Earth News, Earth Sciences, Energy and Environment. 05-NOV-09 en-us Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2009 - In the most comprehensive study of animal evolution ever attempted, an international consortium of scientists plans to assemble a genomic zoo--a collection of DNA sequences for 10,000 vertebrate species, approximately one for every vertebrate genus.]]> Hanoi (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - At least 90 people have been killed in flooding in central Vietnam sparked by Tropical Storm Mirinae, which slammed into the country after pummelling the Philippines, officials said Wednesday.]]> Tehran (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna.]]> Athens (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - The world urgently needs a climate deal out of a summit in Copenhagen next month to forestall forced migration that is already occurring in Asia and Africa, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.]]> Cairo (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Leaders from China and Africa start a three day summit on Sunday that will again throw the spotlight on Beijing's strategic sweep for energy, minerals and political influence in the continent.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - When it comes to the debate in the United States over what to do about climate change, cash has clouded the issue.]]> Brasilia (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - Brazil lost 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) of Amazon jungle in September, but deforestation slowed by a third compared with the same month last year, according to official data released Wednesday.]]> Kiev (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - Eighty-six people have died in Ukraine from flu and respiratory infections, the health ministry said Wednesday, in an epidemic the World Health Organisation said could be largely due to the A(H1N1) virus.]]> Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - Great Whites may be loners, but the ocean's most feared predators also hang out together between Mexico and Hawaii at a deep sea watering hole known as the "White Shark Cafe," a study released Wednesday reveals.]]> Houston TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2009 - A painstaking analysis of thousands of genes and the proteins they encode shows that human beings are biologically complex, at least in part, because of the way humans evolved to cope with redundancies arising from duplicate genes.]]> Beijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - Government scientists in Beijing have been pilloried for inducing a recent heavy snow fall that jammed traffic, delayed air travel and left city residents shivering, state media said Wednesday.]]> Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - Scientists pointed the finger on Wednesday at Southeast Asian countries for draining wetlands for palm oil and cheap timber production, warning the practice was stoking dangerous global warming.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 - US President Barack Obama stood shoulder to shoulder with Europe Tuesday pressing to "redouble" efforts to combat global warming, but opponents in Congress made clear there would be no smooth path to a climate deal.]]>