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Reducing Water Scarcity
Posted: August 29, 2014Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their voters; and U.S. federal officials…
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Abandoned landfills are a big problem
Posted: August 29, 2014Abandoned landfill sites throughout the UK routinely leach polluting chemicals into rivers, say scientists. At Port Meadow alone, on the outskirts of Oxford, they estimate 27.5 tonnes of ammonium a…
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Study Suggests More Research before Fracking Continues
Posted: August 29, 2014An independent report on fracking has recommended a temporary moratorium on the controversial process and says that communities should give permission before it can proceed. The interdisciplinary expert panel set…
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Dengue reported in Japan
Posted: August 28, 2014After reporting the country’s first domestically acquired case of dengue fever in nearly 70 years yesterday, Japan’s health ministry today confirmed finding two more patients. The initial patient, a girl…
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“Global Roadmap” Created to Balance Development with Environmental Protection
Posted: August 28, 2014Roads make it possible to bring goods to market, to get to the office, to log a forest, to hunt its wildlife. Without roads, human society as we know it…
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Monarch Butterflies need Endangered Species Act protection
Posted: August 28, 2014As monarch butterflies are beginning their epic migration from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico for the winter, concerns about the drastic rate at which they’re disappearing from the landscape…
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Mystery Behind Slithering Rocks of Death Valley Revealed
Posted: August 28, 2014In California’s Death Valley, a geological phenomenon exists. Sailing stones, or moving rocks can be observed on the valley floor inscribing long trails on the ground without human or animal…
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Yawn Contagion in Wolves
Posted: August 27, 2014A yawn is defined as a reflex act of opening one’s mouth and inhaling deeply. We yawn most often when we are tired or when we’re bored. But we also…
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A Fukushima-Sized Problem
Posted: August 27, 2014A newly-exposed report by Diablo Canyon’s lead nuclear inspector shows that the twin reactors are unsafe, writes Karl Grossman. An earthquake on nearby geological faults could trigger a Fukushima-scale accident…
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Dams vs. Rivers
Posted: August 27, 2014A new ‘State of the World’s Rivers’ database shows how the world’s rivers have been impoverished by dams and their ecosystems devastated – and provides a valuable resource to help…
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