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Is the fate of the polar bear really doomed?
Posted: September 9, 2015With global warming and melting ice, it isn’t easy being a polar bear anymore. Some studies have predicted that polar bears could very well be extinct by the end of…
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MIT study shows climate change mitigation potential of geoengineering the oceans
Posted: September 9, 2015Like the leaves of New England maples, phytoplankton, the microalgae at the base of most oceanic food webs, photosynthesize when exposed to sunlight. In the process, they absorb carbon dioxide…
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The long-term effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Posted: September 8, 2015For 25 years, methodical research by scientists has investigated the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 on Alaskan communities and ecosystems. A new study released today into…
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Ice sheets may be more resilient than previously thought
Posted: September 8, 2015Sea level rise poses one of the biggest threats to human systems in a globally warming world, potentially causing trillions of dollars' worth of damages to flooded cities around the…
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Farm air may prevent asthma in children
Posted: September 8, 2015For researchers trying to untangle the roots of the current epidemic of asthma, one observation is especially intriguing: Children who grow up on dairy farms are much less likely than…
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Hummingbirds and Hawks, perfect together?
Posted: September 6, 2015Sometimes it pays to have big, bad neighbors. Weighing in at about 3 grams, black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri) can do little but stand by and watch Mexican jays 40 times…
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The million year old monkey
Posted: September 5, 2015An international team of scientists have dated a species of fossil monkey found across the Caribbean to just over 1 million years old.The discovery was made after the researchers recovered…
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Coastal management strategies in the age of climate change
Posted: September 4, 2015Coastal decision-makers must move away from considering physical and economic forces in isolation to fully recognise and explain changes to coastlines, according to new research from Cardiff University.The coastlines where we…
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Fighting explosives pollution with plants
Posted: September 3, 2015Biologists at the University of York have taken an important step in making it possible to clean millions of hectares of land contaminated by explosives.
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Trees improve pollution dispersion in cities
Posted: September 3, 2015Trees in cities throughout the UK could be significantly improving the quality of the air we breathe by decreasing pollution levels for pedestrians, researchers from the University of Leicester have…
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