US vows 'huge' marine protection BBC News | The US is to establish what it calls "the largest area of protected sea in the world" around its Pacific islands. | Commercial fishing and mining will be banned in the protected zones which include the Marianas Trench, the deepest area of ocean on the planet. | The area totals 500,000 sq km (190,0...
Bush to protect 'marine monuments' in the Pacific The Australian | US President George W. Bush will designate nearly 518,000 sq km of the Pacific ocean today as a protected region, White House officials said, making the areas hands-off for oil drilling or other extraction procedures. Bush, who often draws ire from activists for his record on environmental issues,...
Australia 'destroying life on Earth' The Australian | NASA scientist writes to Obama Attacks our coal, climate policies Will destroy much life on Earth | ...
US vows 'huge' marine protection BBC News | The US is to establish what it calls "the largest area of protected sea in the world" around its Pacific islands. | Commercial fishing and mining will be banned in the protected zones which include the Marianas Trench, the deepest area of ocean on ...
Bush to protect 'marine monuments' in the Pacific The Australian | US President George W. Bush will designate nearly 518,000 sq km of the Pacific ocean today as a protected region, White House officials said, making the areas hands-off for oil drilling or other extraction procedures. Bush, who often draws ire from...
Earth moves much faster than we thought: Astronomers Canada Dot Com | Our planet - along with the whole solar system - is rushing through space 160,000 kilometres per hour faster than we thought, says a new analysis of Earth's place in the universe. | Oh, and the risk of crashing into something really big - like anot...
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Ten weirdest animals of 2008 The Times Of India | 5 Jan 2009, 0810 hrs IST, ANI Text: LONDON: New Scientist has outlined a list of the 10 oddest species from the year 20...
Three men arrested for selling protected owls The Times Of India | 5 Jan 2009, 0753 hrs IST, IANS Text: WAYANAD(Kerala): Three men have been arrested for allegedly selling six specimens ...
Soot reduction may help slow global warming The Times Of India | 5 Jan 2009, 0755 hrs IST, ANI Text: LONDON: Nasa scientists have said that global warming can be slowed dramatically by...
Ms Earth '08 to dance in Sinulog finale Inquirer | CEBU CITY, Philippines - Ms Earth 2008 winner Karla Paula Henry will dance in the grand finale of the Sinulog Grand Festival on January 18. | Henry, who was tapped to take the place of Cebu City First Lady Margot Osmeņa in the grand finale, confirm...
Reduce your carbon footprint The Times Of India | Text: Use public transportation, carpool, walk, or bike whenever possible to avoid using your car. It will reduce your carbon footprint. | ...
Island Conservation Nation | Of rain and reefs | I was glad to have a window seat when my friend Xavier and I got onto the bus at Anse Nord-Est the other day. | I relished the prospect of at least twenty minutes of natural history observations before reaching Victoria. Just be...
Kempthorne touts Interior reforms in final speech The Miami Herald | BOISE, Idaho -- Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne defended his two-year tenure in Washington, D.C., saying it was highlighted by ethics reforms he hopes will improve the agency's integrity after a slew of scandals. | The former Idaho governor, who took national office in May 2006 after Gale Norton's departure, spoke here Monday in what he called...
Polar bears in western Arctic going hungry: Study Canada Dot Com | EDMONTON - Polar bears in the western Arctic are finding it increasingly difficult to find food during the critical spring period, a recent study suggests. | Seth Cherry, a PhD candidate working with University of Alberta scientist Andrew Derocher, came to the conclusion after comparing blood samples taken from polar bears in 1985-86 and comparin...
