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Strange fruit Can anyone identify this seedpod (see Photo)? It comes from a small tree that grows at low altitude on the Caribbean slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental in north-eastern Puebla, Mexico. The seeds are black and solid, and seem not to have much sticky or fibrous material surrounding them.David Beck, Alberta, Canada
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2008-01-25 16:19:50

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Categories: Plants, Unanswered.

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Fishing quota 1 As we have plundered the seas of herring, cod, whales and other life, has there been an explosion of other creatures they ate or is there anything more sinister happening?Tony McNay, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex
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Asked by damian
on 2007-10-16 17:27:25

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Categories: Animals, Environment.

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Fishing quota 2 Now cod are wiped out on the Grand Banks, is it true Newfoundland fishermen are having a bonanza catching a booming crab population?Jake Marwood, Bangor, Maine
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on 2007-10-16 17:27:13

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Wheels of fortune Could hamster power be an environmentally friendly answer to the impending energy crisis? How many hamsters running on wheels would it take to provide energy for a house or a factory?Catherine Hetherington, Aberdeen, UK
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on 2007-10-16 16:12:25

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Distributory dilemma When great ice fields melt, will any resulting rise in sea level be equal at all latitudes, or will the Earth's rotation make it greater at the equator? If there is a difference, has this been factored in when discussing the effect of melting ice sheets?By email, no name or address supplied
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2007-10-10 17:55:03

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New Scientist has reported that the rivers in the Himalayas will be starved of water when the glaciers disappear. If the glaciers are neither shrinking nor growing, the amount of water fed into the rivers from the Himalayan glaciers in a year should presumably be approximately equal to precipitation in the Himalayas over the same period. Assuming that rainfall remains about the same after the glaciers disappear, why shouldnâ€™t the rivers still receive the same amount of water?Felix Lim, South Australia