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Disney's Finding Nemo has managed to capture the interest of animal fans worldwide. Experts want to exploit the popularity of the show to raise the public opinion's level of awareness regarding biodiversity and vulnerable creatures.After monitoring 1,568 species, a team of Canadian and American researchers ... |
13 December 2011
11:14 GMT |
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No more extra privileges for disabled hunters. This could be a controversial change supported by state of Montana, in an effort to curb abuses.
It seems that many passionate hunters fake a series of disabilities to put their hands on PTHV permits that allows them to kill animals from a self-propelled vehicle, Huffi... |
13 December 2011
07:09 GMT |
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The end of a bad romance marks the beginning of another. This appears to be the case of one of the separated “gay” penguins sheltered by the Toronto zoo. The two cute creatures shared an uncommon affection that made them famous worldwide, the Telegraph informs. Although Facebook fans struggled to conv... |
13 December 2011
04:27 GMT |
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We might think the effects of climate change are equally felt by both genders. A new study issued by the United Nations proves us wrong, showing that women are much more exposed to risks correlated with this phenomenon.A recent study issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights that the lifest... |
7 December 2011
11:01 GMT |
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The Brazilian Senate gives green light to a new controversial legal framework, meant to change the Forest Code, stipulating how many acres of forest can be wiped off private lands every year. Eco-groups talk about an emerging “disaster,” but their protest is useless at this point in time, since the... |
7 December 2011
03:04 GMT |
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Their smell might not be very encouraging, but scientists put all their hopes in the antimicrobial peptides, widely known as bacteria-killers found on the skin of "odorous" frogs. Experts have reached the conclusion that nine species of Chinese frogs have super powers, when it comes to fighting stubborn infections, o... |
2 December 2011
10:35 GMT |
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Price of Wales thinks he has found an appropriate answer to the increasing food demand. In his opinion, in order to fill the gaps of the food chain, local farmers should play a more significant part in this equation. Growing food locally could imply a wide series of benefits, both for local communities and the heal... |
30 November 2011
06:24 GMT |
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The Durban summit is expected to provide an effective framework meant to cope with the continuously growing food prices. Experts and organizations put all their hopes in negotiations on climate change, since the lives of people living in poor countries depend on the impact of strict regulations. Oxfam affirms that ... |
29 November 2011
07:01 GMT |
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Pope Benedict XVI encourages a “responsible” agreement as a result of the Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa. While representatives from all parts of the Globe will try to find appropriate ways of curbing the alarming amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the Pope hopes to witness effective ch... |
28 November 2011
05:54 GMT |
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Experts rely on numerical indicators to reveal the most important environmental changes recorded since 1992. They bring into discussion the role of 7 billion people in accelerating the climate change process by 2°C of warming, while putting in danger 13 million hectares of land every year.
These numbers reflect ... |
23 November 2011
09:51 GMT |
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At this point, the population of most African countries is growing out of control. Most people realize that the already-present lack of resources that they are enduring will only prevail in the future. This rise in population will force the infrastructure of major cities to cope or be destroyed. Providing shelter and... |
24 October 2011
03:45 GMT |
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India is well on its way towards becoming the most populous country on the planet. The preliminary Census 2011 conclusions show that the nation is currently home to 1.21 billion people. For comparison, China has an estimated 1.33 billion citizens. The new data indicate that the Indian population grew by more than 181... |
31 March 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Following the March 11 earthquake that struck Japan, authorities and the population alike have been caught in a whirlwind of activities that need to be performed immediately, such as relief response, clean-up, search and rescue and so on. The psychological damage of the tremor will develop later on.At least this is t... |
18 March 2011
10:02 GMT |
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The US National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released the results of its latest poll on sleeping habits in America today, March 7, and the results are worse than experts anticipated. A vast portion of the general population gets less sleep than needed, and nearly all use technology before bed. For years, sleep experts have... |
7 March 2011
04:22 GMT |
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A new research that will be published next week, concluded that changes in population growth and constitution, including criteria like urbanization and aging, will strongly affect greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale, for the next 40 years. By 2050, the Earth's population could include an extra 3 billion ... |
12 October 2010
03:55 GMT |
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A team of Australian researchers is saying that the Baby Boomers segment of the population is starting to reinvent what retiring from the field of work means. The term Baby Boomer refers to cohorts of the general population that were born during the middle part of the 20th Century, after the end of World Wa... |
11 October 2010
11:23 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) say that obesity and diabetes, two conditions tightly linked to each other, are currently still exhibiting a sharp rise in the state.According to the new research paper, it would appear that the majority of adult Americans living in California are eithe... |
1 September 2010
09:46 GMT |
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In a report prepared for the first-ever meeting of the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), researchers paint a bleak picture of the future. They say that, unless immediate action is taken on increasing the world's food supply, we could soon be faced with a crisis unlike any other ... |
25 March 2010
07:01 GMT |
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While archaeologists have unearthed a large number of artifacts pertaining to the ancient Roman Empire, and have inferred many aspects about the official history of its leaders, very little is known at this point about some basic facts, such as the size of the population living in the city of Rome, the capital of the... |
6 October 2009
14:11 GMT |
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According to a series of recent surveys among the general population, most US citizens seem to be unable to pass even the most basic science literacy test, a trend that has got experts very concerned. Because individuals lack this ability, they may find it very difficult to interpret scientific articles, and some may... |
13 March 2009
11:34 GMT |
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1. Until 2025, over 60 % of the world's population of 8 billion will live in metropolises and cities. Over 90 urban centers will have populations of over 5 million of inhabitants (in 1950 just 5 such cities existed). In 1980, 22 cities had over 5 million inhabitants, 36 over 3 million, and 230 over one million. ... |
24 January 2008
16:47 GMT |
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We are accustomed to the official maps, which represent each country directly connected to its surface. That is a real map of the planet. But what if we tried to draw a map which would be directly proportional to the population size of each country?The result is an extremely 'swollen' China or India, a rela... |
3 November 2007
05:26 GMT |
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Could you imagine half of the UK population plus Finland's population living in an area less than 1 % of the UK territory? Well, this is Tokyo city, the most populous supercity in the world. Specialists say it is going to maintain this position in the future. Only some metropolises from India and China could har... |
3 July 2007
14:56 GMT |
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007, is the day that marks the major demographic shift of the human population from rural to urban: for the first time in history there will be more city-dwellers than villagers. This is the conclusion of a research made at North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia. The UN has ... |
26 May 2007
04:59 GMT |
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