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- Tigers take the night shift to coexist with people
- Research reveals contrasting consequences of a warmer Earth
- High levels of DDT in breast milk in mothers living in malaria-stricken villages in South Africa
- Israeli cave explorers return from record-breaking expedition in Abkhazia of ‘Everest of the caves’
| Tigers take the night shift to coexist with people Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:39 PM PDT Tigers don't have a reputation for being accommodating, but a new study indicates that the feared and revered carnivores in and around a park in Nepal are taking the night shift to better coexist with their human neighbors. The revelation that tigers and people are sharing the same space flies in the face of long-held convictions in conservation circles. It also underscores how successful conservation efforts need sciences that takes into account both nature and humans.  |
| Research reveals contrasting consequences of a warmer Earth Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT A new study involving analysis of fossil and geological records going back 540 million years suggests that biodiversity on Earth generally increases as the planet warms. But the research says that the increase in biodiversity depends on the evolution of new species over millions of years, and is normally accompanied by extinctions of existing species.  |
| High levels of DDT in breast milk in mothers living in malaria-stricken villages in South Africa Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:29 AM PDT The highest levels ever of DDT in breast milk have been measured in mothers living in malaria-stricken villages in South Africa. The values lie well over the limits set by the World Health Organization. DDT has been used for many years in South Africa, sprayed indoors to fight malaria.  |
| Israeli cave explorers return from record-breaking expedition in Abkhazia of ‘Everest of the caves’ Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:29 AM PDT Cavers have just returned from exploring the deepest cave in the world. The cave, known as Krubera-Voronya, is considered the "Everest of the caves" and is in Abkhazia in the south of Russia near the Black Sea.  |
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