Banning new coal power plants will slow warming: NASA scientist (AFP)

   

AFP - A moratorium on coal-fired power plants is key to cutting carbon dioxide emissions that promote global warming, NASA's top climatologist said Monday.

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Scientists wary of Lake Superior warming (AP)

   AP - For Jay Austin, who has made a career of studying the Great Lakes, the warming climate around Lake Superior is no mystery. But he was surprised to find the waters of the lake itself warming even more rapidly.
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Governors team to reduce gas emissions (AP)

   

AP - Fed up with federal inaction and convinced of the dangers from global warming, five governors from Western states agreed Monday to work together to reduce greenhouse gases.

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Artifacts could be from early galleon (AP)

   

AP - Archeologists said Monday that porcelain plates and other artifacts found along the Baja California coast could be from the wreckage of a Spanish galleon that sailed between the Philippines and Mexico hundreds of years ago.

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Building sector sets green goals

   Some of the UK's top building firms join forces to reduce the environmental impact of the nation's homes and offices.
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Space blast's huge debris field

   The explosion of a rocket stage in space has created a huge debris field that could threaten spacecraft.
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DNA tracks origin of seized ivory

   A DNA trail has helped investigators trace the largest recent shipment of illegal ivory to elephants in Zambia.
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Iraq cabinet endorses landmark draft oil law (Reuters)

   

Reuters - Iraq's cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft oil law crucial to regulating how wealth from the country's vast oil reserves will be shared by its ethnic and sectarian groups, a move hailed as a major political milestone.

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More storminess looms for West tomorrow (weather.com)

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Researchers take poles' temperature (AP)

   AP - More than 50,000 scientists from 63 nations turned their attention to the world's poles Monday to measure the effects of climate change, using icebreakers, satellites and submarines to study everything from the effect of solar radiation on the polar atmosphere to the exotic marine life swimming beneath the Antarctic ice.
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Iran says 'space rocket' was for study (AP)

   AP - An Iranian rocket launched over the weekend that soared to the edge of space was intended for research, an Iranian space official said, in comments that appeared intended to show that the program is aimed at launching satellites, not missiles.
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Top scientist seeks halt on coal plants (AP)

   AP - One of the world's top scientists on global warming called for the United States to stop building coal-fired power plants and eventually bulldoze older generators that don't capture and bury greenhouse gases.
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Scholars, clergy slam Jesus documentary (AP)

   

AP - Archaeologists and clergymen in the Holy Land derided claims in a new documentary produced by the Oscar-winning director James Cameron that contradict major Christian tenets.

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5 governors agree to work on climate (AP)

   

AP - Governors from five Western states agreed Monday to work together to reduce greenhouse gases, saying their region has suffered some of the worst of global warming with recent droughts and bad fire seasons.

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DNA from ivory may lead to poachers (AP)

   AP - The complex science of DNA analysis is now helping protect elephants by showing police and conservationists the source of black-market ivory.
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Three young scientists at Yale honored with Sloan Foundation Fellowships

   The Sloan Foundation announced that three exceptional young scientists at Yale University will be honored as two-year research fellows, beginning Sept. 1, 2007. Those named at Yale were Assistant Professor Jack Harris (Physics and Applied Physics), Associate Professor Brian Scassellati (Computer Science) and Assistant Professor Susumu Tomita (Cellular & Molecular Physiology, and the Interdepartmental Neurosciences Program).
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Balls used to plug Java mud flow

   Indonesian engineers begin lowering giant concrete balls into a mud volcano to try to plug an eruption.
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Spain tells ships to avoid whales

   The Spanish navy advises ships in the busy Strait of Gibraltar to slow down to avoid hitting whales.
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Simulator 'conquers quake stress'

   Earthquake simulators can reduce post-traumatic stress in people who have survived the real thing, a study suggests.
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Lung cancer 'colour breath test'

   Scientists develop a colour test which shows up unique chemical changes in the breath of people with lung cancer.
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States beat Washington to renewable energy (Reuters)

   

Reuters - In Texas, home to some of the world's biggest oil companies, you might think the case for renewable energy would be tough to make. As it happened it was tough, but not impossible.

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ASU embarks on innovative fuel cell project

   Roller coaster gas prices and rising energy costs for the home have created uneasiness about the future of our fossil-fuel based economy. One near-term solution being pursued by researchers at the Biodesign Institute at ASU is a new fuel cell technology for renewable energy and the fledgling hydrogen economy.
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