http://www.ecoworld.com Environmental News, Information & Articles on Climate Change, Global Warming and Sustainability Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:06:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AMES, Iowa, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- After three years and $30 million, U.S. scientists have finished mapping the complete genome sequence of corn, the most widely eaten cereal after rice. A strain of corn called B73 may prove to be a textbook of how genes work, said Patrick Schnable, a ... http://www.ecoworld.com/technology/scientists-complete-corn-genome.html MIAMI, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A spokesman for Miami MetroZoo said one of its two jaguars died while undergoing surgery for a stomach problem. Zoo spokesman Ron Magill said Palenque the jaguar died Wednesday, The Miami Herald reported Friday. A necropsy was performed but results were pending. Magill said the 129-pound male jaguar ... http://www.ecoworld.com/animals/miami-metrozoo-jaguar.html LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A proposed Google program would allow anyone with Internet access to spot illegal logging in tropical rainforests and report it, the company said. The program, to be released next year, would let so-called armchair detectives report their findings to an agency monitoring whether countries were meeting ... http://www.ecoworld.com/forests/google-aid-tropical-rainforests.html SYDNEY, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Firefighters battled dozens of bushfires in South Australia Friday as record-breaking temperatures and lightning storms continued, officials say. Emergency crews fought scores of fires in the populous state of New South Wales, some on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. "There is quite a deal ... http://www.ecoworld.com/nature/heat-lightning-spark-bushfires.html WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A Maryland farm must identify and track animals treated with drugs before selling the livestock for slaughter for human consumption, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Garbis told Old Carolina Farm and owner Francis Roderick to establish a record-keeping system to keep tabs ... http://www.ecoworld.com/agriculture/judge-farm-must-track-drugs-livestock.html This NASA photo taken by STS-129 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis shows Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, as he works on the flight deck of Atlantis during flight day two activities, November 17, 2009. UPI/NASA Date Taken: November 19, 2009 http://www.ecoworld.com/photos/astronaut-robert-l-satcher-jr-works-flight-deck-space-shuttle-atlantis.html Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks on the health care reform bill at a health care rally in Washington on November 19, 2009. Reid said that the Senate would hold a health care test vote this Saturday. Reid was joined by Sen. Chrid Dodd (D-CT). UPI/Kevin Dietsch Date Taken: November 19, ... http://www.ecoworld.com/photos/sen-reid-d-nv-speaks-health-care-reform-washington.html Sen. Charles Shumer (D-NY) speaks on the health care reform bill at a health care rally in Washington on November 19, 2009. Senate Majority Leader Reid said that the Senate would hold a health care test vote this Saturday. Schumer was joined by Sen. Chrid Dodd (D-CT) (2nd-L), Sen. Harry ... http://www.ecoworld.com/photos/sen-schumer-d-ny-speaks-health-care-reform-washington.html Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks on the health care reform bill at a health care rally in Washington on November 19, 2009. Senate Majority Leader Reid said that the Senate would hold a health care test vote this Saturday. Harkin was joined by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) (L), Sen. Charles ... http://www.ecoworld.com/photos/sen-harkin-d-ia-speaks-health-care-reform-washington.html This NASA photo taken by STS-129 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis shows the International Space Station as the two approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three, November 18, 2009. UPI/NASA Date Taken: November 19, 2009 http://www.ecoworld.com/photos/international-space-station-seen-space-shuttle-atlantis.html