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IITA Science Building to boost agricultural research in sub-Saharan Africa
FreshPlaza
The construction of the science building represents an investment of over US$4 million and is part of IITA's efforts to strengthen its research capacity and that of its partners in sub-Saharan Africa. The research facility would offer researchers the ...
President Kikwete to inaugurate IITA's Science complex in Dar es SalaamPanapress (subscription)

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Washington Post
South Africa: online video shows guide at game reserve charging on foot at ...
Washington Post
JOHANNESBURG — A safari guide rushed on foot toward an elephant at a South African game park while fellow guides whoop and laugh at the foolhardy stunt, which cost the ranger his job when a video of the incident was posted online. The episode at ...
Drunk man charges wild elephanteNCA

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No horn of plenty - The Age
The Age
The battle to save the African rhinoceros has all the ingredients for a Hollywood thriller. There are armed baddies with good guys in hot pursuit. There is a hint of glamour. And the drama is played out against a backdrop of a beautiful, bloodstained ...

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National Science Foundation (press release)
Human Disease Leptospirosis Identified in New Species, the Banded Mongoose ...
National Science Foundation (press release)
"The problem in Botswana and much of Africa is that leptospirosis may remain unidentified in animal populations but contribute to human disease, possibly misdiagnosed as other diseases such as malaria," said disease ecologist Kathleen Alexander of ...
Widespread but neglected disease a health threat in Africa, Virginia Tech ...EurekAlert (press release)

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BBC News
Rainforest plays critical role in hydropower generation
BBC News
Deforestation in the Amazon region could significantly reduce the amount of electricity produced from hydropower, says a new study. Scientists say the rainforest is critical in generating the streams and rivers that ultimately turn turbines. If trees ...
Fewer Rain Forests Mean Less Energy for Developing Nations, Study FindsNew York Times
Energy supply from hydropower projects depends on rainforest conservationEurekAlert (press release)

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BDlive
Bitten by the Africa bug, the stories flow
BDlive
I need my Africa. Every day." So confesses Tony Park in his blog for Africa Geographic magazine. And the "Africa" he refers to is not slang terminology for a local hallucinogenic — aka Durban poison — but the continent to which he and his wife Nicola ...

The Guardian
One-third of animal species will be hit by climate change, scientists warn
The Guardian
Lead scientist Dr Rachel Warren, from the University of East Anglia's school of environmental science, said: "While there has been much research on the effect of climate change on rare and endangered species, little has been known about how an increase ...
Climate change should reduce variety of plants and animalsPravda
Climate change hazardous to flora, faunaJagran Post
Lots of people, animals, and plants will be homeless thanks to climate changeGrist
Huffington Post -Science Daily (press release) -RedOrbit
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Cassava 'Under Siege' in EA
AllAfrica.com
Scientists say the disease, dubbed Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD), is attacking plants and thus threatening productivity of the crop, which feeds about 500 million people in Africa. "The extremely devastating results are already dramatic today but ...

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Independent Online
Greenhouse gas highest in 2 million years
Independent Online
The burning of fossil fuels, such as coal for electricity and oil for gasoline, has caused the overwhelming bulk of the man-made increase in carbon in the air, scientists say. At the end of the Ice ... of carbon dioxide. The first modern humans only ...
Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trendksl.com
Speculative coal bubble must be poppedBusiness Spectator
'Unnerving' Greenhouse Gas MilestoneThe Weather Channel
Media Matters for America -Current TV
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BBC News
Climate change killing off plants and animals
Health24.com
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change looked at 50 000 globally widespread and common species and found that more than one half of the plants and one third of the animals will lose more than half of their climatic range by 2080 if ...
'Dramatic decline' warning for plants and animalsBBC News
Plant and animal habitats shrinkingeNCA
Climate action could curb biodiversity lossABC Science Online
Scotsman -Irish Times
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Jane Goodall talks research, criticism, advice
The Miami Hurricane
Since first entering the Gombe in 1960 as a young woman with no collegiate training, Goodall has become a leader in the field of animal behavior and an advocate for environmental conservation. Goodall now ... TMH: When you started doing your research ...

NBCNews.com (blog)
Seeking gamers: Document power plants, fight climate change
NBCNews.com (blog)
While the general whereabouts of these plants is known, in much of the world details are fuzzy on the kind of fuel they burn and how much electricity they produce, explained Kevin Gurney, a senior sustainability scientist at Arizona State University ...

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GBIF enables global forecast of climate impacts on species
Science Codex
Research published today in the journal Nature Climate Change looked at nearly 50,000 globally widespread and common species and found that nearly two-thirds of the plants and almost half of animal species could lose more than half of their climatic ...

Common plants, animals threatened by climate change, study says
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- Climate change could lead to the widespread loss of common plants and animals around the world, according to a new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study's ... Warren said that until now, much climate change ...

ABC News
King No More: The Tragic Plight of Lions in Africa
ABC News
Scientists and conservationists are calling for improved protections for lions -- even if that means fenced-in enclosures. It's a Sunday in South Africa, and on the green lawn of the Weltevrede Lion Farm, arms reach for a white animal that could double ...

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Philly.com
Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend
Boston.com
It's a symbolic mark that scientists and environmentalists have been anticipating for years. ... in the fall when greenhouse gases are at their lowest — when the carbon measurement falls below 400 ppm, said James Butler, director of global monitoring ...
'Unnerving' Greenhouse Gas MilestoneWunderground.com (blog)
Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set recordAlton Telegraph
Wall Street Journal's Idiocracy: CO2 Is What Plants CraveMedia Matters for America

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Bird Watch
The true cost of climate change?
Bird Watch
Research published today in the journal Nature Climate Change look at 50,000 globally widespread and common species, and found that two thirds of the plants and half of the animals will lose more than half of their climatic range by 2080, if nothing is ...

Joe Biden Talks Climate Change And Natural Gas In Rolling Stone Interview
Huffington Post
Researchers in Britain have found that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22076055" target="_blank">climate change could cause increased turbulence</a> for transatlantic flights by between 10 and 40 percent by 2050. ... Research by ...

The Hidden World Under Our Feet
New York Times
It contains almost one-third of all living organisms, according to the European Union's Joint Research Center, but only about 1 percent of its micro-organisms have been identified, and the relationships among those myriad life-forms is poorly ...

Tanzania's Kikwete to inaugurate IITA Science Building dedicated to the fight ...
Africa Science News Service
Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete, the President of Tanzania will, on 13 May, inaugurate the IITA Science Building in Dar es Salaam. The inauguration will be followed by a workshop with the theme "Grow Africa and the role of agricultural research by national ...

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