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Dramatic Ocean Circulation Changes RevealedCardiff UK (SPX) Jan 18, 2011 The unusually cold weather this winter has been caused by a change in the winds. Instead of the typical westerly winds warmed by Atlantic surface ocean currents, cold northerly Arctic winds are influencing much of Europe. However, scientists have long suspected that far more severe and longer-lasting cold intervals have been caused by changes to the circulation of the warm Atlantic ocean currents themselves. Now new research led by Cardiff University, with scientists in the UK and US, reveal ... read more |
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  Mass Extinctions Linked To Loss Of Diversity The world's oceans are under siege. Conservation biologists regularly note the precipitous decline of key species, such as cod, bluefin tuna, swordfish and sharks. Lose enough of these top-line pred ... more | .. |
  Food Prices Insulate Agriculture Sector From Wider Economy Woes Much of the U.S. economy has been slow to recover from the recession. That hasn't been true of farmland markets, which have continued to climb, a group of Purdue University agricultural economists s ... more | .. |
 World is 'one poor harvest' from chaos, new book warns Like many environmentalists, Lester Brown is worried. ... more | .. |
  Brazil flood death toll keeps climbing The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Brazil rose Monday to 640, as the military stepped up efforts to reach isolated communities near Rio. ... more |
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 Australia towns face once-in-200-year flood Anxious residents of towns in southern Australia braced for once-in-200-year floods Monday, as the government warned the rolling flood crisis could be its costliest natural disaster ever. ... more | .. |
 Purdue Wraps Up Livestock Emission Study, Starts Number Crunching Purdue University researchers have delivered data to the Environmental Protection Agency on a two-year National Air Emissions Monitoring Study that gives a look at air quality on and around livestoc ... more | .. |
 Mount Etna Bursts Into Life Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily, erupted briefly yesterday sending flames and ash hundreds of metres into the air. This image, which was acquired by ... more | .. |
 Gene Helps Plants Use Less Water Without Biomass Loss Purdue University researchers have found a genetic mutation that allows a plant to better endure drought without losing biomass, a discovery that could reduce the amount of water required for growin ... more |
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 GM Chickens That Don't Transmit Bird Flu Developed Chickens genetically modified to prevent them spreading bird flu have been produced by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. The scientists have successfully developed ge ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: The U.S., China and food Of all the geopolitical and geoeconomic issues that the Chinese and American presidents will discuss in their Washington summit this week, the looming world food crisis isn't on the agenda. It should be because, each in its own way, these two countries share a massive responsibility. ... more | .. |
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  UN health chief raises concern about vaccine 'mistrust' World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan warned Monday that the health community needs to tackle strong and "worrisome" public mistrust of vaccines, following signs of a tail-off in flu vaccination. ... more |
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 Sierra Leone evicts civilians from crowded army barracks Sierre Leone's army said on Monday it has begun evicting civilians over 18 from military barracks because of massive overcrowding, with relatives of troops among those to be forced out. ... more | .. |
 EU takes action against Sweden over wolf hunt The European Commission on Monday announced it was taking formal action against Sweden for culling wolves in breach of European Union legislation. ... more | .. |
  New China pollution targets inadequate: Greenpeace Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday praised China for setting new pollution targets but said the measures fell well short of what was needed to curb the country's world-beating carbon emissions. ... more | .. |
  Fresh rain hampers Brazil rescue, death toll rises The Brazilian military sent troops and helicopters Sunday to rescue stranded survivors of floods and landslides that killed more than 625 people but the operation was stymied by more bad weather. ... more |
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Four exiled Rwandan opponents slam jail sentences Four former close aides of Paul Kagame Sunday dismissed as politically motivated heavy jail terms passed on them in absentia, accusing the Rwandan president of misusing justice to target his foes. ... more | .. |
 Inventions Of The Evolution: What Gives Frogs A Face "Don't be a frog!" people say in jest when someone hesitates instead of acting straight away. However to be called a frog should actually be a reason to strengthen one's self-confidence. After all f ... more | .. |
 Study Explores How People Respond To Climate Disasters New results from a Baylor University study show that different behaviors and strategies lead some families to cope better and emerge stronger after a weather-related event. Dr. Sara Alexander, ... more | .. |
 Lameness - A Common And Painful Disease In Calves At any given time between 10 and 20 percent of cattle in the United States are afflicted with lameness, making it one of the most common ailments affecting feedlot and stocker calves. That's w ... more |
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 New Predator 'Dawn Runner' Discovered In Early Dinosaur Graveyard A team of paleontologists and geologists from Argentina and the United States have announced the discovery of a lanky dinosaur that roamed South America in search of prey as the age of dinosaurs beg ... more | .. |
 Deep Genomics In 2003, the year a complete draft of the human genome was released, the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute launched the ENCODE project (ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements), to develop an encyc ... more | .. |
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  Robotic Surgery Of 'Tremendous Benefit' To Patients Robot-assisted surgery dramatically improves outcomes in patients with uterine, endometrial, and cervical cancer, said researchers at the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute for Medical R ... more |
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