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Gulf oil spill could be unprecedented disaster - Obama http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=687&Itemid=59 US President Barack Obama has described a sprawling oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico as a potentially unprecedented... News - Pollution Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Oil spill: The wait for news http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=686&Itemid=59 Following the explosion of a BP-operated rig, an oil slick has begun washing up on the Louisiana coast and is... News - Pollution Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood', gene study finds http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=691&Itemid=59 The mutation may have helped mammoths survive in the Ice AgeMammoths had a form of anti-freeze blood... News - Extinctions Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 'Bee rustlers' sting Japanese apiarists http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=683&Itemid=59 More than 2m bees were stolen last year, says Japan's apiary associationJapanese bee-keepers have been warned to be on... News - Agriculture and Fishing Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Assam tea estate goes organic http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=692&Itemid=59 Production at Gossainbarie tea estate has gone up since it started using organic manureVisitors making their way along the... News - Agriculture and Fishing Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 'Green' exercise quickly 'boosts mental health' http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=693&Itemid=59 Green space is important for mental healthJust five minutes of exercise in a green space such as... News - Human Population and Development Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Cameroon panic as elephants escape Dja Faunal Reserve http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=684&Itemid=59 The villagers want compensation for the elephant damageWildlife officials in Cameroon are hunting for scores of elephants, who escaped... News - Biodiversity and Conservation Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Oil slick threatens 'frightening' impacts http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=685&Itemid=59 The already threatened manatee could be a casualty of the oil leak How bad will the Gulf of Mexico oil... News - Pollution Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Frog genome holds out conservation promise http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=690&Itemid=59 The western clawed frog joins an illustrious list of sequencees Scientists have published the first genome sequence from an amphibian.Xenopus... News - Latest Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 The bare facts of biodiversity http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=682&Itemid=59 an analysis just published in the journal Science (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10092320.stm) is giving us detail on some important dimensions of the problem.It's... News - Biodiversity and Conservation Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Study to measure impact of volcanic ash on marine life http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=688&Itemid=59 Continue reading the main story The ash cloud spread across much of northern EuropeIn graphics: Volcano chaosScientists are looking at... News - Oceans Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 World's 2010 nature target 'will not be met' http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=689&Itemid=59 Threats to biodiversity, such as habitat loss, are still on the increase The world's governments will not meet their internationally-agreed... News - Environmental Policy Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Is climate change South Asia's deadliest threat? http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=678&Itemid=59 The climate change issue urgently demands a meeting of mindsTackling climate change is one of the most... News - Climate Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Giving up the fight for a climate scheme http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=679&Itemid=59 Kevin Rudd once described climate change as the greatest moral challenge of our generation , but on Tuesday afternoon... News - Climate Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Australia shelves key emissions trading scheme http://the2050project.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=680&Itemid=59 Mr Rudd has said climate change is the moral challenge of our generation The Australian government has... News - Climate Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100