News tagged with neglected tropical
Improving female reproductive health and empowerment through control of NTDs
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, according ...
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Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change
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(AP) -- Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global ...
Want to live well? Harvard experts offer pragmatic pointers on getting healthy and staying there
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You are what you eat. You're also how you feel, how you exercise, how you sleep, how you handle money, how you relate to people, and what you value.
Soil Microorganisms? Role Cited as a Missing Factor in Climate Change Equation
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Those seeking to understand and predict climate change can now use an additional tool to calculate carbon dioxide exchanges on land, according to a scientific journal article co-authored by a University of ...
Exploring the Stone Age pantry
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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The consumption of wild cereals among prehistoric hunters and gatherers appears to be far more ancient than previously thought, according to a University of Calgary archaeologist who has found the oldest example ...
Laurence still causing warnings and watches in northern west Australia
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Although the center of Tropical Cyclone Laurence has been over land for two days, it's still holding together and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the northern coastal areas of West Australia and will ...
New report underlines multiple benefits but also new challenges to biodiversity-rich sites
Dec 17, 2009 |
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An agreement in Copenhagen to fund reduced emissions from deforestation may generate multiple environmental and economic benefits if investments simultaneously target sites that are both carbon and biodiversity-rich.
Forests take center stage at Copenhagen
Dec 17, 2009 |
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As the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen approaches its conclusion, negotiations are focusing on the role of forests in mitigating climate change. The new 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest ...
Tropical Cyclone Laurence menaces Northern Australia
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Laurence is still a tropical cyclone even though the storm has made landfall in northern West Australia and is moving over land. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite noticed some powerful ...
DNA of Jesus-era shrouded man in Jerusalem reveals earliest case of leprosy
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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The DNA of a 1st century shrouded man found in a tomb on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem has revealed the earliest proven case of leprosy. Details of the research will be published December 16 in the ...
Unique 'Climate One Stop' Web Site Unveiled in Copenhagen
Dec 15, 2009 |
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There's a storm brewing -- a storm of information, that is, in climate and environmental research. People are wading through the turbulence, trying to make sense of it all.
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