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Desert cactus purifies contaminated water for aquaculture, drinking and more
Posted: March 14, 2016Farm-grown fish are an important source of food with significant and worldwide societal and economic benefits, but the fish that come from these recirculating systems can have unpleasant tastes and…
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The Florida jail that is also an animal shelter
Posted: March 14, 2016Usually the word “jail” brings some harsh imagery to mind: barbed wire fences, orange jumpsuits and tall concrete walls. That’s not the case in the Key West, though. Ask a local…
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Time to re-think the diesel
Posted: March 11, 2016Low Emissions Zones have their place in cleaning up the UK's worst air pollution hotspots, writes Richard Howard. But we also need to adopt fiscal measures to encourage a shift…
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‘Ugly’ fruits and vegetables will get a chance to be sold
Posted: March 11, 2016Depending on the source, anywhere from 20 to 40 percent of produce in America ends up wasted. One reason why so many fruit and vegetables are thrown out is because they do…
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Record year for rhino poaching in Africa
Posted: March 10, 2016The number of African rhinos poached in 2015 is higher than previously thought with new figures from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) showing that a record 1,338…
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Adding evidence that exercise is a potent cancer prevention tool
Posted: March 9, 2016Compelling evidence suggests exercise is an important component of cancer prevention and care; slashing your risk of developing cancer, improving your chances of successful recuperation, and diminishing your risk of cancer…
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Study suggests impact of climate change on agriculture may be underestimated
Posted: March 8, 2016Studies of how climate change might affect agriculture generally look only at crop yields — the amount of product harvested from a given unit of land. But climate change may…
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Oregon Kicks Dirty Coal Habit
Posted: March 8, 2016Oregon is ready to kick its filthy coal habit, and now it has passed a law to hold itself to this pledge. The Clean Energy and Coal Transition Act blocks the state’s…
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Study confirms benefits of reducing the amount of chemicals you put on your body
Posted: March 7, 2016A new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas demonstrates how even a short break from certain kinds of makeup, shampoos and lotions…
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Warming Arctic being exploited by trawlers
Posted: March 6, 2016Ice melt in the Arctic Ocean is opening up previously untouched areas to industrial fishing fleets using ecologically risky bottom trawling methods, writes Joe Sandler Clarke. Ecosystems supporting walruses, polar…
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