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Scientists concerned over environmental impact of Nicaragua shipping canal
2015-06-22 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Scientists claim that the environmental assessment on the proposed trans-isthmus shipping canal in Nicaragua does not adequately measure the potential impacts of the project.
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Local scientists to research non-invasive ways of detecting fetal anomalies
2015-06-18 06:45:47| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The technology is expected to eliminate the risk of miscarriage associated with invasive prenatal testing, and allow effective treatment of genetic fetal abnormalities. SINGAPORE: Expectant mothers may soon have safer, non-invasive options to test for fetal abnormalities like Down Syndrome with a new technology being developed by scientists here.
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Peru: Scientists say climate change hastened demise of Latin America's oldest civilization
2015-06-13 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Caral, the Americas' oldest civilization, located north of present day Lima, Peru, faced a grave crisis as a result of climate change some 4,000 years ago, archaeologists said. "Droughts were so severe that they could have lasted between 60 and 130 years, which could explain why there were social crises in (civilizations like) Caral, Moche and Tiahuanaco," archaeologist Ruth Shady, director of the Caral Project, told Efe. Women played leading roles in Caral and a team led by Shady has been...
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Scientists Say Tar Sands Development And Limiting Climate Change Incompatible
2015-06-11 22:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: More than 100 scientists from the U.S. and Canada called for a moratorium on the development of tar sands Wednesday, saying the carbon-intensive form of energy was "incompatible" with limiting climate change. The scientists published a consensus statement laying out 10 reasons why mining of tar sands - an energy source that`s found largely in Alberta, Canada`s Athabasca region and whose mining has led to significant deforestation and forest degradation in the province - needs to be halted. Those...
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100 Canadian, US scientists call oilsands moratorium
2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: A group of 100 leading Canadian and U.S. scientists has issued an urgent call for a moratorium on new oilsands development and listed 10 reasons why no more projects should be permitted. "I believe we have a duty to speak up," said Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at B.C.'s Simon Fraser University who spent more than a year drafting a letter to make sure it was scientifically sound. Jaccard was a co-author of a 2014 essay in a scientific journal that made a similar argument. But the current letter,...
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