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Humans said innocent in mammoth extinctionDurham, England (UPI) Aug 18, 2010 The disappearance of ancient grasslands, not human hunting, may have led to the extinction of animals such as the woolly mammoth, U.K. researchers say. Scientists at Durham University in England say the new findings challenge accepted theories that humans played a large part in the extinction of woolly mammoths, woolly rhinos and cave lions through hunting, competition for land and pressure on habitats, Science Daily.com reported Tuesday. Instead, a massive reduction in grasslands and th ... read more |
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Bristol, UK (SPX) Aug 19, 2010The growing amount of human noise pollution in the ocean could lead fish away from good habitat and off to their death, according to new research from a UK-led team working on the Great Barrier Reef. After developing for weeks at sea, baby tropical fish rely on natural noises to find the coral reefs where they can survive and thrive. However, the researchers found that short exposure to ar ... more  
Jerusalem, Israel (SPX) Aug 19, 2010How toxic, blue-green algae out-compete other organisms through a form of selfish "enslavement" - and by so doing proliferate dangerously in freshwater bodies - has been described by a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In general, the increasing occurrence of toxic cyanobacterial (blue-green algae) blooms in freshwater bodies is a matter of growing international concern due ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2010More than 60 people went missing after torrents of mud slammed into homes in southwest China Wednesday as they slept, in the nation's latest disaster as it battles its worst flooding in a decade. Power and communication lines were cut to Puladi township in Yunnan province, where the mudslides struck in the early hours, a provincial government official said. Rescuers have been sent to the ... more |
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Russian food prices jump amid heatwave: officialMoscow (AFP) Aug 18, 2010 Food prices in Russia, especially of grain-based products like bread, jumped over the last week as the effects of a record heatwave and drought fed into the economy, statistics said Wednesday. State statistics organisation Rosstat said inflation for the week August 10-August 16 was 0.2 percent and 0.4 percent since the start of the month, considerably highter than the rate before the heatwave. The heatwave and ensuing drought have ruined one-quarter of Russia's crops, raising fears of a squeeze ... read more |
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