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If you sit all day at a desk, please get up and walk around now and then!
Posted: May 1, 2015A new study suggests that engaging in low intensity activities such as standing may not be enough to offset the health hazards of sitting for long periods of time. On…
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What ecosystem is most at threat from human impact?
Posted: April 30, 2015An international team of scientists has used the 23-million-year fossil record to calculate which marine animals and ecosystems are most at risk of extinction today. In a paper published in the…
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Plane de-icing agents contribute to soil and groundwater contamination at airports
Posted: April 30, 2015Spring has arrived in Europe with mild temperatures and sunshine. Where just a few weeks ago the ground was frozen and partly covered in snow and ice, it is now…
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Reducing impaired-driving crashes proves good for the economy too
Posted: April 30, 2015The halving of alcohol-fuelled car crashes since the mid-1980s boosted US economic output by $20 billion, increased national income by $6.5 billion, and created 215,000 jobs in 2010, reveals an…
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Can organic farming reverse agriculture from a carbon source to a carbon sink?
Posted: April 29, 2015More than a third of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture and a new theory suggest human can reverse global warming by sequestering several hundred billion tons of excess…
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Oregon State University study links climate changes in Northern and Southern Hemispheres – with 200 year lag
Posted: April 29, 2015A new study using evidence from a highly detailed ice core from West Antarctica shows a consistent link between abrupt temperature changes on Greenland and Antarctica during the last ice…
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Selective logging may underestimate carbon stock
Posted: April 29, 2015Up to 64 percent of above-ground biomass in selectively logged forests may consist of dead wood left over from logging damage, argues a paper published this week in Environmental Research…
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New approach to energy savings for supermarkets
Posted: April 29, 2015The capacity to deliver continuous electricity for refrigeration is one of the central planks of the modern-day food distribution system.Using fossil fuel-generated energy to refrigerate and freeze foods around the clock…
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How soon after the big bang did water form in the early universe?
Posted: April 28, 2015How soon after the Big Bang could water have existed? Not right away, because water molecules contain oxygen and oxygen had to be formed in the first stars. Then that…
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Parrotfish play critical role in building coral reefs
Posted: April 28, 2015As well as being a beautiful species capable of changing its colour, shape and even gender, new research published today shows that parrotfish, commonly found on healthy coral reefs, can…
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