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Four-fold growth in carbon emissions reported

September 29th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Sydney, Sep 29 (IANS) The latest figures on the global carbon budget released in Washington and Paris on Monday indicated a four-fold increase in growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions since 2000. ...

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Lung disease-inhalers can cause heart attacks

September 24th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 24 (ANI): Inhalers prescribed for a lung disease can cause heart attacks, a shocking new research has found. According to the study, anticholinergic drugs contained in the inhalers could increase ...

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Oil palm plantations are no substitute for tropical rainforests

September 16th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 16 (ANI): A new study has shown that oil palm plantations are no substitute for tropical rainforests, which makes the protection of the rainforests all the more important. Emily ...

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India may lose up to 17 percent of its farming income due to climate change: Study

August 16th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Aug.16 (ANI): India could lose between seven and seventeen percent of its income from farming because of climate change, a new study has claimed. Using data on weather and the economic ...

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Humans responsible for third of nitrogen in oceans

May 16th, 2008 - 11:01 am ICT by admin -
London, May 16 (IANS) Human activity is responsible for a lot of the nitrogen finding its way into the sea from the atmosphere and influencing the nitrogen cycle, according to the latest ...

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‘Afro-Asian migrants causing rise in drug-resistant TB in Britain’

May 2nd, 2008 - 6:28 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 2 (IANS) South Asian and African immigrants are responsible for a rise in drug-resistant tuberculosis in Britain, a study warned Friday. Researchers from the Health Protection Agency, University of East ...

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150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year in the name of science

April 28th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 28 (ANI): One hundred and fifty women will be eating chocolate every day for a year, as part of a research study into the health benefits of cocoa. Researchers at ...

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Earth-like planets might not harbor life

April 17th, 2008 - 4:51 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 17 (ANI): A scientist from the University of East Anglia in the UK has produced a mathematical model which suggests that the odds of finding new life on other ...

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Laughing gas threat no laughing matter

March 31st, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin -
London, March 31 (IANS) Although laughing gas makes up only nine percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, it carries 300 times more global warming potential than carbon dioxide, according to a study. ...

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Nine key elements of Earths climate might pass their tipping point this century

February 5th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): A new research by scientists at the University of East Anglia in England, has listed nine key components of the Earths climate system which could pass their tipping ...

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New finding paves the way for treating leukaemia

January 18th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Jan 18 (ANI): A new study has found for the first time a pathway that makes cancerous leukaemia cells resistant to treatment, thus paving the way for new therapies to treat ...

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Scientists warn selling carbon offsets from ocean iron fertilization is premature

January 11th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Jan 11 (ANI): An international team of scientists, which include signatories from India, have issued a warning that it is too early to sell carbon offsets from ocean iron fertilization. Other signatories ...

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Birds, like humans help their children raise grandchildren

December 22nd, 2007 - 4:47 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, December 22 (ANI): University of East Anglia researchers have discovered the existence of grandparent helpers in the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird found on four granitic and corraline islands in the ...

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Top 11 warmest years have occurred in the last 13 years

December 14th, 2007 - 2:07 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 14 (ANI): Top 11 warmest years have all occurred in the last the 13 years, according to preliminary global temperature figures for 2007 released by the University of East Anglia ...

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Swearing at the workplace is the best stress-buster!

November 14th, 2007 - 2:24 am ICT by admin -

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Taking anti-depressants with painkillers increases risk of bleeding from stomach

November 14th, 2007 - 1:52 am ICT by admin -

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