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Narwhals aid in study of climate change
Apr 20 2007 7:25PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Most climate researchers use weather balloons, satellites, deep-sea submersibles or ice-drilling rigs to mine their data on global warming. A biologist at the University of Washington has turned to a more inventive method: attaching instruments to the backs of narwhals, marine mammals with unicorn-like tusks that live in arctic seas.
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Kulongoski aims to protect water network
Apr 20 2007 6:47PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Inspired by California's expansion of marine reserves, Gov. Ted Kulongoski has put aside a proposal to nominate the entire Oregon Coast as a national marine sanctuary, and wants to protect a smaller network of state waters instead.
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Mo. votes to end hand-fishing experiment
Apr 20 2007 5:30PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri conservation officials voted Friday to end the experiment with hand fishing after just two years, citing threats to breeding-age fish.
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Trust unveils nature preserve in Ill.
Apr 20 2007 3:23PM (CT)
GRAFTON, Ill. (AP) - About 430 acres of forests and limestone bluffs at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers will become a scenic nature area that preservationists say will be a haven for endangered or threatened species.
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Annan: Climate change threat to humanity
Apr 20 2007 3:07PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - The greatest threat facing humanity is climate change, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday, and praised a Norwegian initiative to reduce the country's net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.
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China to send bird flu samples to WHO
Apr 20 2007 4:03AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is preparing to send virus samples from recent human bird flu cases to the World Health Organization after the agency said this week that it had not received any for over a year, state media reported Friday.
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Agency wants whales listed as endangered
Apr 20 2007 3:27AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Beluga whales have long delighted residents and tourists alike when spotted swimming the silty waters off of Anchorage, but a federal agency says the gregarious white whales are in danger of becoming extinct
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