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May 08, 2013
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Toxic waste sites cause healthy years of life lost
New York NY (SPX) May 08, 2013
Toxic waste sites with elevated levels of lead and chromium cause a high number of "healthy years of life lost" in individuals living near 373 sites located in India, Philippines and Indonesia, according to a study by a Mount Sinai researcher published online in Environmental Health Perspectives. The study leader, Kevin Chatham-Stephens, MD, Pediatric Environmental Health Fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, presented the findings at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual ... read more
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FARM NEWS

Zeal to ensure clean leafy greens takes bite out of riverside habitat in California
Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat
As the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite flew over Indonesia's Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air. The satellite's Operational Land Imager ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

Scaling up gyroscopes: From navigation to measuring the Earth's rotation
Accurately sensing rotation is important to a variety of technologies, from today's smartphones to navigational instruments that help keep submarines, planes, and satellites on course. In a pa ... more
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WATER WORLD

Researchers calculate the global highways of invasive marine species
Globalisation, with its ever increasing demand for cargo transport, has inadvertently opened the flood gates for a new, silent invasion. New research has mapped the most detailed forecast to date fo ... more


FARM NEWS

Scientists alarmed by rapid spread of Brown Streak Disease in cassava
Cassava experts are reporting new outbreaks and the increased spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease or CBSD, warning that the rapidly proliferating plant virus could cause a 50 percent drop in prod ... more
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TECTONICS

After a violent youth, Earth said getting calmer in middle age
Earth endured a tectonic upheaval 1.1 billion years ago that saw the world's continents collide and form a single supercontinent, Australian researchers say. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW

Five dead as Philippine volcano erupts
Four foreign tourists and their Filipino tour guide were crushed to death when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud and a hail of rocks on Tuesday, authorities said. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Aid agency sounds alarm over Pacific islands' drought
Aid agency the International Organization for Migration sounded the alarm Tuesday over a drought in the Marshall Islands, one of the world's remotest ocean communities, warning that thousands of people were at risk. ... more
DEMOCRACY

Pakistan's Imran in hospital after rally fall
Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan injured his head in a fall at an election rally Tuesday as the death toll in the bloody campaign topped 100 following fresh attacks. ... more
WOOD PILE

Forest-mapping satellite to join Earth study mission: ESA
A satellite that will map the world's forests has been chosen for the seventh mission in Europe's Earth Explorer project, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Tuesday. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Gunmen threaten unique CentrAfrican elephant reserve: WWF
A group of 17 gunmen entered an animal park in the Central African Republic, threatening "one of the biggest massacres of elephants" in the region, conservationist body WWF said Tuesday. ... more
FARM NEWS

Heat wave sears Canada's tulip festival
A heat wave is threatening to take the bloom off one of the world's largest garden festivals, as more than one million colorful tulips in Canada's capital began wilting Tuesday. ... more
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EARLY EARTH

Paleontologists identify new species of 'bone-headed' dinosaur
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DEMOCRACY

Dalai Lama urges respect for non-religious
The Dalai Lama on Tuesday called for the teaching of secular values in education, saying that it was critical for the world to respect all religions - as well as the right not to believe. ... more
ABOUT US

British retailer removes gender-specific toys after Internet protests
A British retail chain says it has removed gender-specific displays of "boys" and "girls" toys from its stores after a protest broke out on Facebook. ... more
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ICE WORLD

Brazil rebuilding Antarctic base gutted by fire
Brazil is rebuilding its major Antarctic research base, gutted in a fire more than a year ago, but millions of dollars worth of scientific data acquired over the years will be impossible to recover. ... more
FARM NEWS

Third of US bee colonies died last winter: report
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WATER WORLD

Scientists say granite from sea bed could be of a Brazilian 'Atlantis'
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WOOD PILE

As climate changes, boreal forests to shift north and relinquish more carbon than expected
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EARLY EARTH

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Four dead as Philippine volcano erupts

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EPIDEMICS

China reports four more deaths, 129 bird flu cases

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China farmers held for selling meat from sick pigs

WATER WORLD

Desalinization for China's water woes?

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Indigenous activists stage new protest at Amazon dam site

Malaysia's government hangs onto power

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'Chinese tsunami' hits Malaysian politics

Outrage over China tiger abuse

New attention on old China poisoning case

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