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Missing: A Huge Chunk of the Earth's Crust
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Experts describe the hole along the mid-Atlantic ridge as an "open wound" on the ocean floor, that has puzzled scientists for the five or so years that its existence has been known, because it defies existing tectonic plate theories of evolution.
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Whale Calls being Decoded
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While the specific function of songs and calls produced by whales remains a mystery to a large degree, the sounds are thought to mediate social interactions between the animals.
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Sea Urchin could Help Cure Diseases
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A purple sea urchin has 70 percent of its genes in common with humans, including genes associated with such diseases as Huntington's, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Muscular Dystrophy.
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Carbon Dioxide and the Ocean
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Hurricanes can gain or lose intensity with startling quickness, a phenomenon never more obvious than during the historic 2005 hurricane season that spawned the remarkably destructive Katrina and Rita.
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| Editorial |
The ethanol boom is coming. Ethanol which can be made from corn, barley, wheat, sugar cane or beet, is a green panacea - a clean burning, renewable energy source that will see us switch from dwindling oil wells to boundless fields of crops to satisfy our energy needs.
With high energy prices and mounting concerns over human induced climate change, there is an intense interest in renewable energy. The leaders of the European Union have agreed on a target of 20% of renewable sources in EU energy consumption by 2020, in exchange for flexibility on each country’s contribution to the common goal. Renewables account for less than seven per cent of the EU energy mix, and the bloc is falling short of its existing targets, both for low-carbon energy and to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
On the downside, the ethanol industry has been linked with air and water pollution on an epic scale, along with deforestation in both the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests.
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