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Newswise - MADISON, WI, JULY 11, 2011 -- Although phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all life forms, essential amounts of the chemical element can cause water quality problems in rivers, lakes, and coastal zones. Visit link: Urban Impacts on Phosphorus in Streams

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[NEW DELHI] Climate change is likely to spread malaria to new areas in the Indian Himalayas, and lengthen the periods in which the infection is spread in a number of districts, according to projections from malaria researchers in India Original post: Climate change 'to increase malaria' in Indian Himalayas

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NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups say they've created a map of the world's coral reefs charting climate stress impacts. Link: Stresses on world's coral reefs mapped

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JAKARTA - The cultivation of genetically modified crops is increasing worldwide. View post: GM crops now grown worldwide

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India's bio-tech regulator is back in business with it allowing the initiation of a process for studies on new Genetically Modified food crops such as mustard, rice, pigeon pea and groundnut. See the original post: Step up to GM food crops

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CHENNAI] India plans to scientifically validate and patent traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, home to some of the world's oldest tribes. See more here: India to patent tribal medicinal knowledge

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The Internet presents a variety of risks for companies, including systems crashes, hacking attacks, security breaches, and the mishandling of private information. While companies should do all they can as a matter of policy, practice and technology to prevent such risks from coming to fruition, there is no such thing as perfect prevention. Accordingly, as a backstop, companies...

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Tel Aviv, Israel: The Israeli government on Sunday acknowledged the therapeutic utility of cannabis and announced newly amended guidelines governing the state-sponsored production and distribution of medical cannabis to Israeli patients. A prepared statement posted Monday on the website of office of the Israeli Prime Minister states: "The Cabinet today approved arrangements and supervision regarding the supply of...

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New York, NY: Fifty-five percent of American adults support legalizing marijuana, up from 52 percent in 2010, according to the results of a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll. Pollsters conducted an online survey of a representative national sample of 1,003 American adults. A solid majority , including 63 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of Independents, said...

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Don't despair: that's the message of a new paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, which argues that decades of conservation actions at multiple scales have had a positive impact for many of the world's endangered species. Read the rest here: The glass is half-full: conservation has made a difference