Scripps Study Finds Plastic in Nine Percent of 'Garbage Patch' Fishes

Annual progress report on the millennium development goals shows the world is on track to end extreme poverty, but hunger target is proving more difficult to achie

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jul/07/millennium-development-goals-2011-report

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Geo-engineering: green versus greed in the race to cool the planet

Submitted by ward on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 10:32am

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John Vidal

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Critics fear that manipulating weather patterns could have a calamitous effect on poorer countries

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/10/geo-engineering-weather-manipulation

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2011

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Report: Shipping emissions to rise in Arctic

Submitted by ward on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 10:24am

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Juliet Eilperin

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Climate change in the Arctic is not likely to spark an immediate boom in oil and gas exploration, according to a new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. But it will increase shipping there, and shipping-related emission of greenhouse gases will intensify in the region.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/report-shipping-emissions-to-rise-in-arctic/2011/07/01/gHQAhkG6xH_story.html

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2011

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40 Mediterranean fish species imperilled

Submitted by ward on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 10:18am

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JOHN HEILPRIN

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A new study suggests that more than 40 fish species in the Mediterranean could vanish in the next few years.

photo: eebweb.arizona.edu

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http://news.maars.net/blog/2011/04/20/40-mediterranean-fish-species-imperilled/

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Global

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2011

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Sustainable Development

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Water

Report: Shipping emissions to rise in Arctic

Submitted by ward on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:33am

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Juliet Eilperin

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Climate change in the Arctic is not likely to spark an immediate boom in oil and gas exploration, according to a new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. But it will increase shipping there, and shipping-related emission of greenhouse gases will intensify in the region.