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    Apr

Disclosing Foreign Accounts: IRS Form 8938

Wondering if you need to disclose your foreign bank accounts with your IRS tax return? If you have foreign assets, it might be time to start working with your tax attorney. You might be obligated to disclose these assets in an attachment to your tax return this year. And the process isn't exactly painless.

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  • 17
    Apr

Sea Level Rise Threatens Mekong Rice

BANGKOK, Apr 17, 2012 (IPS) - With Vietnam's fertile Mekong delta threatened by rising sea levels and salt water ingress, the country's future as a major rice exporter depends critically on research underway in the Philippines. Here is the original post: Sea Level Rise Threatens Mekong Rice

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  • 17
    Apr

Endangered lynx in Spain gets help

MADRID, April 16 (UPI) -- Three Iberian lynx are being released into the wild in Spain from a captive breeding program in an effort to save the endangered species, researchers said. Follow this link: Endangered lynx in Spain gets help

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  • 17
    Apr

Study: Glaciers in western Himalayas bucking global melting trend

(CNN) -- A heavily glaciated region of the Himalayas is bucking the trend of global ice loss and showing small signs of increasing in mass, according to a new study. Read more here: Study: Glaciers in western Himalayas bucking global melting trend

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  • 17
    Apr

American farmers rethink their ways in the face of climate change

The American Midwest is a breadbasket to the world, which makes climatic disruptions there a concern for all. Fortunately, the region's farmers aren't sitting by passively as the challenges to their trade begin to mount. Read more from the original source: American farmers rethink their ways in the face of climate change

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  • 17
    Apr

How Plants Grow to Escape Shade: Findings Could Lead to High-Yield Crops

ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2012) - Mild mannered though they seem, plants are extremely competitive, especially when it comes to getting their fair share of sunlight. Whether a forest or a farm, where plants grow a battle wages for the sun's rays. See more here: How Plants Grow to Escape Shade: Findings Could Lead to High-Yield Crops

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  • 17
    Apr

‘Oldest’ breeding osprey lays 62nd egg at Loch of the Lowes

An osprey which is thought to be the UK's oldest breeding female has laid her 62nd egg at a Perthshire reserve. See the article here: 'Oldest' breeding osprey lays 62nd egg at Loch of the Lowes

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  • 17
    Apr

Bald eagles make comeback in the Windy City

CHICAGO -- Stan Wandersee has lived in the same house in St. Paul, Minn., for 50 years; and he's never had any new neighbors quite as special as the ones who've moved in this spring. High up a tree, across the street, is a family of bald eagles. Read the original: Bald eagles make comeback in the Windy...

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    Apr

Planting hopes to save chestnut trees

NEW YORK, Calif., April 16 (UPI) -- The once-ubiquitous American chestnut tree, virtually wiped out by a fungus, will return to New York in an effort to re-establish the species, scientists said. Read the original here: Planting hopes to save chestnut trees

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    Apr

Two new frog species found in Philippines

MANILA (AFP) - Two new species of frog have been discovered in fast-disappearing forests in the Philippines, boosting hopes for the survival of the country's rich but threatened wildlife, scientists said Tuesday. Go here to see the original: Two new frog species found in Philippines

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