London, March 16 : In a new research, a statistician in the US has suggested that every individual is not only liable for the greenhouse gas emissions caused by him, but also for his children, and further descendants.

According to a report in New Scientist, the statistician in question is Paul Murtaugh, from Oregon State University in Corvallis, US.

"If you have a child, you and you partner are each responsible for half its emissions. If that child has kids, one-quarter of their emissions are down to you, and so on," said Murtaugh.

"How it adds up depends on population trends and emission changes in the future," he added.

Washington, March 16: A new study has suggested that global warming is expected to cause the sea level along the northeastern U. S. coast to rise almost twice as fast as global sea levels during this century, putting New York City at greater risk for damage from hurricanes and winter storm surge.

The study was led by Jianjun Yin, a climate modeler at the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) at Florida State University, US.

According to Yin, there is a better than 90 percent chance that the sea level rise along this heavily populated coast will exceed the mean global sea level rise by the year 2100.

New York, Mar 16: The former fiance of Bristol Palin has said that he and the Alaska Governor Sarah Palin''s daughter could reunite in the future but would remain apart for now.

In an interview to air on "Good Morning America," Levi Johnston said that he needs time to mature before getting married.

"It''s just us not - me not - being mature enough," the New York Daily News quoted Johnston, as telling Neal Karlinsky.

Washington, March 16: Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew have lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on March 15th to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new crew member to the International Space Station (ISS).

Discovery's STS-119 flight is carrying the space station''s fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station's truss, or backbone.

Washington, Mar. 16 : The Obama administration here has welcomed the Pakistan Government's decision to reinstate deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Washington gave its reaction after authorities in Islamabad informed it about its decision.

According to sources, Chaudhry will assume his responsibilities on March 22.

Washington - US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a television interview aired Sunday that the recession could end this year if the banking and financial systems can be stabilized.

"I do think that we will get it stabilized, and we'll see the recession coming to an end probably this year," he told news programme 60 Minutes. "We'll see recovery beginning next year. And it will pick up steam over time."