World is without borders, says Egyptian globetrotter (With Image)
June 17th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) This 27-year-old Egyptian wants to travel to every country in the world.So far, Ahmed Haggagovic has visited 93 countries, India being the 93rd, carrying the ... Read more...
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Piranha resistent fish could inspire body armour
February 12th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Brazil's massive Arapaima fish might be reproduced by engineers for applications such as body armor, thanks to its intricately designed scales, a study reveals.The inspiration for ... Read more...
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2 severe Amazon droughts in 5 years stir climate fear
February 4th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): A new study has revealed that two severe and unexpected droughts in the Amazon basin in just five years have devastated the region's rainforests, and could make global ... Read more...
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New Species Of Titi Monkey Found In Columbian Jungles
August 16th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A hitherto unknown species of Titi monkey has been discovered in Columbia. Scientifically named as ‘Callicebus Caquetensis’, this creature is small, about the ... Read more...
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Climate change likely to wipe out 80 percent of rain forests
August 6th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Climate change is likely to wipe out 80 percent of rain forests by 2100 and less than one in five of the plants and animals which inhabit these ... Read more...
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Flower power also makes tropics cooler, wetter
July 20th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The world is a cooler, wetter place thanks to flowering plants. The effect is particularly pronounced in the Amazon basin, where replacing flowering plants with non-flowering varieties would ... Read more...
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Brazil makes headway in protecting parts of Amazon
July 8th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 8 (IANS) Researchers have discovered evidence that many of the Brazilian government's efforts to protect the Amazon are working.
Bob Walker of Michigan State University and two fellow scientists were the ... Read more...
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Flowering plants keep tropics cooler, wetter
June 17th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 17 (ANI): Researchers have found that flowering plants contribute much more than non flowering plants towards keeping the atmosphere cooler and wetter.In the Amazon basin, replacing flowering plants with non-flowering ... Read more...
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Flowers make it a wetter, cooler world
June 17th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (IANS) Flowering plants make the world a cooler, wetter place, says research. The effect is especially pronounced in the Amazon basin where flowering plants replaced with non-flowering plants would ... Read more...
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Amazon’s loss of “flying rivers” making it lose ability to curb global warming
December 20th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 20 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have suggested that the Amazon's "flying rivers", humid air currents that deliver water to the vast rain forest, may be ebbing, which could ... Read more...
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Common ancestor of humans and monkeys evolved from primates in Asia
July 1st, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new fossil primate from Myanmar suggests that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, not Africa, as was earlier believed by ... Read more...
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Ancient drought and rapid cooling drastically altered climate 4500 yrs ago
June 19th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): Scientists are analyzing two abrupt and drastic climate events, 700 years apart and more than 45 centuries ago, which drastically altered the climate.The events - one, a massive, ... Read more...
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Macho guys don’t always get the girl
May 12th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Aggressive behaviour might have helped tribal men collect more wives and produce more children, but anthropologists show that macho guys don't always prevail.
Researchers have found that more aggressive ... Read more...
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British scientists look to space for curbing global warming
January 27th, 2009 - 3:57 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (Xinhua) Scientists will seek ways to reduce global warming with help from two new satellites that will measure carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere.Researchers at Edinburgh University are to ... Read more...
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Mapping levels of worlds greenhouse gases may help combat global warming
January 26th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburgh, Jan 26 (ANI): Scientists from Scotland are all set to use data from new carbon-hunting satellites to map levels of greenhouse gases around the world for the first time.The Earth ... Read more...
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Scientists advocate ancient soil replenishment technique in combating global warming
December 18th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): Scientists, environmental groups and policymakers are advocating the use of an ancient soil replenishment technique used by former inhabitants of the Amazon Basin, in the fight against ... Read more...
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Ancient soil technique offers hope to store carbon underground
December 18th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Charred organic materials or biochar helped Amazon Basin inhabitants transform some of the most sterile soils into highly productive ones. Although they disappeared 500 years ago, their soil ... Read more...
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Crucial question at climate change summit: is it people or peoples?
December 12th, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Poznan (Poland), Dec 12 (IANS) Traditional forest rights of indigenous peoples from around the world have been ignored in the draft text to reduce deforestation at the ongoing climate change summit here ... Read more...
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Peru to create special force to protect Amazon biodiversity
October 2nd, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, Oct 2 (IANS) Peru plans to create a special task force to safeguard forests and monitor the rivers in the Amazon basin, Environment Minister Antonio Brack has said, EFE reported Thursday ... Read more...
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Extinction most likely for rare trees in the Amazon rainforest
August 14th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 14 (ANI): Scenarios based on a neutral theory has suggested that rare trees in the Amazon rainforest are more likely to go extinct than common species.Common tree species in ... Read more...
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Are rare trees in Amazon rainforest on way to extinction?
August 14th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) Common tree species will survive deforestation and road-building, but half of the rare trees in the Amazon could become extinct, Smithsonian scientists have warned. How resilient will natural ... Read more...
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Climate changes may have promoted the formation of new species in the Amazon
July 23rd, 2008 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): The results of a new study have suggested that past climate changes and sea level fluctuations may have promoted the formation of new species in the Amazon ... Read more...
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Brazil’s forest loss now linked to world food prices
May 14th, 2008 - 9:32 am ICT by admin
By Emilio Rappold
Rio de Janeiro, May 14 (DPA) Brazil will have little to boast of at the upcoming biodiversity conference in Bonn. It has just released alarming figures highlighting the continuing destruction ... Read more...
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Cleaner air threatens Amazon rainforest
May 8th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Climate scientists from the UK and Brazil have come with an unusual theory, which suggests that the Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earths climate system, is ... Read more...
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Fertile soil in ancient Amazon site may help to curb global warming
April 11th, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 11 (ANI): The discovery of some of the most fertile soil in the world at an ancient site of charcoal deposit in central Amazon, might help to revolutionize farming, ... Read more...
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‘Black gold’ may revolutionise farming, curb global warming
April 11th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Scientists have discovered an extraordinary source of some of the richest, most fertile soil in the world, often called 'black gold'. They simply have to mix charcoal in ... Read more...
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Amazon fish uses electric display to woo females
March 3rd, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 3 (ANI): A new research has revealed that a number of fish use electric fields to attract females of their species and also to intimidate rivals, with an Amazon fish ... Read more...
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