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Elephants Under The Sea
Posted: August 7, 2014Bumphead parrotfish are noisy feeders. They break off large branches of corals using their powerful beaks, grind them up in their bodies to extract nutrients, and expel the undigested material…
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Are humans impacting the deep Earth?
Posted: August 7, 2014Human forays deep underground, such as boreholes, mines and nuclear bomb tests, are leaving a mark on the planet’s geology that will last for hundreds of millions of years, say…
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Marine noise impacts eels too!
Posted: August 7, 2014Marine noise has been studied for it’s impact on whales, dolphins and other marine animals. Might it also impact smaller creatures too? Eels, for example. Despite their reputation as slippery…
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Mercury in the oceans increasing
Posted: August 6, 2014Although the days of odd behavior among hat makers are a thing of the past, the dangers mercury poses to humans and the environment persist today. Mercury is a naturally…
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How Did Ebola Zaire Get To Guniea?
Posted: August 6, 2014Is the great ape trade responsible for the current outbreak of Ebola? The vicious Ebola virus outbreak that has already killed more than 800 people this year, in addition to…
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New Zoo Concept Boasts No Cages
Posted: August 6, 2014Danish architects are taking on the task of creating a zoo environment that will change what the face of captivity looks like in the future with the reveal of plans…
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New Jersey bans Ivory sales
Posted: August 6, 2014The state of New Jersey has enacted a statewide ban on sales of Ivory. The following statement was issued by John Calvelli, Wildlife Conservation Society Executive Vice President of Public…
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A Bridge to a Renewable Energy Future
Posted: August 5, 2014“Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable…
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The Danger of Solar “Super-Storms”
Posted: August 5, 2014Watch out George Lucas fans, a Death Star may be in our horizons – and one would only have to look as far as our nearest stellar neighbor: the Sun….
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A lake appears in Tunisia desert!
Posted: August 5, 2014Tunisia offers other-worldly landscapes, fantastical and mysterious. Did you know that four of the Star Wars movies were partially filmed in the southern part of the country? (Tunisia had a…
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