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Humpback Whale conservation is working in Australia
Posted: July 29, 2015Australia has one of the highest rates of animal species that face extinction, decline or negative impacts from human behavior in the world. However, over the last decade, there have been…
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Canada ranks #2 for most LEED buildings
Posted: July 28, 2015Though LEED is not the world’s only green building rating system, it is the most widely used and recognized. Thus it is no small thing that, for the second year…
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How Corn Became King
Posted: July 28, 2015Ten thousand years ago, a golden grain got naked, brought people together and grew to become one of the top agricultural commodities on the planet.Now, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have…
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The light-sensing molecules in plants came from ancient algae
Posted: July 28, 2015The light-sensing molecules that tell plants whether to germinate, when to flower and which direction to grow were inherited millions of years ago from ancient algae, finds a new study…
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Arctic ice growth doesn't disprove climate change
Posted: July 27, 2015New data shows that in 2013 Arctic ice actually grew rather than retreating as climate change models had predicted. Far from proving climate change is a myth or that ice…
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New MIT study on the historical climate of the American West
Posted: July 27, 2015All around the deserts of Utah, Nevada, southern Oregon, and eastern California, ancient shorelines line the hillsides above dry valley floors, like bathtub rings — remnants of the lakes once…
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Ocean acidification is impacting phytoplankton now
Posted: July 26, 2015Scientists are warning that ocean acidification is impacting microorganisms in our ocean known as phytoplankton and, as they pay a key role in ocean habitats, any future loss or change…
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Ways to improve indoor air quality
Posted: July 25, 2015Indoor air quality isn’t something most people think about, but breathing clean air can and does impact out health. Here’s why paying attention to the air you breathe indoors is so important and how…
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Lake Tahoe's deep blue color explained
Posted: July 24, 2015Lake Tahoe's iconic blueness is more strongly related to the lake's algal concentration than to its clarity, according to research in "Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2015," released today…
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Mangroves help protect against sea level rise
Posted: July 23, 2015Mangrove forests could play a crucial role in protecting coastal areas from sea level rise caused by climate change, according to new research involving the University of Southampton.
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