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New study links carbon emissions and climate warming
Posted: December 2, 2014Research has identified, for the first time, how global warming is related to the amount of carbon emitted.A team of researchers from the universities of Southampton, Bristol and Liverpool have…
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What Drives the Global Warming Debate?
Posted: December 1, 2014Scientists have presented the most comprehensive evidence to date that climate extremes such as droughts and record temperatures are failing to change people’s minds about global warming. Instead, political orientation is…
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Is Premium Milk on the Horizon?
Posted: December 1, 2014Could premium milk be the greatest coup for beverage companies since bottled water? Coca-Cola apparently thinks so. Like its competitors within the beverage industry, the company is trying to find…
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Do City Birds Outlive Country Birds?
Posted: December 1, 2014Researchers at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center have found four bird species living in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region that survive longer than those living in rural settings. The study…
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Education is a key to climate change adaption
Posted: December 1, 2014Given that some climate change is already unavoidable investing in empowerment through universal education should be an essential element in climate change adaptation efforts, which so far focus mostly in…
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The link between Omega-3 fatty acid and stopping smoking
Posted: November 30, 2014Think you’ve tried everything to quit smoking, but just couldn’t do it? Then you’ll want to read on. According to a new study, taking omega-3 supplements reduces craving for nicotine…
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Manatees need some love too!
Posted: November 29, 2014Manatees can be divided up into three distinct species that roughly correlate to where they live. The West Indian manatee lives in the Caribbean and is divided into two subspecies: the Florida…
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How dangerous ARE fracking chemicals really?
Posted: November 28, 2014The “surfactant” chemicals found in samples of fracking fluid collected in five states were no more toxic than substances commonly found in homes, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by researchers…
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Turkey might be a better choice than fish in the tropics!
Posted: November 27, 2014On a tropical island vacation, one of the last things you want to worry about is food poisoning. Yet for many, a trip to the tropics includes a painful education…
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Think Geoengineering is a quick fix for global warming?
Posted: November 26, 2014The deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system is not a “quick fix” for global warming, according to the findings of the UK’s first publicly funded studies on geoengineering.The…
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