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Ecology In An Era Of Globalization
Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2007by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2007 In a special issue, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment explores ecology in an era of globalization, looking at the impacts of human migration, production systems, and invasive species on ecosystems and people throughout North, Central, and South America. Scientists from throughout the Americas gathered last year in Merida Mexico and held ... more Wildlife Caught In Web Of Internet Sales 
Washington (AFP) May 3, 2007The wildlife poacher has a new ally: the Internet, say activists who plan to tame this illegal trade in live animals and the remains of their slaughter, such as ivory, skins and tusks. "Illegal trade has increased exponentially because of the ease of selling by Internet," said Lynne Levine, a spokeswoman for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Her group began a letter-writing ... more US Control Strategies May Make Flu Epidemics Worse 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 07, 2007Regular as clockwork, the flu arrives every year. And, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it. About 36,000 people will die. But among health experts, a bigger concern than the seasonal flu is an outright flu pandemic, such as a human strain of avian flu. And officials say it is not a question ... more Scientists Retrieve Pristine Record of the Continent's Climate Cycles From Beneath Antarctica's Ross Sea 
Lincoln NE (SPX) May 07, 2007Frequent climate fluctuations on the world's southernmost continent have been so extreme over the past 5 million years that Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, a floating slab of ice the size of France, oscillated in size dramatically, and perhaps even disappeared for periods of time when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may have been smaller, according to scientists engaged in an unprecedented internation ... more Widespread Twilight Zone Detected Around Clouds 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 05, 2007There seems to be something new under the sun -- in the sky, specifically -- that could complicate scientists' efforts to get a fix on how much the world will warm in the future. Greenhouse gases are not the only things in the air that influence the temperature of our atmosphere. Clouds and small airborne particles called aerosols also play an important and complicated role. Now a new ingr ... more |
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Bangkok (AFP) May 06, 2007After two grim warnings on the impact of climate change, the world's top experts were unusually upbeat in assessing ways to protect the Earth, but said that national leaders have no time to waste. The report delivered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN's top authority on the subject which met in Bangkok last week, said humanity could at least slow global warming with existi ... more Question Marks Over Commitment By China Climate Change Mitigation 
Bangkok (AFP) May 06, 2007Huge questions remain over China's commitment and ability to combat global warming after the surging Asian power bruised and cajoled but also charmed delegates at a UN conference, observers said. China was one of the nations most under focus at the climate change meeting in Bangkok that wrapped up on Friday with a message that the world had just a few years to act if it was to avert the worst im ... more Sarkozy Urges Action On Global Warming 
Paris (AFP) May 06, 2007President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday that the United States can count on friendship from France but urged Washington to show leadership in the struggle against global warming. Sarkozy, who won Sunday's presidential election to succeed Jacques Chirac, said "a great nation like the United States has the duty to not create obstacles in the struggle against global warming." "Quite the c ... more Russia Ready To Modernize Slovakia Nuclear Facilities 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2007Russia is ready to help Slovakia modernize its Soviet-designed nuclear power facilities, the president said opening negotiations with the Slovak premier Friday. Russia won a tender in December 2003 to supply nuclear fuel to all the four operating power units in Slovakia until 2010 under a $200-million contract. "Russia is not only a fuel supplier to Slovakia but it is also willing to help modern ... more China Taps North Korea Resources 
Seoul (UPI) May 04, 2007China has sharply expanded its business ventures in North Korea in recent years, tapping into the country's natural resources as it seeks to boost its leverage over the communist state, South Korea's state-run think tank says. What's more, China will exploit its impoverished neighbor further in future -- Beijing sees Pyongyang as a potential part of its northeastern area, bordering Russia or Mon ... more |
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Jakarta (AFP) May 03, 2007Indonesia had the highest deforestation rate in the world between 2000 and 2005 with almost two million hectares destroyed annually, environmental group Greenpeace said Thursday. Indonesia had lost more than 72 percent of its intact ancient forests and much of the rest is threatened by commercial logging and clearance for palm oil plantations, Greenpeace also said in a statement ... more Indigenous Groups Seek Millions From Credit Suisse Over Timber Deal 
Zurich (AFP) May 03, 2007Groups representing indigenous peoples in Guyana, Cambodia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea on Thursday urged the Swiss bank Credit Suisse to pay them 10 million dollars (7.0 million euros) in compensation because of its links with a Malaysian timber company. The company, Samling, retained Credit Suisse as an adviser during its stock market flotation in February, along with HSBC and Australian ban ... more WHO's Steps To Patient Safety 
Washington (UPI) May 02, 2007All countries -- from richest to poorest -- can make patients safer by following nine steps, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. "Healthcare has a ways to go in order to become a high-reliability industry," said Karen Timmons, president and CEO of Joint Commission International, a body that accredits hospitals. About 10 percent of hospital patients in the developing world are har ... more Scientists Offer New View Of Photosynthesis 
Tempe AZ (SPX) May 04, 2007During the remarkable cascade of events of photosynthesis, plants approach the pinnacle of stinginess by scavenging nearly every photon of available light energy to produce food. Yet after many years of careful research into its exact mechanisms, some key questions remain about this fundamental biological process that supports all life on earth. Now, a large research team led by Neal ... more Melting Greenland Ice Could Raise Ocean Seven Meters 
Vancouver (AFP) May 01, 2007The world's oceans could rise by up to seven meters if Greenland's ice cap entirely melts because of global warming, climate scientists said Tuesday. Glaciers on Greenland, the world's most icy land mass, are now melting most quickly where they are in contact with surrounding ocean, while ice in the high centre remains intact, said Garry Clarke, a professor at the University of British Columbia ... more
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