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MH370 found? New debris off the coast of Madagascar sparks immediate investigation

2015-07-29 22:06:15| Extremetech

Wreckage from MH 370 may finally have been found at Reunion Island, off the coast of Madagascar. Analysis is ongoing, but this could be the break that searchers have hoped for.

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Exxon Mobil ends oil exploration in Madagascar after poor finds -minister

2015-07-04 07:17:37| Chemicals - Topix.net

Exxon Mobil Corp has ended its oil exploration in Madagascar after disappointing findings in its off-shore blocks, the Malagasy Mining and Petroleum Minister said on Friday. Exxon's affiliates resumed exploration in Madagascar in 2013 after a four-year pause due to a force majeure declared after the 2009 coup on the Indian Ocean island.

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Biodiversity: 11 new species come to light in Madagascar

2015-05-25 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Madagascar is home to extraordinary biodiversity, but in the past few decades, the island's forests and associated biodiversity have been under greater attack than ever. Rapid deforestation is affecting the biotopes of hundreds of species, including the panther chameleon, a species with spectacular intra-specific colour variation. A new study by Michel Milinkovitch, professor of genetics, evolution, and biophysics at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), led in close collaboration…

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A bucketful of new Eugenia plant species from Madagascar

2015-05-13 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] IMAGE This image shows the holotype herbarium specimen of Eugenia delicatissima, one of the newly described species. Credit: Dr. Neil Snow The spigot for plant discoveries in Madagascar continues to flow steadily, wit…

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