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In Nature, Fatal Attractions Can Be Part of Life

New York Times: One day during field observations last year at Marion Island, a remote nature preserve in the southern […]

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UN Climate Talks Promise Little Drama

New York Times: The last three United Nations climate change summit meetings have been disorderly affairs, marked by brinkmanship, breakdowns […]

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Doha talks ‘golden opportunity’

The President of the climate talks in Doha hails a “golden opportunity” to make progress as the meeting opens in […]

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Middle East ‘Cern’ taking shape

A Middle East particle accelerator project is making progress after years of doubts over its feasibility.

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Meta Byte to Lower the Cost of Authenticating Remote Users in the region by up to 80%

(1888PressRelease) Meta Byte Technologies to offer Ultra-Secure Two Factor Authentication solutions to protect against Weak & Static Password Vulnerabilities in the […]

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Doha for Dummies: Your guide to UN climate talks

Telegraph: What is happening in Doha? The United Nations is meeting for its latest round of talks on climate change […]

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Climate of inaction prior to Doha environment talks

Irish Times: After the world witnessed another year of extreme weather events – none more dramatic than “Superstorm Sandy” hitting […]

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Doha set to host UN climate talks

Some 17,000 participants are due to attend the latest round of UN climate talks, with the controversial issue of “hot […]

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First gas tanker crosses Arctic

A large LNG tanker is set to become the first such carrier to sail across the Arctic taking advantage of […]

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Famine the final wake-up call on global warming

Canberra Times: It may already be too late to head off major famines in the mid-part of this century. That’s […]

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Fracking harms environment, planet’s climate

Ventura County Star: Re: David Quast’s Nov. 18 guest column, “The case for hydraulic fracturing”: A tidal wave is about […]

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‘Hot air’ may spike climate talks

The right of some rich countries to keep using so called “hot air” carbon permits could hamper progress at UN […]

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Bug inspires self-filling bottle

A US start-up aims to mimic a desert beetle to create a self-filling water bottle capable of drawing moisture from […]

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Developers at SPINX INC. Develops Apps for New Series of Nexus Devices

(1888PressRelease) Google Inc. – A leading corporation in the entire world always introducing something new and innovative for its users.

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Swallowing Rain Forest, Brazilian Cities Surge in Amazon

New York Times: The Amazon has been viewed for ages as a vast quilt of rain forest interspersed by remote […]

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California Cove Blessed With Nature’s Beauty Reels From Its Stench

New York Times: Come here for the sights. (There is not a more majestic spot to watch the sun set […]

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United Kingdom: Flood risk rises as more heavy rain is forecast

Independent: Severe flood alerts were issued last night with warnings that lives could be at risk as relentless rain continued […]

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Why hasn’t the ivory industry been wiped out?

Guardian: With the exception of Juan Carlos, king of Spain, who this spring chose to go on a luxury elephant-shooting […]

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Losing battle against climate change

Oman Daily Observer: THE Pacific island nation of Kiribati at first appears to be a South Sea paradise, with its […]

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‘How Rich Nations Undermine Climate Change Financing’

Guardian Nigeria: AS Climate Change negotiations begin on Monday in Doha, Qatar, a study has revealed how rich and industralised […]

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British bird species ‘face extinction’ if EU cuts £8bn agriculture subsidy

Guardian: Conservation groups are warning that the UK could lose several species of bird within a decade if, as expected, […]

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200 flood warnings as Britain braces itself for more heavy rain

Telegraph: Areas the country already left waterlogged by heavy rain earlier in the week were warned they faced the risk […]

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Hawaiian Volcano Insects And Spiders To Be Studied For Biodiversity

RedOrbit: Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley plan to collect insect and spider DNA from several Hawaiian volcanoes in […]

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Will storm-struck US deliver at climate talks?

Associated Press: During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish […]

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Fulcrum Worldwide rated amongst the Top 20 Best IT employers in India for the second consecutive year by IDC Data Quest

(1888PressRelease) Fulcrum Worldwide has been rated amongst the Top 20 Best IT employers in India for the second consecutive year by […]

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Develops a Faster and Easier Way to Get Accelerated Separations of Gentamicin Sulfate Congeners

(1888PressRelease) Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces a direct-detection reversed-phase HPLC chromatographic assay method that accelerates the separation of congeners in gentamicin sulfate […]

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Survey Finds Holiday Shoppers Prefer In-Store Experience to Online Shopping This Season

(1888PressRelease) Consumers Prefer In-Store Experience To Interact Physically With Products Product Quality For Price Is A Positive Influence This Holiday.

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Spire Metering introduces EnduroFlow(R) Series EF10 wall-mount ultrasonic flowmeter

(1888PressRelease) Spire Metering Technology, formerly Shenitech, launched the EF10 high-performance wall-mount ultrasonic flowmeter. A member of the EnduroFlow® Series, the EF10 […]

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Report: Coal Plants Smothering Communities of Color

Daily Climate: Coal plants place a disproportionate burden on poor and largely minority communities, exposing residents to high levels of […]

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Ethiopia: Nile dam project a hydropower hope, but regional sore point

AlertNet: Ethiopia has begun construction of a 6,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river, a move that […]

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