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Mountain Thermostats
Posted: March 17, 2014What do mountains have to do with climate change? More than you’d expect: new research shows that the weathering rates of mountains caused by vegetation growth plays a major role…
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Yellowstone Bison win court case!
Posted: March 16, 2014The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that bison can roam outside the park boundaries for winter and early spring forage without being shot. In 2008, more than 1,400 bison –…
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Building muscle DOES help you live longer!
Posted: March 15, 2014It has long been said by fitness trainers that building and maintaining muscle mass is important to vitality, stamina, and weight control as we age. But does it also contribute…
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A global climate change directive?
Posted: March 14, 2014Could another climate change deal be in the works? World leaders are meeting in Brussels this month to discuss climate change. While environmentalists are calling for urgent action to cut…
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Making the United States “anti-car”
Posted: March 14, 2014Visit Amsterdam, which feels like the bicycle capital of the world, and you’ll see everyone on bikes, from chic ladies on their way to coffeehouses (a longstanding tradition in this…
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Can Penguins Cope with Climate Change?
Posted: March 14, 2014Human-caused climate change is altering the habitat of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae). In an article recently published in PLOS ONE, a team of researchers led by Amélie Lescroël from the…
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Antarctic ecosystem due to change radically with climate change
Posted: March 13, 2014According to researchers the Ross Sea will “be extensively modified by future climate change” in the coming decades creating longer periods of ice-free open water and affecting life cycles of…
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Warmer years linked to more malaria in tropical highlands
Posted: March 13, 2014[BOGOTA] People in densely populated highlands of Africa and South America — who have so far been protected from malaria by cooler temperatures — may be seeing more of the…
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Ocean Acidification killing off B.C. Scallops
Posted: February 27, 2014Ocean acidification in the water off the coast of British Columbia is killing millions of scallops, putting the industry in danger, according to Vancouver Island University’s Helen Gurney-Smith. She says…
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How the reintroduction of wolves has changed Yellowstone for the better
Posted: February 27, 2014Wolves had been absent from Yellowstone National Park for almost 70 years, but when they were reintroduced, their presence changed the park for the better. Watch the video to see…
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