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Ice Cap in Iceland gaining mass
Posted: November 18, 2015Winter storms can blanket Iceland almost entirely with snow. The relative warmth of summer and fall, however, exposes a spectacular, varied landscape. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color…
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Happiness and frequency of sex linked, to a point
Posted: November 18, 2015More sex may not always make you happier, according to new research published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. "Although more frequent sex is associated with greater happiness, this…
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Snowfall shift threatens water supply
Posted: November 18, 2015Climate change-induced changes in snowfall patterns could imperil two billion people who rely on melting snow for their water supply — and developing countries must work to protect citizens from these variations,…
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Another Glacier in Greenland is rapidly melting
Posted: November 17, 2015It's big. It's cold. And it's melting into the world's ocean.It's Zachariae Isstrom, the latest in a string of Greenland glaciers to undergo rapid change in our warming world. A…
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Half the world's natural history specimens may have the wrong name
Posted: November 17, 2015Even the most accomplished naturalist can find it difficult to tell one species of plant from another or accurately decide which genus a small insect belongs to. So when a…
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Climate change is impacting birds more than previously thought
Posted: November 16, 2015Scientists have long known that birds are feeling the heat due to climate change. However, a new study of a dozen affected species in the Western Cape suggests their decline…
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Active older adults are more fit
Posted: November 16, 2015"We found that fitness level had the strongest association with physical activity, followed by gender and season. This means that fit older adults were more active than the unfit, females…
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World's First Solar Road Exceeds Expectations
Posted: November 16, 2015The first aptly-titled SolaRoad made its debut last November in the Netherlands, not far from Amsterdam. The road itself is a unique foray in pollution-free solar energy. Nearly one year later, the…
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The Paris attacks – the climate talks, and the war on terror
Posted: November 15, 2015Is it a coincidence that the terrorist outrage in Paris was committed weeks before COP21, the biggest climate conference since 2009? Perhaps, writes Oliver Tickell. But failure to reach a…
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Will the upcoming UN Climate Change Summit in Paris kick the can down the road again?
Posted: November 14, 2015Big hopes are riding on the 2015 United Nations climate change conference planned for Nov. 30-Dec. 11 in Paris, where more than 190 nations will strive to hammer out an…
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