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East Cost “nuisance” flooding already increasing
Posted: December 28, 2014By 2050, much of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding annually because of dramatically accelerating impacts from sea-level rise, according to…
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The mystery of the disappearing plastic trash in the oceans solved!
Posted: December 27, 2014Many of us have seen the photos of plastic refuse in the ocean, the large islands of bags and waste that collect at tidal crossroads. Yet when scientists took a…
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Christmas gift for Gray Wolves in three states
Posted: December 26, 2014Christmas came early this year for gray wolves thanks to an awesome ruling handed down by a federal judge that immediately reinstated federal protection for them in the Great Lakes region.The ruling…
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NASA maps CO2 emissions over the entire planet
Posted: December 25, 2014It’s been a busy five months for NASA’s newest carbon dioxide-monitoring satellite, snapping up to 1 million measurements a day of how carbon dioxide moves across the planet. Now NASA…
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Carbon Dioxide Threat To Mussels' Shells
Posted: December 24, 2014The world's mussel population could be under threat as rising CO2 levels in atmosphere and oceans makes their shells weaker and more brittle shells – making them more vulnerable to…
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Renewables Dominate New US Electrical Generating Capacity
Posted: December 24, 2014According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Energy Projects, wind energy and solar power combined provided over 70 percent (71.82%)…
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Temperature rise in Finland outpaces global average
Posted: December 24, 2014Over the past 166 years, the average temperature in Finland has risen by more than two degrees. During the observation period, the average increase was 0.14 degrees per decade, which…
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Do Weddell Seals have an Internal GPS?
Posted: December 23, 2014Weddell seals have biological adaptations that allow them to dive deep–as much as of hundreds of meters–while hunting, but also an uncanny ability to find the breathing holes they need…
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How the Credit Car Industry is Contributing to Pollution
Posted: December 23, 2014We all get far too much mail, especially from financial services companies. Credit card companies alone send billions of pieces of paper mail each year, and most of that gets…
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Southern Glaciers in China are Melting
Posted: December 23, 2014Glaciers in China that are a critical source of water for drinking and irrigation in India are receding fast, according to a new comprehensive inventory. In the short term, retreating…
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