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Experts split on global warming, highland malariaNairobi (AFP) Nov 28, 2010 Malaria cases in east African highland areas hitherto unaffected by the disease have caused worry that global warming is creating new mosquito breeding grounds but experts disagree on whether there is actually any link between the two. "We have recently seen waves of epidemics in highland areas. ... They have actually killed people," said Dr. Amos Odiit, who was until October head of clinical paediatrics at Mulago hospital in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The first cases of malaria in Uganda's we ... read more |
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  Naples' piles of garbage gone by Christmas: mayor's office Italy's southern city of Naples will be rid of its piles of garbage by Christmas with the arrival of dump trucks from other regions helping in an intensified clean-up, the mayor's office vowed Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Hammerheads, other sharks protected at fisheries meet Half-a-dozen species of endangered sharks hunted on the high seas to satisfy a burgeoning Asian market for sharkfin soup are now protected in the Atlantic, a fisheries group decided Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Bluefin tuna gets scant relief at fisheries meet Fishing nations opted Saturday to leave catch limits for eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna virtually unchanged despite concerns that the species is perilously close to collapse. ... more | .. |
 Bluefin tuna on the edge: who's to blame? As dozens of nations meeting in Paris grope for a way to save the Atlantic bluefin tuna without destroying the billion-dollar industry built on its gleaming back, a question haunts the debate: who's most to blame for driving the species to the brink of collapse? ... more |
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  Sage-Grouse Western Habitat Map Completed Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced the completion of a breeding bird density map for the greater sage-grouse by the Bureau of Land Management in coordination with the Western Associ ... more | .. |
  Earth's Lakes Warming Due To Climate Change In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, researchers have determined that Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate chan ... more | .. |
 Horror summer fails to shift Russia climate scepticism Russia may have endured its hottest summer on record and battled deadly forest fires, but attitudes on climate change remain dominated by scepticism and even mired in conspiracy theories. ... more | .. |
 Whale Sharks Do The Math To Avoid That Sinking Feeling They are the largest fish species in the ocean, but the majestic gliding motion of the whale shark is, scientists argue, an astonishing feat of mathematics and energy conservation. In new research p ... more |
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 Size Of Mammals Exploded After Dinosaur Extinction Researchers demonstrate that the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago made way for mammals to get bigger - about a thousand times bigger than they had been. The study, which is published in ... more | .. |
 Koalas Are Picky Leaf-Eaters Koalas may be the pickiest marsupials around: They evolved to feed almost exclusively on the leaves of Eucalyptus trees, and they are highly selective when it comes to which species and even which i ... more | .. |
 States to take stock of mine ban treaty progress in Geneva Over 100 states will gather Monday to take stock of a mine ban treaty that has led to massive progress in eradicating the weapons in many parts of the world, but foot-dragging from some signatories. ... more | .. |
  Seven killed as bridge collapses in China Seven workers were killed and three others injured when a bridge under construction in eastern China collapsed, state media reported Saturday. ... more |
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  Managing wood to carve a strong community Sweet smelling pine trees and a cloud forest stretch above the town of Ixtlan de Juarez, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where residents highly value their wood. ... more | .. |
  Argentina to export corn to drought-hit Russia Argentina will start selling corn to Russia for the first time in three decades, officials here said Saturday, in a move that could open up a market for three million tons of the crop. ... more | .. |
 Cholera And Vaccine Experts Urge United States To Stockpile Vaccine As the cholera epidemic in Haiti continues to rage, public health workers are focusing their efforts on treating the tens of thousands who have already been hospitalized with cholera-like symptoms a ... more | .. |
 Tigers And Polar Bears Are Highly Vulnerable To Environmental Change Large predators are much more vulnerable than smaller species to environmental changes, such as over-hunting and habitat change, because they have to work so hard to find their next meal, according ... more |
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 Can Cacti Escape Underground In High Temperatures In the scorching summer heat of the Chihuahuan Desert in southwest Texas, air temperatures can hover around 97F (36C) while at the surface of the soil temperatures can exceed 158F (70C). Encounterin ... more | .. |
 U.K.: Food from cloned animals safe U.K. scientists say meat and milk from cloned cattle are safe to eat, after reports that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow was sold to U.K. consumers. ... more | .. |
 Jordan calls on people to pray for rain Jordan's ministry of religious affairs on Saturday urged citizens to gather next week and hold special prayers for rain across the parched kingdom. ... more | .. |
  Scientist Maps The Meaning Of Mid-Level Clouds Clouds play a major role in the climate-change equation, but they are the least-understood variable in the sky, observes a Texas A and M University geoscientist, who says mid-level clouds are especi ... more |
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 Developing Countries Often Outsource Deforestation In many developing countries, forest restoration at home has led to deforestation abroad, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The authors sa ... more | .. |
 LIDAR Applications In Coastal Morphology And Hazard Assessment Southampton scientists along with colleagues in New Zealand have used a sophisticated optical mapping technique to identify and accurately measure changes in coastal morphology following a catastrop ... more | .. |
 Engineer Provides New Insight Into Pterodactyl Flight Giant pterosaurs - ancient reptiles that flew over the heads of dinosaurs - were at their best in gentle tropical breezes, soaring over hillsides and coastlines or floating over land and sea on ther ... more | .. |
S.Korea activists urge rescue of dogs left on shelled island South Korean animal activists are pushing for the rescue of hundreds of dogs left behind when their owners fled the island shelled by North Korea last week. ... more |
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