A Sampling of Clips for
February 21, 2003
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More than 100 protest UCSD
medical school's use of dogs
San
Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 20 - More than 100 doctors,
medical students and others rallied in protest yesterday outside
a University of California, San Diego classroom
where dogs were being used and killed as part of the first year
medical school curriculum. (Quotes UCSD pathology
and neurosciences professor Dr. Lawrence Hansen
and UCSD pharmacology professor Laurence
Brunton).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20030220-9999_7m20dog.html
Climate
scientists chime in on California's water shortfall
San Diego Daily Transcript, Feb. 19
- The water fortunes of Southern California and San Diego in
particular took a hit this past New Year's Eve when a negotiation
deadline set for that day came and went with no agreement among
regional water resource managers. Scripps Institution
of Oceanography climatologists Dan Cayan
and Mike Dettinger were involved in the CALFED
Bay-Delta Program to make sure climate science is part of the
mix in this ambitious water management project.
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Water issues
will dominate California's agenda this year
Environmental News Network, Feb. 21 - Drought grips much of
North America, forcing water agencies in many regions to threaten
reduced deliveries to cities and farms. California, which is
prone to recurrent drought, constantly faces the prospect of
water shortages. Several events will coincide this year to give
water policy even more prominence than usual in California.
A team of researchers including scientists from the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography used temperature data to
predict likely changes in precipitation and runoff patterns
for three major river systems in the West.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-21/s_2604.asp
Split growing
over Brazil's economic moves
United Press International, Feb. 20
- Less than two months in office, Brazil's new government is
beginning to show the strains of trying to push one of the world's
largest emerging markets out of the doldrums. Some argue that
a decision by officials to raise interest rates to 26.5 percent
from 25.5 percent will only stifle credit and choke the economy.
(Quotes Richard Feinberg, an economist at the
University of California, San Diego).
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