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Explorers find hundreds of undescribed corals, other species on familiar Australian reefs

Census of Marine Life Washington D.C. 18-Sep-2008 Hundreds of new kinds of animal species surprised international researchers systematically exploring waters off two islands on the

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Experts meet on need for new rules to govern world’s fragile polar regions

United Nations University Tokyo 7-Sep-2008 A new co-ordinated international set of rules to govern commercial and research activities in both of Earth’s polar regions is

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Students Use DNA Barcodes to Unmask “Mislabeled” Fish at Grocery Stores, Restaurants

Rockefeller University / Trinity School New York 22-Aug-08 Two New York City high school friends, curious about new DNA barcoding technology, discovered that fish at

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Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops

United Nations University 25-Jul-2008Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today

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Massive greenhouse gases may be released as destruction, drying of world wetlands worsens: UN

United Nations University 20-Jul-2008 700 leading experts convene at edge of Brazil’s vast Pantanal to take stock, offer policy prescription to remedy wetlands crisis Leading

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UNEP: Clean energy investments charge forward despite financial market turmoil

United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi, Kenya 01 Jul 08 With end of cheap oil, renewables and energy efficiency attracts fast-growing interest; new investment surpasses $148

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Census of Marine Life lists 122,500 known species, over halfway to complete inventory by Oct. 2010

Census of Marine Life Washington D.C. 25-Jun-2008 World Register of Marine Species inaugurated with first 122,500 validated names; over 56,000 aliases for ocean species identified

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Coastal management cooperation, enforcement key to avoid pending crisis for millions: UN experts

United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada June 4, 2008 Current coastal management practices are ineffective and their continuation endangers ecosystems

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Marine explorers marvel at ‘Brittlestar City’ on seamount in powerful current swirling around Antarctica

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 18-May-2008 Millions of starfish-like creatures catch passing food in 4 km/h current; cod shelter from ‘rattling’ current in folds

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International health experts to enlist the public in war on African malaria

McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 20-Apr-2008 British entrepreneur, 25, created world’s top soccer Web site; now teams with

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Indigenous peoples hardest hit by climate change describe impacts

United Nations University – Institute of Advance Studies Yokohama 2-Apr-2008 Biofuel production, renewable energy expansion, other mitigation measures uprooting indigenous peoples in many regions Indigenous

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Sanitation investment in poor countries would yield $9-to-1 benefits in productivity, health: UN

United Nations University / International Year of Sanitation 20-Mar-2008 Experts estimate that $9 in productivity, health and other benefits are returned for every dollar invested

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Ottawa high school student’s “flu glue” wins national prize

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 7-May-2008 Health Canada’s preliminary test of student’s findings ‘encouraging’ A ground-breaking study by a

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Scientists to explore life’s mysteries through encyclopedic ‘macroscope’

Encyclopoedia of Life / Smithsonian Institution   The first 30,000 pages of a massive online Encyclopedia of Life were unveiled today (Feb. 27) at the prestigious

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First wind turbines on Galapagos Islands will halve diesel imports, reduce risk of future oil spills

e8 Montreal, Canada 18-Feb-2008 Power utilities from US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia team on project to help protect ‘Mona Lisa’ of biodiversity In

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$1 trillion US carbon trading market by 2020: study

New Energy Finance London, Washington 14-Feb-2008 The United States will be home to a $1 trillion carbon emission market by 2020 if federal and state

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Global corporate giants ask suppliers to volunteer CO2 emissions information

Carbon Disclosure Project London, UK 20-Jan-2008 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors (including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Allianz and

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China’s Health Biotech Industry: An Asian Dragon is Growing

McLaughlin Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Jan-2008 Government funds innovation but venture capital needed; Wary investors ‘need to

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Economists: Reduce fish catch now for bigger net profits later

Australian National University, Crawford School of Economics and Government 6-Dec-2007 A new and compelling argument for reducing fish harvests – the profit motive – could

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European Union forests expanding, absorbing carbon at surprisingly high rate: study

University of Helsinki 29 Nov 07 European Union countries likely require an old ally – Mother Nature and her forests – to meet an ambitious

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Marine scientists warn human safety, prosperity depend on better ocean observing system

Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, Plymouth, UK, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 25-Nov-2007 Speedy diagnosis of the temper and

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Curbing world’s most fatal diseases: consensus created by health experts offers global prescription

McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health Toronto 21-Nov-2007 20 ‘Grand Challenges’ in chronic non-communicable diseases, 1st agreed roadmap to reduce rising toll of slow killer illnesses

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