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Comprehensive Research Network Needed For The Arctic Region
Columbus OH (SPX) Feb 22, 2007An Ohio State University geologist today outlined a new plan to oceanographers that would consolidate much of the world's studies on the Arctic region into a global observation network. "This is basically a plan to better understand how the Arctic is changing, but doing it in a new systematic, international and 'pan-Arctic' way," explained Berry Lyons, professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Director of the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University. Birth Rate And Competition Were Major Reasons For Past Hominid Extinctions 
University Park PA (SPX) Feb 22, 2007Modern human mothers are probably happy that they typically have one, maybe two babies at a time, but for early hominids, low birth numbers combined with competition often spelled extinction. "The lineages of primates have some traits that make it hard for them to respond to rapid perturbations in the environment," says Dr. Nina G. Jablonski, professor of anthropology and department head at Penn State. Team Takes First Deep Dive Into Molecular Machinery Of Human Brain 
Battelle WA (SPX) Feb 22, 2007The Allen Brain Atlas, a genome-wide map of the mouse brain on the Internet, has been hailed as "Google of the brain." The atlas now has a companion of the brain's working molecules, a sort of pop-up book of the proteins, or proteome map, that those genes express. The protein map is "the first to apply quantitative proteomics to imaging," said Richard D. Smith, Battelle Fellow at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Early US Daylight Savings Time Prompts Y2K-Like Confusion
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2007Americans turn their clocks forward three weeks early this year, raising the specter of glitches for global business, travel and other functions in a scenario raising comparisons to the "Y2K" bug. Daylight savings time begins the night of March 11-12 for the first time, instead of the first weekend of April, as has been customary. St Petersburg Court Rejects Schoolgirl Suit Over Darwinism 
St. Petersburg (RIA Novosti) Feb 22, 2007A St. Petersburg court rejected Wednesday a lawsuit against Russia's education authorities over the compulsory teaching of evolution in schools. Maria Shraiber, a high school girl from Russia's second city, and her father, Kirill Shraiber have said their suit does not seek to abolish the teaching of Darwinism in schools, which was official dogma in Soviet times, but to give schoolchildren the right to study other theories regarding the origins of life. 100 Days to Save the Whale 
East Falmouth MA (SPX) Feb 22, 2007The world's leading whale conservation charity today issued a stark warning about the "perfect storm" which could permanently damage the future survival of these mammals. In launching its '100 days to Save the Whale' campaign, WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society is highlighting the urgent need to protect whales from an industry which is increasingly aggressive in its approach to international conventions in pursuit of both the numbers and different species it kills. |
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Poland Threatens Fragile Forest Despite EU Warning
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 21, 2007Polish authorities on Wednesday said they would begin building a section of trans-European highway in a protected forest and wetland region, despite an EU warning that it would breach environmental rules. "We will start tomorrow," Polish highway service chief Tadeusz Topczewski was quoted as saying by the PAP news agency. Environment Minister Jan Szyszko visited the planned construction site in northeast Poland on Wednesday, and decided it was too late to opt for an alternative route, PAP reported. Earthwatch Puts Clean Water On The Map In Africa 
Maynard, MA (SPX) Feb 22, 2007For the people of Kenya's semiarid Samburu region, water is a precious commodity. People and livestock compete with wildlife for water, and in the dry season water sources can easily become contaminated. Sandstorm Over The Mediterranean 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 22, 2007A strong wind blows sand and dust across the Mediterranean Sea from the Libyan Desert, located in the northeast section of the Sahara Desert, to Sicily and the southern tip of the Italian Peninsula on 10 February 2007 in this Envisat image. Sandstorms are usually the result of atmospheric convection currents, which form when warm, lighter air rises and cold, heavier air sinks. |
Bacteria Could Steady Buildings Against Earthquakes
Davis CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2007Soil bacteria could be used to help steady buildings against earthquakes, according to researchers at UC Davis. The microbes can literally convert loose, sandy soil into rock. When a major earthquake strikes, deep, sandy soils can turn to liquid, with disastrous consequences for buildings sitting on them. Currently, civil engineers can inject chemicals into the soil to bind loose grains together. Indonesia Delays Start Of Plan To Plug Mud Volcano 
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 21, 2007Indonesian authorities Wednesday postponed the start of an attempt to slow a massive mudflow which has swallowed villages by plugging the crater with chains of concrete balls. A gas well near Surabaya in East Java has spewed steaming mud since May last year, submerging villages, factories and fields and forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes. Moscow Region Authorities Dismiss Rumors Of Bird Flu Among Humans 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 22, 2007Moscow Region health authorities dismissed Wednesday rumors of the first human avian flu case in the wake of an outbreak that hit poultry farms in the region last week. Several Internet sources reported Tuesday that a resident of Ramenskoye, near the Russian capital, who owned poultry contaminated with the deadly bird flu virus had been hospitalized with a high temperature. |
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