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  • Slave master becomes an abolitionist

    Posted March 20, 2012 by EarthTangle Time!

    A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM CCN'S MAIN SITE:   Editor's note: Mauritania was the last country to abolish slavery. This story is part of a special report, "Slavery's Last Stronghold." Nouakchott, Mauritania (CNN) -- As a member of Mauritania's slave-owning class, Abdel Nasser Ould Ethman...

  • A Test of the Senses in the Search for a 'Shoal Mate'

    Posted March 9, 2012 by Mizan rahman

    Young coral reef fish use sounds, smells and visual cues to find their nursery grounds, according to new research from the University of Bristol, published March 8 in Ecology. Ever had to find your friend in a crowd? Imagine at a festival your mate saying: "I'll be wearing a yellow t-shirt by the h...

  • In Forests, Past Disturbances Obscure Warming Impacts

    Posted March 8, 2012 by Queen Rimi

    Past disturbances, such as logging, can obscure the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems. So reports a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper, exploring nitrogen dynamics, found that untangling climate impacts from other factors can be diffic...

  • Biodiversity

    Posted March 8, 2012 by Queen Rimi

    The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity, is commonly referred to as biodiversity. The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are al...