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Widely Adopted Indicator Of Fisheries Health QuestionedWashington DC (SPX) Nov 18, 2010 The most widely adopted measure for assessing the state of the world's oceans and fisheries led to inaccurate conclusions in nearly half the ecosystems where it was applied. The new analysis was performed by an international team of fisheries scientists, and is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature. "Applied to individual ecosystems it's like flipping a coin; half the time you get the right answer and half the time you get the wrong answer," said Trevor Branch, a University of ... read more |
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  Mortal Chemical Combat Typifies The World Of Bacteria Like all organisms, bacteria must compete for resources to survive, even if it means a fight to the death. New research led by scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School ... more | .. |
  Drumlin Field Provides Answers About Glaciation And Climate The landform known as a drumlin, created when the ice advanced during the Ice Age, can also be produced by today's glaciers. This discovery, made by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sw ... more | .. |
 Faster Water Flow Means Greater Diversity Of Invertebrate Marine Life One of biggest factors promoting the diversity of coastal ocean life is how fast the water flows, according to new research by ecologists at Brown University. Experiments and observation in Palau, A ... more | .. |
  Budding Research Links Climate Change And Earlier Flowering According to research published by a University of Cincinnati faculty member, native plants in southwestern Ohio are flowering significantly earlier, a finding he attributes, at least in part, to gl ... more |
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 A Dead End For Plant Cells Using particles that are 1/100,000 the width of a human hair to deliver drugs to cells or assist plants in fighting off pests may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but these scena ... more | .. |
 Canada's Conservatives kill bill to cut CO2 emissions Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has defeated climate change legislation put forth by opposition parties calling for deep CO2 emissions cuts. ... more | .. |
  Cholera could kill 10,000 in Haiti in the next year: expert The cholera epidemic in Haiti could kill 10,000 people and cause 200,000 infections in the coming year, a doctor with the Pan-American Health Organization said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Icelandic volcano: Scientists map anatomy of an eruption The eruption of Eyjafjoell, the Icelandic volcano which grounded flights across Europe this year, followed a long, threatening warm-up in which the mountain growled and its icy flanks bulged, scientists said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Uzbekistan warns of 'disaster' over Tajik plant Uzbekistan Wednesday warned world powers of a looming environmental disaster from Tajikistan's plan to build a huge hydro-electric dam, in a new show of tensions from the ex-Soviet neighbours. ... more | .. |
  Italy ill-prepared for natural disasters: experts Italian geologists said Wednesday that Italy was ill-prepared for natural disasters in the wake of a killer earthquake last year and recent heavy floods across northern and central Italy. ... more | .. |
  China orders fire-safety push after deadly Shanghai blaze China has ordered a nationwide overhaul of fire-control measures after a blaze at a Shanghai high-rise killed 53 people and highlighted the country's chronic problem with lax safety enforcement. ... more | .. |
 Dominican Republic tightens border after first cholera case The Dominican Republic struggled Wednesday to slow the advance of a raging cholera epidemic from neighboring Haiti Wednesday, after discovering the first case of the highly contagious disease within its borders. ... more |
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 Chinese dams not to blame for low Mekong levels: Cambodia PM Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen dismissed concerns Wednesday that Chinese dams were responsible for the Mekong River's low water levels, telling environmentalists not to be "too extreme". ... more | .. |
 Bluefin tuna showdown pits industry vs. ecology Economy clashed with ecology as dozens of nations met in Paris Wednesday to set catch quotas for diminished stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a mainstay of gourmet sushi and sashimi in Japan. ... more | .. |
  Human Children Outpaced Neanderthals By Slowing Down Human childhood is considerably longer than chimpanzees, our closest-living ape relatives. A multinational team of specialists, led by researchers from Harvard University, Max-Planck Institute for E ... more | .. |
 New Sensor Allows On-Site, Faster Testing For Scour Assessment Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a sensor that allows engineers to assess the scour potential of soils at various depths and on-site for the first time - a technology ... more |
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  Extreme Global Warming In The Ancient Past Variations in atmosphere carbon dioxide around 40 million years ago were tightly coupled to changes in global temperature, according to new findings published in the journal Science. The study was l ... more | .. |
 Minneapolis Disaster Spawning New Concepts In Bridge Research, Testing And Safety Civil engineers at Oregon State University have developed a new system to better analyze the connections that hold major bridge members together, which may improve public safety, help address a tril ... more | .. |
  Listening For Ocean Spills And Their Ecological Effects Scientists who study acoustics (the "science of sound") have over the years developed a variety of techniques to probe the hidden depths of oceans. This week, many of these acoustic researcher ... more | .. |
  Detroit's Urban Farms Could Provide A Majority Of Produce For Local Residents Transforming vacant urban lots into farms and community gardens could provide Detroit residents with a majority of their fruits and vegetables. As city officials ponder proposals for urban far ... more |
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 Catastrophic Drought Looms for Capital City of Bolivia Catastrophic drought is on the near-term horizon for the capital city of Bolivia, according to new research into the historical ecology of the Andes. If temperatures rise more than 1.5 to 2 de ... more | .. |
 African Dust Caused Red Soil In Southern Europe Spanish and American researchers have conducted a mineralogical and chemical analysis to ascertain the origin of "terra rossa" soil in the Mediterranean. The results of the study reveal that mineral ... more | .. |
 Battle lines emerge in bluefin tuna battle A meeting on the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna got into its stride on Thursday as Europe mulled a call for a modest cut in catches and Japan said it would propose a fishing ban on nations that cheat. ... more | .. |
 China defends Brahmaputra dam project amid Indian concern China on Thursday defended its decision to build a dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, amid concerns it could disrupt water supplies downstream in India and harm ecosystems. ... more |
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