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["AlessandroGimona"<agimona@libero.it>]

Nuova evidenza che l'ultimo decennio e gli ultimi 50 anni sono stati i 
piu' caldi del millennio.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ice cores drilled through a glacier more than four
miles up in the Himalayan Mountains have yielded a highly detailed
record of the last 1,000 years of earth's climate in the high Tibetan
Plateau. Based on an analysis of the ice, both the last decade and the
last 50 years were the warmest in 1,000 years.
http://www.osu.edu/units/research/archive/monsoon.htm

Earth Shrugged off Ancient Warming
Sept. 13, 2000 -- When the sea floor burped a big cloud of greenhouse
gases 55 million years ago, the ocean's plankton responded with a burst
of growth that sucked the gases out of the atmosphere, researchers
report in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000914/ea_oceanburp.html
subscriber only:
http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6801/abs/407171a0_fs.html

Human forcing of climate change: Easing up on the gas pedal
     Ralph J. Cicerone
     PNAS 2000;97 10304-10306
subscriber only:   http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/19/10304




Gli accordi di Kyoto non bastano per fermare il riscaldamento del 
pianeta


KYOTO TREATY NOT ENOUGH TO STOP GLOBAL WARNING
         Even full adherence to the Kyoto agreement to cut greenhouse
         gas emissions would have little impact on global warming,
         a leading Australian scientist said today.

         Source: Reuters

         
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/09/09132000/reu_kyoto_31414.asp




Contraccezione come alternativa all'abbattimento per controllare la 
popolazione di elefanti.

CONTRACEPTION MAY PREVENT ELEPHANT CULLING
         Researchers have developed a contraceptive that can be used
         in the wild to control elephant populations, according to
         a report in the Sept. 14 issue of the journal Nature.

         Source: Environmental News Network

         
http://enn.com/news/enn-stories/2000/09/09142000/elephant_31448.asp


Gli USA vietano al giappone la caccia alle balene nelle proprie acque 

JAPAN DEPLORES U.S. WHALING ACTION, SEEKS RESTRAINT
         Japan deplored today a U.S. decision to ban its vessels
         from fishing in U.S. waters in a row over Japanese whaling
         and urged Washington not to impose sanctions.

         Source: Reuters

         
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/09/09142000/reu_japanwhale_31468.a
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