http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/culling-badgers-to-protect-cows/27896/ http://theglobalherald.com/culling-badgers-to-protect-cows/27896/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:16:40 +0000 Professor Christl A Donnelly http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27896 The incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in British cattle has been increasing since the 1980s, despite a program of testing cattle and slaughtering those showing evidence of exposure to the bacteria (Mycobacterium bovis) which cause the disease. Transmission from wild badgers has made an important contribution to the incidence of infection in cattle herds, and [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/culling-badgers-to-protect-cows/27896/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/fish-stocks-positive-change-is-possible-with-the-right-leadership-tony-juniper/27866/ http://theglobalherald.com/fish-stocks-positive-change-is-possible-with-the-right-leadership-tony-juniper/27866/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:56:43 +0000 Tony Juniper http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27866 Tony Juniper, Special Adviser to the Prince of Wales Charities’ International Sustainability Unit, on fish stocks and sustainable fisheries. With the world’s fish stocks showing ever more serious signs of stress it is perhaps tempting to believe that there is little that can be done, and that the continuing decline in these potentially renewable resources [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/fish-stocks-positive-change-is-possible-with-the-right-leadership-tony-juniper/27866/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/15-dead-after-earthquake-in-philippines/27482/ http://theglobalherald.com/15-dead-after-earthquake-in-philippines/27482/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:07:36 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27482 Fifteen people have been reported dead in the Philippines after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake at 11:49 am local time on 6th February 2012. A further 52 people are injured and 71 people missing. Initial tsunami warnings have now been cancelled after unusual sea level changes around the Negros and Cebu islands. The offshore earthquake had [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/15-dead-after-earthquake-in-philippines/27482/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/asian-honey-bees-found-on-ship-at-townsville-port-in-queensland/26898/ http://theglobalherald.com/asian-honey-bees-found-on-ship-at-townsville-port-in-queensland/26898/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:08:24 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26898 Nearly three hundred Asian honey bees have been exterminated following an urgent pest control response at Townsville Port in Queensland. Live and dead Asian honey bees were found by stevedores on a ship arriving from Port Moresby. Dock workers notified the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry who sent experts in to investigate the breach. [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/asian-honey-bees-found-on-ship-at-townsville-port-in-queensland/26898/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-6-5-earthquake-hits-166km-south-south-west-of-mexico-city/26241/ http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-6-5-earthquake-hits-166km-south-south-west-of-mexico-city/26241/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:05:49 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26241 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has hit 42km South West of Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico and 166km South South West of Mexico City. The quake hit on Saturday evening at 19:47:26 local time. Light damage is expected of quakes of this magnitude at this depth, though the shaking felt will be strong. The earthquake epicentre was 65km below [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-6-5-earthquake-hits-166km-south-south-west-of-mexico-city/26241/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/wheat-yields-higher-after-alternating-with-lupin/26010/ http://theglobalherald.com/wheat-yields-higher-after-alternating-with-lupin/26010/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:25:40 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26010 Using lupin as a break crop for wheat fields can increase wheat yields by up to 28%, according to new research from the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation. Katanning-based DAFWA research officer Raj Malik said: “Lupin grown as a 2009 break crop increased 2010 wheat yields significantly above wheat following wheat – the wheat [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/wheat-yields-higher-after-alternating-with-lupin/26010/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-7-2-earthquake-hits-turkey/25620/ http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-7-2-earthquake-hits-turkey/25620/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:28:09 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25620 A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit South Eastern Turkey 01:41 Sunday morning local time on 23rd October 2011. The quake struck very close to the border with Iran, near the city of Van. Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed. The Turkish Red Crescent has dispatched food parcels and tents to the region. A [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-7-2-earthquake-hits-turkey/25620/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/iceland-creates-protected-area-to-aid-research-on-catfish-breeding/24614/ http://theglobalherald.com/iceland-creates-protected-area-to-aid-research-on-catfish-breeding/24614/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:26:19 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24614 The Icelandic Fisheries and Agriculture Department has created a protected area for catfish breeding in order to study how the species spawns. The protected area is to the North West of the country, approximately 110km offshore. Bottom trawling disturbs the eggs of the catfish and so fishing is prohibited in the protected area from from [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/iceland-creates-protected-area-to-aid-research-on-catfish-breeding/24614/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-6-6-earthquake-in-northern-sumatra-indonesia/24237/ http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-6-6-earthquake-in-northern-sumatra-indonesia/24237/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:46:45 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24237 Northern Sumatra has been hit by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake at a depth of 110.1 km. The quake struck just after midnight on 6th September at 00:55 local time. Singkil was the hardest hit city, according to the National Disaster Management Agency in Indonesia. One person has reportedly been killed by rubble falling from a [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/magnitude-6-6-earthquake-in-northern-sumatra-indonesia/24237/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-sanitation-deficit-reflects-a-deficit-in-governance-for-the-poor-sheela-patel/24081/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-sanitation-deficit-reflects-a-deficit-in-governance-for-the-poor-sheela-patel/24081/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:15:49 +0000 Sheela Patel http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24081 This year, as part of the opening plenary at World Water Week 2011, I was invited to represent the challenges, issues and concerns about the urban poor that are part of the Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI) of which I am the Chair. Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI) was created in 1996, several years after some of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/the-sanitation-deficit-reflects-a-deficit-in-governance-for-the-poor-sheela-patel/24081/feed/ 0