exhibition to the audience in the form of the Empire State Building being implemented energy-saving programs, advocacy energy saving ideas. Empire State Building energy-saving project launched in April 2009, expected completion, the Empire State Building will therefore reduce energy consumption 38% per year, saving the energy cost of 4.4 million U.S. dollars, reducing carbon emissions in 15 years, 105,000 tons, and around the world similar projects to provide a replicable model.

44 ℃ high temperature record

27 July, 22:40, by admin Tags:
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“In this hot weather, we feel nausea, body aches, can not work.”

- A construction site in New Delhi to work  said.

AP, India has continued to experience more heat waves on the ground attack. 17 New Delhi, close to 44 degrees Celsius maximum temperature, reached 52 years of high temperatures since April.

18 Indian officials said in April that at least 80 deaths nationwide high temperatures.

New Delhi, the maximum temperature of 17 to 43.7 degrees Celsius, minimum temperature of 26.5 degrees Celsius.

India’s NDTV television reported, the highest temperature in New Delhi the same day that the value of 8 degrees Celsius higher than normal years; minimum temperature of 6 degrees Celsius higher than normal years.

Northwestern state of Rajasthan on the 17th was very hot. Ganganagar appear 47 degrees Celsius maximum temperature of the day in India, followed by Kota and Jieyiseer Mel, the maximum temperature of 45.7 degrees Celsius with the “Pink City” Jaipur 44.1 degrees Celsius.

Meteorological forecast, the next few months, high temperatures will continue. India Meteorological Department officials accepted Kyrgyzstan told the Press Trust of India, the short term, “hot weather will continue,” without significant changes.

Reuters quoted an unidentified official as saying meteorological department report, part of the mountain under the rain expected next week, temperatures will drop slightly.

Some schools early summer holiday

18 Indian officials say at least 80 people died in the April heat.

Schools in the eastern state of Orissa, is scheduled to be closed 20, closed, started summer vacation early. Investigators now report on the state of Orissa, the death investigation of 53 cases. Other deaths reported from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Haryana Sonepat region 16, a farmer died. The maximum temperature in the region of 43 degrees Celsius that day.

work at a construction site in New Delhi. “In this hot weather, we feel nausea, body aches, can not work.” He told DPA.

Many heat stroke, into the hospital for treatment. Doctors recommend that people stay indoors, avoid high temperature.

Cut over a hundred million tons of wheat

AP continuing heat wave caused damage to agriculture in India.

Reuters quoted the Indian flour 18 processors, then General of the League reported previously forecast, from 2009 to 2010, India produced about 82 million tons of wheat, but the actual output of 1 million tons less than this figure to 1.5 million tons.

All India Grain Exporters Association, Mr D. P. Singh explained that the continuous high temperatures shorten the time of wheat maturity, wheat grain smaller, leading to lower production.

Dalian Maritime remediation costs will exceed one billion

26 July, 17:18, by admin Tags:
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At 4:00 p.m. on the July 23 about burning sun broiled the Dalian Golden Pebble Beach tourist area north of the beach. Oil drums filled with fishing boats slowly towards the shore, two oil drums drilled a sudden gap in the “black” – the upper and lower body are black oil soaked his face with sweat and oil mixed stop dripping. People on the land, this is the clean-up of fishermen, he has done 67 hours up.

These fishermen mainly the straw into the sea, such as oil, debris such as straw to suck to be picked up after them, into oil drums, oil drums filled when the entire fishing boat back to shore on the open. Some business skilled fishermen can salvage more than 40 barrels a day, more than income as high as 10,000 yuan. Jin Shi Haibin Beach Management is the managing director Wang Liqi told, “First Financial Daily”, to his knowledge into the Golden Pebble Beach the day raking up nearly 300 million installed more than 70,000 barrels of day.

Since July 16 Japan-China oil pipeline explosion in Dalian Xingang, Dalian, a large number of crude leaked into the sea, these days are fighting a clean up campaign of the local. “Now the sea is still a lot of oil, estimated clean-up will continue for nearly a week.” Guide at the Dalian Golden Pebble Beach clean-up of a company near the head of Mr. Yang (pseudonym), told the newspaper, even more than one billion yuan to pay for clean pollution costs.

Clean up the working group on July 24, said the notification issued: clean-up operations in Dalian sea area of 41 square kilometers, oil spill area of 32 square kilometers, deployed 6,590 officers, of whom 835 were professional clean-up personnel. Vessels to 1258, including 40 specialized vessels, fishing vessels 1218.

Multi-reporter learned that the entire clean-up formed by several forces. First, the oil and environmental protection, maritime and other sectors through their own efforts to clean up. PetroChina told reporters that one of the internal management, the company has invested more than 10 vessels for the sea port clean-up. The second category is a Government fishing vessels, clean-up company to do it, in accordance with the plan initially for each fishing vessels access to 1,000 yuan a day clean-up subsidies, but according to the fishermen say, and now every barrel of oil can be filled with 300 yuan reward. The reporter saw the boat in the barrels and into the third row is generally a boat full of about 20 barrels of oil.

Some company request of the Government, is responsible for loading boats on the oil and then sent to designated areas. One engaged in clean-up work told reporters that this part of the oil will be sent to the Dalian petrochemical company, for further processing.

At press time, the Dalian municipal government has not announced how much will be paid for the cost of cleaning up the oil. Industry to reporters, these costs will be several parts, the first step was to clean out oil shipment, and then delivered to shore, loaded into trucks. Loading of the people are not local fishermen, but some professional clean-up around the job market in Dalian over the recruitment of emergency personnel, there are Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei and other parts of the migrant workers, pay 600 yuan a day. One of them migrant workers to participate in clean-up work that they need to dry from about 8 am to 5 pm. After 5 pm to continue doing so, the other operator overtime.

In the clean-up scene, this reporter saw a number of migrant workers are working overtime and decontamination companies to negotiate with. The original set of 3 yuan per barrel, but the migrant workers believe should be raised to 5 yuan / barrel. Half an hour passed, and a barrel of oil down overtime has not been discussed.

Mr Yang said the Dalian area clean stains estimated more than 10. If in a week, 300 yuan / day, 10 points to calculate, then probably put up 210 million yuan. But this is only part of clean-up costs, the labor cost of transport oil, gasoline, and other edible vegetable oil equipment such as suction linoleum, eliminating oil, edible vegetable oil machine to spend money, there are pollution control fees, “plus rock, Beach wall follow-up treatment is also a large sum of money. “Yang said.

Wang Liqi also told the newspaper, according to his personal understanding, the government has basically decided to change areas of the Golden Pebble Beach Sand. Apart from Golden Pebble Beach, contaminated include well-known tourist area of Dalian Tiger Beach, Shek Wan Park, etc. quite a few maintenance costs.

State Securities researcher Kim Bo said that at present more traditional decontamination methods, artificial fishing by oil barrels can be very slow. And on July 16 after the oil spill, Dalian rain a few days, many fishing boats can not work without that, the sea of oil can easily spread to, to clean up the inconvenience. Therefore, the whole clean-up time may be 1 week longer than expected, the cost of inputs may be even greater. “After the incident, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP had planned to invest 20 billion U.S. dollars for oil pollution, marine ecosystem protection, and Dalian, the cost of 10 billion yuan investment, is very possible.”

Dalian Port (02880.HK) announced last night, said the three affected by the oil pipeline explosion in oil berth, 1 # and 2 # berth at the date of resumption of operation, the largest 0 # berth has yet to resume operations.

1000 sharks was abandoned after cutting fin

21 July, 00:07, by admin Tags:
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16, according to British media reports, a fish factory in Japan was found piled up a thousand of the abandoned body of a shark. The shark was taken only a fin, and then thrown aside.

Allegedly, this factory floor cross the blood flow, stink to high heaven. Local people to take shark fin just to make shark fin soup.

Media photographers captured this shocking picture, and said: “This is like hell, you can not imagine them doing only to a bowl of shark fin soup.”

Ocean shark populations are declining, but in order to satisfy some people’s desire for shark fin soup, this brutal killings continues. The plant’s director not only failed to reflect on their actions, but to visitors to show off the mountain of shark body.

It is reported that the sea of the number of hammerhead shark has declined by 98%, but about 73 million each year to fish for shark fins were arrested, made of shark’s fin soup, and then abandoned.

Dalian Port’s one-meter thick oil slicks

19 July, 14:58, by admin Tags:
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Yesterday, Dalian, Xingang oil pipeline explosion and rescue work into the finishing phase, was seriously damaged on the 3rd tank of crude oil over time, burn out, than remaining part of the fire.

Fire officers and men are still at the scene and used water cannon to cool the foam on the tank, while the fire investigation officers and soldiers are still carefully into the oil tank farm near the drains may be to prevent accidents recrudescence.

After the incident, estimated 1,500 tons of crude oil into the sea, marine pollution, a comprehensive treatment has begun. Liaoning Maritime Bureau has laid 7,000 meters in the waters spill the fence, from 20 ships, marine oil pollution clean-up vessels were removed. Up to now, has been cleaned up 50 tons of crude oil, is expected to more than 10 days will be fully cleared.

Scene of the explosion near the air was filled with black dust

17 July, 23:47, by admin Tags:
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July 16 evening 18 o’clock, near Dalian in Dalian, Xingang a pipeline explosion oil fire. Evening 23:30 to press time, the fire under control.

Reporters on the scene to see, Dalian dispatched more than 400 officers and men and more than 110 fire engines, the explosion of a 900 mm diameter pipeline fire in all the fight. However, another explosion caused by 700 mm diameter pipe by the fire, was damaged due to oil pump can not cut off the circuit, the fire has not yet extinguished.

Dalian Free Trade Zone, the Fire Police Captain Cui Hongtao, said the length of the pipeline is on fire about 200 meters. Fire officers and men on the one hand is cool with cold water tank of crude oil reserves, the other with a foam fire, Liaoning Province, is preparing to send aircraft to the scene to transport the bubble.

This reporter learned that the accident occurred when a tanker unloading operations under way. After the fire, the tanker was safe to leave.

Reporters on the scene learned that the accident caused no casualties, but near the air was filled with black dust, the smell of oil burning strong.

Liaoning Provincial CPC Committee Secretary Wang Min, Governor Chen immediately instructed the Deputy Governor of Xu Weiguo Gao arrived at the scene, with the Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Dalian, Xia Deren, mayor of Dalian, with only Lee Wan in Dalian Xingang command fire.

Cause of the accident is not clear, authorities are investigating

Photographer photographed glaciers magic screen

14 July, 13:58, by admin Tags:
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According to reports, a photographer take pictures of Norway when the ice sheet near the Austfonna, actually shoot a very weird face.

In short, the main reasons that cause global warming is human life process which generates large amount of carbon dioxide and methane, their entry into the Earth’s atmosphere to heat up, so that carbon Xunhuan imbalance, Gai Bian Le Earth’s biosphere in the form of energy conversion.

The largest The largest solar-powered aircraft flying 26 hours straightflying 26 hours straight

11 July, 23:07, by admin Tags:
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8, led by the Swiss developed the world’s largest solar-powered aircraft, “the Sun-driven” to complete the first test flight 26 hours straight. This is the world’s first solar-powered aircraft carried out night-time flight.

About 12,000 pairs of solar energy devices

According to reports, local time at 9 o’clock on the 8th, the pilot  Schlumberger driving a single-seat solar-powered aircraft that landed in the Swiss capital Bern southwest Payeerni airport. When the aircraft landed, the staff quickly take measures to ensure the aircraft to maintain balance, to prevent its long wingspan of 63.4 meters rub cut surface, leading to body tilting.

The plane, with its machine body in the day about 12,000 pairs of solar panels to collect solar energy. Local time at 6:51 on the 7th, “the Sun-driven” to take off, to 16:40, more than a predetermined altitude 8500 m, reaching 8700 meters, the height of the aircraft battery charging, to prepare for night. 7 night 23:00, “the Sun-driven” down to 1500 meters, the reserves began to rely on solar power during the day flight. Aircraft a top speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

Driver cold to do yoga

“Solar-driven” in the first test flight on April 7, this is the first night flight. Research team, said the plane single-seater solar energy as the driving force, non-stop flight in theory can be achieved at the same time, the zero emission flight is possible.

57-year-old experienced low-flying in the air when the bumps, Bai Tianfei rows of hot and cold when flying at night. He said that the plane did not autopilot, he had remained sober, and spray yourself to avoid sleep at night to keep warm, and he was still doing yoga in the cabin.

The next step for global test

However, the researchers said, solar energy technology also does not replace the traditional short term air propulsion technology, developed for solar-powered aircraft overall goal is to test new energy-efficient technologies and

Solar aircraft project founder  Card said, many people have been on renewable energy in the applicability of the aviation industry are skeptical, but this solar-powered aircraft flight test proved that the new technology can help break community dependence on fossil fuels.

At present, solar aircraft research team is planning a flight across the Atlantic, and in 2013 solar-powered aircraft flight around the world, stopping only 5 stops along the route

Beijing official recognized status of garbage Siege

09 July, 23:06, by admin Tags:
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The world’s largest human resource management consulting firm Mercer Consulting has released a 2010 Le’s Shengtaichengshi ranking, by pairs of water, waste disposal,  and air pollution Fanchou the score, Beijing ranked at No. 181.

 

Garbage has direction from the four corners of the “siege” Beijing.

June 29, from Beijing, Chaoyang District, east Gao’antun landfill slopes on the look, eyes full of garbage full of green mountains. According to the staff, the weather gradually heat up and produce more in order to prevent the odor after the landfill, landfill waste after all covered with green film to form the current spectacular “green mountain.”

The Beijing Fengtai district heads south of the village of South Camp West changxindianzhen Daxinzhuang team at least three pieces dump, June 30, the reporter here to see a depression in the garbage piled in the lives of about 10 meters deep, construction and health care waste, the village children run through their noses.

Marco Polo Bridge west of Beijing, north of the west side until at the mountain foot of the Yongding River, as the past 10 years have been conducted in this landfill, waste composition increasing complexity, coupled with the dumping of a few years in this old shit Chen, Yongding River water shows tan, a piece of toilet paper or plastic bags floating in the river above.

And close to Beijing’s Changping District, Central North 6 Xiaotangshan Town Aso Wei Village, from time to time passing garbage truck from the village, bound for more than 1 km southwest from the village of Aso Guardian Waste Treatment Centre. Since the end of 1994, Aso Health Waste Treatment Centre has been put into operation, the huge landfill site to receive a from the Beijing Dongcheng District, Xicheng District of garbage and some of Changping and Chaoyang District, garbage, waste volume from the first day of 1,500 tons to 7,000 tons.

Landfill area several kilometers around the distribution of the four villages, in addition to Aso Wei Village, there are good town of Changping District, 100 Second German village, Ox good lap and 100 villages. 10 years, the villagers suffer from bursts of odor in the summer basically have to shut doors and windows.

Year 2009, the Beijing Municipal solid waste production has reached 6.69 million tons, equivalent to Aso Wei landfill deal the first 10 years total. With Beijing to further enhance the process of urbanization, waste growth, faster and faster.

City of Beijing Municipal Administration Commission Deputy Director Renchen Ling said in an interview at the current solid waste generated every day, Beijing, 18,400 tons, and 8% per annum growth rate, while the design of existing facilities, the total processing capacity is 10,410 tons / day, actual daily processing capacity of 17,400 tons, facilities overload rate of 67%.

According to the Beijing municipal government statistics, by 2010, Beijing 10 existing waste treatment facilities will be closed. Time, Beijing will have 10,770 tons per day garbage piling up.

Beijing Municipal Solid Waste Management Committee, Deputy Director Chen Wei Pan Mingtan, “That is rubbish Fortress, and the situation is very urgent.”