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Seed study reveals future risks to nature
Posted: July 23, 2015The first worldwide study of animals and the seeds they eat has overturned a long-held assumption – that large animals mainly eat large seeds. The finding by UNSW Australia scientists has…
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Diesel exhaust found causing health hazards in EU cities
Posted: July 23, 2015The automotive industry needs to face up to the hazard to health posed by its diesel engines. That stark reality was brought home again to Europeans and, in particular, Londoners last week…
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Do you always get sick when flying? Try Elderberries for some relief
Posted: July 22, 2015The negative health effects of international air travel are well documented but now it seems that the common elderberry can provide some relief.
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Disaster displacement on the rise
Posted: July 22, 2015In the last seven years, an estimated one person every second has been forced to flee their home by a natural disaster, with 19.3 million people forced to flee their…
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NASA finds Greenland glaciers melting faster than thought
Posted: July 22, 2015Greenland's glaciers flowing into the ocean are grounded deeper below sea level than previously measured, allowing intruding ocean water to badly undercut the glacier faces. That process will raise sea…
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Controlled burns and invasive grass
Posted: July 21, 2015Controlled burning is widely used to maintain biodiversity and enhance regeneration of important deciduous tree species such as oak and hickory, but a recent University of Illinois study found that…
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EPA Releases Updated Environmental and Public Health Indicators in Online Database
Posted: July 21, 2015The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated environmental and public health indicators in an online database, making information about the current and historical condition of the nation’s environment and…
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Pluto's atmosphere found being stripped away by the solar wind
Posted: July 21, 2015New Horizons has discovered a region of cold, dense ionized gas tens of thousands of miles beyond Pluto — the planet’s atmosphere being stripped away by the solar wind and…
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Eruption of Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland and its impact on SO2 concentrations in Europe
Posted: July 20, 2015The six month long eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano (31 August 2014?27 February 2015 ) was the largest in Iceland since the devastating Laki eruption of 1783-84, producing around 1.6…
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Where does water from rain and snow melt actually go?
Posted: July 20, 2015More than a quarter of the rain and snow that falls on continents reaches the oceans as runoff. Now a new study helps show where the rest goes: two-thirds of…
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