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Fossils Older Than Dinosaurs Reveal Pattern Of Early Animal Evolution On Earth
Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 29, 2007The abundant diversity of characteristics within species likely helped fuel the proliferation and evolution of an odd-looking creature that emerged from an unprecedented explosion of life on Earth more than 500 million years ago. University of Chicago paleontologist Mark Webster reports this finding in the July 27 issue of the journal Science. "From an evolutionary perspective, the more variable ... more New Clues To Ozone Depletion 
London UK (SPX) Jul 29, 2007Large quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals have been discovered in the Antarctic atmosphere by researchers from the University of Leeds, the University of East Anglia, and the British Antarctic Survey. The team of atmospheric chemists carried out an 18-month study of the make-up of the lowest part of the earth's atmosphere on the Brunt Ice Shelf, about 20 km from the Weddell Sea. They found ... more Scientists Excited By Indonesian-Caught Coelacanth 
Manado (AFP) Indonesia, July 29, 2007Two months ago Indonesian fisherman Justinus Lahama caught a fish so exceptional that an international team of scientists rushed here to investigate. French experts equipped with sonar and GPS asked Lahama to reconstruct, in his dugout canoe, exactly what it was he did that enabled him to catch a rare coelacanth fish, an awkward-swimming species among the world's oldest. Last May 19, Lahama and ... more Britain Relieved As Deluge Fails To Swell Floods Crisis 
London UK (AFP) Jul 30, 2007Residents in flood-hit areas of Britain breathed a sigh of relief Sunday after overnight downpours failed to riase water levels and hamper the clear-up. Meteorologists had warned that heavy rainfall in the already saturated south and west of England could trigger flash floods and worsen the crisis which has left three people dead, 300,000 residents without drinkable tap water and swamped up to 1 ... more Researcher Studies Proteins That Make Rice Flourish 
Fayetteville AR (SPX) Jul 27, 2007A University of Arkansas graduate student is helping rice farmers grow better crops by studying the plant at its most fundamental molecular level. Cell and molecular biology major Tameka Bailey's research focuses on a certain type of proteins and the molecular mechanisms that trigger rice's response to stressful conditions, such as drought, high salinity or a biological disease called rice blast ... more |
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St Louis MO (SPX) Jul 27, 2007Researchers from Saint Louis University (SLU) and Peking University in China are revealing for the first time the findings of a discovery that could change the way we think about the development of life on Earth. Two years ago, Timothy Kusky, Ph.D., the Paul C. Reinert Professor of Natural Sciences at SLU, and Jianghai Li, a professor of geological science at Peking University, dug up hundreds o ... more Italy, Greece, Turkey Sign Gas Pipeline Deal 
Rome (RIA Novosti) Jul 27, 2007Italy, Turkey, and Greece have signed an agreement to build a pipeline to bring natural gas from the Caspian and the Middle East to European markets, Italy's Edison gas company said Thursday. "The gas pipeline will go into operation in 2012. It will help diversify gas supply sources, while promoting competition," a company spokesman said, adding that it is of strategic importance. The agre ... more Arctic Crisis -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 26, 2007In order to legally claim that Russia's economic zone in the Arctic extends far beyond the 200 mile zone, it is necessary to present viable scientific evidence showing that the Arctic Ocean's sea shelf to the north of Russian shores is a continuation of the Siberian continental platform. In 2001 Russia submitted documents to the U.N. commission on the limits of the continental shelf seeking to p ... more Europe Asks Thales Alenia Space For The Price Of A Mars Robotic Rover 
Cannes, France (UPI) Jul 27, 2007The European Space Agency has asked Cannes, France, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space to quote a price on the construction of a Mars rover. The French-Italian satellite company announced it will convene a meeting of its major contractors next week to discuss the rover, which the ESA is planning to send to Mars in 2013, the BBC reported Thursday. ESA delegations approved the genera ... more That Cell Phone In Your Hand Is A Tracking Device 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 27, 2007Cell phone signals are being used by law enforcement officials to find missing people in romote areas, to track terrorists and fugitives, and to place suspects near crime scenes, experts say. "The average citizen is not aware that they are carrying a location-tracking device in their pocket," said Kevin Bankston, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based group that w ... more |
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Henley-On-Thames, England (AFP) July 26, 2007More rains were forecast Thursday for flood-hit areas where meteorologists said the three months from May to July were the wettest in England and Wales since records began in 1766. The heavy rains came in two waves, one on June 24 and 25, that flooded much of northern and central England, killing four people, and another on July 20 that submerged swathes of south and west England. A father ... more Southern Europe Braces For More Fires As Arson Suspected 
Rome (AFP) July 26, 2007Three heat-related deaths were reported in Greece Thursday as southern Europe blistered under a devastating heatwave and environmentalists blamed many of the fires raging in Italy on arsonists. Greek authorities said two elderly women were found dead Thursday in the Peloponnese village of Diakofto where a fire was raging for a third day. A 76-year-old man died Wednesday evening in another fire ... more Study Finds Contaminated Water Reaching Florida's Offshore Keys 
Athens GA (SPX) Jul 25, 2007A new University of Georgia study finds that sewage-contaminated groundwater is reaching the offshore reefs of the Upper Florida Keys, possibly threatening corals and human health. "The widespread use of in-ground waste disposal through septic tanks and injection wells appears to be leading to the contamination of submarine groundwater even up to six miles offshore," said study author Erin Lipp, ... more Smog To Accelerate Global Warming 
Paris (AFP) July 25, 2007Ozone smog will accentuate global warming this century, for it will damage plants and trees that help soak up carbon emissions, a study to be published on Thursday says. Its authors fear a major factor in the climate-change equation has been badly overlooked. "Carbon sinks" -- the famous ability of vegetation to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal greenhouse gas -- are being damaged by oz ... more Climate Change, Energy Security Top APEC Agenda 
Singapore (AFP) July 25, 2007Asia Pacific economies are expected to discuss a common response to climate change and energy security at the annual summit of their leaders in Australia next month, an official said Wednesday. Colin Heseltine, executive director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum secretariat, said Australian Prime Minister John Howard has written to other leaders indicating his desire for a d ... more
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