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Forest land: Maharashtra Forest land: Maharashtra considers review plea against SC verdict
MUMBAI: The state government has sought legal opinion on whether it should file a review petition against the recent Supreme Court order removing the "private forest" tag attached to huge swathes of l... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Times Of India
Forest   Law   Maharashtra   Photos   Wikipedia: Maharashtra  
Pine trees Smell of forest pine can limit climate change - researchers
New research suggests a strong link between the powerful smell of pine trees and climate change. | Scientists say they've found a mechanism by which these scented vapours turn into aerosols above... (photo: WN / RTayco) BBC News
Climate Change   Photos   Pine Trees   Research  
File - President Barack Obama looks back towards a group of students before signing H.R. 1911, the "Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013," in the Oval Office, Aug. 9, 2013. The President takes some big steps to combat warming
The following appeared in a Miami Herald editorial: | In keeping with his State of the Union promise to use his executive powers more in the face of a recalcitrant Congress, President Obama last week ... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) Times Union
Barack Obama   Climate Change   Global Warming   Photos   Wikipedia: Global warming  
From left, Adam Metallo and Vince Rossi from the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office 3-D Lab a use high-resolution laser arm and medium-range laser scanners to document one of the most complete fossil whales from the Cerro Ballena site. In the background, Smithsonian paleontologist Nick Pyenson reviews data on his laptop while the group works at night in a temporary tent next to the Pan-American Highway in the Atacama Region of Chile, 2011. Chile's stunning fossil whale graveyard explained
It is one of the most astonishing fossil discoveries of recent years - a graveyard of whales found beside the Pan-American Highway in Chile. | And now scientists think they can explain how so many of ... (photo: Smithsonian Institution) BBC News
Chile   Fossils   Photos   Whales   Wikipedia: Evolution of cetaceans  
Mississippi River traffic closed for oil spill Mississippi River traffic closed for oil spill
A 100-km stretch of the Mississippi River remained closed to transport as clean-up specialists worked to contain an oil spill, the US Coast Guard said on Monday. | The closure, which includes the Port... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) The Hindu
Mississippi River   Photos   Transport   USA   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill  
In this file photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 approaches the Sea Shepherd's high-speed trimaran Gojira during their encounter Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 in Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Fisheries agency official Tatsuya Nakaoku says Japan has halted the hunt since Feb. 10, 2011 after persistent disruptions by the anti-whaling protesters "to ensure safety." Sea Shepherd clashes with Japanese whalers
The Sea Shepherd conservation group, founded by Canadian Paul Watson, says it was ambushed overnight by Japanese whalers in the waters around Australia. | During a confrontation lasting about six hour... (photo: AP / Sea Shepherd, Simon Ager, File) Canoe
Photos   Sea Shepherd   Sea Shepherd V. Japanese whalers   Whale Wars   Wikipedia: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations  
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