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Warming Climate And Cod Collapse Have Combined To Cause Rapid North Atlantic Ecosystem
Ithica NY (SPX) Feb 26, 2007Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina, are experiencing large, rapid changes, reports a Cornell oceanographer in the Feb. 23 issue of Science. Lizards Shout Against A Noisy Background To Get Points Across 
Davis CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2007Male Anole lizards signal ownership of their territory by sitting up on a tree trunk, bobbing their heads up and down and extending a colorful throat pouch. They can spot a rival lizard up to 25 meters away, says National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded biologist Terry Ord of the University of California at Davis. Ord and colleagues published their results this week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Rush Is On For Eco-Friendly Fair Trade Fabrics 
Paris (AFP) Feb 23, 2007As consumers wake up to global warming and globalisation, ethical issues are gaining ground and spinning more and more hard cash in the competitive world of international textiles. Organic cottons along with fabrics spun from bamboo, soybean protein fibre, seaweed and ramie -- an ages old fibre crop used in mummy cloths in ancient Egypt -- took centre-stage at a major textile trade fair held in Paris this week, Texworld. |
Bid To Plug Indonesian Mud Volcano Delayed
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 25, 2007Heavy rains on Sunday forced a new delay to Indonesian efforts to block a massive mud leak, which has submerged entire villages, with thousands of concrete balls. The audacious bid to plug the misplaced gas well, which has been oozing mud since last May, was earlier put on hold on Saturday when a steel cable hoisting the balls broke. Deadly Rain And Flooding In Bolivia Trigger Disease Surge 
La Paz (AFP) Feb 23, 2007Floods and torrential rain that have killed 35 people and devastated large parts of Bolivia are causing a sharp rise in various diseases, including malaria and dengue, officials said on Friday. To date, 1,660 cases of dengue, 1,452 of malaria and 22 of leptospirosis have been recorded, according to a government report that also mentioned an undetermined number of cases of respiratory illnesses and diarrhea. Public Ho-Hum Over Threat From Yearly Cull From Deadly Flu 
West Palm Beach FL (UPI) Feb 26, 2007While the world focuses on scares of possible pandemic bird flu, the annual seasonal influenza continues to take a worrisome toll on the very young, the elderly and the frail. But, unless the illness is caused by a bird or rages into a pandemic, influenza is greeted with a shrug. |
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Beefier Building Codes Helped Some Florida Homes Survive Tornados
Lubbock TX (SPX) Feb 26, 2007Wind-mitigating building codes implemented in Florida following Hurricane Andrew helped some houses resist a string of deadly tornadoes that hit the state earlier this month, says a wind researcher who surveyed the damage. Inhabitants of Early Settlement Were Desperate to Find Metals 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Feb 26, 2007A new study provides evidence that the last inhabitants of Christopher Columbus� first settlement desperately tried to extract silver from lead ore, originally brought from Spain for other uses, just before abandoning the failed mining operation in 1498. It is the first known European extraction of silver in the New World. Practice Of Farming Reaches Back Farther Than Thought 
Alberta, Canada (SPX) Feb 26, 2007Ancient people living in Panama were processing and eating domesticated species of plants like maize, manioc, and arrowroot at least as far back as 7,800 years ago � much earlier than previously thought � according to new research by a University of Calgary archaeologist. |
Cyclone Leaves Dead And Across Slew Of Indian Ocean Islands
Saint-Denis-De-La-Reunion (AFP) Feb 25, 2007Two people were killed on Mauritius and nine hurt in the French Indian Ocean department of Reunion when a tropical cyclone brushed the island at the weekend, officials said Sunday. The victims had ignored official bans on going out while Cyclone Gamede was in the vicinity. A Helping Hand For Our Global Obsession 
Norwich UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2007The notoriously dark art of forecasting the British weather is about to get much brighter � thanks to a groundbreaking new survey of the skies over Greenland. An international team of climate scientists led by the University of East Anglia will measure for the first time the influence of the atmosphere over Greenland and Iceland on the weather in Northern Europe. Nine Dead As Winter Storms Sweep Eastern States 
Washington (AFP) Feb 23, 2007At least eight persons were killed as heavy snowfall blanketed the US midwest Sunday, and airports on the east coast reported delays of an hour and more. In the upper midwest state of Wisconsin, eight people died in road accidents as motorists lost control of their cars in the severe driving conditions and swerved off the roadway, State Patrol Sergeant Nate Clarke told AFP. |
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