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Air pollution linked to blood vessel damage in healthy young adults
Posted: October 26, 2016Fine particulate matter air pollution may be associated with blood vessel damage and inflammation among young, healthy adults, according to new research in Circulation Research, an American Heart Association journal.“These results substantially expand our…
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Molecular signature shows plants are adapting to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
Posted: October 26, 2016Plants are adapting to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide according to a new study from the University of SouthamptonThe research, published in the journal Global Change Biology, provides insight into the long-term…
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How Pollution Is Devastating an Indonesian Lake
Posted: October 26, 2016Uncontrolled fish farming, population growth, and logging have all taken a toll on Indonesia’s Lake Toba. Photographer Binsar Bakkara returns to his home region to chronicle the environmental destruction. More than…
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UCI and NASA document accelerated glacier melting in West Antarctica
Posted: October 25, 2016Two new studies by researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA have found the fastest ongoing rates of glacier retreat ever observed in West Antarctica and offer an…
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Better water splitting advances renewable energy conversion
Posted: October 25, 2016Washington State University researchers have found a way to more efficiently create hydrogen from water – an important key in making renewable energy production and storage viable.The researchers, led by…
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The Methane Riddle: What Is Causing the Rise in Emissions?
Posted: October 25, 2016The stomachs of cattle, fermentation in rice fields, fracking for natural gas, coal mines, festering bogs, burning forests — they all produce methane, the second most important greenhouse gas, after…
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Wildlife Farming: Does It Help Or Hurt Threatened Species?
Posted: October 25, 2016More than a decade ago, looking to slow the decimation of wildlife populations for the bushmeat trade, researchers in West Africa sought to establish an alternative protein supply. Brush-tailed porcupine…
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Globally Averaged CO2 Levels Reach 400 parts per million in 2015
Posted: October 25, 2016Globally averaged concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached the symbolic and significant milestone of 400 parts per million for the first time in 2015 and surged again to…
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Amazon Study Reveals that Rainstorms Transport Atmospheric Particles Essential for Cloud Formation
Posted: October 24, 2016Understanding how tiny particles emitted by cars and factories affect Earth's climate requires accurate climate modeling and the ability to quantify the effects of these pollutant particles vs. particles naturally…
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Climate Change Impairs the Survival Instincts of Fish and Can Make Them Swim Towards Predators
Posted: October 24, 2016Climate change is disrupting the sensory systems of fish and can even make them swim towards predators, instead of away from them, a paper by marine biologists at the University…
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