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Do “Fat taxes” work?
Posted: July 28, 2014Specific taxes on sugar, salt or fat do cause reductions in consumption, the European Commission found in a new report. But higher taxes may also merely encourage consumers to go…
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Ozone + Rising Temperatures = Problems for Food Security
Posted: July 28, 2014A new study shows that interactions between increasing temperature and air pollution can be quite significant when it comes to addressing food security. Conducted in part by researchers at MIT,…
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Industrial lead pollution beat explorers to the South Pole by 22 years
Posted: July 28, 2014Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole in December of 1911. More than 100 years later, an international team of scientists led by Joe…
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Coffee Rust in Guatemala
Posted: July 28, 2014Outside the northern Guatemalan town of Olopa, near the Honduran border, farmer Edwin Fernando Diaz Viera stands in the middle of his tiny coffee field. He says it was his…
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How to encourage recycling and feed stray animals at the same time!
Posted: July 27, 2014Istanbul, Turkey recently unveiled awesome new machines that help both the environment and needy animals. Each time a person recycles a plastic bottle in the designated receptacle, pet food is…
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Astro Physics has a new mystery
Posted: July 26, 2014Astro Physicists love to look for reasons current theories are correct. When data are obtained that do not fit a current theory, the race is on to come up with…
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New fossils suggest ALL dinosaurs had feathers
Posted: July 25, 2014The first ever example of a plant-eating dinosaur with feathers and scales has been discovered in Russia. Previously only flesh-eating dinosaurs were known to have had feathers so this new…
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The important role of community forests
Posted: July 25, 2014Expanding and strengthening the community forest rights of indigenous groups and rural residents can make a major contribution to sequestering carbon and reducing CO2 emissions from deforestation, according to a…
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Moose Drool Detoxifies Fungus
Posted: July 25, 2014Saliva contains important substances helps us digest food. It also plays a part in keeping our mouths clean and healthy. Another newly discovered use? Making toxic plants less toxic. Not…
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Why Seals Might Love Having More Wind Farms
Posted: July 24, 2014New research reveals that off-shore wind farms are particularly useful for seals as they appear to act like artificial reefs, drawing in large groups of fish. The study, carried out…
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