TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Carbon offsetting 'not working' The first travel firm to offer consumer carbon offset schemes says they are a "distraction" from the urgency of climate change. news.bbc.co.uk |
Forced evacuations around Philippine volcano LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) -- Security forces will forcibly evacuate thousands of residents reluctant to leave their farms near a smoldering volcano in the Philippines despite fears of a major eruption, officials said.... hosted.ap.org |
Forest plan gets the ax at UN climate talks COPENHAGEN (AP) -- A plan to protect the world's biologically rich tropical forests by paying poor nations to protect them was shelved Saturday after world leaders failed to agree on a binding deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.... hosted.ap.org |
Men more evolved? Y chromosome study stirs debate WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women may think of men as primitive, but new research indicates that the Y chromosome - the thing that makes a man male - is evolving far faster than the rest of the human genetic code.... hosted.ap.org |
In pictures: The first ever photographs of snowflakes | Wilson A Bentley In the rural backwater of Jericho, Vermont, a self-educated farmer began photographing snowflakes in 1885 guardian.co.uk |