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Seaweed that tastes like bacon? Sign me up!
Posted: July 15, 2015Oregon State University researchers have patented a new strain of a succulent red marine algae called dulse that grows extraordinarily quickly, is packed full of protein and has an unusual…
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As species adapt to a warming climate, ecosystems change
Posted: July 15, 2015If it seems like you're pulling more bass than trout out of Ontario's lakes this summer, you probably are.Blame it on the ripple effect of climate change and warming temperatures….
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How human activities have influenced “energy flow” in the environment
Posted: July 14, 2015A collection of fossilized owl pellets in Utah suggests that when the Earth went through a period of rapid warming about 13,000 years ago, the small mammal community was stable…
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Greenland ice sheet melting more rapidly from impact of rainfall
Posted: July 14, 2015According to a new study published in Nature Geoscience, the Greenland ice sheet has been shown to accelerate in response to surface rainfall and melt associated with late-summer and autumnal cyclonic…
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How Climate Change will Affect Air Travel
Posted: July 13, 2015Global air travel contributes around 3.5 percent of the greenhouse forcing driving anthropogenic climate change, according to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But what impact does a warming…
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Wildfires ravage Canada and Alaska causing mass evacuations
Posted: July 13, 2015"Extreme." "Unprecedented." "Historic." Those are just a few of the words being used to describe the start of this year's fire season in North America. The wildfires are centered in the…
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Another reason the West Antarctic ice sheet is melting
Posted: July 13, 2015The amount of heat flowing toward the base of the West Antarctic ice sheet from geothermal sources deep within Earth is surprisingly high, according to a new study led by…
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How microbes are cleaning up the BP oil spill
Posted: July 12, 2015Microbes, primarily bacteria and fungi, get a bad rap in today’s society. However they’ve long played an incredible role within the Earth’s ecosystem. And one of the most important places…
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California towns getting water by truck as drought continues and wells run dry
Posted: July 11, 2015Rural Tulare County, Calif., is now being called the epicenter of this drought.That's because at least 1,300 residential wells have run dry, affecting at least 7,000 people. When your taps…
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Bumblebees trapped in “Climate Vice”
Posted: July 10, 2015As Europe and North America warm, bumblebees should be able to fly north to cooler climes, writes Tim Radford. But they're not: the bees' range is receding in the south,…
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