Researchers have managed to make out the “self-irrigating” mechanism of the desert rhubarb, which enables…
Month: July 2009
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Bugs! The critters eating America’s forests
Independent (UK): America’s 4 July bonfires served a dual purpose yesterday. They burned the wood…
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India says watered down climate text likely in Italy
Reuters: A meeting of a 17-country group of the world’s worst polluters in Italy this…
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Preparing for a Sea Change
Washington Post: Europe will be wrangled for the next six months by a lanky, no-nonsense…
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Cocoa Crops in Indonesia, Ecuador May Face Damage, Fortis Says
Bloomberg: Cocoa crops in Indonesia and Ecuador may be hurt by an El Nino weather…
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Wind-Turbine Orders Fell 50% in First Half of 2009, MAKE Says
Bloomberg: Wind turbine makers around the world reported 50 percent fewer orders in the first…
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Uganda: Millions hungry as warming shifts seasons: Oxfam
Reuters: The rainmakers were convinced the god was angry. Holding a sheep on its hind…
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Q and A on the Climate Bill
Washington Post: The climate bill approved by the House last month started out as an…
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Media players plot survival at Sun Valley confab (Reuters)
Reuters – The global recession, shrinking advertising sales and fears that the Internet could render…
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Geeks double as scourges and sages at media summit (AP)
AP – The media moguls attending an annual powwow staged by investment bank Allen &…