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Living Arrangements, Health And Well-Being: A European Perspective
London UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2007Ageing populations are an increasing issue for the Western world. The proportion of people over aged sixty is growing plus there has been a rise in older men and women living alone and a decline in those living with children or relatives. A new study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), analysed the impact of living alone, with a spouse or with others on the health and hap ... more Dinosaur From Sahara Ate Like A Mesozoic Cow 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2007A 110 million-year-old dinosaur that had a mouth that worked like a vacuum cleaner, hundreds of tiny teeth and nearly translucent skull bones will be unveiled Thursday, Nov. 15, at the National Geographic Society. Found in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno, paleontologist and professor at the University of Chicago, the dinosaur is a plant eater known as Nigersau ... more Simple Reason Helps Males Evolve More Quickly 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Nov 16, 2007The observation that males evolve more quickly than females has been around since 19th century biologist Charles Darwin noted the majesty of a peacock's tail feather in comparison with the plainness of the peahen's. No matter the species, males apparently ramp up flashier features and more melodious warbles in an eternal competition to win the best mates, a concept known as sexual selection. ... more FAO report urges paying poor farmers to be green 
Rome (AFP) Nov 15, 2007The UN food agency called Thursday for cash payments for poor farmers to encourage them to become eco-friendly. "Modern agriculture provides ever growing quantities of agricultural, fisheries and forestry products, feeding today six billion people," FAO chief Jacques Diouf told a news conference launching the agency's 2007 report on the state of food and agriculture in the world. But thi ... more Parasites Might Spur Evolution Of Strange Amphibian Breeding Habits 
Athens GA (SPX) Nov 16, 2007Parasites can decimate amphibian populations, but one University of Georgia researcher believes they might also play a role in spurring the evolution of new and sometimes bizarre breeding strategies. Brian Todd, a researcher at the UGA Odum School of Ecology Savannah River Ecology Lab, explains that most amphibians start their lives in water (tadpoles are a good example), and then make their way ... more |
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Granada, Spain (SPX) Nov 16, 2007The research team from the Geodynamics Department at the University of Granada and the Spanish Institute of Geology and Mining (which is part of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science) has studied the hydrogeology of the karst aquifers in the Mediterranean climate. It has been found that, contrary to popular belief, rivers do not act as insurmountable barriers for groundwater flow. ... more CGD Ranks CO2 Emissions From Power Plants Worldwide 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2007Now for the first time, the CO2 emissions of 50,000 power plants worldwide, the globe's most concentrated source of greenhouse gases, have been compiled into a massive new data base, called CARMA-Carbon Monitoring for Action. The on-line database, compiled by the Center for Global Development (CGD), an independent policy and research organization that focuses on how the actions of the rich world ... more Great Potential To Improve Collection And Recycling Of Europe's Electronic Waste 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Nov 16, 2007Only about 25% of Europe's medium sized household appliances and 40% of larger appliances are collected for salvage and recycling, leaving "substantial room for improvement," according to a study for the European Commission by a United Nations University-led consortium. Small appliances, with a few exceptions, are close to zero percent collection. "The study suggests possible long-term col ... more China to surpass US in CO2 utility emissions: study 
Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2007Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by Chinese power plants are expected to surpass US utilities' emissions of the main greenhouse gas by 2017, according to the Center for Global Development. The US think tank, which works to reduce global poverty, said in a report released Wednesday that China's growing economic might is also boosting the country's CO2 emissions. "If we look ahead over the n ... more First-Ever State Of The Carbon Cycle Report Finds Troubling Imbalance 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2007The first "State of the Carbon Cycle Report" for North America, released online this week by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, finds the continent's carbon budget increasingly overwhelmed by human-caused emissions. North American sources release nearly 2 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, mostly as carbon dioxide. Carbon "sinks" such as growing forests may remove up to ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Nov 15, 2007Australia's military could be used to track Japanese whaling vessels if the opposition wins next week's election as polls predict, a top opposition figure said Thursday. A Labor government would take advice from defence officials on the best way to monitor Japanese whaling vessels carrying out 'scientific whaling' in Australian waters, foreign affairs spokesman Robert McClelland said. "W ... more Cyclone closes in on Bangladesh, India 
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 15, 2007Authorities in Bangladesh and eastern India raced Thursday to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from vulnerable coastal areas as a powerful cyclone closed in. Cyclone Sidr, currently moving north over the Bay of Bengal and packing ferocious winds and torrential rains, is expected to hit land around midnight (1830 GMT). The first area to be lashed will be around the Sunderbans, a v ... more Vanishing forests a counterpoint to Indonesia's climate crusade 
Kuala Cenaku, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2007Head man Mursyid Ali stands amid blackened stumps, the remains of much of the rainforest belonging to this village on Indonesia's Sumatra stripped and drained in spite of local protests. It's a scene repeated across much of Indonesia, where poverty and voracious demand for commodities -- coupled with corruption and poor law enforcement -- drive the destruction of forests. Thanks largely ... more China's economy 40 percent smaller than estimated: analyst 
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2007China's economy is 40 percent smaller than most recent estimates, a US economist said Wednesday, citing data from the Asian Development Bank and guidelines from the World Bank. Albert Keidel, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former US Treasury official and World Bank economist, made the comments in a report published by the US think tank and in a com ... more Cyclone poised to slam into Bangladesh, eastern India
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 14, 2007A cyclone packing high winds and heavy rains could slam into Bangladesh as early as Thursday and India a day later, forecasters said. Bangladesh went on alert on Wednesday as weather officials said Tropical Cyclone Sidr, hovering over the Bay of Bengal, could hit the southeastern coast of the disaster-prone country within 24 hours. "The cyclone is approaching the coastal area of Banglad ... more
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