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The Problem with Food Waste
Posted: October 31, 2014Food waste is a horrendous problem in this country that no one seems to want to talk about. Yet food is the one product type that everyone consumes, and while…
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CO2 pulses and the last Ice Age
Posted: October 30, 2014A new study shows that the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide that contributed to the end of the last ice age more than 10,000 years ago did not occur gradually,…
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Researchers Track Ammonium Source in Open Ocean
Posted: October 29, 2014To understand the extent to which human activities are polluting Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, it’s important to distinguish human-made pollutants from compounds that occur naturally. A recent study co-authored by…
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Canadian bats facing bleak future
Posted: October 29, 2014With Halloween just days away, you’re undoubtedly seeing bat images everywhere, which is kind of perfect since it’s also National Bat Week. Too bad that in the real world, bats are suffering, sick…
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“Shrinking goats” another indicator that climate change affects animal size
Posted: October 29, 2014Alpine goats appear to be shrinking in size as they react to changes in climate, according to new research from Durham University. The researchers studied the impacts of changes in temperature…
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Adélie penguin chick weights correlated to temperatures
Posted: October 28, 2014Oceanographers have reported a connection between local weather conditions and the weight of Adélie penguin chicks. Adélie penguins are an indigenous species of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), one of…
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MIT finds switching to higher octane fuel would reduce carbon emissions
Posted: October 28, 2014If the majority of light-duty vehicles in the United States ran on higher-octane gasoline, the automotive industry as a whole would reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 35 million tons…
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World losing 2,000 hectares of farm soil daily to salt damage
Posted: October 28, 2014Salt-spoiled soils worldwide: 20% of all irrigated lands — an area equal to size of France; Extensive costs include $27 billion+ in lost crop value / year. UNU study identifies…
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Using Microscopic Bugs to Save the Bees
Posted: October 27, 2014For decades, honeybees have been battling a deadly disease that kills off their babies (larvae) and leads to hive collapse. It’s called American Foulbrood and its effects are so devastating…
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What could be better than LED lighting?
Posted: October 27, 2014Even as the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has enshrined light emitting diodes (LEDs) as the single most significant and disruptive energy-efficient lighting solution of today, scientists around the world…
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