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PHNOM PENH, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – Late rains and record low water levels in Cambodia’s two main fresh water systems will affect food security and the livelihoods of millions, government officials and NGOs warn. “We expect the impact to be very strong,” said Nao Thuok, director of the Fisheries Administration, adding that low water […]
By Peter PophamThursday, 26 August 2010 The world’s largest tiger reserve, in the wilds of northern Burma, is being rapidly eroded as a businessman with links to the junta replaces trees with cash crops, according to a report published yesterday. The Hukaung Valley Tiger Reserve in Kachin State was created in 2001 with the support […]
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, August 25, 2010 (ENS) – Male rats exposed before birth to low doses of the weedkiller atrazine are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later than non-exposed animals, finds a new study conducted by federal government scientists. One of the most common agricultural herbicides in […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2010) — An international group of researchers led by the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter have for the first time identified changes in sex hormones associated with exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) in men, in a large population study. The study results are published in the latest issue […]
8/25/2010 10:33:00 AM Many of Asia’s glaciers are retreating as a result of climate change. This retreat impacts water supplies to millions of people, increases the likelihood of outburst floods that threaten life and property in nearby areas, and contributes to sea-level rise. The U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with 39 international scientists, published a […]
A man and a woman, displaced by floods, walk through flood waters on Sunday in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images Floods ravage Pakistan People flee the flooded areas from Basera, near Muzaffargarh, in Punjab Province, Pakistan on 21 August 2010. Pakistan reassured international donors that aid […]
By Molly Rettig, Fairbanks News-Miner Monday, August 02, 2010 FAIRBANKS – One hundred years ago, the growing season in Fairbanks was less than three months long. Last year, some local gardeners were still harvesting broccoli and cabbage in mid-September. Fairbanks is 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit hotter and 11 percent drier than it was in the early […]
Over the past 100 years, the length of the frost-free season in Fairbanks, Alaska, has increased by 50 percent. The trend toward a longer frost-free season is projected to produce benefits in some sectors and detriments in others. Over the past 50 years, Alaska has warmed at more than twice the rate of the rest […]
By Douglas A. McIntyreAugust 23, 2010 at 8:34 pm A city does not die when its last resident moves away. Death happens when municipalities lose the industries and vital populations that made them important cities. The economy has evolved so much since the middle of the 20th Century that many cities that were among the […]
By Bryan Nelson, Mother Nature NetworkPosted Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:57am PDT The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may […]
