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News on environmental science and conservation.Green elementary school opens in Chicago 10/01/2005 | AP Youngsters at Tarkington elementary started their first day of classes Tuesday at a school where flowering plants grow on the roof. It's one of the nation's small but growing number of environmentally friendly schools, a stand-out because it sits in a major city better known for towers of steel and concrete. Sun's role in global warming may be underestimated says Duke researchers 10/01/2005 | Duke University release The physicists said that their findings indicate that climate models of global warming need to be corrected for the effects of changes in solar activity. However, they emphasized that their findings do not argue against the basic theory that significant global warming is occurring because of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases. Biofuels threaten rainforests as important European Commission decision lies ahead 10/01/2005 | Action Alert from Forests.org To meet Kyoto protocol commitments, various European and other governments are encouraging the use of biomass as fuel (biofuel) in transport and electricity. Biofuels are mostly carbon neutral, and switching from fossil fuels to biodiesel is promoted as a solution to climate change. Frogs may help in fight against HIV 10/01/2005 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center A new weapon in the battle against HIV may come from an unusual source -- a small tropical frog. Investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported this month in the Journal of Virology that compounds secreted by frog skin are potent blockers of HIV infection. Climate changing faster than ever -- sea levels may rise 1 foot by 2100 10/01/2005 | Max Planck Institute for Meteorology According to the calculations of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, over the next century the climate will change more quickly than it ever has in the recent history of the earth. These results come from the latest climate model calculations from the German High Performance Computing Centre for Climate and Earth System Research. NASA satellites detect continuing decline in Arctic sea ice 10/01/2005 | NASA Researchers from NASA, the National Snow and Ice Data Center and others using satellite data have detected a significant loss in Arctic sea ice this year. Two-headed turtle found in Havana, Cuba 10/01/2005 | Rhett A. Butler A baby two-headed turtle was found in Havana, Cuba on a river bank in the city forest. According to scientists of the local aquarium who inspected the animal, the turtle appears to be in good health. Rise of oxygen in atmosphere may have helped mammal evolution 10/01/2005 | Rutgers University release The first, high resolution continuous record of oxygen concentration in the earth's atmosphere shows that a sharp rise in oxygen about 50 million years ago gave mammals the evolutionary boost they needed to dominate the planet, according to Paul Falkowski, Rutgers professor of marine science and lead author of a paper published Sept. 30 in the journal Science. Dodging bullets in Brazil with Greenpeace 10/02/2005 | The Independent When self-confessed hippie and Innocent smoothies entrepreneur Richard Reed travelled to the Amazon, he wasn't sure what to expect. But it certainly wasn't Greenpeace activists with bullet-proof vests and night-vision goggles. This is his travel journal. Louisiana seafood products safe for consumption -- LSU AgCenter 10/02/2005 | Release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Louisiana seafood products making their way to the market now are safe � despite disruptions and losses the industry suffered as the result of Hurricane Katrina, according to experts at the LSU AgCenter. Sea turtles temporarily lose protection in wake of Hurricane Katrina 10/02/2005 | Release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has granted shrimp trawlers a temporary 30-day exemption from federal Turtle Excluder Device requirements in certain state and federal waters off Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Turtle Excluder Devices protect sea turtles and other large marine animals from being captured in trawl nets. The exemption from federal TED requirements will expire at 11:59 pm on October 22, 2005, unless otherwise extended by NMFS. Food-borne diseases are a serious threat in Africa 10/04/2005 | FAO Food-borne diseases are a serious threat to people in Africa, especially Africans already weakened from devastating conditions such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, two UN agencies warned today at the first-ever Regional Food Safety Conference for Africa. XML / RSS feed | archive This page only includes recent news articles on mongabay.com released after March 31, 2005. For the latest updates on the site, please visit mongabay.com. News index |
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