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Longitudinal Study Links Air Pollution with Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Posted: November 3, 2016An increased concentration of air pollution within metropolitan areas is associated with progression in coronary calcification and with acceleration of atherosclerosis, according to a study published in The Lancet.In the prospective, 10-year cohort…
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Study highlights a new threat to bees worldwide
Posted: November 2, 2016Particularly under threat are honey bees, which are as vital to our food systems as the crops they pollinate, and which are prone to a range of emergent diseases including…
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Controlling plant regeneration systems may drive the future of agriculture
Posted: November 2, 2016The ability to self-repair damaged tissue is one of the key features that define living organisms. Plants in particular are regeneration champions, a quality that has been used for centuries…
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Adapting to climate change – a major challenge for forests
Posted: November 2, 2016Climate change means that trees germinating today will be living in a much-altered climate by the time they reach middle age. The expected changes are likely to hit them hard…
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Ghost Forests: How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands
Posted: November 1, 2016On a recent afternoon, University of Florida watershed ecologist David Kaplan and Ph.D. candidate Katie Glodzik hiked through the Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve, on the Big Bend coast of northwestern Florida. Not…
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In the right place at the right time
Posted: November 1, 2016Based on a unique dataset collected during a research cruise to the Irminger Sea in April 2015, a new paper reveals a strong link between atmospheric forcing, deep convection, ocean…
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Cloudy feedback on global warming
Posted: October 31, 2016Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have identified a mechanism that causes low clouds — and their influence on Earth's energy balance — to respond differently to global warming, depending on…
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West Coast record low snowpack in 2015 influenced by high temperatures
Posted: October 31, 2016The western-most region of the continental United States set records for low snowpack levels in 2015 and scientists, through a new study, point the finger at high temperatures, not the…
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Species speed up adaptation to beat effects of warmer oceans
Posted: October 31, 2016Such changes mean species threatened by climate change may find ways to adapt far quicker than through changes in DNA, which come with evolution.Researchers studied the Winter Skate (Leucoraja ocellata),…
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Colorado River's dead clams tell tales of carbon emission
Posted: October 28, 2016Scientists have begun to account for the topsy-turvy carbon cycle of the Colorado River delta – once a massive green estuary of grassland, marshes and cottonwood, now desiccated dead land.“We’ve…
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