Climate warming 'seesaws' between the poles: "Antarctic ice-drilling reveals linked cycle of warming and cooling."

(Via Nature Science Update.)

another article on the increase in global carbon emissions

Far from slowing down, global carbon dioxide emissions are rising faster than before, said a gathering of scientists in Beijing on Friday.

Between 2000 and 2005, emissions grew four times faster than in the preceding 10 years, according to researchers at the Global Carbon Project, a consortium of international researchers. Global growth rates were 0.8% from 1990 to 1999. From 2000 to 2005, they reached 3.2%.

Though alarming, the figures confirm expectations. "They make intuitive sense to me," says Jim Watson, deputy leader of the energy programme at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK.

Carbon emissions rising faster than ever - earth - 10 November 2006 - New Scientist Tech

China Space White Paper

Full text: China's Space Activities in 2006

The Information Office of China's State Council on Thursday issued a white paper titled "China's Space Activities in 2006".

The following is the full text of the document: China's Space Activities in 2006 Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China October 2006, Beijing Contents Preface I. Aims and Principles of Development II. Progress Made in the Past Five Years III. Development Targets and Major Tasks for the Next Five Years IV. Development Policies and Measures V. International Exchanges and Cooperation

People's Daily Online -- Full text: China's Space Activities in 2006

Rumours on an ambitious Indian Moon Programme

An Indian will walk on the moon in 2020. Or so the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) maintains.

At a forthcoming meeting of the country's top scientists on November 7, ISRO will, for the first time, unveil two of its ambitious plans - to send an Indian into space around 2014 and then to have one walk on the moon about six years later. Both missions will be accomplished without any foreign assistance. ISRO will even find a Sanskrit word equivalent for the US's 'astronaut' and Russia's 'cosmonaut' to describe the Indian in space.G Madhavan Nair, chairman, ISRO, said the proposed missions would be a national endeavour, with the best of the country's laboratories and research-and-development organisations chipping in with technical know-how.

Plan to put Indian on moon in ’20 : HindustanTimes.com

quantum communicating (in chineese) ...

CAS researchers have been successful in achieving the quantum teleportation of a two-qubit composite system, marking an important stride towards teleportation-based quantum computation with photons. The feat was reported as the cover story in the Oct. issue of Nature Physics.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences