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‘Transponders’ from Japan was ashore along US West Coast
Posted: September 26, 2014Northwest anglers venturing out into the Pacific Ocean in pursuit of salmon and other fish this fall may scoop up something unusual into their nets – instruments released from Japan…
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A concrete idea: MIT develops better, greener, concrete
Posted: September 25, 2014Concrete is the world’s most-used construction material, and a leading contributor to global warming, producing as much as one-tenth of industry-generated greenhouse-gas emissions. Now a new study suggests a way…
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Goats found to be better than chemicals when it comes to curbing invasive marsh grass
Posted: September 25, 2014Herbivores, not herbicides, may be the most effective way to combat the spread of one of the most invasive plants now threatening East Coast salt marshes, a new Duke University-led…
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Seattle Assesses Fine for Wasting Food
Posted: September 25, 2014The push for increased sustainable methods can be seen everywhere these days — certainly when it comes to local efforts to pare down on what we toss in the landfill….
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Amazing maps of what Antarctica looks like under all that ice
Posted: September 25, 2014New maps of the sub-ice features in Antarctica and the Arctic, featured in the new edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World published on 25 September 2014, reveal…
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A new treaty to restore Buffalo herds and grazing land
Posted: September 24, 2014This week, dignitaries from U.S. Tribes and Canadian First Nations signed a treaty-the first among them in more than 150 years-to establish intertribal alliances for cooperation in the restoration of…
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Chinese Now Emit More Carbon Per Capita Than Europeans
Posted: September 24, 2014Last year, the people of China emitted more carbon per person than those in the EU, according this year’s Global Carbon Budget. The report, updated annually, also found that global…
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Whooping Cranes being raised and released by the US Geological Survey
Posted: September 24, 2014Four whooping crane chicks raised in captivity began their integration into the wild Saturday as part of the continuing effort to increase the wild population of this endangered species. The…
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Encouraging planting trees will sequester carbon and conserve habitat
Posted: September 23, 2014Rewarding landowners for converting farmland into forest will be key to sequestering carbon and providing wildlife habitat, according to a new study by Oregon State University and collaborators. Current land-use…
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The important role that agroecological farming can play to feed the world
Posted: September 23, 2014Governments must shift subsidies and research funding from agro-industrial monoculture to small farmers using ‘agroecological’ methods, according to the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. And as Nafeez…
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