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There have been alarming unprecedented mass animal deaths around the world. The Santos Republic decided to map it out and post an updated timeline to date, in reverse date order: 01.14.11…
LIAONING, China. November 23, 2010 (TSR) - A rapidly growing industry in China—dairy farming—is also a major new source of greenhouse-gas emissions. But Huishan Dairy in northeast China is trying to change…
As Siberia’s thawing permafrost leaks methane, some scientists are warning of another emerging climate threat.…
DOHA, Qatar, November 19, 2010 (ENS) - The police agencies of the world are supporting INTERPOL’s Environmental Crime Programme in an historic display of consensus. Delegates attending INTERPOL’s General Assembly…
TEHRAN, Iran, November 19, 2010 (TSR) - Pollution is contributing to falling catches in Iran’s Caspian fishing industry, local fishermen say. They complain that restrictions preventing them from going out to…
WASHINGTON, DC, November 19, 2010 (ENS) - Enough plutonium and uranium to make 775 nuclear weapons has been removed from the BN-350 fast reactor in Kazakhstan, built to breed plutonium…
Bird navigation, plant photosynthesis and the human sense of smell all represent ways living things appear to exploit the oddities of quantum physics, scientists are finding. Quantum mechanics is the…
The opening of the both the North West Passage and the North East Passage is a very recent development in the Arctic. Back in the 19th century these sea passages were always clogged by…
Timeline of mysterious animal deaths, thus far
Chinese Project Puts Cow Dung to Work
Leaking Siberian Ice Prompts Methane Warning
World’s Police Unite for Environmental Crime Crackdown
Iran’s Northern Fishing Industry Wanes
U.S., Kazakhstan Secure Weapons-Grade Plutonium From Soviet-era Reactor
Quantum ‘weirdness’ used by plants, animals
Microbes for biofuel: a cleaner way to unlock their energy
Algae and photosynthetic bacteria hold a hidden treasure – fat molecules known as lipids – which can be converted to renewable biofuels. Such microorganisms offer an attractive alternative to the…
Billions at Risk of ‘Water Insecurity’
About 80% of the world's population lives in areas where the fresh water supply is not secure, according to a new global analysis.…
Panama Canal fossils reveal ancient collision of worlds
The creation of the Panama Isthmus - the narrow land bridge that joins the two continents - wreaked havoc on land, sea and air. It triggered extinctions, diverted ocean currents…
The Rapid Melt-Away of the Arctic Ice Cap Facilitates the First North Pole Circumnavigation
The crack in the roof of the world: ‘Yes, global warming is real - and deeply worrying’
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