Mammoth's genome pieced together

A US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.

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Hadron Collider repairs cost £14m

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will cost almost £14m ($21m) to repair and hopefully be back up and running for June 2009.

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Technology to eradicate malaria

Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat and ultimately help eradicate malaria, says a report.

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Mardell's Europe

Why fishermen are letting their cod slip the net

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Bush 'seeks to ease wildlife law'

US environmentalists accuse President Bush of trying to rush through changes to the Endangered Species Act.

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EU agrees cod stocks rescue plans

European fisheries ministers agree a plan aimed at increasing dwindling cod stocks, including better nets and new quotas.

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Why the EU must not dim its ambition to phase out wasteful light bulbs

EU plans to phase out the use of traditional light-bulbs need to be a shining example for the rest of the world to follow.

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Recipe for rescuing our reefs

The colourful world of coral reefs is under threat as oceans absorb greater quantities of carbon, but not all hope is lost.

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Home from home

International Space Station marks its tenth anniversary

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Rare penguin took over from rival

Human arrival in New Zealand led to the extinction of one penguin species to the advantage of another, scientists suggest.

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Obama to 'engage' on climate

US President-elect Barack Obama promises to "engage vigorously" on climate change, ahead of a major UN summit.

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Big cat fossil found in North Sea

A fossilised bone from a sabre-toothed cat has been dredged up from the seabed by a trawler off the UK coast.

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Bird's eye view

Darwin's pigeons, a lost warbler and the smelly seabirds

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Tech that trumps traffic tangles

The location data of satellite navigation systems looks set to improve traffic monitoring and town planning.

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Japan licences whalemeat import

The Japanese government issues a licence for importation of a consignment of whalemeat from Iceland and Norway.

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Slow progress on ocean protection

Two year after pledging to protect 10% of the oceans, governments have protected less than 1%, a survey finds.

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Oldest nuclear family 'murdered'

A 4,600 year-old family group discovered in south east Germany suffered a violent death, experts find.

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Windpipe transplant breakthrough

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.

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Good vibration

Volcano prediction garners award for Scottish scientist

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Space crunch

Balancing space ambitions against limited funds

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Lost in space: Tool trouble for astronaut

Spacewalking astronauts working on the International Space Station lose a tool bag in orbit.

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Sparrow numbers 'plummet by 68%'

The loss of green spaces in Britain has caused the number of house sparrows to drop sharply in the past 30 years.

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Final plea on Earth observation

Leading Earth observation scientists urge Gordon Brown to back Europe's environmental monitoring project, GMES.

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New friends

Why environmental groups are as relevant as ever

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Ancient turtle discovered on Skye

The earliest turtles to live in water have been discovered on - and named after - the Scottish island of Skye.

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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

Luigi Guarino and Jeremy Cherfas aim to include on this blog, nuggets of information on anything that relates to agrobiodiversity, and welcome contributions from others.

http://agro.biodiver.se/

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Food and Agriculture Organization's agriculture website. Includes a news magazine plus guides and links to information on livestock, biotechnology, land/water development, crop production, plant protection, agricultural support systems.

http://www.fao.org/ag

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth.

http://www.agr.gc.ca/

Alternative Agriculture Marketing and Business Practices

AFSIC's overview of marketing and business options for small-scale agricultural producers covers direct marketing, value-added expertise, commodity data, regulatory programs, business planning tools, subject guides and web sites.

http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=2&tax_level=1&tax_subject=299

Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, NAS/NRC

Part of U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. Topics on site include animal nutrition, pesticides, and federal funding of agricultural research.

http://dels.nas.edu/banr/

CIAT: International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Carries out research into agriculture and crops. Details of projects, regional activities, educational information, project databases.

http://www.ciat.cgiar.org

COST Action 866: Green Care in Agriculture

International co-operative project to increase scientific knowledge on the best way to implement green care in agriculture, through research and working groups.

http://www.umb.no/?avd=128

EARD InfoSys

European Information System on Agricultural Research website. Links and information on research on crops, agricultural, and fisheries topics.

http://www.infosysplus.org/

The Earth's Carrying Capacity - Some Literature Reviews

A review spread over hundreds of pages, of the global literature on degradation of soils, crop, grazing and forest lands, and fisheries.

http://home.alltel.net/bsundquist1

EliteFarmer

Collection of PDF files and links, grouped by sector, providing an agricultural portal for products, services and information.

http://www.elitefarmer.com/

FieldRobotEvent

The use of autonomous, small robots in agriculture is expected to revolutionize field work. Professional, university or school teams are invited to enter their robots for an open-air field contest.

http://www.fieldrobotevent.de/

FoodSHIELD

Web-based food defence network designed to enable departments of agriculture and health, as well as laboratories, to communicate and coordinate with their peers in the US and Canada.

http://www.foodshield.org

GARDEN-InfoSys+

Maps the German landscape of agricultural research for development (ARD) and offers access to German web resources in ARD.

http://www.garden-infosys.de/

National Institute of Agricultural Botany

Independent UK body specialising in agriculture, horticulture and food. It supplies a number of services including consultancy, training, and technical advice to governments, supra-governmental agencies, agribusiness and farmers.

http://www.niab.com/

Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry

Provides resources for the integration of agriculture into urban planning. Website holds a number of papers and links to related sites.

http://www.ruaf.org/

The Small Farm Resource

Aims to disseminate information of use to people with small farms or rural property. Topics include aquaculture, beekeeping, livestock, orchard and forage crops, and pests.

http://www.farminfo.org/

Urban Agriculture News

News service that provides a review of daily news and publishes monthly newsletters serving the community of practitioners, developers and theorists that are planning and practicing agriculture within cities.

http://www.urbanagriculture-news.com/

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Describes its main functions, and with a collection of links on current agricultural news and research.

http://www.usda.gov/

World Agricultural Group

Publishes articles on agriculture and related topics as part of a program for agricultural and environmental education intended to provide basic knowledge about the agro-ecosystem and its management.

http://www.world-agriculture.com/