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- September 29, 2010
Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’
DIVERSITAS, Paris 29 Sep 2009 The world’s rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis to be published Sept. 30
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- terrycollins1
- October 22, 2009
World will miss 2010 target to stem biodiversity loss, experts say
DIVERSITAS, Paris 11-Oct-2009 Growing water needs, mismanagement leading to ‘catastrophic decline’ in freshwater biodiversity The world will miss its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss
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- September 9, 2009
Health biotech firms with developing country partners better postitioned to innovate, prosper
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major opportunities to advance global health,
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- June 1, 2009
Scientists announce major global collaboration to create online ‘macroscopic observatory’ of Earth’s biodiversity
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Natural History Museum, London 31-May-2009 Biodiversity information, innovative internet architecture being fused
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- June 1, 2009
Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of ‘natural’ animal sizes, abundance
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 24-May-2009 Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle today’s imagination Before oil hunters
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- February 18, 2009
Census of Marine Life explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 15-Feb-2009 Earth’s unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a trove of secrets to Census
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- January 19, 2009
Rainforests Regrowing: Impact on Extinction Rates Sparks Debate at Smithsonian
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Washington / Panama 12-Jan-2009 Satellite data and other research reveal that huge tracts of abandoned tropical forests that were once logged
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- December 16, 2008
Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the
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- November 11, 2008
Scientists Report Major Steps Towards 1st Census of Marine Life
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 9-Nov-2008 Among report’s revelations: Antarctic ancestry of many octopus species, behemoth bacteria, colossal sea stars, mammoth mollusks, more In
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- October 9, 2008
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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- August 25, 2008
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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- June 27, 2008
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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- May 19, 2008
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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- May 7, 2008
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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- February 25, 2008
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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- November 27, 2007
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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- September 27, 2007
Amid spiralling government interest, world’s top 350 DNA barcode scientists meet in Taipei
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 14-Sep-2007 Major advances foreseen in health, consumer and environment protection, more About 350 DNA barcoding experts from
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- August 26, 2007
Tuna Past and Present
Census of Marine Life, Washington DC 5-Aug-2007 Historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe; Tagging reveals migration, breeding secrets of declining population
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- May 8, 2007
Winnipeg Student Wins A Triple Crown in High School Science; Grade 12 Researcher, 17, Seeks Potential Alternative to Chemotherapy
May 8, 2007 Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre A Manitoba student has a first-ever Triple Crown of high school science, his project seeking a potential
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- March 7, 2007
Titans of biodiversity science call for united, authoritative voice to inform decision-makers
19 July 2006 DIVERSITAS, Paris Robert Watson Warning that Earth is on the verge of “a major biodiversity crisis,” 19 of the field’s most distinguished
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- March 7, 2007
Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations
26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Ron O'Dor Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and
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- March 7, 2007
Diverse sea ‘bugs’ revealed on landmark Atlantic cruise to census zooplankton
May 4, 2006 Census of Marine Life Zooplankton DNA Sequenced at Sea; scientists census tiny species with starring role in food chain, world climate Census