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Flint's Water Crisis 'infuriating' given knowledge about lead poisoning
Posted: January 27, 2016Flint, Michigan temporarily switched its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River in April 2014 to cut costs. Should officials have known that lead contamination would result?
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Why aren't the endangered western gray whales recovering from over hunting?
Posted: January 27, 2016The eastern gray whales that commonly appear along the West Coast of the United States seemingly have recovered from over-hunting with new protective guidelines established in the 1970s. Their counterparts…
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What's in YOUR fish tank?
Posted: January 26, 2016If you’re an aquarium enthusiast, you no doubt have many beautiful and colorful tropical fish populating your aquarium. Perhaps you’ve studied the different species carefully to be sure they can…
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Human impacts on climate caused record warm years
Posted: January 25, 2016Recent record warm years are with extremely high likelihood caused by human-made climate change. Without greenhouse-gas emissions from burning coal and oil, the odds are vanishingly small that 13 out…
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Zebra stripe camouflage hypothesis debated
Posted: January 25, 2016If you’ve always thought of a zebra’s stripes as offering some type of camouflaging protection against predators, it’s time to think again, suggest scientists at the University of Calgary and…
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Hyperloop moving to full-scale testing
Posted: January 24, 2016Clean-tech visionary Elon Musk first unveiled his idea for a high-speed ground transport system called Hyperloop back in 2013. The concept — in which passengers are transported in magnet-propelled capsules at more…
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Snowfall along east coast creating state of emergency. What can you do with snow to make the best of it?
Posted: January 23, 2016Many people will see the snow currently blanketing much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard as a nuisance coating sidewalks and roads. Others are celebrating it as an excuse to spend…
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Buzzards Bay being impacted by climate change
Posted: January 22, 2016An analysis of long-term, water quality monitoring data reveals that climate change is already having an impact on ecosystems in the coastal waters of Buzzards Bay, Mass. The impacts relate…
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How aerosols drive the rain
Posted: January 22, 2016While the effects of power plant emissions, vehicle exhaust and other manmade aerosols on air quality and public health are well-known, their impact on the climate is not completely understood….
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High levels of PCBs threaten whales and dolphins
Posted: January 21, 2016Scientists are raising serious concerns about the future of whales and dolphins in European waters who are continuing to suffer from the effects of toxic chemicals that were banned decades ago, but…
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