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Forest, agricultural fires threaten the Arctic: reportOslo (AFP) June 1, 2010 Forest fires and straw and stubble burning for farmland in regions as far afield as North America and Eastern Europe have a devastating effect on the Arctic's environment, a Norwegian study published Tuesday found. According to the study published by the Research Council of Norway, fires in North America and Eastern Europe release persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including the toxic compound polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB). These POPs, which are the result of accumulated pollution and have b ... read more |
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Oak Ridge TN (SPX) May 28, 2010Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving strains of microorganisms used to convert cellulosic biomass into ethanol, including a recent modification that could improve the efficiency of the conversion process. Biofuels researchers and industrials have generated improved mutant microorganisms previously, but authors of a paper in the on-line Procee ... more  
London, UK (SPX) May 27, 2010London, UK (SPX) May 27, 2010 BBSRC funded researchers at the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway University of London have discovered that the commonly used and naturally occurring bacterial insecticide Bt works best if applied to young plants and is enhanced by the presence of the insect pests. The research is published in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. Spraying Bt - the ba ... more  
Monrovia CA (SPX) May 26, 2010AeroVironment has announced that the first aircraft developed under the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed key ground tests in preparation for flight testing. The joint Department of Defense, NASA and AV team successfully performed ground vibration, structural and taxi tests at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California. AV ... more |
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Gulf of Mexico fishing ban extendedNew Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 25, 2010 US officials Tuesday expanded a fishing ban in the Gulf of Mexico by more than 8,000 square miles (20,000 square kilometers) amid a spreading oil slick. Some 54,096 square miles (140,000 square kilometers) of Gulf of Mexico waters are now closed to fishing, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. That area is close to the size of Greece, according to an AFP calculation. "Closing fishing in these areas is a precautionary measure to ensure that seafood from the Gulf will ... read more |
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