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Report: Tropical rainforest, mountain species may be threatened by global warming

Tropical plant and animal species living in some of the warmest places on Earth may be threatened by global warming, according to an article in the Oct. 10 issue of journal Science.

Tropical rainforest and mountain species may be threatened by global warming

Contrary to conventional wisdom, tropical plant and animal species living in some of the warmest places on Earth may be threatened by global warming, according to an article by University of Connecticut Ecologist Robert K. Colwell and colleagues in this week's (Oct. 10) issue of Science magazine.

Tropical Rainforest And Mountain Species May Be Threatened By Global Warming

Contrary to conventional wisdom, tropical plant and animal species living in some of the warmest places on Earth may be threatened by global warming, according to an article by University of Connecticut Ecologist Robert K. Colwell and colleagues the journal Science.

Report: Tropical rainforest, mountain species may be threatened by global warming

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tropical plant and animal species living in some of the warmest places on Earth may be threatened by global warming, according to an article in the Oct. 10 issue of journal Science.

Report: Tropical rainforest, mountain species may be threatened by global warming

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tropical plant and animal species living in some of the warmest places on Earth may be threatened by global warming, according to an article in the Oct. 10 issue of journal Science.

Global warming sending tropical species uphill: study (AFP)

is driving tropical plant and animal species to higher altitudes, potentially leaving lowland rainforest with nothing to take their place, ecologists argue in this week's issue of Science.

Tropical species also threatened by climate change

If you can't stand global warming, get out of the tropics. While the most significant harm from climate change so far has been in the polar regions, tropical plants and animals may face an even greater threat, say scientists who studied conditions in Costa Rica.

Tropical Species Also Threatened By Climate Change

(AP) If you can't stand global warming, get out of the tropics. While the most significant harm from climate change so far has been in the polar regions, tropical plants and animals may face an even greater threat, say scientists who studied conditions in Costa Rica.

Tropical species 'heading uphill'

Washington - Global warming is driving tropical plant and animal species to higher altitudes, potentially leaving lowland rainforest with nothing to take their place, ecologists argue in this week's issue of Science.

Global Recession Likely, Wachovia Says

(RTTNews) - Global real GDP growth averaged nearly 5 percent per annum between 2004 and 2007, the strongest four-year period of growth in decades. However, real GDP growth rates have slowed in most countries this year, and we look for further deceleration in 2009, say the analysts at Wachovia. Indeed, we project that global GDP will grow only 2 percent in 2009, the slowest year for global growth since 1993. If credit markets remain frozen for a prolonged period of time, global growth next year could be even slower than our official projection. Indeed, it is very difficult to forecast with any reasonable degree of certainty during the middle of a global financial crisis. Underlying all of our projections is our assumption that policymakers will take the necessary steps to prevent the global financial system from completely imploding.

Global warming awareness spread through art

Global warming at the Icebox, an exhibit of various artists dedicated to bringing attention to the world's global warming crisis, will be on display at the Crane Arts Building until Nov. 15.

Global financial crisis may put Beirut's cellular sell-off on hold

BEIRUT: The global credit crunch and wait-and-see approaches by many Gulf Arab investors may prevent the privatization of Lebanon's cellular networks in the foreseeable future, some economists warned on Thursday. "This may not be the time to invite foreign and Arab companies to bid for the country's two cellular networks. The financial crisis may turn into a recession in 2009 and of course this will have an impact on the region in general," economist Kamal Hamdan told The Daily Star.

Rubber Duckies For Global Warming Research

The Wall Street Journal has a look at global warming research using rubber duckies. The toys have been employed in tracking ocean currents since 1992; but recently NASA robotics expert Alberto Behar released 90 yellow rubber ducks into the melt water flowing down a chasm in a Greenland glacier. "Each duck was imprinted with an email address and, in three languages, the offer of a reward. If all goes well, Dr. Behar hopes that one day they will emerge 30 miles or so away at the glacier's edge in the open water of Disko Bay near Ilulissat, bobbing brightly amid the icebergs north of the Arctic Circle, each one a significant clue to just how warming temperatures may speed the glacier's slide to the sea."

1/3 of Amphibians Dying Out

Death Metal sends in a Scientific American article reporting that 2,000 of 6,000 amphibian species are endangered worldwide. A combination of environmental assaults, including global warming, seems to be responsible. "... national parks and other areas protected from pollution and development are providing no refuge. The frogs and salamanders of Yellowstone National Park have been declining since the 1980s, according to a Stanford University study, as global warming dries out seasonal ponds, leaving dried salamander corpses in their wake. Since the 1970s, nearly 75 percent of the frogs and other amphibians of La Selva Biological Station in Braulio Carrillo National Park in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica have died, perhaps due to global warming.

Last Minute Bush Administration Changes Undermine Endangered Species Act

WASHINGTON (September 17, 2008) — Although scientists say nearly 30 percent of the world’s plant and animal species could become extinct due to global warming, the federal government may not notice if the Bush administration’s proposed rule changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) are allowed to take effect, The Wilderness Society charged in comments submitted to the Department of Interior late yesterday.

j2 Global to Present Today at UBS Global Technology and Services

j2 Global Communications, Inc. JCOM, the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communication services, today announced its participation at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference in New York. Scott Turicchi, president of j2 Global, will present at the conference. Details are as follows:

j2 Global to Present Today at UBS Global Technology and Services Conference

LOS ANGELES (Business Wire) -- j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM), the provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communication services, today announced its participation at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference in New York. Scott Turicchi, president of j2 Global, will present at the conference. Details are as follows:

Learning to like it hot

By 2050, new developments may offer the promise of stabilising and reversing global warming. Schemes will emerge to seed the atmosphere with aerosols, microfoils and other particulate matter that scatter incoming sunlight and reduce temperatures at sea level. Nanoparticle and biological additives may be designed to increase the reflective properties of the oceans and compensate for loss of albedo associated with the reduction of ice cap coverage. Giant mirrors, land-based and in orbit, could track the sun to augment this reflection. More futuristically, techniques may be discovered to alter the temperature and chemical gradients of our seas and shape the great ocean currents to achieve a more benign global climate outcome.

Bookit Oy: The Inventor of SMS, Mr Makkonen Received an International Innovation Award

Mr Matti Makkonen had discussed the idea of a Message Handling Service for GSM digital mobile phone in1984 in a pizzeria in Copenhagen with two other Finns Mr Tiainen and Mr Tapiola during a conference of mobile phone communication's future. When the development of GSM digital mobile phone standard was extended from the Nordic countries initiative to global ETSI workgroup, the idea of SMS was proposed to be included as a global standard. Makkonen reminds that global collaboration is essential in order to bring the new technology to global scale. "Without this international collaboration the SMS would not have become a global success story", says Makkonen. Today the SMS is available on global scale on a wide range of networks, including 3G networks.

Bookit Oy: The Inventor of SMS, Mr Makkonen Received an International Innovation Award

HELSINKI, Finland (Business Wire) -- Mr Matti Makkonen had discussed the idea of a Message Handling Service for GSM digital mobile phone in1984 in a pizzeria in Copenhagen with two other Finns Mr Tiainen and Mr Tapiola during a conference of mobile phone communication's future. When the development of GSM digital mobile phone standard was extended from the Nordic countries initiative to global ETSI workgroup, the idea of SMS was proposed to be included as a global standard. Makkonen reminds that global collaboration is essential in order to bring the new technology to global scale. "Without this international collaboration the SMS would not have become a global success story", says Makkonen. Today the SMS is available on global scale on a wide range of networks, including 3G networks.

Bookit Oy: The Inventor of SMS, Mr Makkonen Received an International Innovation Award

HELSINKI, Finland --(Business Wire)-- Mr Matti Makkonen had discussed the idea of a Message Handling Service for GSM digital mobile phone in1984 in a pizzeria in Copenhagen with two other Finns Mr Tiainen and Mr Tapiola during a conference of mobile phone communication's future. When the development of GSM digital mobile phone standard was extended from the Nordic countries initiative to global ETSI workgroup, the idea of SMS was proposed to be included as a global standard. Makkonen reminds that global collaboration is essential in order to bring the new technology to global scale. "Without this international collaboration the SMS would not have become a global success story", says Makkonen. Today the SMS is available on global scale on a wide range of networks, including 3G networks.

Global Traffic Technologies Wins $6.75 Million Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement...

Global Traffic Technologies Wins $6.75 Million Jury Verdict in Patent Infringement Suit against Competitor ST. PAUL, Minn.--(Business Wire)-- A jury in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis returned a damages verdict on Oct. 22 in favor of Global Traffic Technologies, LLC, headquartered in St. Paul, Minn. Global Traffic Technologies was awarded $6.75 million in damages for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,172,113 by defendant Tomar Electronics, Inc. The jury trial for damages began on October 2, before Chief Judge Michael J. Davis. Global Traffic Technologies markets and sells the patented Opticom(TM) Infrared System for emergency vehicle preemption and transit signal priority. Tomar Electronics, based in Gilbert, Ariz., marketed and sold the Strobecom(TM) II traffic preemption system.

Viewing animals like shares reveals vanishing species

THE world's mammals are in crisis, with about 1 in 5 species threatened with extinction. That is the bleak headline news from the latest revision of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, released on 6 October.

Report: Global warming makes animals move

Global warming is forcing animals to higher elevations, causing them to intrude on established populations, a U.S. scientific journal says.

One in Four Mammal Species at Risk of Extinction, Report Shows

World Wildlife Fund said today that governments must double their efforts to save endangered species, as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List revealed that one in four of the world's 5,487 known mammal species was at risk of extinction. Species such as tree kangaroos, narwhals and Irrawaddy dolphins are now closer to extinction, say WWF scientists who helped compile the list and work around the world to save endangered species and habitats.

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