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The Aral Desert: Once a Sea – Now, All Dried Up
Posted: October 27, 2014The Aral Sea is a well known environmental disaster zone. But this year, it got a whole worse, writes Anson Mackay, as its biggest basin dried up completely to expose…
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Ocean Plays Important Role in Past Climate Change
Posted: October 27, 2014Most of the concerns about climate change have focused on the amount of greenhouse gases that have been released into the atmosphere. But in a new study published in Science, a…
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Ebola – vaccines under development show promise
Posted: October 27, 2014Not everyone who contracts the Ebola virus dies, the survival rate is around 30% suggesting that some kind of immunity to the disease is possible. Experimental treatments and vaccines against…
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Sit less for a healthier life!
Posted: October 17, 2014The more time you spend sitting, the shorter and less healthy your life will tend to be—that’s the new consensus among researchers. Even the World Health Organization (WHO) now lists…
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Can the corridors under high-tension lines be important opportunities for conservation?
Posted: October 17, 2014Often mowed and doused with herbicides, power transmission lines have long been a bane for environmentalists. But that’s changing, as some utilities are starting to manage these areas as potentially…
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How Offshore Wind Farms Affect Marine Species
Posted: October 17, 2014Offshore wind power is a valuable source of renewable energy that can help reduce carbon emissions. Technological advances are allowing higher capacity turbines to be installed in deeper water, but…
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Which Form of Energy is the Cheapest?
Posted: October 17, 2014Which kind of power is the cheapest? Listen to energy companies, and they’ll insist that traditional forms like gas and coal are the way to go. Of course, they have…
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Abundant natural gas will not slow climate change according to new study
Posted: October 16, 2014A new analysis of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty of inexpensive natural gas alone would not slow the…
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Can renewables supply 100% of world’s power by 2050?
Posted: October 16, 2014A global low-carbon energy economy is not only feasible – it could actually double electricity supply by 2050, while also reducing air and water pollution, according to new research. Even…
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Mom was right, eating breakfast is important!
Posted: October 15, 2014According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), many teens skip breakfast, which increases their likelihood of overeating and eventual weight gain. Statistics show that the number of…
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