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Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY
Seed bank for the world threatened by financial crisis
A seed bank that is trying to collect every type of plant in the world is now under threat from the global financial crisis, its director says. The Millennium Seed Bank Project aims to house all the 300,000 different plant … Continue reading
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Elephant ‘GPS’ keeps families together
Call it a global positioning system for elephants. Their powerful rumbles — mostly too low in pitch for humans to hear — keep family members from wandering too far, new research suggests. African elephants form tightly knit families centred around … Continue reading
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ISRO,India Plans Satellite to Aid Sea Fishing
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has planned to launch OceanSat-II with a view to help sea fishing. It has also decided to launch a number of satellites in 2009 to help agriculture production. According to an ISRO official, “The … Continue reading
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Life on Earth Not Getting Much Bigger
On the off chance that your darkest nightmares involve house-sized gerbils, rest easy: the scale of life on Earth won’t likely expand beyond its present limits. Analysis of the fossil record shows that life has undergone two profound jumps in … Continue reading
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