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February 22, 2011 4:44 PM
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Meet the Mastermind Behind That E. coli Google Logo
In a cage match between basketball star Amar'e Stoudemire and a duo of microbiologists, who will emerge victorious? Only time and users' votes will tell.
Japan's Research Whalers Head Home Early
TOKYO—Japan officially called an early halt to this year's research whaling expedition to Antarctic waters, blaming the activist group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for making it impossible to continue....
February 11, 2011 5:07 PM
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Feds Propose Flexible Plans for Resilient Forests
With climate change posing new threats—more frequent forest fires, for example, and plagues of tree-killing beetles—the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to change the way it makes its management plans...
February 9, 2011 5:32 PM
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Can the U.S. Farm Fish Offshore Safely?
Worried about the U.S. trade deficit? After crude oil and natural gas, the third largest contributor to the deficit is seafood—the U.S. imports some $9 billion worth each year....
February 7, 2011 4:21 PM
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Sealed-Off Lake Still Tantalizingly Out of Reach
The Russian team that has been drilling for 24 hours a day to reach the sub-glacial Lake Vostok that lies at the bottom of a 3750-meter-thick ice sheet in...
February 4, 2011 4:29 PM
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Embattled Author and Critics Agree: Gulf Recovery Assessment 'Not Based on Data'
With the fate of the commercial seafood industry in the Gulf of Mexico hanging in the balance, the manager of the $20-billion victims compensation fund has issued this week...
February 4, 2011 2:57 PM
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Exclusive: Tanzania Park 'Highway' to Remain Undeveloped
Researchers and conservationists around the world have been reacting with dismay to news that the Tanzanian government will forge ahead with plans to build a highway bisecting Serengeti National...
February 3, 2011 4:18 PM
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Russians Approach Pristine Antarctic Lake
Russian scientists drilling toward Lake Vostok, an enormous body of fresh water sealed off beneath Antarctic ice for 35 million years, have until Sunday to reach their goal before...
February 2, 2011 5:42 PM
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EPA to Regulate Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
In a decisive move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will begin regulating perchlorate in drinking water sources. Backed by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), EPA...
February 1, 2011 5:39 PM
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Did FEMA Expect Midwest MegaQuake by 2014?
Is an earthquake the size of the 1811 New Madrid quake, the largest ever to hit the eastern United States, imminent in the next 3 years? Most seismologists believe...
January 26, 2011 4:44 PM
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But Seriously, Mr. President, About Those Salmon …
In his State of the Union speech last night, President Barack Obama got some laughs while talking about the need for reorganizing government to make it more efficient. From...
January 25, 2011 5:30 PM
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Study Says Rethinking Cities Is Key to Climate Change
Cities generate most of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. So changing their configuration and altering the lifestyles of urban dwellers can have a major impact on mitigating those...
January 20, 2011 3:50 PM
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Finnish Ecologist Clinches Crafoord Prize
This year's Crafoord Prize has gone to Finnish ecologist Ilkka Hanski of the University of Helsinki for his contributions to understanding the impact of habitat fragmentation on species' survival....
January 19, 2011 12:56 PM
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Ecuador Wages Poison War on Galapagos Rats
Conservationists have stepped up their war against alien rats in the Galápagos. Officials with Ecuador's Galápagos National Park announced Monday they and conservationists from various nonprofit organizations had begun...
January 13, 2011 4:53 PM
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Vulture Saudis Nabbed Was Third Israeli Bird Held Since 1975
The Middle East seethes with suspicion and conspiracy theories on all sides. So it's not surprising that getting busted by Arab authorities is an occupational hazard for birds tracked...
December 17, 2010 5:57 PM
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Politics Buried Science in Louisiana Sand Berms, Oil Commission Finds
The idea to guard against this year's BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by building offshore sand berms was controversial from the start, and scientists voiced many...
December 9, 2010 5:16 PM
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Wolf Politics and the Endangered Species 'End Run'
Negotiations between the Interior Department and the governors of three western states—Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming—to remove the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the federal endangered species...
December 7, 2010 4:54 PM
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WikiLeaks Reveals Ulterior Motive Behind Record-Setting Marine Reserve
A leaked U.S. State Department cable shows that the British government had more than protecting fish on its mind when it was designing the world's largest marine protected area,...
December 3, 2010 11:32 AM
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New Google Earth Engine
Calling all developing nations, underfunded scientists, and satellite imagery hobbyists. Care for a free "planetary-scale platform for environmental data & analysis"? That's what search giant Google calls its Google...
November 29, 2010 2:34 PM
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Sharks Fare Better Than Tuna at Conservation Meeting
Conservation groups are disappointed that the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) isn't doing more to halt the overfishing of bluefin tuna. The good news from...
November 24, 2010 12:03 PM
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Germany's High Court Preserves Restrictions on GM Crops
Germany's high court today has upheld the country's law governing genetically modified (GM) crops. The law, originally passed in 2004 and modified slightly in 2008, holds farmers—and researchers—who plant...
November 18, 2010 4:56 PM
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In Controversial Move, Antarctic Fishery Called 'Sustainable'
A controversial fishery in one of the world's most remote oceans has been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). Environmental groups and some scientists had objected...
November 16, 2010 5:22 PM
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GM Mosquito Trial Strains Ties in Gates-Funded Project
About a year ago, genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes were released into the wild—and they have been flying under the world's radar screen until last week. On 11 November, British...
November 9, 2010 1:35 PM
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Taxonomists Propose Counting All of Earth's Species
A group spearheaded by Arizona State University taxonomists wants to launch a NASA-style mission to identify and describe all the world's 10 million species in the next 50 years....
November 5, 2010 3:59 PM
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Judge Tosses Argument in Polar Bear Lawsuit
Environmentalists have moved one step closer to getting polar bears listed as endangered under U.S. law. A federal judge for the District of Columbia yesterday rejected a legal argument...
November 3, 2010 2:30 PM
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Arizona Proposition on Hunting Fails
A ballot initiative that would have guaranteed a right to hunt and fish has been shot down by voters. Proposition 109 would have given state legislators control over wildlife...
October 29, 2010 3:32 PM
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Negotiators Agree on Biodiversity Pact in Nagoya
Delegates from 179 countries meeting at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, agreed to "take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity" to...
October 27, 2010 2:13 PM
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Even the Best Farmed Fish Can Cause Problems
Too much of a good thing can be bad. A new study of marine aquaculture around the world finds that even the most efficient operations—think industrialized salmon farms—can cause...
October 20, 2010 4:00 PM
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Happy Hagfish Day!
Halloween is more than a week away, but if you're looking for a great reason to celebrate, today is Hagfish Day. The hagfish (Myxinidae) vaguely resembles an eel but...
October 18, 2010 1:53 PM
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Britain Tidal Power Plan Put on Hold in Statement on Energy Policy
Chris Huhne, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, delivered a major energy policy statement today that endorsed nuclear power, without promising any money for...
In China, No Meeting of the Minds on GM Crops
WUHAN, CHINA—If anyone is under the impression that the Chinese public is ready to embrace genetically modified (GM) crops, they are mistaken. At a hastily arranged session at a...
October 13, 2010 2:50 PM
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Report: Major Boost in Agricultural Productivity Needed
With global population expected to reach 9.2 billion by 2050, food production will need to double worldwide. Meeting this challenge without causing more environmental damage—cutting down rain forest, for...
September 29, 2010 1:00 PM
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How Plant Biologists Hit a $75 Million Jackpot
Long the impoverished Cinderella of the biological research kingdom, plant science has just had a visit from the fairy godmother. Today the Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced it would...
September 14, 2010 5:00 PM
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Conservationists Call For Triage in Fight to Protect Dwindling Tigers
A new study released today in PLoS Biology concludes the best bet to save wild tigers from extinction is to focus conservation efforts on 42 sites mostly in India,...
Good News for Imperiled Russian Seed Bank
The Pavlovsk Experimental Station, a major Russian seed bank threatened by development, has received a partial reprieve. Located outside St. Petersburg, the station contains more than 6000 varieties of...
September 2, 2010 1:03 PM
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Deforestation Rate Continues to Plunge in Brazil
The Brazilian government says that a preliminary survey by a low-resolution satellite shows that deforestation in the Amazon declined by 47.5% over the past 12 months. The figure is...
August 24, 2010 6:08 PM
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Bits of Good News From the Gulf
BOSTON—The news out of the Gulf of Mexico doesn't look too bleak, according to preliminary reports here today at the semiannual meeting of the American Chemical Society. The researchers...
August 20, 2010 1:05 PM
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New Light on Spilled Oil, But Only a Bit
A widely reported paper in Science this week shows that microbes were not rapidly degrading the oil in a plume streaming from the blown-out BP well in late June....
Sea Murkiness Affects Hurricanes? When 'Basic Research' Pays Unexpected Dividends
Ocean color affects the formation of hurricanes--who knew?
After Court Rejects Appeal, Russian Crop Collection Faces Destruction
MOSCOW—A unique collection of European fruit and berry crops could be destroyed after a court in Russia gave permission today for land at a research institute in St. Petersburg...
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