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Can ocean acidification have a positive effect on corals?
Posted: November 5, 2014A majority of recent reports highlights the negative effects of warmer water temperatures on corals. Because of increasing numbers of bleaching events, where corals become white resulting from a loss…
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Good job: were using less water!
Posted: November 5, 2014Water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in nearly 45 years. According to a new USGS report, about 355 billion gallons of water per day (Bgal/d) were withdrawn…
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Disguised Rover Used To Help Study Penguins
Posted: November 5, 2014A group of scientists working in collaboration with a filmmaker have come up with a clever, and adorable, way to study notoriously shy Emperor penguins in Adélie Land, Antarctica by…
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Baby Boomers Advocate for Sustainable Communities, Too
Posted: November 5, 2014If we are to believe much of what we see in the press, millennials will have to make a more sustainable world to get us out of the mess that…
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Electric Vehicles and charging systems need to be moving forward in harmony
Posted: November 5, 2014In many ways electric car technology jumped to far too quickly leaving behind electric vehicle charging systems which for many years have been totally inadequate. There has been major concern…
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The prevalence of naturally occurring asbestos in the environment
Posted: November 4, 2014Naturally occurring asbestos minerals may be more widespread than previously thought, with newly discovered sources now identified within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The asbestos-rich areas are in locations not…
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Gray Wolf Sighted at Grand Canyon, Offers Hope for Species
Posted: November 4, 2014Several recent sightings of what’s believed to be a gray wolf at the Grand Canyon in Arizona have wolf advocates hopeful that its presence, which marks the first time one…
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The Spotted Lanternfly, colorful invader
Posted: November 4, 2014The spotted lanternfly has officially arrived in the U.S., and leaders in Pennsylvania are hoping it won't be staying long. The invasive pest poses a threat to fruit orchards and…
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The complicated relationship between ice sheets and climate
Posted: November 4, 2014Heinrich events, in which large masses of icebergs rapidly broke free from ice sheets during the last ice age, are thought to have influenced global climate by interrupting ocean circulation…
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Study links childhood leukemia and power lines
Posted: October 31, 2014Researchers from the UK have called into question a theory suggesting that a previously reported risk of leukemia among children born close to overhead power lines could be caused by…
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