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Evolutionary Biology Research On Plant Shows Significance Of Maternal Effects
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Nov 19, 2007When habitat changes, animals migrate. But how do immobile organisms like plants cope when faced with alterations to their environment? This is an increasingly important question in light of new environmental conditions brought on by global climate change. A University of Virginia study, published in the Nov. 16 issue of the journal Science, demonstrates that plants grown in the same setti ... more Japan whalers off to hunt humpbacks: expedition chief 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 18, 2007Japan's whaling fleet set off Sunday towards the Antarctic Ocean for a hunt that will include famed humpback whales for the first time, defying Western protests that the move will inflame tensions. Japan argues that whale populations have recovered enough to allow a managed catch, but militant environmentalists have vowed in turn to "hunt the whalers" to save the humpbacks. The six-vesse ... more Computer Scientists Use Data Mining To Advance Neuroinformatics 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Nov 19, 2007Advances in sensing technologies have made exquisite measurements of brain activity possible in the past decade. Using these measurements, computer scientists will now help neuroscientists discover the complex neuronal networks in the brain that result in the actions we take for granted, like reaching for a glass of water. General Motors (GM) officials visited the Virginia Tech computer sc ... more Bangladesh cyclone dead number 2,200, millions destitute 
Barguna, Bangladesh (AFP) Nov 18, 2007Bangladesh said Sunday the death toll from a massive cyclone was over the 2,200 mark, with the grim tally rising fast and millions left homeless, hungry and without medical help. Rescue workers were still fighting their way to remote areas where entire villages were flattened by the fury of Cyclone Sidr, which tore through southern Bangladesh, as traumatised survivors appealed for help. ... more Mexico fumigates flooded Tabasco to prevent dengue 
Mexico City (AFP) Nov 17, 2007Mexican health authorities Saturday began aerial spraying of southern Tabasco state, including its capital Villahermosa, after massive floods earlier this month raised a bumper crop of mosquitos that can spread dengue. "The job will cover the 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) of Villahermosa and surroundings and will be complemented with ground fumigation of streets and empty lots and homes," t ... more |
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Brussels (UPI) Nov 16, 2007 EU security forces are gearing up to assist NATO and African Union troops in securing refugee camps in eastern Chad and the Central African Republic that are home to millions fleeing the violence in Darfur. The area, which borders Sudan's Darfur region, has been inundated with refugees. The United Nations estimates that at least 2 million people have been displaced and driven into neigh ... more Follow the money trail in illegal logging crimes: Indonesian activists 
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 16, 2007Indonesian activists are urging authorities here to hunt down illegal loggers using anti-money laundering laws, following the shock acquittal of a high-profile suspect who has gone on the run. Indonesia's abysmal record on fighting illegal logging -- no timber baron has ever received a substantial jail term here -- is under the spotlight ahead of the nation hosting a global climate change co ... more Ice Age Imprint Found On Cod DNA 
Sheffield UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2007An international team of researchers, led by the University of Sheffield, has demonstrated how Atlantic cod responded to past natural climate extremes. The new research could help in determining cods vulnerability to future global warming. With fishing pressures high and stock size low, there is already major concern over the current sustainability of cod and other fisheries. The new findi ... more Predicting Coastal Changes On A Changing Planet 
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 19, 2007Geoscientists are beginning to unravel the complex web of interactions among climate change and geological processes that alters coastlines on which a sizeable percentage of Earth's inhabitants live. As debates over sustainable coastal development heat up, a new publication from the Geological Society of America focuses on development of integrated predictive computer models of coastal change. ... more Greenpeace slams 'unsustainable' new tuna quota 
Ankara (AFP) Nov 18, 2007An international commission designed to protect bluefin tuna stocks has effectively increased the fishing quota for 2008 from what was already an "unsustainable" level, Greenpeace said Sunday. "Countries are approving a bigger quota for a species that is on the verge of collapse instead of acting immediately to save it," said Sebastian Losada, Greenpeace Spain's Oceans Campaigner. The en ... more |
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Nov 16, 2007 When the price of oil shoots up, the world's consumers put the bulls-eye on the producers' cartel. OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem El-Badri told United Press International the target should be a swath of factors holding the price above $90 per barrel, but not OPEC's supply of oil. "They look at us because we are supplying the world with 40 percent," said Badri, a former Libyan depu ... more Analysis: Azeri-Kazakh energy cooperation 
Washington (UPI) Nov 16, 2007 In a small but significant move, the Azeri government is reaching out to its Caspian neighbors Kazakhstan and Russia as the ongoing development there produces a financial windfall for all. The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan is beginning to export its services to Kazakhstan's oil and gas sector by conducting onshore surveys, while Baku is also gingerly allowing Russian investment in some of ... more Kuwait, UAE, Qatar pledge 450 mln dlrs to climate fund 
Riyadh (AFP) Nov 18, 2007Leading global oil producers Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar pledged 150 million dollars each on Sunday to a new fund to tackle global warming. The creation of the fund, which is now worth 750 million dollars, was announced by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Saturday at the opening of the OPEC summit in Riyadh. "Kuwait announces it is donating 150 million dollars to support th ... more Analysis: Europe teams up with Gazprom 
Berlin (UPI) Nov 16, 2007 Two major European energy players have recently linked up with Gazprom for large electricity projects in Russia and Europe. Some politicians fear Europe's energy security is suffering as a consequence. According to the Financial Times, Eon, the world's largest utility by sales, is considering building gas-fired power plants in Germany, Britain and Hungary with the Russian state-controll ... more Hydrogen: the wave of the future, but how far down the road 
Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2007The United States hopes to fill American roads with hydrogen-powered cars in two decades, but the clean fuel must be cheap and practical to make before it can replace oil, US experts say. President George W. Bush unveiled a 1.2-billion-dollar initiative in 2003 to reverse US dependence on foreign oil and make hydrogen, which emits zero pollution, the fuel that drives the US economy. "Tha ... more
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