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Heat-tolerant Coral Reefs Discovered

30/10/2009 13:09
ScienceDaily — Experts say that more than half of the world's coral reefs could disappear in the next 50 years, in large part because of higher ocean temperatures caused by climate change. But now Stanford University scientists have found evidence that some coral reefs are adapting and may actually...

Small islands say Copenhagen climate summit must not fail

25/10/2009 12:01
New York - Worried over the possibility of failure in the Copenhagen climate change summit in December, the world's 43 small islands on Thursday urged more commitment from government leaders to achieve a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) called for the...

Tsunami impacts on marine environment

17/10/2009 00:53
By Cherelle Jackson  APIA - The Samoa Tsunami Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) conducted last week concluded in some areas affected, there was significant impact on the marine environment. Conducted by the United Nations, Conservation International and the Secretariat of the Pacific...

Killer earthquakes shake scientific thought

13/10/2009 08:41
By Talek Harris (AFP) SYDNEY — A sudden cluster of massive earthquakes which has shaken Asia-Pacific communities and likely left thousands dead has also jolted some scientists, who are starting to question conventional thought. Experts who dismissed notions that far-away quakes could be linked are...

SPREP appoints new Director

13/10/2009 08:35
APIA - The new Director of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) began his term this week, welcomed back into the organisation for which he has worked before.  Mr. David Sheppard has over 30 years experience in the conservation and environment field at the...

Blaming developing countries, poor excuse for climate copmlacency

13/10/2009 07:37
Climate negotiations stuck: US becoming key obstacle on the road to Copenhagen BANGKOK-  The rift between rich and poor countries has intensified because rich countries have not put serious money on the table to help poor countries adapt to the escalating impacts of climate change and develop...

Apia panics during tsunami warning

13/10/2009 07:36
APIA - What previously was a joke and an obligatory excercise of adhering to tsunami warnings, was yesterday taken very seriously by residents of Apia town area. Thousands reacted immediately after alarm went off in the town of Apia. The traffic was at a stand still as members of the public...

Samoa plans mass burial; at least 180 feared dead

08/10/2009 07:37
  By Cherelle Jackson (AFP) APIA, Samoa -- Samoa is planning a mass burial for victims of the tsunami that devastated the Pacific island earlier this week, the government said, as the death toll from the disaster crept towards 200. google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad",...

Disease outbreaks feared in tsunami zone

07/10/2009 07:48
 By Cherelle Jackson in Apia Article from:  Agence France-Presse FEARS of deadly outbreaks of disease in tsunami-battered Samoa mounted today, as frightened survivors sheltering on higher ground refused to return to their beachfront villages. As roads and beaches were cleared of debris...

Woman clings to tree as tsunami washes through

05/10/2009 04:38
  By Cherelle Jackson   LEPA, Samoa - Kalolo Punefu, is a fortunate woman, her husband and her 13 children all survived the tsunami. Mrs Punefu, a school teacher, was walking to school when the tsunami hit her village. "I ran to the closest big tree and hugged it because it was too late...
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