Stories for February 2009

Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Climate change will force fish species towards poles

The world's fish stocks will soon suffer major upheaval due to climate change, scientists have warned. Changing ocean temperatures and currents will force thousands of species to migrate polewards, including cod, herring, plaice and prawns. By 2050, US fishermen may see a 50% reduction in Atlantic cod populations.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Japan's economy contracts 3.3% in last quarter of 2008

Japan's economy shrank at its sharpest pace in over three decades in the final quarter of 2008. The global financial storm and languishing overseas demand dealt a stunning blow to the export-driven economy and the world's second largest.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Marine species common to both polar regions discovered

At least 235 marine species are living in both Polar Regions despite being 12,000km apart, a census has found. Scientists were surprised to find the same species of “swimming snails” at both poles, raising questions about how they evolved and became so dispersed.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
CBI says British economy will shrink 3.3% this year

The British government will have to borrow almost £100 billion more than previously forecast as it tries to bring a deeper-than-expected UK recession under control, business leaders warned.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Royal Navy confirms nuclear armed subs mid Atlantic collision

The Royal Navy has confirmed that a British nuclear submarine collided with a French one in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The crash between HMS Vanguard and France's Le Triomphant - both carrying atomic weapons - is believed to have occurred on February 3 or 4.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivarian leader Chavez day-after financial challenges

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's overwhelming victory in Sunday's referendum which enables him to run again in 2012, and successively to ensure the mounting of the Bolivarian Socialist revolution, is bound to experience the day-after hang over given the country's economy dependence on oil.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK-Argentina relation “quite good” but for the Falklands

Relations between Britain and Argentina are “quite good” with the sole exception of the issue that is always on the table, the Falkland Islands, said Lord Mark Malloch-Brown who last week visited Buenos Aires for a few hours to coordinate the coming G-20 summit to be held in London, early April, hosted by PM Gordon Brown.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Chile with World Bank support turns to wind energy

The World Bank Group is sponsoring with 61.5 million US dollars the construction of the first wind farm in Chile, advancing the development of renewable energy in Chile.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Dr. Martin Collins named South Georgia Director of Fisheries

The Government of South Georgia announced Monday that Dr Martin Collins has been appointed as the new Senior Executive Officer and Director of Fisheries in succession to Harriet Hall. Dr Collins will take up his appointment in May.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UN enthusiastic about greening funds in stimulus plans

Investing one-third of the roughly 2.5 trillion US dollars planned stimulus funds in “greening” the global economy will give a large boost to efforts to lift the world out of recession, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released Monday.