News tagged with island states
Energy secretary: Islands could disappear
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is warning that if countries don't do something about climate change, "some island states will simply disappear."
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RI tracking swine flu through electronic records
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Rhode Island health officials are using electronic prescription records to track the spread of swine flu.
Foot-and-mouth lab looks for new home
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Five U.S. states are vying for a $500 million federal research center that would house highly infectious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth.
First jaguar photo taken at Smithsonian Research Station in Panama
May 04, 2009 |
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Barro Colorado Island in Panama, home of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's premier tropical biology field station, has been described as the best-studied piece of tropical real estate in the western ...
UC Riverside researcher names lichen after President Barack Obama
Apr 15, 2009 |
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A researcher at UC Riverside has discovered a new species of lichen - a plant-like growth that looks like moss or a dry leaf - and named it after President Barack Obama.
Nationwide spread of Lyme disease is focus of new study
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyme disease has become a major public health issue in the northeastern United States since it was first identified in Connecticut in the 1970s. But the scientific community is uncertain as to why the risk ...
Carbon dioxide allowances head for auction
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A consortium of Eastern U.S. states will auction carbon missions allowances this fall in an effort to reduce carbon missions from power plants.
Island village hit by suspected swine flu
Nov 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
Malaysia tracks orangutans with implants
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Malaysian wildlife authorities are using electronic implants to keep track of orangutans in a bid to protect the endangered apes after they are freed into the wild, an official said Tuesday.
Analysis of Polling Data Finds Growing Support for Same-Sex Marriage
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a comprehensive new analysis of public opinion surveys conducted over the last 15 years, support for the legalization of same-sex marriage has grown substantially in the United ...
Researcher finds forest birds 'commuting' to attract mates
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An ecologist at the University of Rhode Island studying habitat use by a forest-dwelling game bird found that the birds unexpectedly exhibited what he described as "the bar scene phenomenon" ...
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