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First ever worldwide census of caribou and reindeer reveals a dramatic decline

(PhysOrg.com) -- Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60 per cent in the last three decades.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Upside to global warming: 'New North' will thrive

Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a UCLA geographer predicts in a new book.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 21

Science fiction-style sabotage a fear in new hacks

When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

Technology / Other

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 21

New business theory shows compensation plans can make or break a firm

(PhysOrg.com) -- Greed has been blamed for most of Wall Street's woes and the banking sector's recent collapse, but two professors at Washington University in St. Louis say envy is really to blame. And, they warn, envy is ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Climate change generates more Arctic tundra vegetation

Researchers in Finland have discovered that climate change has impacted various regions of the Arctic tundra by helping increase the levels of vegetation. Their data suggest that this rise could potentially ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Study unravels origin of devastating kiwifruit bacterium

An international research team led by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Boris Vinatzer and Giorgio Balestra of the University of Tuscia in Italy has used the latest DNA sequencing technology to trace a devastating ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EU plans to hammer oil giants for coastal pollution: source

EU energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger is preparing legislation to force oil-drilling companies to pay for pollution caused up to 200 nautical miles off European coastlines, a source said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Next Iceland eruption will likely cause less havoc: experts

A new volcano eruption on Iceland could happen again soon, but will likely wreak less havoc than the one that caused massive airspace shutdowns earlier this year, experts said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Achtung, bunny's back in town

Hares, foxes and wild boar are increasingly migrating into Germany's cities, causing havoc and even sometimes endangering humans, a major wildlife organisation said on Monday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists mount a 'sting operation' in Thailand to tackle a devastating pest outbreak

In the start of a carefully crafted emergency campaign to thwart a pest outbreak that is wreaking havoc on Thailand's vital cassava production, agricultural researchers will release a quarter of a million parasitic wasps ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Tree of Life' fighting for life

Scientists from The University of Nottingham have joined forces with researchers in Africa to tackle a lethal disease which is devastating a vital resource and foodstuff... the coconut palm.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When worlds collide: Researchers harness supercomputers to understand solar storm, magnetosphere

If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Havoc

Havoc, Havok, or Havock means general destruction, devastation, desolation or wasting. It may refer to:

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