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Bottling Water from Drought Stricken Areas
Posted: August 12, 2014The bottled water industry has grown exponentially the past few decades despite the fact tap water in the United States is generally safe. Never mind the fact bottled water producers…
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The importance of maintaining seagrass
Posted: August 12, 2014Seagrass meadows provide the ideal place for young fish to thrive, say NERC-funded scientists researching the importance of these habitats for commercial fishing. Globally seagrasses are being lost at the…
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Monkey Selfies and copywrite considerations
Posted: August 11, 2014Whilst visiting a national park in North Sulawesi wildlife photographer David Slater had his camera stolen – not by a thief, but by an inquisitive crested black macaque. The resulting…
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Chinese Traditional Medicine Threatens Turtle Populations
Posted: August 11, 2014For thousands of years turtles have been used in Chinese traditional medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments and diseases. Originally published in the journal Radiata and recently republished…
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Icequakes triggered by earthquakes
Posted: August 11, 2014In 2010, a powerful magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile, rocking much of the country and producing tremor as far away as Argentina and Peru. But a…
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New study casts light on climate change and oceanic oxygen levels
Posted: August 10, 2014A commonly held belief that global warming will diminish oxygen concentrations in the ocean looks like it may not be entirely true. According to new research published in Science magazine,…
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What happens immediately after an oil spill?
Posted: August 9, 2014The fate of oil during the first day after an accidental oil spill is still poorly understood, with researchers often arriving on the scene only after several days. New findings…
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Bees Don’t Always Listen to the Hive
Posted: August 8, 2014Honey bees are known for their fascinating social structure. A honey bee colony is in fact a well-organized machine, running on good communication, defense and division of labor. As social…
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Paint dust pollutes the oceans
Posted: August 8, 2014Even when the sea looks clean, its surface can be flecked with tiny fragments of paint and fiberglass. That’s the finding from a study that looked for plastic pollution in…
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Can water-polluting drugs have a positive effect on fish?
Posted: August 8, 2014Many studies have shown that personal care products, like toothpaste, shampoo, and other drugs that we use and get into our wastewater have negatively affected fish populations, disrupting their endocrine…
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