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Fall foliage may be delayed, but will last longer
Posted: September 18, 2014The fall foliage season that prompts millions of Americans to undertake jaunts into the countryside each year could come much later and possibly last a little longer within a century,…
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Finding Nemo
Posted: September 18, 2014Clownfish spend their entire lives nestling in the protective tentacles of host anemones, but new research shows that as babies they sometimes travel hundreds of kilometres across the open ocean….
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Malaysia’s ‘Smart Villages’ and other great ideas for sustainable development
Posted: September 18, 2014As nations zero in on the UN’s post-2015 global Sustainable Development Goals, innovations being successfully pioneered and demonstrated in Malaysia offer several proven tactical ideas for improving the world, says…
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Burlington, Vermont – Now 100% Powered by Renewable Energy
Posted: September 17, 2014Burlington, Vermont, already considered to be one of the United States’s most environmentally progressive cities, has added another line to its impressive green resume. Just recently, the city finalized its…
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Climate March and Summit
Posted: September 17, 2014This Sunday 21st September hundreds of thousands of people have pledged to march in New York, London, Amsterdam and many other cities around the world to demand climate justice, standing…
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Pollinators are important to nutrition, especially in poorer regions
Posted: September 17, 2014Declines in populations of pollinators, such as bees and wasps, may be a key threat to nutrition in some of the most poorly fed parts of the globe, according to…
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Electric vehicles getting even “Greener”
Posted: September 16, 2014Sixty percent of Americans now live in regions where electric vehicles (EVs) produce fewer heat-trapping global warming emissions per mile than the most efficient hybrids, according to an updated analysis…
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Protected Areas Do Work, Says Study
Posted: September 16, 2014Protected areas are working. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of over 80 different studies on the efficacy of parks and nature reserves in safeguarding wildlife. Published in the…
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Study shows eating high-fat dairy lowers diabetes risk
Posted: September 16, 2014New research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria, shows that people with the highest consumption of high-fat…
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National Chicken Council to Phase Out Some Poultry Antibiotics
Posted: September 16, 2014Only about 10 percent of the antibiotics used in chicken are actually used in humans, says the National Chicken Council. Its statement comes on the heels of a controversial report…
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