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Pesticide impairs bees’ ability to forage
Posted: July 14, 2014A study that involved fitting bumblebees with tiny radio frequency tags found long-term exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide hampers bees’ ability to forage for pollen. The research by Nigel Raine,…
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Light rail systems DO improve air pollution in cities
Posted: July 13, 2014Have you ever wondered if the cute light rail systems some large cities are installing actually get people out of their cars and have a positive environmental impact? For the…
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This is a extra special year for “Super Moons”
Posted: July 12, 2014Super Moons are full moons that are extra, well, super! They are super because they appear larger in the evening sky than your run of the mill full moon. In…
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New Study Links Kidney Stones to…Warming Climate?
Posted: July 11, 2014In a study that may both reflect and foretell a warming planet’s impact on human health, a research team found a link between hot days and kidney stones in 60,000…
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Arctic sea ice trends confirmed by Whalers’ logs
Posted: July 11, 2014Log books from British whaling ships more than 200 years ago have given new insights into the history of the Arctic sea ice, reports Tim Radford. A new study reveals…
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Record Radiation in South America
Posted: July 11, 2014Astrobiologists from the United States and Germany recorded the highest known level of solar UV radiation to reach Earth’s surface. This was around 10 years ago. On December 29, 2003,…
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The Amazon: A Savannah before a Forest
Posted: July 11, 2014The Amazon is the largest tropical forest on the planet, covering about 6.5 million square kilometers, although much has been lost (around 18-20 percent) in recent decades. The great forest…
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2014 Natural Disaster Damage and Death Toll Well Below Average
Posted: July 10, 2014Extreme weather events and other natural disasters claimed the lives of more than 2,700 people and caused around US $42 billion in damage worldwide in the first half of 2014,…
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New Study Quantifies Causes of the “Urban Heat Island” Effect
Posted: July 10, 2014A new Yale-led study quantifies for the first time the primary causes of the “urban heat island” (UHI) effect, a common phenomenon that makes the world’s urban areas significantly warmer…
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Our newest Astronauts are fruit flies!
Posted: July 10, 2014Becoming an Astronaut is a big deal! Men and women selected to go into space are very carefully chosen. They go through rigorous medical evaluations to make sure they are…
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