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Scientists launch campaign to detail front range air pollution
Posted: July 17, 2014Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and partner organizations are launching a major field project across the northern Front Range of Colorado this month to track the…
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Where are America’s Greenest Buildings?
Posted: July 16, 2014Ok, no surprise to see Washington, D.C. or San Francisco ranked high in a list of the cities with America’s greenest buildings. But Atlanta? Georgia’s capital was the only southern…
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California getting tough with water wasters!
Posted: July 16, 2014Californians who waste water will have to pay up to $500 a day for their extravagance under new restrictions approved Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board. The move…
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Rainwater discovered below the Earth’s fractured upper crust
Posted: July 16, 2014When it rains, where does the water go? Well for one, a lot of rainwater will funnel its way off roads and impermeable surfaces and will make its way into…
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Sand Power: A Better Battery
Posted: July 15, 2014Technology of the future is hard to see coming – sometimes because you can’t see it. Advances in nanotechnology are the driving force behind longer lasting Lithium-ion batteries. Currently, Lithium-ion…
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Drought Conditions Linked to Human Activity
Posted: July 15, 2014US Government scientists have developed a new high-resolution climate model that shows southwestern Australia’s long-term decline in fall and winter rainfall is caused by increases in manmade greenhouse gas emissions…
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Exposure to Aircraft noise a continuing problem even with quieter engines
Posted: July 15, 2014Millions of urban Europeans are exposed to aviation noise that contributes to stress, high blood pressure and even weight gain, say health specialists who want stronger measures to make flying…
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Fertilizer Threatens Grasslands Globally
Posted: July 14, 2014The world’s grasslands are being destabilized by fertilization, according to a paper recently published in the journal Nature. In a study of 41 grassland communities on five continents, researchers found…
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Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks officially endangered, and that is not good news!
Posted: July 14, 2014It’s not really the kind of “first” you want to be: The peculiar-looking but oddly beautiful scalloped hammerhead shark has just become the first shark species to be added to…
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Is London measuring its urban heat island accurately?
Posted: July 14, 2014London’s urban heat island effect, which keeps night-time temperatures in the capital warmer than in surrounding rural areas, may have been underestimated by up to 45 per cent. The heat…
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