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How forest debris affects freshwater food chains
Posted: June 11, 2014While one may think that forest and lake ecosystems are two separate networks, new research shows how forest debris is an important contributor to freshwater food chains. How? Debris in…
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Saving bees with spider venom?
Posted: June 11, 2014With Europe and the United States slow to ban the pesticides that science says is probably drastically harming our bee populations, could one of the world’s most venomous spiders hold…
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What does the temperature feel like on Mars?
Posted: June 11, 2014Even though daytime temperatures in the tropics of Mars can be about –20°C, a summer afternoon there might feel about the same as an average winter day in southern England…
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FDA and EPA issue updated draft advice for fish consumption
Posted: June 10, 2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued updated draft advice on fish consumption. The two agencies have concluded pregnant and breastfeeding women, those…
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How herring populations are affected by commercial fisheries
Posted: June 10, 2014Scientists analyzed almost half a million fish bones to shed light on the population history of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in the North Pacific Ocean. Their paper, published in the…
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Geothermal heat is causing the West Antarctic glacier to melt faster
Posted: June 10, 2014Thwaites Glacier, the large, rapidly changing outlet of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is not only being eroded by the ocean, it’s being melted from below by geothermal heat, researchers…
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Playing God with plants!
Posted: June 9, 2014Plants make and store energy from the sun using a process called photosynthesis. This process has evolved on planet earth over millions of years. How can we mess with plant…
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In cutting deforestation, Brazil leads world in reducing emissions
Posted: June 9, 2014Brazil’s success in reducing deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest has been much heralded, but progress may stall unless farmers, ranchers and other land users in the region are provided…
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Bottom feeding fish helping the fight against Global Warming
Posted: June 9, 2014Over-fishing is already a concerning problem, but new research indicates that not only could it mean losing fish species, it could also contribute to global warming more than we’d previously…
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Good news for rivers in Britain
Posted: June 8, 2014Scientists from Cardiff University have found that Britain’s urban rivers are the cleanest they’ve been in over two decades. The 21-year study of over 2,300 rivers measured the presence of…
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