2/16 Reuters: Environment

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: Environment Rising ivory demand threatens Asia elephants: study February 16, 2009 at 2:17 am SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rising prices and strong demand for illegal ivory threaten the survival of Indochina's remaining elephants, according to a study by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. First carbon-free polar station opens in Antarctica February 15, 2009 at 2:50 pm PRINCESS ELISABETH BASE, Antarctica (Reuters) - The world's first zero-emission polar research station opened in Antarctica on Sunday and was welcomed by scientists as proof that alternative energy is viable even in the coldest regions. Creatures in both Arctic, Antarctic puzzle experts February 15, 2009 at 1:13 pm OSLO (Reuters) - At least 235 types of cold-loving creatures thrive in both Arctic and Antarctic seas, puzzling scientists about how they got to both ends of the earth, a study showed on Sunday. Massive effort underway to save endangered seeds February 15, 2009 at 11:29 am CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farmers and plant breeders around the globe are planting thousands of endangered seeds as part of an effort to save 100,000 varieties of food crops from extinction. U.N. urges crackdown on mercury to protect health February 15, 2009 at 6:12 am OSLO (Reuters) - Environment ministers must crack down on mercury poisoning to protect the health of hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Sunday. China vows to squeeze 60 percent more out of its water February 15, 2009 at 3:34 am BEIJING (Reuters) - China, faced with widespread water shortages exacerbated by its worst drought in decades, aims to cut the amount of water it uses to produce each dollar of national income by 60 percent by 2020, state media said.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.