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FROM VOLUME 2, NUMBER 5, MAY 1989

NEWS...
NEWS NOTES

Item #d89may5

"Britain Heads for an Early Bath, Say Environmentalists," New Scientist, p. 26, Apr. 22, 1989. Ark, an environmental group in Britain, ruffled climatic change researchers by predicting sea level could rise by up to 5.7 meters by the year 2050 as a result of greenhouse warming, based on work by a geographer at Durham University.

Item #d89may6

"Politics in the Greenhouse," F. Pearce, ibid., pp. 33-34. Gives a detailed discussion of governmental policy and research in Britain related to global warming, finding that political responses so far have more show than substance despite grave warnings from the scientific community. Research at present concentrates on contributions to international projects such as the World Ocean Experiment. British research councils are discussing how to coordinate work on the global environment; one idea is an interdisciplinary research center. A related article by the same author is "Britain Isolated over Response to Greenhouse Effect," ibid., p. 22, Mar. 25.

Item #d89may7

"Abandon All Science!" J. Gribbon, ibid., p. 80. An editorial suggesting British research funding for global warming should take precedence over established research categories such as particle physics.

Item #d89may8

"A Sudden Thaw in the Arctic," D. MacKenzie, F. Pearce, ibid., pp. 25-26, Apr. 15. Discusses the recent formation of the International Arctic Science Committee and its effect on British research there, especially on global warming. See also "Arctic Nations Draft Plan to Create International Arctic Science Committee," Intl. Environ. Rptr., pp. 7-8, Jan. 1989.

Item #d89may9

"Global Legal Framework Needed to Limit Transboundary Pollution, Canadian Says," Intl. Environ. Rptr., pp. 120-122, Mar. 1989. Discusses statements made by Canadian Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard at a New York City conference on global warming sponsored by Cornell University and the National Governor's Association in March. The article also describes a series of recommendations reached by about 400 participants from 13 countries. Foremost were calls for a 20 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, elimination of chlorofluorocarbon production and improvement of automobile fuel economy by the year 2000.

Item #d89may10

"Conference Participants Recommend Tax on Fossil Fuel Use in Developed Nations," Intl. Environ. Rptr., pp. 110-111, Mar. 1989. Discusses this and other conclusions reached at February conference on global warming and developing countries, organized by the New Delhi-based Tata Energy Institute and the Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Research Center.

Item #d89may11

"Something's in the Air..." Chem. & Industry, pp. 154-155, Mar. 20, 1989. Discusses the recent London conference on the ozone layer and several related issues from a British perspective.