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Earth's magnetic field is fading
Scientists reported at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco that Earth's magnetic field has been fading since the mid-19th century. This and other updates from the California Academy of Sciences.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11634.asp

Mad cow is one of many mystifying diseases
For all the worry mad cow disease is generating, it's just one in a family of 10 diseases discovered so far that are arguably medicine's most mystifying maladies.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11748.asp

Date palm trees give Iranian quake survivors hope
After the earthquake flattened the citadel and the mud-brick houses of this ancient Iranian city, just about the only things left standing tall above the ruins of Bam were the mainstays of the local economy: date palms.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11746.asp

Indiana farmer's pig pens are study in sustainability
Hogs on Mark Legan's farm produce heaps of waste, filling large chambers beneath his barns. But his neighbors are unlikely to know they share the countryside with so much manure.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11742.asp

EPA enforcement chief resigns for Wal-Mart job
The Environmental Protection Agency's top enforcement official said he will leave his post later this month to become a lawyer for Sam's Club, a unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest company.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11745.asp

Maryland seeks to build green rest stop
Seven teams of architects, engineers, and college students are competing to design an environmentally friendly rest stop along Interstate 270.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11743.asp

Research ship puts scientists in the field and on the sea
In service for 16 years, the Tiglax is a floating science center with access to many of the 2,500 islands, islets, and headlands that make up the 3.5 million-acre Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11744.asp

NASA's Mars exploration follows the water
As scientists search for signs of life on Mars and elsewhere in the solar system, they are sticking to one guiding principle: follow the water.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11751.asp

EarthTalk: Does aluminum cause Alzheimers?
The editors of E/The Environmental Magazine answer questions about the connection between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease and also enlighten us about biodiesel, which may be the fuel of the future.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11747.asp

Coffee may lower diabetes risk, study says
Compared to non-coffee drinkers, men who drank more than six eight-ounce cups of caffeinated coffee per day lowered their risk of type 2 diabetes by about half, and women reduced their risk by nearly 30 percent, according to a recent study.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-01-06/s_11749.asp

Today's Press Releases (Become an Affiliate)
Direct from non-profit environmental and educational organizations.

The Trust for Public Land:
Land Near Historic Vann House Protected (GA)

The Trust for Public Land:
Lake Erie Preserve Nears Completion (OH)

The Green Guide Institute:
Safe Beef Choices in a Mad, Mad Cow World