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Research Finds Rodents Thrive Near Highways
Terre Haute IN (SPX) Dec 17, 2007There is something out there, and what an Indiana State University professor and his students are finding is surprising them. Dale Sparks, associate professor and research scientist in the department of ecology and organismal biology, and a team of students are evaluating the quality of Interstate 70 as a small mammal habitat from the Indiana state line to Marshall, Ill., with the permission of ... more As Waters Clear, Scientists Seek To End A Muddy Debate 
Bloomington IN (SPX) Dec 17, 2007Geologists have long thought muds will only settle when waters are quiet, but new research by Indiana University Bloomington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology geologists shows muds will accumulate even when currents move swiftly. Their findings appear in this week's Science. This may seem a trifling matter at first, but understanding the deposition of mud could significantly impact ... more Losses Of Long-Established Genes Contribute To Human Evolution 
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2007While it is well understood that the evolution of new genes leads to adaptations that help species survive, gene loss may also afford a selective advantage. A group of scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz led by biomolecular engineering professor David Haussler has investigated this less-studied idea, carrying out the first systematic computational analysis to identify long-est ... more Global warming pact set for 2009 after US backs down 
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 15, 2007World climate negotiators set a 2009 deadline Saturday for a landmark treaty to fight global warming after two weeks of intense haggling led to a climbdown by an isolated United States. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who flew to the Indonesian island of Bali for a late appeal for flexibility, praised the deal as a "pivotal first step" to confront climate change, "the defining challenge of ... more Death toll from Tropical Storm Olga rises to at least 40 
Santo Domingo (AFP) Dec 14, 2007The death toll from Tropical Storm Olga's Caribbean rampage rose to at least 40 people Friday, with all but three victims reported from the Dominican Republic. Authorities said 12 Haitian immigrants in the northeastern Dominican city of Castanuelas were among those killed by the storm. Rescuers said they received reports of further deaths in the area but were not immediately able to verify t ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2007A ship carrying 130 tonnes of a toxic industrial chemical began to sink on China's longest river on Friday, state press reported. The caustic soda is sealed and has not leaked, although there are fears it may do so, Xinhua news agency said. Half the ship was submerged near a harbour about halfway along the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province, Xinhua said, citing local authori ... more China's father-son bird flu cases have not spread: official 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2007China said Friday none of the people who had come into close contact with the two most recent cases of bird flu -- a young man who died and his infected father -- had contracted the virus. The 82 people who had close contact with the two were all released from medical observation Wednesday after they showed no unusual symptoms, health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an told AFP. The dead man, ... more Coral Reefs Unlikely To Survive In Acid Oceans 
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2007Carbon emissions from human activities are not just heating up the globe, they are changing the ocean's chemistry. This could soon be fatal to coral reefs, which are havens for marine biodiversity and underpin the economies of many coastal communities. Scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology have calculated that if current carbon dioxide emission trends continue, ... more Another Oil Bounty For Brazil 
Miami (UPI) Dec 14, 2007 Brazil's Tupi oil field -- estimated to contain as much as 8 billion barrels of oil -- could quite possibly have an even bigger deposit right next to it, experts said this week. According to officials at Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil and gas company, the Sugar Loaf field off the shore of Brazil and right next to Tupi may produce even greater yields. Speculation about the bounty of ... more Italy begins shipments of uranium to France: report 
Rome (AFP) Dec 16, 2007A first shipment of uranium bars left a disused nuclear plant in northern Italy on Sunday bound for France, where they will be reprocessed in Le Hague, Normandy, the ANSA news agency reported. The 34 uranium bars -- the first 7.5 tonnes of 235 tonnes of waste to be sent to France for disposal -- were first loaded in two casks onto a truck under heavy guard, then placed on a special train for ... more |
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London (AFP) Dec 13, 2007British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday that Russia's decision to suspend a treaty which puts clear limits on the stationing of troops and heavy weapons across Europe was "unjustified". In a written statement to parliament, Miliband added that he "regrets the unilateral decision" by Moscow to freeze its compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, signed in ... more US wants nuclear-free Middle East, but on conditions 
Dubai (AFP) Dec 13, 2007The United States favours denuclearisation of the Middle East in principle, provided that a global peace has been reached there and control is imposed on Iran's nuclear capacity, the US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency told a debate in Dubai. Israel, Washington's main ally in the region, is believed to be the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East with an estimated 2 ... more A High Rise Apartment Complex With Built-In Greenhouse 
New York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2007A design for an apartment building with its own integrated greenhouse has netted a team headed by two Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning lecturers top honors in an international sustainable building design competition. Tagit Klimor and David Knafo's high-rise apartment complex includes greenhouse spaces that enable a family of four to grow a v ... more Air Quality Forecasts See Future In Space 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2007Weather broadcasts have long been a staple for people planning their day. Now with the help of NASA satellites, researchers are working to broaden daily forecasts to include predictions of air quality, a feat that is becoming reality in some parts of the world. Some scientists predict that an operational system of routine, global forecasts of air pollution near the ground, where it affects ... more UN Climate Conference Hears How EO Can Help 
Bali, Indonesia (ESA) Dec 14, 2007The role of Earth Observation satellites in combating climate change is being highlighted at the United Nations climate change conference where thousands of delegates from more than 180 countries are gathered to begin negotiations of an international emissions-cutting agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period ends in 2012. The Protocol commits its signatories t ... more
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