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The eight failures that caused the Gulf oil spill

NewScientist/Ecologie - wo, 08/09/2010 - 16:09

A long-awaited BP report lists eight reasons for the accident that caused its catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Meet William the Concherer, the dolphin that can fish

NewScientist/Ecologie - wo, 08/09/2010 - 15:35

A "conching" dolphin captured on film suggests the marine mammal uses the massive shell to trap and stun fish

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Bees and climate change cleared in pollination mystery

NewScientist/Ecologie - wo, 08/09/2010 - 10:29

Even without climate change, even without the decline of bees, pollination is in a downward spiral. And nobody knows why

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Bird flu jumps to pigs

NewScientist/Ecologie - di, 07/09/2010 - 15:38

H5N1's jump to pigs brings the virus a step closer to a human pandemic

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Why wartime wrecks are slicking time bombs

NewScientist/Ecologie - di, 07/09/2010 - 10:32

Millions of tons of oil lost in sunken ships is threatening a new environmental disaster

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Forest carbon stores may be massively overestimated

NewScientist/Ecologie - ma, 06/09/2010 - 20:00

We may have to dramatically revise our estimates of how much carbon rainforests contain – apparently similar forests hold vastly different amounts

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Mobile chargers could keep electric cars juiced up

NewScientist/Ecologie - zo, 05/09/2010 - 10:00

Mobile charging units that respond to in-car sensors could ensure that electric car owners never need fear getting stranded

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Pakistan's flood weather eased Atlantic hurricanes

NewScientist/Ecologie - vr, 03/09/2010 - 16:45

The stalled weather pattern behind floods in Pakistan and a heatwave in Russia may have delayed the start of the Atlantic hurricane season

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Second super-fast flip of Earth's poles found

NewScientist/Ecologie - vr, 03/09/2010 - 12:04

Theory says the Earth's magnetic field can't flip in just a few years, yet for the second time evidence has been found of it happening in the past

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Briefing: How bad is the new Gulf oil rig fire?

NewScientist/Ecologie - vr, 03/09/2010 - 03:21

Less than five months after the largest oil spill in US history, another fire has occurred on an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico

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Road to cut off Serengeti migration route

NewScientist/Ecologie - wo, 01/09/2010 - 15:11

Tanzania's government plans to build a road through Serengeti National Park, cutting through the migratory route of 2 million wildebeest and zebra

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Arctic oil and gas drilling ready to take off

NewScientist/Ecologie - wo, 01/09/2010 - 15:04

Oil drilling in Greenland's Arctic waters began last week, angering environmentalists. But it's nothing compared with the oil and gas rush that's coming

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Conservation and compassion: First do no harm

NewScientist/Ecologie - wo, 01/09/2010 - 14:16

In putting conservation into practice, we often cause great suffering to animals. Marc Bekoff argues that we need a new ethical perspective

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Green machine: Perfecting the plant way to power

NewScientist/Ecologie - wo, 01/09/2010 - 10:03

Efforts to develop solar-powered water splitters are starting to bear fruit

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Why it's time for change at the IPCC

NewScientist/Ecologie - di, 31/08/2010 - 14:17

The forceful analysis of the IPCC's failings published by the InterAcademy Council is a strong dose of realism about the organisation's failings

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Arctic ice: Less than meets the eye

NewScientist/Ecologie - di, 31/08/2010 - 11:59

The ice may not retreat as much as feared this year, but what remains may be more rotten than robust

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Climate panel must 'fundamentally reform' to survive

NewScientist/Ecologie - ma, 30/08/2010 - 18:50

The IPCC must change how it operates if it is to regain the public's trust, according to a major review

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New Orleans: Are the new defences tough enough?

NewScientist/Ecologie - vr, 27/08/2010 - 18:35

A $14.5 billion revamp of New Orleans's flood defences is almost finished, but some say the measures aren't tough and comprehensive enough

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Sunspots squeeze and stretch the day

NewScientist/Ecologie - vr, 27/08/2010 - 14:46

These dark regions may somehow alter the rate of Earth's spin – an insight that could help steer spacecraft more accurately

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Innovation: Sunrise boulevards could bring clean power

NewScientist/Ecologie - vr, 27/08/2010 - 14:34

Could roads surfaced with solar panels bring renewable energy to our doors?

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