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Environmental Expert, 2008-08-20
In the world of alternative fuels, there may be nothing greener than pond scum.
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Science Daily, 2008-08-20
ScienceDaily (Aug. 20, 2008) — With oil prices skyrocketing, the search is on for efficient and sustainable biofuels. Research published this month in Agronomy Journal examines one biofuel crop contender: corn stover.
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Environment News Service (ENS), 2008-08-20
WASHINGTON, DC, August 19, 2008 (ENS) - The nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Washington DC to force the federal government to disclose studies on the effect of a new pesticide on honey bees.
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Myjoyonline.com (Ghana), 2008-08-20
An expert on climate change on has said even though climate change has grave implications for the cocoa, water, mining and food production sectors of African countries, African leaders are yet to fully grasp the phenomenon and its implications for the continent.
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Canada.com, 2008-08-20
Two of Canada's iconic Arctic species - their habitats already threatened by rising temperatures and changing ice conditions - could soon be transformed from victims of global warming into unwitting climate-change culprits, according to a new U.S. study of caribou and muskox impacts on the polar environment.
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Bloomberg.com, 2008-08-20
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations will create a climate change center to help Pacific island nations threatened by rising seas because of global warming, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
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Agence France-Presse, 2008-08-20
PARIS (AFP) — The habitats of wild bird species are shifting in response to global warming, but not fast enough to keep pace with rising temperatures, according to a study released Wednesday.
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BBC News, 2008-08-20
French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, scientists have found.
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Scientific American, 2008-08-20
The already parched U.S. Southwest is drying up even more, at least in early spring, because of climate change.
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Independent (UK), 2008-08-20
A German geography professor has developed a controversial system of mountain "wind-catching" screens which he claims could slow or even halt the dramatic rate at which Europe's glaciers are melting.
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Reuters, 2008-08-20
OSLO (Reuters) - More than 150 nations meet in Ghana from Thursday trying to speed up sluggish talks on a new climate treaty and plug big gaps in a "vision" of leading industrial nations of halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Guardian (UK), 2008-08-20
Compared to the polar bear, the American pika is downright tiny.
Weighing only 4 ounces to 6 ounces, this small, rabbit-like mammal with thick brown hair that lives on boulder-covered slopes near alpine meadows in western US mountain ranges, could represent the latest effort to use the Endangered Species Act to combat global warming.
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Reuters, 2008-08-20
KENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Here in a 13,700-year-old peat bog, ecologist Ed Berg reaches into the moss and pulls out more evidence of the drastic changes afoot due to the Earth's warming climate.
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Guardian (UK), 2008-08-20
The scale of British water consumption and its impact around the world is revealed in a new report today, which warns of the hidden levels needed to produce food and clothing.
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Nature, 2008-08-20
A three-year field study on the Tibetan plateau has shown that plant species differ in their ability to emit or consume methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
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Economic Times (India), 2008-08-20
NEW DELHI: Biotechnology provides a viable solution to almost every form of environmental damage and the government must pay more attention to it, says Biocon head Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
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Reuters, 2008-08-20
LISBON (Reuters Life!) - The world's leading cork maker has launched a campaign against the increasing use of screw caps and plastic stoppers in wine bottles, which it says is a threat to Portugal's forests of cork oaks.
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ITV News, 2008-08-20
A captive breeding programme and conservation efforts may just prove enough to save Brazil's golden lion tamarins.
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Science Daily, 2008-08-20
ScienceDaily (Aug. 20, 2008) — Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could treating contaminated soil with water prevent this public health scourge?
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Agence France-Presse, 2008-08-20
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Even low-level exposure to arsenic in drinking water appears to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, researchers said in a study published Tuesday.
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Agence France-Presse, 2008-08-20
QUITO (AFP) — Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were under a botanical alert Tuesday after a destructive Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) was detected on the archipelago, the Agricultural Health Service (SESA) said.
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Nature, 2008-08-20
Diverse species of algae are proving to be unlikely allies in the fight against the lethal toxins created by red tides.
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Emirates Business 24/7, 2008-08-19
A major conference is being held in Dubai to draw attention to the impact of the global food crisis on the Middle East.
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Reuters, 2008-08-19
TOKYO (Reuters) - This spring, with some nations close to panic over global rice supplies, Japan confronted a different problem -- huge swathes of paddy fields lying fallow due to a 37-year-old price support policy that limits planting.
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Guardian (UK), 2008-08-19
A government minister today challenged the Prince of Wales to prove his claim that firms developing genetically modified crops risked environmental disaster.
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National Geographic, 2008-08-19
The future rests on the soil beneath our feet.
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allAfrica.com, 2008-08-19
The World Bank has advised African governments to make fiscal policy adjustments to save millions of their citizens threatened by the rising food prices.
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Economic Times (India), 2008-08-19
PARIS: Rich nations will come under pressure at climate talks in Africa this week to get specific about how quickly and by how much they intend to cut their carbon footprints, said the UN climate chief.
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Yahoo! News, 2008-08-19
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the United States on Tuesday to take more action on climate change and become more involved in the global debate on the issue.
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Environmental Expert, 2008-08-19
Climate change poses a major threat to the world’s 2 billion rural poor, but sustainable natural resource management can help developing countries like Niger adapt to the threat.
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