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Indian minister slams UN body on glacier researchNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 19, 2010 India's environment minister slammed the UN's top climate body in comments published Tuesday, claiming its doomsday warning about Himalayan glaciers was not based on "scientific evidence." The controversy focuses on a reference in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) landmark 2007 report that said the chances of Himalayan glaciers "disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high." "The IPCC claim that glaciers will vanish by 2035 was not based on an iota of scientific evidence," minister Jairam Ramesh told the Hindustan Times. ... read more |
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Punishment Important In Plant-Pollinator RelationshipPanama City, Panama (SPX) Jan 20, 2010 Figs and the wasps that pollinate them present one of biologists' favorite examples of a beneficial relationship between two different species. In exchange for the pollination service provided by the wasp, the fig fruit provides room and board for the wasp's developing young. However, wasps do not always pollinate the fig. Fig trees "punish" these "cheaters" by dropping unpollinated fruit, killi ... read more |
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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 19, 2010US troops led by Marines fanned out across the ruined Haitian capital Tuesday, as a week after a massive quake the US military ramped up a huge aid operation for desperate survivors. In a spectacular move, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne division descended from at least four helicopters to secure the presidential palace, a once elegant white building now surrounded by a stinking, squalid ... more  
Miami (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 It could take coastal snook and other saltwater game fish years to rebound from Florida's record-setting cold snap this month, officials said. "I haven't see a swimming snook in 10 days," Everglades guide Benny Blanco said. "All I have seen is floating (dead) snook." State wildlife officials reported the fish kills were widespread in Florida's bays and channels, The Miami Herald ... more  
York, UK (SPX) Jan 20, 2010Plant scientists at the University of York have published the first genetic map of the medicinal herb Artemisia annua. The map is being used to accelerate plant breeding of Artemisia and rapidly develop the species into a high-yielding crop. This development is urgently needed to help meet escalating demand for effective malaria treatments. Though preventable and treatable, malaria is a se ... more |
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