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Spanish authorities call for removal of bears after attack Madrid (AFP) Oct 28, 2008 
Regional authorities in northeast Spain Tuesday called for the removal of bears that were reintroduced to the Pyrenees mountains 12 years ago, after one of the animals attacked a hunter. The 73-year-old man needed stitches in his leg and arm after he was attacked by a bear as he was hunting wild boar with his dog on Thursday. It was the first attack on a human by a bear since the animals ... read moreScientists Track Salmon From Rockies To Alaska 
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Oct 29, 2008Scientists have proven new miniature tagging and tracking technologies can follow the travels of small salmon through vast distances and highly dissimilar waters - from as far as the Rocky Mountain headwaters of USA's Columbia River through the ocean to the coast of Alaska. And, experts say, the breakthrough opens the way to reveal some of Mother Nature's most closely guarded secrets. ... more |
Antarctic sea ice improves after four years of extreme lows: US scientists
Water emerges as a dangerous new war target Indonesia landfill collapse kills five Indonesia landfill collapse kills four Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund' Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs 'Significant' acceleration of global warming since 2015: study Eight dead as tornados surge across central US In Finland, kids take hovercraft to school over frozen Baltic Sea Four dead, at least 12 injured after tornados hit Michigan: US media 
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Effects Of Climate Change Vary Greatly Across Plant Families
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 29, 2008Drawing on records dating back to the journals of Henry David Thoreau, scientists at Harvard University have found that different plant families near Walden Pond have borne the effects of climate change in strikingly different ways. Some of the plant families hit hardest by global warming have included beloved species like lilies, orchids, violets, roses, and dogwoods. The work ... more Caltech Geobiologists Discover Unique Magnetic Death Star Fossil 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2008An international team of scientists has discovered microscopic, magnetic fossils resembling spears and spindles, unlike anything previously seen, among sediment layers deposited during an ancient global-warming event along the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States. The researchers, led by geobiologists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and McGill University ... more Britain's Charles says climate the real crisis 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Britain's Prince Charles urged the world Tuesday to fight climate change, saying that while the global credit crunch may be temporary, the effects of the "climate crunch" were irreversible. The heir to the British throne issued his appeal on a visit to Tokyo, where he and his wife Camilla are marking the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Britain. ... more  |
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Seeing Life In Viruses
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2008We all try to avoid viruses due to the havoc they can wage on our health. Some viruses do more than create temporary discomfort: it is estimated the influenza virus of 1918 killed somewhere between 50 to 100 million people around the world. We might think differently about viruses, however, if we discovered that rather than just being dangerous to life, they could be the basis for life itself. ... more Wal-Mart pulls eggs from China stores amid chemical scare 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Wal-Mart said Tuesday it had pulled a major brand of eggs from its stores in China, as concerns rose that an industrial chemical found in Chinese dairy products was in the nation's wider food chain. The announcement by the US retail giant came after authorities in Hong Kong said eggs from the same Chinese producer had been found to contain melamine, the chemical at the heart of a scandal in ... more Tokyo to face 'toilet refugee' crisis in quake: study 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 28, 2008A dreaded major earthquake in Tokyo would set off a crisis of "toilet refugees," with a restroom shortage for nearly 820,000 people, a government study said. An expert panel of the government's Central Disaster Prevention Council came to the conclusion this week while studying the potential impact of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake in the tremor-prone metropolis. According to the study, some ... more Saudis send Yemen 100 million dollars in aid as flood toll rises 
Sanaa (AFP) Oct 28, 2008Saudi Arabia has sent 100 million dollars in aid to Yemen in the wake of flooding that killed scores of people, President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced on Tuesday, the offical Saba news agency reported. Saleh thanked Saudi King Abdullah in a telephone call, saying it would help the Yemeni authorities "cope with the aftermath of these catastrophic floods," the agency said. In addition to ... more |
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