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10/10/2008
Oct. 10, 1861: The Journey Begins for Nansen (Wired News)
1861: Fridtjof Nansen is born. He will become a towering figure in Arctic exploration, the natural sciences and international diplomacy. Nansen, born outside of Oslo, Norway, grew up hard and fit … and intellectually curious. He developed an early interest in science and studied zoology at the university before shipping aboard the Norwegian sealer Viking in 1882. He made extensive observations ...
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10/10/2008
Report: Global warming makes animals move (UPI)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Global warming is forcing animals to higher elevations, causing them to intrude on established populations, a U.S. scientific journal says.
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10/10/2008
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
NASA plans Mars launch next fall ... Shark's pup called 'virgin birth' ... Bird flu survival tied to hands-on therapy ... Report: Global warming makes animals move ... Health/Science news from UPI.
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10/11/2008
New Homes on the Range: Species Shift Across Yosemite (Scientific American)
Pioneering ecologist Joseph Grinnell in 1914 began a seven year survey of the animals living in Yosemite National Park in California. Even then, human impacts such as the transformation of the Central Valley into an agricultural oasis were changing the landscape and the animals who lived there. [More]
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10/10/2008
Evolutionary Race Against Warming in Costa Rica, Study Shows (Bloomberg)
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Costa Rican ants, moths and plants are migrating to higher, cooler sites as part of an evolutionary race against rising temperatures, a study that goes against the belief that tropical species are unaffected by climate change showed.
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10/11/2008
UC Davis chemical ecologist wins major award (The Daily Democrat)
DAVIS - Chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, is the 2008 winner of a major award from the Entomological Society of America: the Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology.
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10/11/2008
The Andalusia Star-News (The Andalusia Star-News)
Editor’s note: When Murray Findley established the Murray and Clare Findley study abroad scholarship through the Class of ‘48 Foundation, one of the requirements for the recipient was to write an essay about his or her study-abroad experience.
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10/10/2008
Birds in "Big Trouble" Due to Habitat Loss, Fishing (National Geographic)
Bird species worldwide are in decline—a sign that the planet's health is also faltering, according to a new report.
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10/08/2008
School board hears about mussel-counting field trip (Hancock County Journal-Pilot)
Warsaw High School Principal Tom Bertucci happily told the school board about a September zoology class field trip.
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10/10/2008
Teen of the Week: (The Capital)
Arras Wiedorn, 17, of Severna Park, a senior in the IB Program at Old Mill High School, shows part of her collection of sabers and swords.
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