African elephants
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Tuskless elephants
Poaching making elephants evolve tuskless BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese elephants are evolving into an increasingly tuskless breed because poaching is changing the gene pool, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Five to 10 percent of Asian elephants in now had...
Glacier cover-up in Europe
Glacial Cover-Up Won't Stop Global Warming By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer EISGRAT, - It gets so cold up at this Alpine skiing station that the locals call it Eisgrat — "Icy Spine." But Eisgrat's spine is melting. A sign on a sheer cliff wall...
Leopards in danger in Russia
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Wind farms 3
Wind farms: For and against A new wind farm is planned in . Local girls Angelica and Sarah have very different views on it. Angelica tells us why she thinks it's a good idea, and Sarah lets us know why she's very much against it. For "It's important to...
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Wind farms
Wind farms could meet energy needs Wind power could generate more than enough sustainable electricity to meet global energy needs, according to new research. Scientists at Stanford University have produced a world map that plots wind power potential for...
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Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Emily menaces Jamaica Category 4 storm passing south of Caribbean island CNN) -- Hurricane Emily -- an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph -- continued to gather strength Saturday as it spun through...
Sea birds and pollution
Sea birds are transporting industrial and agricultural pollutants to the Arctic , according to new research. Canadian scientists found that birds carry pollutants like DDT and mercury, and deposit them in sites where other animals feed. They say this...