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Tue, 31 Mar 09
Obama envoy: Time to act on climate change
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpokgFJzTVqBUWoSV4Qm3bXiDWlAD977QTVG0
Associated Press: Once booed at international climate talks, the United States won sustained applause Sunday when President Barack Obama's envoy pledged to "make up for lost time" in reaching a global agreement on climate change. Todd Stern also praised efforts by countries like China to reign in their carbon emissions, but said global warming "requires a global response" and that rapidly developing economies like China "must join together" with the industrial world to solve the problem. The ...

Fri, 11 Feb 11
Unappreciated dynamism of blood cell production
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/ClZBssfbBng/110207122013.htm
The bone marrow stem cells responsible for generating new blood cells are less fixed and more flexible than previously thought, according to a new article.

Wed, 16 Sep 09
Endothelin Drugs Benefit Those With Pulmonary Hypertension
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/YbdOdKUJR5Y/090910091331.htm
Research on new drugs to block endothelin has led to successful treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and provides hope for treating other chronic diseases. Whether the new drugs can treat congestive heart failure is less clear.

Fri, 14 Dec 07
Climate Report Confirms Fears as Talks Stall
http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=89826
New York Times: With governments at a meeting here on global warming bitterly divided, the United Nations released fresh data Thursday confirming what it called the planet's continued and alarming rise in temperature. The 10 years ending in 2007 were the warmest on record, said Michel Jarraud, the secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency, citing data taken from a global network of weather stations, ships and buoys. "It's very likely the warmest ...

Fri, 7 Jan 11
Floods might become the norm for SE Iowa
http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=563964
KTVO: Flooded rivers may be something Southeast Iowans are just going to have to get used to. That is if a report by the Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council turns out to be accurate. The council, consisting of top Iowa scientists and economic development specialists, spent the last 18 months studying the issue of climate change in the state and recently released its findings. The report claims that Iowans are already facing the effects of climate change. Some might seem pleasant like warmer...

Thu, 6 Aug 09
Crows Can Use 'Up To Three Tools' In Correct Sequence Without Training
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/XTKeJghaAhc/090805144114.htm
Crows can spontaneously use up to three tools in the correct sequence to achieve a goal, something never before observed in non-human animals without explicit training. Sequential tool use has often been interpreted as evidence for advanced cognitive abilities, such as planning and analogical reasoning, but this has never been explicitly examined.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
AIDS drugs given to pregnant women block 99 percent of HIV transmission to breastfed babies
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/E65dDRAvZ78/100616171635.htm
An international clinical trial has found that AIDS-fighting antiretroviral drug combinations given to pregnant and breastfeeding women in Botswana, Africa, prevented 99 percent of the mothers from transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus to their infants.

Mon, 9 Mar 09
Australia: Less rain every year, and only one cow left in the paddock
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/less-rain-every-year-and-only-one-cow-left-in-the-paddock-20090308-8sgw.html
Sydney Morning Herald: "I'M FARMING dust," said Howlong farmer Paul Hickey, at 39 the youngest in his district, with an agricultural science degree, a masters of business administration and a set of rainfall statistics that scares him about his own future and Australia's. The spring rains have failed to eventuate at his 526-hectare property, Morebringer, 25 kilometres west of Albury, and nearly every year his rain gauge has shown the average fall dipping. The decline has been 40 per cent over 10 ...

Thu, 12 Mar 09
America at crossroads on energy
http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/america_48554___article.html/crossroads_energy.html
Yuma Sun: The challenge is the economy; the opportunity is clean energy. More and more Americans realize the challenges we face are connected. Our overreliance on fossil fuels is the leading source of global warming emissions, pollutes our air and water and exposes consumers to the price spikes of a global fuel market. We need to repower America by shifting to 100 percent homegrown clean electricity, cut our dependence on oil in half and dramatically cut global warming pollution -- moves ...

Wed, 25 Nov 09
Brazil: Amazon forest schemes await strong climate pact
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5AN05S20091124?sp=true
Reuters: The boat plows on through the brackish green river, taking Jose de Oliveira Quadro on a journey that may have been futile a few years ago. Strangers have been fishing in his village's lake and Quadro is on a two-hour ride to recruit help from the nearest police post in Brazil's vast Amazon forest. He admits he probably wouldn't have bothered before his river-side community was made part of a pioneering scheme that pays each family about $30 a month to act as forest ...

Thu, 10 Dec 09
Air fares to rise on carbon taxes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8401864.stm
BBC: Including the aviation sector in the European Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012 will drive up prices - according to a new report by the Carbon Trust. The report's author, Bruce Duguid, estimates that fares will increase by an initial 3% to 7%. His analysis also suggests carbon pricing may give some airlines a competitive advantage. Entering the scheme will have the biggest impact on budget tickets which will see proportionally higher rises. "At a typical carbon ...

Wed, 15 Dec 10
Human networking theory gives picture of infectious disease spread
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/imvshuqBAuE/101213181702.htm
New research using human-networking theory may give a clearer picture of just how, exactly, infectious diseases such as the common cold, influenza, whooping cough and SARS can spread through a closed group of people, and even through populations at large.

Fri, 20 Apr 12
Solar cell that also shines: Luminescent 'LED-type' design breaks efficiency record
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/_0FN77JuzDs/120419113034.htm
To produce the maximum amount of energy, solar cells are designed to absorb as much light from the sun as possible. Now researchers have suggested -- and demonstrated -- a counter-intuitive concept: solar cells should be designed to be more like LEDs, able to emit light as well as absorb it.

Tue, 26 Oct 10
Obese children show signs of heart disease typically seen in middle-aged adults, researcher says
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/A5B7eUcTZks/101025005834.htm
The blood vessels of obese children have stiffness normally seen in much older adults with cardiovascular disease, a Canadian researcher says. The clock is ticking and the shape of the 13 year-old-heart is changing -- for the worse, he argues.

Wed, 24 Mar 10
Caracas peak blazes for third day in drought
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62M4K720100323?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Reuters: A blaze raged on the Avila mountain over Caracas for a third day on Tuesday, threatening wildlife in its national park and sending smoke billowing over the upper reaches of the Venezuelan capital. Since the weekend, the fire has lit up the night sky and consumed nearly 120 hectares (300 acres) of the Avila's thickly wooded slopes, which are home to more than 120 mammal species and 500 types of bird. The authorities said some 200 firemen, police and volunteers had been battling ...