Canadian scientists clone famous bull
Canadian researchers said Friday they cloned a male calf from the cells of Canada's world-renowned Starbuck Holstein bull, which sired more than 200,000 cows, bulls and calves before dying in 1998.
Canadian researchers said Friday they cloned a male calf from the cells of Canada's world-renowned Starbuck Holstein bull, which sired more than 200,000 cows, bulls and calves before dying in 1998.
The era of 60-mpg and better cars was ushered in as two-seater "hybrids" arrived at Honda dealers in California. The Insight is the first car sold in the United States that uses gasoline and electric
Ford Motor Co. said that it is resigning from a coalition of oil companies, automakers, electric utilities and others opposed to the Kyoto Treaty, an international agreement to reduce emissions from
A record of climate held frozen in a Himalayan glacier revealed that the last decade was the warmest of the past millennium, scientists reported yesterday. Science journal reports that the Dasuopu
A t the latest round of international talks aimed at shaping a treaty on global warming, delegates from oil- producing countries insisted that any final accord include a commitment to compensate them
Does your sneezing and hayfever seem to be getting worse each year? Blame global warming. Researchers with the U.S. Agriculture Department said Yesterday that higher carbon dioxide (CO2) levels
The periodic El Nino warming of the Pacific Ocean also reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the air--a chemical some say contributes to global warming--according to a study being published in the
Canada pumped out 1.5 per cent more greenhouse gas in 1997 than in 1997, despite a commitment to reduce its emissions, the government department Environment Canada
The fight against global warming is the most profound economic challenge facing Canada since the Second World War, says a secret cabinet document that outlines a $1.6 billion, five-year plan to
A study by the Irish government has revealed that emissions of greenhouse gases, including sulphur dioxide rose dramatically during the 1990's.The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) report,
The past decade has been the warmest for 1,000 years, according to an analysis of ice cores drilled from a glacier in the Himalayas. The findings, which were published in the journal Science, offer
The methane belched out by Australia's 140m sheep and cattle accounts for one-seventh of its greenhouse gas emissions.Researchers aim to cut the animals' methane emissions and increase production of
Nordic and Baltic environment ministers plan to use the Baltic Sea region as a 'testing ground' for life under the Kyoto Protocol's demands.Norwegian Environment Minister Siri Bjerke announced on 12
In another indication that the Earth may bewarming, an analysis of ice samples drilled from deep inside a glacier shows that the last century has been the hottest period in 1,000 years high in the
Oil from summer cypress can combat West Nile virus
britain's bg International Limited has discovered 594,645 cubic metres of natural gas in the first well it has drilled off the coast of Israel. " bg International has discovered gas in
The war of wits that goes on between plants and viruses
in spite of protests by villagers of Pulichintala, the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed to construct a Rs 675-crore dam downstream of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project near the village in Guntur
The cost of US inaction on climate change is colossal
US presidential candidates, predictably enough, harp on developing country participation but avoid mention of either per capita emissions or historical responsibility