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Chemicals of emerging concern mapped in 3 Great Lakes
Posted: December 20, 2016For the first time, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have mapped the location of thousands of tons of polyhalogenated carbazoles in the sediment of the Great Lakes and…
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Scientists bear witness to birth of an ice cloud
Posted: December 20, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – Scientists have witnessed the birth of atmospheric ice clouds, creating ice cloud crystals in the laboratory and then taking images of the process through a microscope, essentially documenting…
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Scientists: Strong evidence that human-caused climate change intensified 2015 heat waves
Posted: December 20, 2016Human-caused climate change very likely increased the severity of heat waves that plagued India, Pakistan, Europe, East Africa, East Asia, and Australia in 2015 and helped make it the warmest…
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Americans believe climate change connected to location and local weather
Posted: December 20, 2016A new study finds local weather may play an important role in Americans’ belief in climate change. The study, published on Monday, found that Americans’ belief that the earth is…
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El Niño fuelled Zika outbreak, new study suggests
Posted: December 19, 2016Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that a change in weather patterns, brought on by the 'Godzilla' El Niño of 2015, fuelled the Zika outbreak in South America. The…
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Millions exposed to mercury in urban Pakistan
Posted: December 16, 2016More than 40 per cent of Pakistanis living in urban areas are exposed to mercury contamination through dust particles and bioaccumulation, says a new study. The study, published last month (November)…
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7 Sustainable Holiday Gift Ideas
Posted: December 15, 2016Tis the season, and we all are buying gifts. The question is how to do so without saddling friends and families with returns, throwaway gift paper or mounds of fattening…
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Researchers Solve Mystery Of Historic 1952 London Fog And Current Chinese Haze
Posted: December 14, 2016Few Americans may be aware of it, but in 1952 a killer fog that contained pollutants covered London for five days, causing breathing problems and killing thousands of residents. The…
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Study: Maximizing grain yields won’t meet future African needs
Posted: December 13, 2016Maximizing cereal crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa would still fail to meet the region’s skyrocketing grain demand by 2050, according to a new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wageningen…
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Warming global temperatures may not affect carbon stored deep in northern peatlands, study says
Posted: December 13, 2016Deep stores of carbon in northern peatlands may be safe from rising temperatures, according to a team of researchers from several U.S.-based institutions.And that is good news for now, the…
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