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Gulf of Mexico Topography Played Key Role in Bacterial Consumption of Deepwater Horizon Spill
When scientist David Valentine and colleagues published results of a study in early 2011 reporting that bacterial blooms had consumed almost all the deepwater methane plumes after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, some were skeptical. How,...
Scientists Still Investigating the Cause of the Occurrence of Seaweed Along Sierra Leone’s Coastal Areas
Scientists from the Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography (IMBO) at Fourah Bay College of the University of Sierra Leone, Wetlands International and the Regional Marine and Coastal Conservation Programme for West Africa are still investigating...
Plan to Remove Toxic Chemicals Stored Throughout the Guinean Capital on Hold
More than a year after their discovery, toxic and flammable chemicals stored throughout the Guinea capital Conakry remain in place – a UN plan to remove them repeatedly held up by political instability.
Central Asian International Exhibitions CAITME And Textile Expo Uzbekistan Opens
Central Asian international exhibitions CAITME (textile equipment and technologies) and Textile Expo Uzbekistan (textile and fashion) opened on Thursday in Tashkent. How People Arrived Here: the central asian international exhibition “textile expo uzbekistan”
Students in the UK Warned About Risks of ‘legal Highs’
James Brokenshire, Minister for Crime Prevention has launched a campaign which highlights the risks of ‘legal highs.’ The theme of the campaign, ‘Crazy Chemist’ warns young people that just because a substance is advertised as ‘legal’ does...
Two Men Charged with Importing And Attempting to Possess Over $46m of Pseudoephedrine
An operation involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Customs and Border Protection (ACBP) and the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) has resulted in the seizure of 174kg of pseudoephedrine with an estimated street value of $46 million...
Fix Pesticide Regulator Before Expanding Powers: WWF
An environmental NGO has called on Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke and State ministers to fix the country’s national pesticides authority when they meet at a conference in Darwin tomorrow. According to a WWF-Australia news release, the Primary...
Confusion Begets Fear
There is something about the reporting of terrorism that seems to bring out tendencies to confuse, rather than inform. Consider the case of a possible precedent for the attempted attack on Friday’s Delta/Northwest flight during its approach...
