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Sediment from melting Greenland glaciers visible in satellite images
Posted: October 3, 2014The glaciers on Greenland are melting, and this is releasing visible plumes of sediments to surrounding waters. NASA has released some new images showing these plumes. Toward the end of…
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California Becomes 1st State to Ban Plastic Bags
Posted: October 2, 2014It’s official: California is now the first state in the country to institute a statewide plastic bag ban! Though it took years for state legislators to pass this bill plus…
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No longer able to find sea ice, walruses turn to land
Posted: October 2, 2014A mass of thousands of walruses were spotted hauled up on land in northwest Alaska during NOAA aerial surveys earlier this week. An estimated 35,000 occupied a single beach –…
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While the Arctic is melting, the Gulf Stream remains
Posted: October 2, 2014A new study published Sunday in Nature Geoscience documents that the source of fresher Nordic Seas since 1950 is rooted in the saline Atlantic as opposed to Arctic freshwater that…
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How do we know an extreme weather event might be caused by climate change?
Posted: October 2, 2014Nowadays, when there’s a killer heat wave or serious drought somewhere, people wonder: Is this climate change at work? It’s a question scientists have struggled with for years. And now…
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NASA’s GRAIL mission sheds light on the origin of the Procellarum basin on the Moon
Posted: October 1, 2014New data obtained by NASA’s GRAIL mission reveals that the Procellarum region on the near side of the moon – a giant basin often referred to as the “man in…
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Dog waste contaminates our waterways
Posted: October 1, 2014Americans love their dogs, but they don't always love to pick up after them. And that's a problem. Dog feces left on the ground wash into waterways, sometimes carrying bacteria…
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Yellowstone Aspen recovering thanks to the Wolves
Posted: October 1, 2014Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park is undergoing dramatic shifts with consequences that are beginning to return the landscape to conditions not seen in nearly a century, according to a series…
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Climate Change and Food Security
Posted: October 1, 2014If coping with climate change is central to achieving a sustainable future for the global population, then food security lies at the heart of this effort, FAO Director-General José Graziano…
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Renewable energy capacity increases, nuclear declines
Posted: September 30, 2014Advocates of nuclear energy have long been predicting its renaissance, yet this mode of producing electricity has been stalled for years. Renewable energy, by contrast, continues to expand rapidly, even…
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