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October

Scientists Find How Amber Becomes Death Trap for Watery Creatures

University of Florida 18/10/07

Acid Oceans Warning

ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies 17/10/07

Scientists Estimate Mercury Emissions from U.S.

National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research 17/10/07

Folic Acid Lowers Blood Arsenic Levels, According to Mailman School of Public Health Study

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health 8/10/07

September

Biosensors To Probe The Metals Menace

Cooperative Research Centre 2/9/07

August

LSU Professor Looks for Life in and Under Antarctic Ice

Louisiana State University 31/8/07

World Facing 'Arsenic Timebomb'

BBC News 30/8/07

Researchers Clone Aluminum-tolerance Gene in Sorghum, Promising Boost to Crop Yields in Developing World

Cornell University 27/8/07

Ancient Organisms Discovered in Canadian Gold Mine

University of Illinois at Chicago 20/8/07

Bones Beat Trees as Markers for Environmental Change

Michigan Technological University 10/8/07

Bangkok Declaration Calls for Coordinated Action on Environment and Health

United Nations Environment Programme 9/8/07

Ocean Biology, Productivity Driven by Jet Stream

Oregon State University 8/8/07

Water, Air and Soil Pollution Causes 40 Percent of Deaths Worldwide, Cornell Research Survey Finds

Cornell University 2/8/07

Locked In Glaciers, Ancient Ice May Return To Life As Glaciers Melt

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 6/8/07

July

Investigating Life in Extreme Environments Report Gives Hints on Life

European Science Foundation 4/7/07

June

World Wildlife Fund Warns Against Iron Dumping Experiment Near the Galapagos Islands

World Wildlife Fund 27/6/07

Explorers to Use New Robotic Vehicles to Hunt for Life and Hydrothermal Vents on Arctic Seafloor

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 21/6/07

In Nature, Proteins Sweep up Nanoparticles

U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(Berkeley Lab) 14/6/07

First Buoy to Monitor Ocean Acidification Launched

National Science Foundation (NSF) 12/6/07

Cancer Death Rates Remain High Decades After Exposure to Arsenic, New Study Finds

University of California-Berkeley 12/6/07

Study of Underground Lakes In Antarctica Could Be Critical, Prof Says

Texas A&M University 5/6/07

Nitrate in Lake Superior: On the Rise

National Science Foundation (NSF) 4/6/07

May

Mercury's Link to Heart Disease Begins in Blood Vessel Walls

Ohio State University Medical Center 30/5/07

New Petroleum-Degrading Bacteria Found at Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles

University of California-Riverside 10/5/07

Understanding the Global Carbon Budget:
Woods Hole Research Center Expert Provides Insights

Woods Hole Research Center 9/5/07

April

Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Business World Looks at Climate Change

Geotimes 26/4/07

Warming Predicted to Take Severe Toll on U.S.

The Washington Post 17/4/07

Security Council Holds First-ever Debate on Impact of Climate Change on
Peace, Security, Hearing over 50 Speakers

United Nations 17/4/07

New Undersea Vent Suggests Snake-Headed Mythology

Duke University 17/4/07

Soft Tissue Taken from Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil Yields Original Protein

North Carolina State University 12/4/07

Millions at Risk of Hunger and Water Stress in Asia Unless Global Greenhouse Emissions Cut

United Nations Environment Programme 10/4/07

Research Explains How Lead Exposure Produces Learning Deficits

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 3/4/07

March

Bacterial Response to Oxidation Studied as Toxin Barometer

Virginia Tech 27/3/07

Global Warming Forecasts Creation, Loss Of Climate Zones

University of Wisconsin-Madison 26/3/07

Researchers Find Substantial Amount of Mercury Entering the Ocean Through Groundwater

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 20/3/07

Researcher Finds High Mercury Levels In Montana Osprey

University of Montana 16/3/07

Regardless of Global Warming, Rising CO2 Levels Threaten Marine Life

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8/3/07

Mercury Contamination of Fish Warrants Worldwide Public Warning

University of Wisconsin-Madison 8/3/07

Mine Runoff Continues to Provide Clues to Microbial Diversification

DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory 7/3/07

Scientists Uncover Link Between Ocean's Chemical Processes and Microscopic Floating Plants

National Science Foundation (NSF) 7/3/07

NASA Data Links Indonesian Wildfire Flare-Up to Recent El Nino

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) 1/3/07

February

United States Launches New International Polar Year

National Science Foundation (NSF) 28/2/07

Life Cycle Mapped Of Unique Organism In Extreme Environments

ScienceDaily 28/2/07

Looking For Life on Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa

University of California-Berkeley 22/2/07

AAAS Board Releases New Statement on Climate Change

American Association for the Advancement of Science 18/2/07

Fossils Offer Best Bet for Locating Mars Life

Arizona State University 16/2/07

NASA Study Finds Warmer Future Could Bring Droughts

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) 12/2/07

Storing Carbon Dioxide Below Ground May Prevent Polluting Above

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 7/2/07

Study Shows Largest North America Climate Change in 65 Million Years

University of Florida 7/2/07

Investigating the Invisible Life in our Environment

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory 2/2/07

January

FSU to Study 'Hidden-Hero' Microbes in Soil, Water to Help Clean Toxic Sites

Florida State University 28/1/07

Using Plants to Clean Up Soil

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 23/1/07

ROV Discovers Antarctic Seafloor Fauna

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research 18/1/07

New Findings Blow a Decade of Assumptions out of the Water

University of Washington 10/1/07

Hotspots of Mercury Contamination Identified in Eastern North America

American Institute of Biological Sciences 3/1/07

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