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NGOs call for African biodiversity centreLibreville (AFP) Sept 17, 2010 Non-governmental organisations have called for a biodiversity centre to be set up in Africa to study species and control their exploitation, on the sidelines of a pan-African ministerial meeting. "On behalf of civil society, we insisted on the establishment of a regional African centre on biodiversity" when experts met in Gabon from Monday to Wednesday, ahead of the ministerial conference, Nicaise Moulombi, the head of the High Council of Non State Parties, told AFP on Friday. "One of Africa's d ... read more |
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New Delhi (UPI) Sep 14, 2010 In India, thousands of tons of excess grain have been rotting away, officials said, as millions of people are starving. Following news reports of the rotting grain, the government admitted that more than 67,000 tons - enough to feed 190,000 people for a month - had rotted outside overflowing granaries. Officials were ordered by the Supreme Court to distribute to the poor 17.8 million ... more  
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 14, 2010The complex fracture pattern created by the earthquake in Concepcion (Chile) on 27 February 2010 was to a certain extent predictable. GPS observations from the years before the earthquake showed the pattern of stresses that had accumulated through the plate movements during the past 175 years in this area. The stress distribution derived from the observations correlates highly with the sub ... more 
University Park PA (SPX) Sep 14, 2010Cow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases, could be decreased by an unusual feed supplement developed by a Penn State dairy scientist. In a series of laboratory experiments and a live animal test, an oregano-based supplement not only decreased methane emissions in dairy cows by 40 percent, but also improved milk production, according to Alexander Hristov, an associate professor of dairy nu ... more |
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Supernova Shrapnel Found In MeteoriteChicago IL (SPX) Sep 13, 2010 Scientists have identified the microscopic shrapnel of a nearby star that exploded just before or during the birth of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Faint traces of the supernova, found in a meteorite, account for the mysterious variations in the chemical fingerprint of chromium found from one planet and meteorite to another. University of Chicago cosmochemist Nicolas Dauphas and eight co-authors report their finding in the Sept. 10, 2010, issue of the Astrophysical Journal. Scienti ... read more |
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