Topic: Travel, Tourism

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Walrus project banks on one tag

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:27 AM

	Scientists' hopes are now pinned on one walrus to help them understand where the animals of west Greenland migrate over the summer months. Read full article: 'Walrus project banks on one tag'

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Articles: Europe’s green rules put heat on coal exports

Posted by Admin on Monday, May 14, 2007 - 07:21 AM

	EUROPEAN Union (EU) environmental rules could lead to a fall in South African coal exports from Richards Bay Coal Terminal, the world’s largest coal-export point. Read full article: 'Europe’s green rules put heat on coal exports'

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Articles: US seeks G8 climate text changes

Posted by Admin on Monday, May 14, 2007 - 07:19 AM

	The US is trying to block sections of a draft agreement on climate change prepared for next month's G8 summit, according to documents seen by the BBC. Read full article: 'US seeks G8 climate text changes'

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Articles: Project aims to extract dam methane

Posted by Admin on Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 03:44 PM

	Scientists in Brazil have claimed that a major source of greenhouse gas emissions could be curbed by capturing and burning methane given off by large hydro-electric dams. Read full article: 'Project aims to extract dam methane'

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Articles: Environmental warning on biofuels

Posted by Admin on Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 03:30 PM

	The drive to switch over to biofuels could lead to rising food prices and deforestation, a report has warned. Read full article: 'Environmental warning on biofuels'

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Articles: Birds 'starve' at S Korea wetland

Posted by Admin on Sunday, May 13, 2007 - 03:28 PM

	Tens of thousands of migratory birds are facing starvation in South Korea, the UK-based Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) says. Read full article: 'Birds 'starve' at S Korea wetland'

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Articles: Confused penguin strays 5,000km

Posted by Admin on Saturday, May 12, 2007 - 04:57 AM

	A Magellanic penguin whose natural habitat is the cool climes of southern Chile has strayed thousands of miles from his home, arriving in Peru. Read full article: 'Confused penguin strays 5,000km'

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Articles: Germany Home to Some of Europe's Dirtiest Power Stations

Posted by Admin on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 08:37 AM

	Germany contributed heavily to the World Wildlife Fund's "Dirty Thirty" list of most-polluting power stations in the European Union, landing six of its coal-fired plants in the top ten. Read full article: 'Germany Home to Some of Europe's Dirtiest Power Stations'

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Articles: Boy hatches chick from shop egg

Posted by Admin on Friday, May 11, 2007 - 07:06 AM

	A nine-year-old boy has hatched a chick from a box of free-range eggs which his mother bought in a Suffolk supermarket. Read full article: 'Boy hatches chick from shop egg'

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Articles: No romance for lovesick albatross

Posted by Admin on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 07:14 AM

	A lovesick albatross has spent the last 40 years unsuccessfully looking for romance in Scotland, 8,000 miles away from his natural breeding grounds. Read full article: 'No romance for lovesick albatross'

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