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Climate change mitigation needs more ambitious emissions reductions
Posted: September 3, 2015The collective climate targets submitted by Governments to the UN will lead to global emissions far above the levels needed to hold warming to below 2°C, researchers at the Climate…
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Satellite Study Calculates Earth's Tree Count
Posted: September 2, 2015A new satellite study has calculated that there are more than 3 trillion trees on Earth, around 422 trees for every person, although the number is believed to have dropped…
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Ants – Pests or pest controllers?
Posted: September 2, 2015While many are used to thinking of ants as pests (especially during the summertime), new research published in British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology says not so fast. Ants…
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MIT study looks at benefits of acting on climate change
Posted: September 2, 2015Since the 1990s, scientists and policymakers have proposed limiting Earth’s average global surface temperature to 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, thereby averting the most serious effects of global warming,…
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Ocean plastic plague threatens seabirds
Posted: September 1, 2015Already 60% of seabird species have plastic in their guts, often as much as 8% of their body weight. And with ocean plastic increasing exponentially, that figure will rise to…
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Climate Change will Cost Trillions
Posted: September 1, 2015The economic ramifications of continuing the 20th century’s economic model, where unsustainable extraction and pollution conveys competitive advantage, are coming into sharp focus. Citigroup now projects a staggering $72 trillion global…
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Fossil of prehistoric sea scorpion discovered in Iowa!
Posted: September 1, 2015The fossil of a previously unknown species of 'sea scorpion', measuring over 1.5 meters long, has been discovered in Iowa, USA, and described in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. Dating…
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Why you should exercise with friends
Posted: August 31, 2015Exercising together brings us closer to one another, while exercising with those close to us improves our performance. Those are the conclusions of an Oxford University study published this Friday…
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Looking into a Chameleon's Eye
Posted: August 31, 2015Well known among nature’s best tricksters for their ability to change color to fit their background, chameleons have yet another talent up their lizardly sleeves – eyes that swivel around…
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Food's impact on our brain found to be similar to drugs
Posted: August 31, 2015An international group of researchers have found that food craving activates different brain networks between obese and normal weight patients. This indicates that the tendency to want food may be…
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