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Blame Humans: New Research Proves People Killed Off New Zealand’s Giant Birds
Posted: March 19, 2014Moas were a diverse group of flightless birds that ruled over New Zealand up to the arrival of humans, the biggest of these mega-birds stood around 3.5 meters (12 feet)…
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No more stinky cotton!
Posted: March 19, 2014Following the eradication of the cotton boll weevil in the late 1990s cotton growers began to notice an influx of a new pest, stink bugs. Stink bugs feed on bolls…
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Thought-to-be-Extinct Harlequin Frog Rediscovered in Costa Rica
Posted: March 19, 2014The critically endangered harlequin frog (Atelopus varius), believed to be extinct in Costa Rica, has been rediscovered in the Talamanca Mountains of southern Costa Rica by an international team of…
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The cold hard glacial truth
Posted: March 18, 2014Lewis Owen has been scraping out icy fragments of history’s truth from one of the most glaciated regions on Earth for the past 25 years. His frequent excursions to Tibet…
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Scientists develop system to filter water using plant sticks
Posted: March 18, 2014Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States are working with their counterparts in developing countries to produce an “economical and efficient” means of filtering out…
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COLLEGIATE CORNER: Offshore oil drilling: is it really necessary?
Posted: March 18, 2014As we all know, oil is a very important energy resource the world needs for its everyday life. It is known that not only do most of the countries on…
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Amazon inhales more carbon than it emits
Posted: March 18, 2014A new study led by NASA and the University of Leeds has confirmed that natural forests in the Amazon remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit. This…
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An insulation trifecta
Posted: March 18, 2014A savvy do-it-yourselfer can come up with a dozen unconventional uses for insulation (spray foam as packing material, anyone?), which makes it tricky to find basic information online when you’re…
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A dust induced monsoon in India
Posted: March 17, 2014Another sign of our global connectedness has manifested itself in a new satellite analysis linking dust in North Africa and West Asia with stronger monsoons in India. The study shows…
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Costa Rica May Keep Carbon Neutrality Goal
Posted: March 17, 2014“Costa Rica opposition group says to scrap 2021 carbon neutrality target,” reads the headline of a recent Reuters news article. Standing on its own, the headline is accurate. However, lacking…
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