By Khaled Yacoub Oweis; editing by Alistair Lyon and Janet LawrenceMon Nov 15, 2010 9:32am EST JUB SHAEER, Syria (Reuters) – The ancient Inezi tribe of Syria reared camels in the sandswept lands north of the Euphrates river from the time of the Prophet Mohammad. Now water shortages have consigned that way of life to […]
By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore SunNovember 11, 2010 Scientists have found more intersex fish in Maryland, this time on the Eastern Shore, and their research suggests one possible source of the gender-bending condition could be the poultry manure that is widely used there to fertilize croplands. Six lakes and ponds on the Delmarva Peninsula […]
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 8:56 PM Federal officials planning the recovery from the effects of the BP Macondo oil spill should remain on guard for signs of the collapse of fish or wildlife species in and around the Gulf of Mexico in the years to come, say more than 40 […]
Scientists say some whale species off the Mexican coast are showing signs of severe sunburn that may be caused by the damaged ozone layer’s decreased ability to block ultraviolet radiation. By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated PressNovember 10, 2010 LONDON — Scientists say some whale species off the Mexican coast are showing signs of severe sunburn […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
By Maggie Fox; editing by Jerry NortonTue Nov 2, 2010 5:06pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Toxic chemicals at levels high enough to kill sea animals extended deep underwater soon after the BP oil spill, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. They found evidence of the chemicals as deep as 3,300 feet and as far away as […]
