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Five Years and Counting: Gulf Wildlife in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Posted: April 17, 2015Five years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, sending oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, wildlife are still struggling. The Gulf, with its deep waters, sandy beaches,…
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Species loss linked to unstable production of grassland ecosystem
Posted: April 17, 2015Losing plant species is directly linked to long-term declines in the stable productivity of grasslands, a new study has shown. The study demonstrates for the first time that for every decrease…
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Think Different: Apple and conservation
Posted: April 17, 2015Marking a precedent-setting conservation partnership, Apple and the Conservation Fund will purchase two large areas of working forest, the organizations announced on Thursday. The move is expected to conserve “more than 36,000 acres of…
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Study shows how climate affects biodiversity
Posted: April 16, 2015A key question in the climate debate is how the occurrence and distribution of species is affected by climate change. But without information about natural variation in species abundance it…
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Bird populations decline years after Fukushima's nuclear catastrophe
Posted: April 16, 2015This is the time of year when birds come out and really spread their wings, but since a disastrous day just before spring’s arrival four years ago, Japan’s Fukushima province…
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Human sweat conveys our emotional state!
Posted: April 16, 2015Humans may be able to communicate positive emotions like happiness through the smell of our sweat, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological…
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New oil repellant materials could help clean up oil spills
Posted: April 15, 2015University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have announced a significant step forward in the development of materials that can ward off oil — a discovery that could lead to new protective coatings…
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Japan's 'scientific whaling' fail
Posted: April 15, 2015Japan's latest plans for 'scientific whaling' in the Southern Ocean have fallen at the first hurdle, writes Tony Press. The IWC's expert panel says Japan's proposal contains 'insufficient information' on…
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How California distributes scarce water
Posted: April 15, 2015The state of California is asking a basic question right now that people often fight over: What's a fair way to divide up something that's scarce and valuable? That "something,"…
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What lead is doing to our students
Posted: April 14, 2015Every child's ability to succeed in school is influenced by lots of external factors: teacher quality, parenting, poverty, geography, to name a few. But far less attention has been paid…
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