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CORVALLIS, Oregon, April 19, 2010 (ENS) - A tiny Asian fly that is new to North America is threatening much of the West Coast fruit industry and has been detected in Florida too, warn state and federal agricultural experts.
The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, an invasive vinegar fly nat...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 8, 2010 (ENS) - A new species of early man that dates back almost two million years has been discovered in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, about 170 miles northeast of Johannesburg.
A team led by Professor Lee Berger, a palaeoanthropologist from the Un...
Nina Fedoroff, the chief scientist of Secretary of State Clinton, has come forward with new research advocating the expansion of genetically modified organisms in farming.
In recent years, ocean acidification has become a talking point for climate scientists as an additional symptom of increased atmospheric CO2. It was believed that carbon dioxide diffused in ocean water would slightly acidify it, wreaking havoc on coral, crustaceans, and mollusks that require a speci...
Climate scientists recently released a new report which claims that global warming could trigger an ice age that would grip the planet in a matter of months, not years. According to the biogeochemists and climate scientists involved, melting ice from a previous warming period slowed or stifled ocean...
WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2009 (ENS) - Concerns about toxics discharged from an unlined coal ash waste dump in suburban Washington, DC have prompted four environmental groups to give formal notice that they intend to sue Mirant MD Ash Management, LLC and Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC Corporation of At...
UN scientists released their latest findings on climate change in an update to the 2007 research that established human-caused climate change as the scientific consensus. The new information suggests that severe climate change will still occur even if developed nations adopt aggressive carbon emissi...
The European Union failed to pass a ban on the commercial fishing of Bluefin Tuna, a critically endangered species that is commercially relevant to sushi. Although Japan has created a stock of these fish in the Pacific Ocean for their own commercial use, European fishermen have depleted the natural...
The EPA announced it would reexamine the 2008 smog standards to determine whether it there was data suggesting current smog standards were sufficient to meet human health standards. According to the release, smog is a contributor to asthma and other respiratory conditions. Lisa P. Jackson, the EPA A...
Site to be off Apra Harbor for dredged materials, public meeting on August 20
HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comments to the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed ocean disposal site for dredged materials off Apra Harbor, Guam.
The draft EIS presents a d...
