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New Algae Grows in Darkness

Inserting a single new gene into the DNA of a type of algae allowed the microscopic plant to thrive in darkness, growing vigorously without the need for sunlight, scientists say.
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Absorbing Water Makes Ground Bulge

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Environment news // 14 June, 2001 06:20:48
 Unusually large amounts of water flowing into porous underground formations can make the land swell up like a flat sponge that suddenly grows when tossed into water.

Scientist: Bleaching May Help Reefs

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Environment news // 13 June, 2001 10:01:47
 Coral bleaching - in which colorful reefs turn ghostly white - may not necessarily signal environmental catastrophe after all, a researcher says.

Calif. Biologists Swap Condor Eggs

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Environment news // 06 June, 2001 11:05:53
 Biologists are playing a shell game with California condor eggs, as part of an effort to help the endangered species breed in the wild.

Study May Pressure Bush on Climate

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Environment news // 06 June, 2001 10:57:14
 President Bush is reviewing a White House-requested study that calls global warming ``real and particularly strong within the past 20 years' as he prepares to face European leaders angered by his attack on a 1997 climate change treaty.

Study of Earth's Health Planned

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Environment news // 06 June, 2001 10:54:13
 On World Environment Day, the United Nations joined forces Tuesday with 1,500 leading scientists and a host of public and private organizations to launch the first major study of the health of planet Earth.

Weed Cuts Off Water to Mexico Town

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Environment news // 04 June, 2001 05:09:10
 At the last stop for water rationed to dozens of Mexican and Texas cities along the Rio Grande, two species of wildly growing weeds have created fears of a drought.

Climate Modeling Spurs Computing Revolution

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Environment news // 02 June, 2001 05:55:01
 NASA would like to examine our home planet just as scientists study living cells under a microscope or an atom in an accelerator. NASA wants to understand how nature's energy is transformed and used by Earth, and the role it plays in global climate change.

Increased Shrubbery Found in Arctic

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Environment news // 31 May, 2001 04:35:17
 Scientists in the Alaskan Arctic have discovered that shrubs are growing larger and spreading across previously barren territory in the tundra. The findings add to the scientific consensus that the region is gradually getting warmer.

Global Warming Carbon Experiments

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Environment news // 24 May, 2001 09:21:10
 Experiments conducted in a North Carolina pine forest show that after an initial growth spurt, trees grow more slowly and do not absorb as much excess carbon from the atmosphere as expected.

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