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Insect Population Growth Likely Accelerated By Warmer Climate Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 31, 2006 
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world's climate. But like something out of a scary Halloween tale, new University of Washington research suggests insects' ability to adapt to warmer temperatures carries an unexpected consequence - more insects. It appears that insect species that adapt to warmer climates also will increase their maximum rates of population growth, which UW researchers say is likely to have widespread affects on agriculture, public health and conservation. Many studies have shown that insects readily adapt to the temperature of their environment. |
Earth 'can no longer sustain' intensive fossil fuel use, Lula tells COP30
Iran president warns Tehran may face evacuation due to drought Greece woos US energy deals, as eco groups cry foul Earth can no longer sustain intensive fossil fuel use: Lula EU airlines agree to drop misleading climate claims S.African court urged to allow Anglo American lead-poisoning suit Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi ravages Vietnam, Philippines Operation Cloudburst: Dutch train for 'water bomb' floods Leaders turn up the heat on fossil fuels at Amazon climate summit Big leap in quest to get to bottom of climate ice mystery 
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Stern's Grim Report
Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2006Britain's Stern report may be the most influential piece of work on a global scale since the United Nations charter. This detailed 700-page survey on the implications for governments of global warming from one of the high priests of the British policy establishment has the potential to change almost everything. EU Faces Showdown - Emissions Trading Scheme 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 29, 2006EU members face a showdown with the European Commission over the bloc's innovative emissions trading scheme if Brussels finds that they are still swamping the market with pollution permits, officials and analysts said. The trading system, under which industrial polluters can buy and sell emissions quotas, is supposed to be the cornerstone of EU efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Australia To Build Southern Hemisphere's Largest Wind Farm 
Sydney (AFP) Oct 27, 2006Australia gave the green light to the southern hemisphere's largest wind farm Friday, the country's second major project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions announced this week. The go-ahead for the 600 million dollar, 183-turbine wind farm in the state of Victoria follows Wednesday's announcement of the world's biggest space-age solar power station. |
The Power Behind Insect Flight: Researchers Reveal Key Kinetic Component
Troy NY (SPX) Oct 31, 2006Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Vermont have discovered a key molecular mechanism that allows tiny flies and other "no-see-ums" to whirl their wings at a dizzying rate of up to 1,000 times per second. The findings are being reported in the Oct. 30-Nov. 3 online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Elephants Recognize Themselves In The Mirror Too 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 31, 2006Elephants have joined a small, elite group of species-including humans, great apes and dolphins-that have the ability to recognize themselves in the mirror, according to a new finding by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York. Cell Discovery Unearths Evolutionary Clues 
York, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2006The full family tree of the species known as social amoebas has been plotted for the first time - a breakthrough which will provide important clues to the evolution of life on earth. Researchers, headed by evolutionary biologist Professor Sandie Baldauf, of the University of York, and biochemist Professor Pauline Schaap, of the University of Dundee, have produced the first molecular 'dictionary' of the 100 or so known species of social amoeba. |
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Deadly Hypoxic Event Finally Concludes
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 31, 2006The longest, largest and most devastating hypoxic event ever observed in marine waters off the Oregon Coast has finally ended, researchers at Oregon State University say. During mid-October, a normal shift arrived from summer southward-blowing winds to fall and winter northward-blowing winds, resulting in the end of the upwelling season and a rise in dissolved oxygen to levels that can generally support marine life, scientists said. The oxygen levels should continue to increase next month. Flight Of The Bumblebee: Researchers Find That Flower Choice Matters 
Milwakee WI (SPX) Oct 31, 2006Rebecca Flanagan has probably come as close as a human can to reading the mind of a bumblebee. Flanagan, a graduate student in biological sciences, and Associate Professor Jeffrey Karron are studying the behaviors of bees as they gather pollen - which plant species the bees forage on, which flowers they probe and in what order, and how many blooms they visit before moving on to another plant. In doing so, the bees make plant reproduction possible by dispersing pollen. Research Discovers Oldest Bee, Evolutionary Link 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 30, 2006Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered the oldest bee ever known, a 100 million year old specimen preserved in almost lifelike form in amber, and an important link to help explain the rapid expansion of flowering plants during that distant period. The findings and their evolutionary significance are outlined in an article to be published this week in the journal Science. |
Fathers Influence Child Language Development More Than Mothers
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Oct 31, 2006In families with two working parents, fathers had greater impact than mothers on their children's language development between ages 2 and 3, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute and UNC's School of Education. Bronze Age Mortuary Complex Discovered In Syria 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2006An ancient, untouched Syrian tomb that wowed the archaeological world on its discovery by Johns Hopkins University researchers nearly six years ago has revealed another secret: It is not alone. The tomb, which was filled with human and animal remains, gold and silver treasures and unbroken artifacts dating back to the third millennium B.C., is actually one of at least eight located near each other in Umm el-Marra, archaeologist Glenn Schwartz said. Phoenix Rising: Scientists Resuscitate A 5 Million-Year-Old Retrovirus 
Villejuif, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2006A team of scientists has reconstructed the DNA sequence of a 5-million-year-old retrovirus and shown that it is able to produce infectious particles. The retrovirus--named Phoenix--is the ancestor of a large family of mobile DNA elements, some of which may play a role in cancer. The study, which is the first to generate an infectious retrovirus from a mobile element in the human genome, is considered a breakthrough for the field of retrovirus research. The findings are reported in Genome Research. |
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