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2-meter-long lizards discovered in Philippines
Sierra Madre mountains, Luzon, Philippines; photo by headlessspider (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Previously unknown to the scientific community, a ‘new’ species of monitor lizard has been...
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Breaking: Gulf oil leak now thought to have been leaking up to 40,000 barrels...
photo from The Sierra Club (source: Flickr Creative Commons) A new estimate has been made regarding the oil that has been leaking from the damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico: 20,000 to 40,000 barrels...
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New ocean forming in Africa
photo by filippo_jean (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Scientists at the Royal Society – the UK’s national academy of science – have determined that the continent of Africa is literally splitting in...
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Growing consumption and population = ‘ecological debt’
photo by caribb (Flickr Creative Commons) Despite growing environmental awareness and energy efficiency measures, the developed world consumes more than ever. At the same time people in China and much...
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EU Parliament tightens laws on animal testing
image credit: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Last week the European Parliament voted to enforce stricter limits on animal testing, including an outright ban of testing on great apes. The...
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Will the new Blade Runner film tackle environmental topics?
Rutger Hauer in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? describes a darkened, post apocalyptic future where the majority of mankind has left...
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