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Researchers Find Smoking Gun Of World's Biggest ExtinctionCalgary, Canada (SPX) Jan 25, 2011 About 250 million years about 95 per cent of life was wiped out in the sea and 70 per cent on land. Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive volcanic eruptions burnt significant volumes of coal, producing ash clouds that had broad impact on global oceans. "This could literally be the smoking gun that explains the latest Permian extinction," says Dr. Steve Grasby, adjunct professor in the University of Calgary's Department of Geoscience and r ... read more |
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  China drought threatens water supplies: state media A months-long dry spell across northern China is threatening drinking water supplies and crops, and more bone-dry conditions are expected, state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
 IEA's Birol: Say goodbye to climate goals Without a serious policy turnaround from the world's largest emitters, the world won't meet its target of limiting the global temperature increase to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, a top IEA official has warned. ... more |
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  Cloud Computing Makes The Mathematics Of Evolution Easier An innovative, educational computing platform developed by University at Buffalo faculty members and hosted by the cloud (remote, high-capacity, scalable servers) is helping UB students understand p ... more | .. |
 New Anglo-Swiss Research Questions Impact Of GM Wheat On Insects An Anglo-Swiss research project has found that the impact of disease-resistant genetically-modified wheat plants on insects may be negligible. Many studies have looked at the effects of geneti ... more | .. |
  Robotic Glider To Map Moreton Bay Impacts A $200,000 CSIRO coastal glider is bound for Queensland to be deployed in Moreton Bay to investigate the impact of the recent flooding on marine ecosystems. Dr Andy Steven from CSIRO's Wealth ... more | .. |
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 Aquatic Food Web Tied To Land A distant relative of shrimp, zooplankton are an important food source for fish and other aquatic animals. Long characterized as algae feeders, a new study published this week in the Proceedings of ... more | .. |
  High-tech gear helped S. Korea raid on pirates High-tech equipment and carefully planned tactics helped Seoul's navy rescue a South Korean ship and its crew from Somali pirates, military officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  India environment minister rejects 'Dr No' tag India's environment minister sought Monday to reassure corporate leaders that he was pro-industry, saying he did not want to be known as the "Dr No" for blocking economic development. ... more | .. |
 'Amazing' Australian floodwaters enter new towns Surging floodwaters broke levees in disaster-hit Australia on Monday to inundate more properties in the southeast, as residents sandbagged homes against the spiralling crisis. ... more |
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 Haiti violence against women on the rise since quake: HRW Haiti's devastating earthquake last year has severely compromised the state's ability to safeguard basic human rights, with women and girls more at risk of sexual violence in displaced persons' camps, a rights group said Monday. ... more | .. |
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 Hands off our trees, Karzai tells NATO Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday accused NATO-led forces fighting an Islamic insurgency in his country of illegally cutting down thousands of trees. ... more |
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 S.Africa flood death toll 123 Floods and heavy storms in South Africa have killed at least 123 people and left around 20,000 in need of immediate basic relief aid, a government official said Monday. ... more | .. |
  West guilty of 'cowardice' on China rights: HRW Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Western governments of a "near-universal cowardice" in dealing with China, arguing they preferred opaque talks to taking a vocal stand against enduring repression. ... more | .. |
 One-clawed dino belonged to T. Rex family Researchers in China have unearthed a miniature single-clawed dinosaur that was likely an early relative of the ferocious T. Rex and is the only such creature known to have just one finger. ... more | .. |
 New Crop Of Plant Scientists Emerges At CSIRO Some of Australia's top science and engineering students have begun a ten-week, hands-on work experience program at CSIRO Plant Industry's research facilities in Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Nar ... more |
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 Nepal uses satellites to track rare tiger An injured wild tiger that strayed into a tourist resort in Nepal has been moved to a new home in the jungle and fitted with a satellite collar so its progress can be tracked, the government said. ... more | .. |
 Japan to cull 410,000 chickens to fight bird flu Japan will cull around 410,000 chickens at a major poultry farm in western Miyazaki prefecture to tackle an outbreak of bird flu, an official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Record melt from Greenland icesheet in 2010 Greenland's icesheet, feared as a major driver of rising sea levels, shed a record amount of melted snow and ice in 2010, scientists reported Friday, a day after the UN said last year was the warmest on record. ... more | .. |
 Oil-rich Abu Dhabi champions ecological cause It floats on a sea of oil in a country that has the largest ecological footprint, yet Abu Dhabi aims to convince the world of its environmental credentials through its futuristic Masdar initiative. ... more |
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  Vicious cold snap puts northern US in deep freeze There is a brutally frigid point on the thermometer - minus 40 degrees - where Celsius and Fahrenheit meet, and it was even colder than that in parts of the US Midwest as an Arctic blast struck over the weekend. ... more | .. |
  China fireworks plant owner held after deadly blast Police in central China have detained the owner of a fireworks plant who went missing after an explosion ripped through the factory, killing 10 people and injuring another 21, state media reported. ... more | .. |
  Water pacts 'could bring Mideast peace' Water scarcity in the Middle East can be the catalyst for reducing, rather than causing, conflict in the volatile region, a Beirut think tank says in a report that urges a major "paradigm shift" in how regional states view the problem of dwindling water resources. ... more | .. |
  Two critical with swine flu in Hong Kong Two people were in critical condition in a Hong Kong hospital suffering from swine flu, health officials said Friday, a year and a half after an outbreak killed more than 80 people in the city. ... more |
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 From fire to flood for Australia's farmers Marshall Rodda weathered Australia's decade-long drought, but as he recovers from record-breaking floods the seasoned farmer can't help thinking that when it rains, it pours. ... more | .. |
 US claims victory over Canada in lumber dispute The United States claimed victory against Canada Friday in a trade dispute over Ottawa's alleged subsidies for lumber exports to the United States. ... more | .. |
 Climate change: Dogs of law are off the leash Lawsuits related to climate change have surged in recent years, although many have been thrown out, some are focussed on regulatory issues and the key question of liability remains undetermined. ... more | .. |
 Brazil flood death toll could top 1,000: official count The number of people killed in a flooding disaster near Rio de Janeiro last week could top 1,000, according to official figures released Friday showing 400 people still missing. ... more |
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