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Record number of manatees counted in Florida
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Aided by a string of cold snaps, state scientists counted a record number of manatees in Florida waters this year.
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Sick of swine flu? Toxic algae could be the next big threat
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With a new theory surfacing that toxic algae rather than asteroids killed the dinosaurs, scientists are still trying to unravel the mystery of what caused a massive algae bloom off the Northwest Coast that left thousands ...
CEO charisma biases financial analysts, can hurt investors, study says
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Projecting the charisma of a newly hired Chief Executive Officer often leads financial analysts to make crucial errors in forecasting the company's future performance, according to a new study in the current issue of Organization Sc ...
From greenhouse to icehouse -- reconstructing the environment of the Voring Plateau
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The analysis of microfossils found in ocean sediment cores is illuminating the environmental conditions that prevailed at high latitudes during a critical period of Earth history.
Hypoxia increases as climate warms
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A new study of Pacific Ocean sediments off the coast of Chile has found that offshore waters experienced systematic oxygen depletion during the rapid warming of the Antarctic following the last "glacial maximum" period 20,000 ...
Portions of Arctic coastline eroding, no end in sight, says new study
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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The northern coastline of Alaska midway between Point Barrow and Prudhoe Bay is eroding by up to one-third the length of a football field annually because of a "triple whammy" of declining sea ice, warming ...
Ancient pygmy sea cow discovered
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a Middle Eocene (48.6-37.2 million years ago) sea cow fossil by McGill University professor Karen Samonds has culminated in the naming of a new species. This primitive "dugong" ...
California's troubled waters: Satellite-based findings reveal major groundwater loss in Central Valley (w/ Video)
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevada - have lost nearly ...
26 operations, 13 kidneys: hope to few with little
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants ...
Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Countries that manage Antarctica plan tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters as tourist numbers rise, ...
Fla. judges, lawyers must 'unfriend' on Facebook
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Florida's judges and lawyers should no longer "friend" each other on Facebook, the popular social networking site, according to a ruling from the state's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.
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