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Loggerhead release to provide vital information to scientific community

Thursday, November 6, 2008, Dr. Kirt Rusenko, Marine Conservationist, and staff from Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton will release two juvenile…

Land's greenness affects monsoon rains' strength

Scientists investigating the East Asian Summer Monsoon have found that the abundance of vegetation during winter and spring months is an important indicator of…

"Living Fossil" Tree Contains Genetic Imprints of Rain Forests Under Climate Change

The research appears in the November issue of the journal Evolution.Symphonia globulifera is a widespread tropical tree with a history that goes back some 45…

Scientists Find Evidence of Tsunamis on Indian Ocean Shores Long Before 2004

A team working on Phra Thong, a barrier island along the hard-hit west coast of Thailand, unearthed evidence of at least three previous major tsunamis in the…

World's Fish Catches are Being Wasted as Animal Feed

Lead author Dr. Jacqueline Alder, senior author Dr. Daniel Pauly, and colleagues urge that other foods be used to feed farmed animals so that these “forage…

Scientists warn that a long term strategy is needed for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

A group of scientists have, for the first time, combined the outcomes of proposals by the G8 countries and the UK Government’s Stern Review with the latest…

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