tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post8096934657505905218..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: ECO ApriGeo News (April 2015 - Β)antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-72006398782967098272015-04-30T21:18:54.891+03:002015-04-30T21:18:54.891+03:00Chinese scientists discover 'batman dinosaur&#...Chinese scientists discover 'batman dinosaur' ..<br /><br />Chinese scientists have discovered a "batman dinosaur" – a small dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and had featherless wings like bats.<br /><br />The research, conducted by scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing as well as Linyi University in Shandong Province, was published by Nature magazine on Friday.<br /><br />Scientists restructured the image of the small dinosaur named "Qiyi", which means fantastic wing in English, after scanning a specimen with CT devices and electron microscopy.<br /><br />Qiyi has a unique look with stubby head, long fingers and threadlike feather, which is quite different from the feather of any existing bird.<br /><br />The most eye-catching feature of Qiyi is a rod-like bone, a wrist commonly found with flying tetrapods like bats, but had never been found on dinosaur fossils.....china.org.cnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-83588024651694815532015-04-30T20:14:43.801+03:002015-04-30T20:14:43.801+03:00Pollution de l'air : l'UE menace la France...Pollution de l'air : l'UE menace la France de poursuites judiciaires...<br /><br />La pollution aux particules fines en France est trop élevée, selon l'Union européenne, qui a rappelé Paris à l'ordre mercredi. Si la France ne réagit pas dans les deux mois, elle risque d'être poursuivie devant la Cour de justice européenne.<br /><br />La Commission européenne a menacé la France, mercredi 29 avril, d'un renvoi en justice si elle ne prenait pas des "mesures ambitieuses, rapides et efficaces" pour limiter la pollution aux particules fines dans dix agglomérations, dont Paris, Lyon et Grenoble, et ce, dans un délai de deux mois.<br /><br />"Les chiffres des autorités françaises les plus récents montrent que le problème de pollution de l'air persiste et que les limites maximales journalières pour ces particules sont dépassées dans 10 zones : Paris, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille, Martinique, Rhône-Alpes (Vallée de l'Arve), PACA-ZUR (Zone urbaine régionale), Nice, Toulon, Douai-Béthune-Valenciennes", selon la Commission européenne.<br /><br />"La Commission européenne a demandé à la France de respecter la législation de l'UE exigeant que les États membres limitent l'exposition de leurs citoyens aux particules fines", a-t-elle indiqué dans un communiqué....france24.com<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-15095345809662151162015-04-30T20:05:49.024+03:002015-04-30T20:05:49.024+03:00NASA spacecraft to slam into Mercury on Thursday.....NASA spacecraft to slam into Mercury on Thursday...<br /><br />NASA's Mercury-orbiting spacecraft, Messenger, is going out with a bang this week, adding a hefty crater to the little planet closest to the sun.<br /><br />The first spacecraft to circle Mercury, Messenger is expected to slip out of orbit and slam into Mercury on Thursday following a successful four-year tour of the rocky planet. The spacecraft will be travelling 14,081 kph when it hits, fast enough to carve out a crater 16 metres wide. The spacecraft itself stretches 3 metres solar wingtip to wingtip.<br /><br />Messenger has run out of fuel, but ground controllers managed in recent weeks to eke out some extra life, raising Messenger's orbit by dipping into helium gas reserves not originally intended for use as fuel. But now that's all gone and Messenger is at the mercy of gravity.....ctvnews.ca<br />30/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-10459548716085090692015-04-30T17:26:55.105+03:002015-04-30T17:26:55.105+03:00China builds 57-storey skyscraper in 19 days...
A...China builds 57-storey skyscraper in 19 days...<br /><br />A Chinese construction company is claiming to be the world's fastest builder after erecting a 57-storey skyscraper in 19 working days in central China.<br /><br />The Broad Sustainable Building Co put up the rectangular, glass-and-steel Mini Sky City in the Hunan provincial capital of Changsha using a modular method, assembling three floors per day, company vice president Xiao Changgeng said.<br /><br />The company, which has ambitions to assemble the world's tallest skyscraper at 220 floors in only three months, worked on Mini Sky City in two spurts separated by winter weather. Its time-lapse video of the rapid assembly has become popular on Chinese video-sharing sites since it was first uploaded on YouTube.<br /><br />"With the traditional method, they have to build a skyscraper brick by brick, but with our method, we just need to assemble the blocks," company engineer Chen Xiangqian said.....AP.....http://timesofindia.indiatimes.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-12935449640992116752015-04-29T17:46:47.710+03:002015-04-29T17:46:47.710+03:00Earthquake-hit Nepal at high risk of landslides in...Earthquake-hit Nepal at high risk of landslides in coming weeks, scientists warn..<br /><br />The threat of landslides and mudslides remains high in the earthquake-hit Nepal in the coming weeks, and the risk is likely to increase when the monsoon rains arrive this summer, scientists have warned.<br /><br />The region at highest risk for landslides and mudslides is the mountainous area along the Nepal-Tibet border, north of Kathmandu and west of Mount Everest, directly above the fault rupture, according to researchers at the University of Michigan (UM).<br /><br />UM geomorphologist Marin Clark and two colleagues have assessed the landslide hazard in Nepal following Saturday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake....http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com<br />29/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-17345424028306553022015-04-28T23:16:53.055+03:002015-04-28T23:16:53.055+03:00Ukraine: incendie de forêt près de Tchernobyl, &qu...Ukraine: incendie de forêt près de Tchernobyl, "pas de danger"...<br /><br />Un incendie de forêt s'est déclaré mardi en Ukraine à proximité de la centrale de Tchernobyl, théâtre de la pire catastrophe du nucléaire civil, en 1986, ont indiqué des responsables du service d'Etat des Situations d'urgence.<br /><br />"Le feu est à 15-20 kilomètres", a précisé à l'AFP une porte-parole du site, Maïa Roudenko, ajoutant qu'il n'y a "aucun problème là-bas".<br /><br />Selon le service d'Etat des situations d'urgence, l'incendie s'est déclaré en début d'après-midi heure locale (vers 09H15 GMT), se propageant sur plusieurs centaines d'hectares.<br /><br />Mais plusieurs heures plus tard il n'était toujours pas maîtrisé malgré l'envoi de près de 200 hommes, de plusieurs véhicules d'urgence, un hélicoptère et deux avions An-32.<br /><br />Néanmoins le chef des services des Situations d'urgence, Zorian Chkiriaka, a affirmé que "la situation est sous contrôle", sur sa page Facebook....rtbf.be<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-1068571950263764612015-04-28T22:26:57.058+03:002015-04-28T22:26:57.058+03:00Συναγερμός από πυρκαγιά κοντά στο Τσερνόμπιλ...
Δ...Συναγερμός από πυρκαγιά κοντά στο Τσερνόμπιλ...<br /><br />Δασική πυρκαγιά στη βόρεια Ουκρανία απειλεί σήμερα να επεκταθεί προς τον εγκαταλειμμένο πυρηνικό σταθμό του Τσερνόμπιλ, αναφέρει σε καταχώρισή του στο Facebook ο υπουργός Εσωτερικών Αρσέν Αβάκοφ.<br /><br />"Στις 18:30 (τοπική ώρα και ώρα Ελλάδας) κλιμακώθηκε η κατάσταση με τη δασική πυρκαγιά γύρω από το σταθμό του Τσερνόμπιλ. Οι φλόγες κατέκαψαν για μια ακόμη φορά το δάσος προς την κατεύθυνση του σταθμού του Τσερνόμπιλ. Η φωτιά στις κορυφές των δένδρων και οι ισχυρές ριπές ανέμου απειλούν σοβαρά να επεκτείνουν την πυρκαγιά στη ζώνη των 20 χλμ. γύρω από το σταθμό", ανέφερε ο υπουργός.<br /><br />Το 1986 μια πυρκαγιά σε αντιδραστήρα προκάλεσε έκρηξη στο Τσερνόμπιλ, με αποτέλεσμα τη χειρότερη πυρηνική καταστροφή στον κόσμο. Ραδιενεργά υλικά παραμένουν στον σταθμό, καλυμμένα από μια τσιμεντένια σαρκοφάγο που οι ουκρανικές αρχές σχεδιάζουν να αντικαταστήσουν το 2016.<br />imerisia.gr<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-3184979751150761522015-04-28T18:13:13.433+03:002015-04-28T18:13:13.433+03:00Les glissements de terrain, le nouveau danger qui ...Les glissements de terrain, le nouveau danger qui menace le Népal...<br /><br />Alors que le bilan du séisme qui a frappé samedi le Népal pourrait atteindre 10 000 morts selon les autorités, un nouveau danger menace le pays : les glissements de terrain avec le risque de voir des camps de réfugiés engloutis par la terre. <br /><br />Le dernier bilan provisoire du tremblement de terre est aujourd'hui passé à plus de 4300 morts et 8000 blessés. Et selon le Premier ministre népalais, il pourrait atteindre les 10 000 victimes.<br /><br />Si tout le monde se mobilise, l'arrivée des secours reste compliquée, dans la capitale, Katmandou, mais surtout dans le pays où de nombreuses vallées et villages demeurent difficilement inaccessibles.<br /><br />Or, un nouveau danger menace ces vallées. Un tremblement de terre peut aussi à court terme accélérer des glissements de terrain. La terre pourrait alors engloutir des camps de réfugiés....rtbf.be<br />28/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-61967782416785037602015-04-28T15:07:14.822+03:002015-04-28T15:07:14.822+03:00Russian officials said Tuesday an unmanned Progres...Russian officials said Tuesday an unmanned Progress spacecraft carrying supplies to the International Space Station had suffered a glitch, after a successful launch earlier in the day...<br /><br />"The ship reached orbit but the full volume of telemetry (data transmissions) is not being received," a spokesman for the mission control told AFP.<br /><br />As a result, the controllers had opted to change the flight plan and extend the vessel's journey to two days instead of six hours, he added.<br /><br />A Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-27M supply craft launched successfully from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier Tuesday.<br />AFP<br />ahram.org.egAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-92192654796690009942015-04-28T15:04:49.061+03:002015-04-28T15:04:49.061+03:00El epicentro se ubica a una profundidad de 71 kiló...El epicentro se ubica a una profundidad de 71 kilómetros....<br /><br />El Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. sitúa la magnitud del fenómeno en 5,3.<br /><br />Testigos reportaron un fuerte temblor en la ciudad de Guayaquil. El movimiento sísmico también se sintió en Durán, Riobamba, Quito y Bahía de Caráquez, según reportes en redes sociales......http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/173273-fuerte-sismo-ecuadorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-43884606981750851222015-04-28T15:03:01.298+03:002015-04-28T15:03:01.298+03:00Un sismo de magnitud de 5,8 ha sacudido el suroest...Un sismo de magnitud de 5,8 ha sacudido el suroeste de Ecuador, según el Instituto Geofísico de Ecuador. <br /><br />Magnitude mb 5.3<br />Region NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR<br />Date time 2015-04-28 11:19:52.8 UTC<br />Location 2.06 S ; 79.67 W<br />Depth 100 km<br />Distances 28 km NE of Guayaquil, Ecuador / pop: 1,952,029 / local time: 06:19:52.8 2015-04-28<br />6 km N of Yaguachi, Ecuador / pop: 27,947 / local time: 06:19:52.8 2015-04-28 <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-83660819925625700332015-04-28T15:00:41.274+03:002015-04-28T15:00:41.274+03:0052 missing feared dead in Afghanistan landslide: O...52 missing feared dead in Afghanistan landslide: Officials...<br /><br />At least 52 people are missing, feared dead after a landslide swept through a village in Afghanistan's remote mountainous northeast on Tuesday, officials said.<br /><br />At least 25 women and 22 children are among those missing in the landslide in Khwahan district of Badakhshan province, deputy provincial governor Gul Mohammad Beidar said.<br /><br />"We have asked Kabul for help and they have said they are sending two helicopters to assist with the rescue operations," Beidar told AFP.<br /><br />"This is a remote area on the border with Tajikistan and the road to this district remains closed for six months of the year," he added, highlighting the challenges facing the relief effort..........afp....http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/128873.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-57095989110920671742015-04-27T21:32:24.969+03:002015-04-27T21:32:24.969+03:00Ψήλωσαν τα Ιμαλάια από τον ισχυρό σεισμό στο Νεπάλ...Ψήλωσαν τα Ιμαλάια από τον ισχυρό σεισμό στο Νεπάλ...<br /><br />«Ψήλωσαν» τα ...Ιμαλάια από τον μεγάλο σεισμό των 7,9 βαθμών Ρίχτερ που έπληξε το Νεπάλ το περασμένο Σάββατο. Σύμφωνα με τον ομότιμο καθηγητή Γεωφυσικής στο ΑΠΘ, Βασίλη Παπαζάχο, το γεωλογικό αυτό φαινόμενο εξελίσσεται εδώ εκατομμύρια χρόνια και οφείλεται στη σύγκρουση δύο πλακών - της Ινδικής με την Ασιατική.<br /><br /> Οπως εξήγησε ο κ.Παπαζάχος, μιλώντας στο Αθηναϊκό πρακτορείο, με απλά λόγια, η Ινδία «σπρώχνει», προς τα επάνω και «συμπιέζει» την υπόλοιπη Ασία, η οποία μετατοπίζεται με τη σειρά της, ετησίως, κατά 10 εκατοστά περίπου, με αποτέλεσμα να αυξάνεται, αντίστοιχα, κατά μερικά εκατοστά και το υψόμετρο των Ιμαλαΐων.<br /><br />«Οι συγκλίσεις και οι συγκρούσεις των δύο αυτών πλακών είναι πολύ μεγάλες, και κατά συνέπεια στην περιοχή αυτή σημειώνονται πολύ μεγάλοι, σε μέγεθος, σεισμοί. Στο Αιγαίο, για παράδειγμα, η αφρικανική πλάκα συγκρούεται με την ευρασιατική και βυθίζεται κατά 4 περίπου εκατοστά το χρόνο, ενώ στην περίπτωση του Νεπάλ ξεπερνά τα 10 εκατοστά», υπογραμμίζει ο κ. Παπαζάχος....ethnos.gr<br />27/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-87181104187036820022015-04-27T11:39:58.999+03:002015-04-27T11:39:58.999+03:00Pakistan 'mini-cyclone' death toll rises t...Pakistan 'mini-cyclone' death toll rises to 44: officials...<br /><br />A severe storm in northwest Pakistan, dubbed a "mini-cyclone," has killed 44 people and injured more than 200, officials said Monday, raising their previous death toll.<br /><br />Intense rain and strong winds buffeted the city of Peshawar and adjacent districts late Sunday, felling trees, causing dozens of roofs and walls to collapse and blocking many roads.<br /><br />The injured include nearly 100 children, according to officials, while farmers have seen their produce badly affected.<br /><br />"At least 44 people have been killed and 202 wounded. The storm followed by heavy rain and hailstorm has severely damaged wheat crops and orchards," Provincial Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani told AFP......dailystar.com.lb<br />27/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-67158465842757491192015-04-27T10:59:23.636+03:002015-04-27T10:59:23.636+03:00Quake warnings of minutes, not hours, are possible...Quake warnings of minutes, not hours, are possible, but pricey...<br /><br />Nepal's record of earthquakes dates to at least the 13th century, with significant temblors striking every 75 years or so. And through all that time, in Nepal as in most seismically active areas, there has been one constant: people in the path of destruction have had no idea when the shaking would start.<br /><br />Even after decades of research, "our ability to predict earthquakes is still non-existent," said seismologist Peggy Hellweg, of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.<br /><br />The area around Kathmandu suffered damaging quakes in 1934 and 1988, but when disaster experts met in Nepal's capital earlier this month, all they could forecast was that the next one would probably come in the next couple of decades.<br /><br />Policy makers have, in at least one case, reacted harshly to seismologists' limited foresight. In 2012, an Italian court found six scientists guilty of manslaughter because they failed to predict and warn residents in advance of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, which was preceded by months of minor rumblings and killed just over 300 people. The verdict was overturned in 2014.<br /><br />But if predictions, meaning alerts days or weeks ahead, are still a distant goal, progress has been made on early warnings of earthquakes, giving precious seconds that can save lives. But the world is divided into haves and have-nots..........timesofindia.indiatimes.com<br />27/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-73830937868509337602015-04-27T10:48:32.507+03:002015-04-27T10:48:32.507+03:00Wildfire-hit area in Russia’s Siberia continues to...Wildfire-hit area in Russia’s Siberia continues to grow...<br /><br />Strong winds have increased the forest fire spread in Russia’s Siberia, including in Buryatia where the area hit by blaze has grown from 68 hectares to 5,000 hectares and in the Trans-Baikal Territory, where fires are burning the area of 172,000 hectares.<br /><br />The main cause of the disaster is human factor, local forestry department officials say. The fires were started when the farmers began burning the dry grass in their fields.<br /><br />Since mid-April, a state of emergency has been declared in the forests of Buryatia, except for two northern districts. In the Trans-Baikal Territory, which has been hit by the disaster from March 19, there are now a total of 60 forest fires.<br /><br />The fire-fighting effort involves 1,500 people, including 481 paratroopers. The fire has destroyed more than 200 houses in 18 settlements of the region. Four people died and another 813 have been injured.<br />http://tass.ru/en/russia/791910<br />27/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-36515135333012885062015-04-26T22:52:54.799+03:002015-04-26T22:52:54.799+03:00At least 20 people were killed and around 100 inju...At least 20 people were killed and around 100 injured Sunday after heavy rain and flooding in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar caused dozens of buildings to collapse, senior police official Mian Syed told AFP...<br /><br />Riaz Khan Mehsud, a senior local government official, confirmed the toll and said the number of dead was expected to rise.<br />AFPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-17947153555578889972015-04-26T20:50:46.527+03:002015-04-26T20:50:46.527+03:00Windstorm, Heavy Rains Kill 25 People in Pakistan’...Windstorm, Heavy Rains Kill 25 People in Pakistan’s Peshawar...<br /><br />According to Afridi, strong winds and heavy rain destroyed the roofs and the walls of several clay houses in the suburbs of Peshawar. Wind tore the trees out of the ground in some areas.<br /><br />The injured, including women and children, were hospitalized. Search and rescue operations, which are currently hampered by heavy rain, are continuing in the disaster area, the channel said.<br /><br />Geo TV warned that more heavy rains with windstorm could take place in Malakand, Hazara and Peshawar within the next 24 hours, according to the Meteorological Department.<br />http://sptnkne.ws/fSC<br />26/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-78161342450381286222015-04-25T21:39:42.613+03:002015-04-25T21:39:42.613+03:00"En la Tierra está sucediendo algo colosal&qu..."En la Tierra está sucediendo algo colosal" ...<br /><br />Últimamente se registran en diferentes partes del mundo varios cataclismos ambientales. El más reciente ocurrió en Nepal y la India, donde un devastador sismo se cobró la vida de centenares de personas. Según Dominique Bourg, experto en la protección del clima, la gente, al cambiar el medio ambiente cambia la vida de toda la humanidad. <br /><br />Durante una conferencia que brindó Dominique Bourg, filósofo francés, profesor de la Universidad de Lausana y experto en protección del clima, habló sobre el antropoceno, un nuevo periodo geológico también conocido como 'la edad del hombre', que se caracteriza por un aumento del dióxido de carbono. En ese sentido, recordó que el antropoceno continúa y que "cada década estamos viendo algo nuevo".............http://actualidad.rt.com/ciencias/173033-tierra-suceder-cambio-colosal<br />25/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-43913121615713327832015-04-25T18:36:22.393+03:002015-04-25T18:36:22.393+03:00Les cendres du volcan Calbuco, brusquement réveill...Les cendres du volcan Calbuco, brusquement réveillé par une double éruption, recouvraient vendredi les régions touristiques du sud du Chili et de l'Argentine, entraînant l'annulation de vols internationaux au départ et à l'arrivée de Buenos Aires...<br /><br />Une épaisse fumée blanche s'échappait vendredi du volcan Calbuco dans le sud du Chili, presque deux jours après sa double éruption, son nuage de cendres touchant les pays voisins dont l'Argentine, qui a vu son trafic aérien perturbé.<br /><br />Apparue dans la matinée, la colonne de fumée, immense, a redoublé les craintes d'une troisième éruption du volcan, situé sur la côte Pacifique, à 1.300 kilomètres au sud de Santiago......rtl.beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-37363181043231324912015-04-24T22:56:24.616+03:002015-04-24T22:56:24.616+03:00L’UE autorise la commercialisation de 19 OGM...
O...L’UE autorise la commercialisation de 19 OGM...<br /><br />Onze sont produits par la firme américaine Monsanto, les huit autres sont des produits de la firme américaine Dupont et des groupes allemands Bayer et BASF<br /><br />L’Union européenne a autorisé vendredi l’importation et la commercialisation de 19 OGM, parmi lesquels 11 produits de la multinationale américaine Monsanto -plusieurs variétés de soja, maïs, colza et coton-. Les huit autres sont des produits de la firme américaine Dupont et des groupes allemands Bayer et BASF. Dix-sept de ces OGM sont destinés à l’alimentation animale et humaine, deux sont des fleurs coupées. « L’innocuité de tous les OGM approuvés aujourd’hui a été établie avant leur mise sur le marché dans l’Union », veut rassurer la Commission européenne dans un communiqué.......lesechos.fr<br />24/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-68532087397664949292015-04-24T22:53:15.907+03:002015-04-24T22:53:15.907+03:00Park in Ikebukuro closed after hot spot detected i...Park in Ikebukuro closed after hot spot detected in playground...<br /><br />An unusually high level of radiation has been detected at a park in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro area, the Toshima Ward Office said Thursday, prompting speculation that hazardous material has been buried there.<br /><br />The ward office has banned entry to the municipal park, which is right next to Tobu Railway Co.’s Shimoitabashi Station in the Ikebukuro-honcho district and surrounded by residences.<br /><br />The name of the park is Ikebukuro Honcho Densha no Mieru Koen.<br /><br />On Thursday afternoon, a radiation level of up to 480 microsieverts per hour was recorded at a spot on the ground near playground equipment, the municipality said.<br /><br />That is nearly half the permitted annual dose of 1 millisievert and far in excess of the ward’s decontamination standard of 0.23 microsievert.<br /><br />“Because the area in which we detect radioactivity is very limited, and readings in the surrounding areas are normal, we suspect radioactive materials of some kind are buried there,” Toshima Mayor Yukio Takano said in a statement.........Kyodo<br />24/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-13724727238576087462015-04-24T19:56:16.106+03:002015-04-24T19:56:16.106+03:00An unusually high level of radiation was recorded ...An unusually high level of radiation was recorded in a Tokyo park Thursday afternoon...<br /><br />A high level of radiation was detected at a Tokyo park, the Toshima Ward Office said Thursday, according to the Japan Times.<br /><br />The incident caused speculations that hazardous materials were buried in the area. The ward office banned access to the park, which is in Ikebukuro area.<br /><br />The radiation level was over 480 microsieverts per hour, recorded on a sport near a playground Thursday afternoon, the municipality said.<br /><br />The park was opened in March 2013. Previously, the area was used as a parking space for garbage collection vehicles.<br />http://sptnkne.ws/f8X<br />24/4/15<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-80236052593789627072015-04-24T13:44:14.188+03:002015-04-24T13:44:14.188+03:00Tokyo finds high levels of radiation in children&#...Tokyo finds high levels of radiation in children's park...<br /><br /> Authorities in the Japanese capital have cordoned off a playground where high levels of radiation were detected this week, reviving concerns about nuclear contamination four years after the Fukushima disaster.<br /><br />Nuclear regulators measured elevated radiation levels on Thursday in a children's park in central Tokyo, city officials said, more than 250 km (155 miles) from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in northeast Japan.<br /><br />One area of the park registered 480 microsieverts per hour, or nearly half the recommended annual limit of exposure.<br /><br />That compares with radiation levels ranging from 0.7 to 23.2 microsieverts per hour measured this month in the air in Okuma, a town less than 20 km from the Fukushima plant.<br /><br />It was not immediately clear why radiation levels were high in the park, which opened two years after the 2011 disaster. It has now been fenced off with an orange barricade, the city said.<br /><br />"We are still checking what caused these elevated radiation levels and what type of radioactive substance it is," said park representative Kyoko Tsujimura, adding that radiation elsewhere in the park remained low..REUTERS....todayonline.com<br />24/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-47155457834100384932015-04-23T18:35:55.481+03:002015-04-23T18:35:55.481+03:00Russia’s Gazprom to participate in joint field dev...Russia’s Gazprom to participate in joint field development in Argentina...<br /><br />Russia’s gas giant Gzprom may participate in the joint development of natural gas fields in Argentina, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.<br /><br />"Gazprom is involved in preparation of a general scheme of Argentina’s gas sector development and considers the possibility of joint hydrocarbon field development in Argentina," President said.<br /><br />He added that Russia’s Uralmash plans to set up a joint venture with Argentinian partners on the production of oil equipment in the country.<br />TASS<br />23/4/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com