By DAN JOLING , Associated PressNovember 9, 2010 (AP) — Scientists have observed the highest rate of beak abnormalities ever recorded in wild bird populations in Alaska and the Northwest, a study by two federal scientists said. The U.S. Geological Survey study on beak deformities in northwestern crows in Alaska, Washington and British Columbia follows […]
By Ben Raines, Press-Register Monday, November 08, 2010, 5:30 AM It is possible to trace oil from the BP spill as it moved through the first several levels of the Gulf’s food chain, starting with the microbes that broke the oil down, according to a scientific paper published today in Environmental Research Letters. That paper, […]
The number of salmon in the Pacific Ocean is twice what it was 50 years ago. But there is a downside to this bounty, as growing numbers of hatchery-produced salmon are flooding the Pacific and making it hard for threatened wild salmon species to find enough food to survive. By Bruce Barcott01 Nov 2010 In […]
msnbc.com staff and news service reportsupdated 11/5/2010 5:07:41 PM ET Scientists returning from an expedition off the Gulf Coast said Friday they found dead and dying deepwater coral near the BP oil spill site that was covered in a brown substance. “The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun” that the substance is […]
Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2010 – Survivors of world’s worst industrial accident at Bhopal, India, appealed Thursday for a meeting with President Barack Obama about corporate accountability when he visits next week. Campaigners said that Bhopal activists would head to New Delhi on Monday to hold a sit-in protest during the visit by Obama, who […]
By Steve Bradt, Harvard Staff WriterThursday, November 4, 2010 Researchers at Harvard University say America’s obesity epidemic won’t plateau until at least 42 percent of adults are obese, an estimate derived by applying mathematical modeling to 40 years of Framingham Heart Study data. Their work, published this week in the journal PLoS Computational Biology, runs […]
www.wildmadagascar.org November 05, 2010 Video released by Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency reveals Chinese rosewood traders have direct links to Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina, who seized power during a March 2009 military coup. The undercover investigation found several instances of dealers in China who claim direct dealings with the highest levels of Madagascar’s […]
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Thursday, November 04, 2010, 10:00 PM A brown substance is killing coral organisms in colonies located 4,600 feet deep about seven miles southwest of the failed BP Macondo oil well, according to scientists who returned Thursday from a three-week cruise studying coral reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The […]
www.underthemountainbunker.wordpress.comNovember 4, 2010 Basically, the 65-and-older crowd rode their rascal scooters to polling places while the under-30 crowd couldn’t be bothered: Only about one in five people under the age of 30 voted in the mid-term elections Tuesday, says a study based on exit polls… Around one million fewer Americans under the age of 30 […]
By Henry Foy; editing by Kim CoghillNovember 4, 2010 NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) – Die-hard fans of the best-selling Harry Potter stories are seriously threatening India’s owl population, as demands for the ultimate wizarding accessory increase, a wildlife group says. Potter’s snow-white owl Hedwig, his trusty messenger throughout the book and film series, is being […]
