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State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared University of Zurich, 2 weeks, 6 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes ago Several hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia depend, to varying degrees, on the freshwater reservoirs of the Himalayan glaciers. Consequently, it is important to detect the potential impact of climate changes on the Himalayan glaciers at an early stage.
Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting Triple Pundit, 3 weeks, 1 day, 8 hours, 41 minutes ago Today the Ford Motor Company announced huge successes in cutting waste at its factories and has pledged to ramp up those efforts in the coming years.
UK Men set to live as long as women, figures show BBC, 3 weeks, 1 day, 8 hours, 46 minutes ago The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics.
Obama announces sanctions for tech used in human rights abuses in Iran and Syria Washington Post, 3 weeks, 2 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes ago President Obama issued an executive order Monday that allows U.S. officials for the first time to impose sanctions against foreign nationals found to have used new technologies, including cellphone tracking and Internet monitoring, to help carry out grave human rights abuses.
Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law Nature.com, 3 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes ago As the Kyoto Protocol winds down without a strong replacement, countries are implementing their own strategies to reduce global warming.
Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest MongaBay, 3 weeks, 5 days, 8 hours, 13 minutes ago A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs, 36 of which may be new to science.
Non-Profit Chauffeurs Cancer Patients To Treatments In Exotic Cars CBS, 3 weeks, 6 days, 6 hours, 40 minutes ago Battling cancer is a monumental struggle that takes shape in the smallest actions. Everyday activities take on new meaning in the face of cancer's debilitating symptoms. Even making it to a cancer treatment center can be a challenge. That's where the non-profit group Your Ride Is Here comes in.
How High Gasoline Prices are Creating Jobs and Growing The Economy Triple Pundit, 4 weeks, 5 hours, 7 minutes ago For the first time in U.S. history the pain at the pump is not killing our economy. Counter-intuitively, high gasoline prices are creating jobs and helping restore America’s manufacturing and commercial strength.
US to make profit from bailouts, Treasury says BBC, 4 weeks, 11 hours, 1 minute ago The US will make a profit from bailing out the nation's banks and carmakers at the height of the financial crisis, the Treasury Department has said.
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