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Europe's Plastic Bag Agreement Contested by Industry
Posted: November 26, 2014As lawmakers reached agreement this week to limit the use of plastic bags across Europe, industry voices warned that such rules will have a negative impact on trade in Europe's…
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How the environment can trigger disease
Posted: November 25, 2014Using a new imaging technique, National Institutes of Health researchers have found that the biological machinery that builds DNA can insert molecules into the DNA strand that are damaged as…
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Establishing marine protected areas to fight illegal fishing
Posted: November 25, 2014Do you know how that tuna sashimi got to your dinner plate? Probably not—and chances are, the restaurant that served it to you doesn’t know, either. A new policy paper…
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Climate change, species extinctions and tipping points
Posted: November 25, 2014Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a model that mimics how differently adapted populations may respond to rapid climate change. Their findings demonstrate that depending on a population's…
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Hope for the Monarch Butterfly
Posted: November 24, 2014When millions of monarch butterflies take to the sky and fly thousands of kilometres from the United States and southern Canada to Mexico, the view is breathtaking. But over the…
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World Bank warns effects of warming climate now unavoidable
Posted: November 24, 2014As the planet continues to warm, heat-waves and other extreme weather events that today occur once in hundreds of years, if ever, will become the “new climate normal,” creating a…
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Good News for the Black-Footed Ferret
Posted: November 24, 2014When you hear about an animal becoming extinct, most assume that the species is gone for good, never to be seen again. That’s not the case for North America’s rarest mammal,…
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Small farms the key to increasing food production
Posted: November 23, 2014All over the world, small farmers are being forced off their land to make way for corporate agriculture, writes GRAIN – and it's justified by the need to 'feed the…
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Can Volcanic Eruptions Slow Global Warming?
Posted: November 21, 2014Small volcanic eruptions might eject more of an atmosphere-cooling gas into Earth’s upper atmosphere than previously thought, potentially contributing to the recent slowdown in global warming, according to a new…
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If ladybugs move into your house this fall, make them welcome
Posted: November 21, 2014During the warm months of the year, ladybugs are like adorable, bright-colored lapel pins. They land on us, accessorize our clothing in brilliant red or orange with stylish black spots,…
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