AP - The chief of a
prestigious British
research center caught in
a storm of controversy
over claims that he and
others suppressed data
about climate change has
stepped down pending an
investigation, the
University of East Anglia
said Tuesday.
SPACE.com - Astronomers
have discovered hundreds
of Jupiter-like planets
in our galaxy. However, a
handful of the planets
found orbiting distant
stars are more
Earth-sized. This
gives hope to
astrobiologists, who
think we are more likely
to find life ...
LiveScience.com - Every
year, millions of shark
fins are sold at Chinese
markets to satisfy the
demand for shark fin
soup, a dish considered a
delicacy, but it has been
impossible to pinpoint
which sharks from which
regions are most
threatened by this...
AFP - The UN Food and
Agriculture Organisation
said on Tuesday farming
could offer a
cost-effective way of
cutting greenhouse
emissions, but had been
"largely excluded" from
next week's Copenhagen
summit.
AP - The Environmental
Protection Agency said
Tuesday it wants more
tests to determine if car
engines can handle higher
concentrations of ethanol
in gasoline before it
decides whether to
increase the maximum
blend from 10 to 15
percent.
AFP - An international
project that prevented a
glacial lake in Bhutan
from bursting its banks
underlined how climate
change can be tackled by
adaptation, the
environmental group WWF
said on Tuesday.
AFP - A space capsule
carrying a Belgian, a
Canadian and a Russian
landed safely in the
steppes of Kazakhstan on
Tuesday after the trio
spent half a year on the
International Space
Station (ISS).
The Freedom of
Information Act 2000
(FOIA) sets out the ways
the public can get access
to information held by
the Government. This
includes information held
by the Home Office,
Universities and other
bodies about animal
experimentation.
There are a ...