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Even safe levels of air pollution found to have health impacts in European study
Posted: August 30, 2015Particulate matter and NO2 air pollution are associated with increased risk of severe heart attacks despite being within European recommended levels, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr…
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Walrus's hit the beaches again
Posted: August 29, 2015On both sides of the Bering Strait, summer sea ice has once more dropped to a level that is driving thousands of walruses onto coastal beaches. Photos taken in Ryrkaypiy in…
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Can rain clean the atmosphere?
Posted: August 28, 2015As a raindrop falls through the atmosphere, it can attract tens to hundreds of tiny aerosol particles to its surface before hitting the ground. The process by which droplets and…
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Study links air pollution to low GPAs
Posted: August 28, 2015A University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) study on children’s health has found that fourth and fifth graders who are exposed to toxic air pollutants at home are more…
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New study predicts future Antarctic ice loss
Posted: August 28, 2015A new international study is the first to use a high-resolution, large-scale computer model to estimate how much ice the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could lose over the next couple…
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Dust in the Waters
Posted: August 27, 2015Each spring, powerful dust storms in the deserts of Mongolia and northern China send thick clouds of particles into the atmosphere. Eastward winds sweep these particles as far as the…
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NASA's latest satellite data reveals global sea level rise
Posted: August 27, 2015Global sea levels have risen nearly 3 inches in less than 25 years, with some locations around the world rising more than 9 inches, according to NASA’s latest satellite data. An…
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Carbon Credits Under Kyoto Protocol Actually Increased Emissions
Posted: August 27, 2015At the end of November, governments will come together in Paris to hammer out agreements for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. Under the KP, there are two greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions offsetting mechanisms:…
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The Fingerprints of Sea Level Rise
Posted: August 26, 2015When you fill a sink, the water rises at the same rate to the same height in every corner. That's not the way it works with our rising seas.According to…
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Trash or Treasure? Repurposing Food Waste to Feed the Hungry and Create Jobs
Posted: August 26, 2015"If I offered you a bruised banana, you probably wouldn’t be interested,” said Jonathan Deutsch, PhD, director of Drexel University’s Center for Hospitality and Sport Management. “But what if I…
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