Delegates voted unanimously to organize grassroots campaigns against companies like Exxon Mobil Corp and France's TotalFinaElf. Green parties are active in 80 countries, hold seats in 29 national parliaments, and are part of coalition governments in Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Slovenia and Mexico. Scientists say a new study suggests ocean warming is not the result of natural cycles of the earth but of man-made pollution. The temperature increase the models predicted was very close to the 0.1 degree Farenheit increase actually measured since 1955. The model allowed for variables like volcanic eruptions and changing solar conditions, but the scientists said that without man-made factors, there was virtually no increase in the ocean temperatures.
Critics say such models are of questionable value in determining the cause of global warming.
Suspected poachers caught after high sea chase A 10-day sea chase ended last week when Australian and South African authorities seized a fishing boat suspected of poaching rare fish. The 50-metre fishing boat, the South Tommy, was first spotted by an Australian patrol boat in the Southern Ocean between Australia and Africa. The South Tommy, which had no license to be in the area, took off at top speed when the patrol boat approached. The Australians gave chase for 10 days over 3,000 kilometres, finally asking for assistance from the South African navy. Nope, just lucky says new study Researchers say asteroids may have affected the course of human evolution as much as natural selection.