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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:25 pm

Ecology News

News on Ecology continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

11 hrs ago | Daily News

Mining risk to heritage site

By Sheree Bega An Australian mining outfit has set its sights on South Africa's youngest World Heritage site: the Vredefort Dome.

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Related Topix: Science, South Africa, World News

19 hrs ago | Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Study bears out biologist's suspicion

Mike Gappa long suspected Wisconsin's black bear population was being underestimated by the Department of Natural Resources.

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Related Topix: Science, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Tetracycline (generic), Sumycin, Medicine, Medication

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Yakima Herald-Republic

Black Rock alternatives get closer look

The state Department of Ecology announced Monday that it will begin a fast-track review of alternatives to the proposed Black Rock reservoir, another indication the huge project is in political trouble and ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Yakima, WA, Yakima Metro

Fri Jul 04, 2008

KSTP

Strange device battles algae on west metro lake

Dead fish and water that looks like pea soup. These are signs of blue-green algae contamination.

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Related Topix: Eden Prairie, MN, Science, Carver, MN

Resilience Science

A view of the RA's research from Cultural Ecology

Lesley Head in her article Cultural ecology: the problematic human and the terms of engagement discusses the current - terms of engagement' between the cultural and the ecological.

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Related Topix: Science

Thu Jul 03, 2008

PR-inside.com

Australian prime minister says water-saving plan will not end crisis on drought-stricken river

Australian government leaders struck an agreement Thursday to conserve water on a crucial river system, but Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the deal will not end the threat that a record drought poses to the ...

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Science

EurekAlert!

Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts

Stanford, CA- It's not just about climate change anymore. Besides loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases, human emissions of carbon dioxide have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ...

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Related Topix: Science, Oceanography, Stanford, CA, Global Warming, Chemistry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

MediLexicon

Report Calls For New Resources For Studying Fungi That Impact Human Health And Agriculture

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Allergy Respiratory / Asthma Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Article Date: 02 Jul 2008 Fungi can cause a number of life-threatening ...

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Related Topix: Science, Microbiology, Biology, Agriculture

The Straits Times

EU ministers grapple with global warming goal

EUROPEAN UNION environment ministers began an informal two-day meeting here on Thursday aimed at clearing some of the many obstacles besetting their goal of slashing carbon emissions by 2020.

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Related Topix: Science, Global Warming

Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Humans, Global Warming Threaten Penguins

A U.S. scientist says global warming, fishing and petroleum pollution are all contributing to declines, some severe, in many species of penguins.

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Related Topix: Science, Science / Technology

Science Daily

Extinction Risks Much Worse Than Predicted

Assistant Professor Brett Melbourne of CU-Boulder's ecology and evolutionary biology department said current mathematical models used to determine extinction threat, or "red-listed" status, of species worldwide ...

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Related Topix: Science

BBC

River fish death toll up to 4,000

The death toll of fish killed in a polluted river in Cumbria has risen to more than 4,000. At first it was thought 100 fish died when a cloudy white substance appeared in a 1.9-mile stretch of the River Ellen ...

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Related Topix: Science

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Medical News Today

Disastrous Implications For Biodiversity And Human Well-Being:...

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Also Included In: Public Health ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 28 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT A major review by University of Adelaide researchers shows that the ...

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Agriculture, Health

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Fears groper deaths may harm reef ecology

A marine ecologist says the rising number of groper deaths along Queensland's far north coast could undermine the reef ecosystem.

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Related Topix: Science

Space Ref

ROSES-08 Amendment 16: Final text and proposal due dates for Terrestrial Ecology

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Saturday, June 28, 2008 Source: NASA Science Mission Directorate - Comments This amendment announces the final text and proposal due dates for the program element in Appendix A.2 ...

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Related Topix: Science

Mon Jun 30, 2008

BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

Third coyote trapped in the Brooks in Estero

A third coyote has been trapped in the Brooks in Estero where a spate of attacks has led to people with small pets to be frightened, officials said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Science, Pasco County, FL

Science Daily

No Scent, No Sex For The Japanese Beetle

No sex. If a male Japanese beetle is unable to detect the sex pheromone released by a female, he won't be able to locate her and reproduce.

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Related Topix: Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, World News, Japan, Entomology, Agriculture

Sun Jun 29, 2008

EurekAlert!

Higher temperatures helped new strain of West Nile virus spread

Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the journal PLoS Pathogens .

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Related Topix: Science, Global Warming, New York Government, New York, West Nile Virus, Health

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Style: Counting Illinois' endangered species

For most, the mention of endangered species conjures images of faraway black rhinos, mountain gorillas or Siberian tigers.

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Related Topix: Science, Illinois

WorldChanging

U.S. Ecosystem Report Indicates Trouble

Years of industrial and agricultural growth have left an indelible imprint on many formerly vibrant U.S. ecosystems.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Global Warming

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