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Over 50 Percent of the World Breathes in Toxic Air
Posted: February 9, 2016Everyone needs clean air to survive, yet somehow it is not an internationally recognized human right. That probably has something to do with the fact that over half of the world’s…
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What does the Wolf say?
Posted: February 8, 2016The largest ever study of howling in the 'canid' family of species — which includes wolves, jackals and domestic dogs — has shown that the various species and subspecies have…
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Disease may wipe out the world's bananas
Posted: February 8, 2016Bananas are at the sharp end of industrial agriculture's chemical war on pests and pathogens, writes Angelina Sanderson Bellamy. But even 60 pesticide sprays a year isn't enough to keep…
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The uneven impacts of climate change
Posted: February 7, 2016A new study by University of Queensland and WCS shows a dramatic global mismatch between nations producing the most greenhouse gases and the ones most vulnerable to the effects of…
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Universtiy of Alaska studies how the melting Greenland glaciers are impacting sea levels
Posted: February 6, 2016University of Alaska Fairbanks mathematicians and glaciologists have taken a first step toward understanding how glacier ice flowing off Greenland affects sea levels.Andy Aschwanden, Martin Truffer and Mark Fahnestock used…
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Who would have guessed this? Study finds vacations can lead to weight gains!
Posted: February 5, 2016A week's vacation may leave many adults with a heavier midsection–extra weight that can hang around even six weeks post-vacation.A faculty member in the University of Georgia's College of Family…
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Man-made underwater sound may have wider ecosystem effects than previously thought
Posted: February 5, 2016Underwater sound linked to human activity could alter the behaviour of seabed creatures that play a vital role in marine ecosystems, according to new research from the University of Southampton.The…
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Kalligrammatid lacewings looked like butterflies, but lived millions of years before butterflies
Posted: February 4, 2016New fossils found in Northeastern China have revealed a remarkable evolutionary coincidence: an extinct group of insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings (Order Neuroptera) share an uncanny resemblance to modern day…
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Loss of wild flowers matches pollinator decline
Posted: February 4, 2016The first Britain-wide assessment of the value of wild flowers as food for pollinators shows that decreasing resources mirror the decline of pollinating insects.
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Seafood Consumption May Play a Role in Reducing Risk for Alzheimer's
Posted: February 3, 2016New research published Feb. 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older adults with a major risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease known as APOEɛ4 who ate…
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