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Aircraft may be lessening their carbon footprint, but what about airports?
Posted: June 22, 2015Today’s passenger aircraft are becoming ever more efficient, driven by regulations like the EU’s emissions trading scheme and airlines looking to squeeze profit out of every drop of fuel saved. Yet…
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The dangers of indoor air pollution
Posted: June 22, 2015Household air pollution may have caused around 4.3 million premature deaths from respiratory diseases in 2012, mainly in developing countries, according to a medical paper.Such pollution dramatically increases the risk of both children and adults contracting…
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What is the value of bees?
Posted: June 21, 2015What are bees worth to our economy? A group of researchers have attempted to do the math, and the result shows exactly why we need to protect our pollinating bees…
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Stricter emissions standards for trucks proposed
Posted: June 20, 2015The Obama administration announced new rules today that would require tighter emissions guidelines for medium and heavy-duty trucks in an effort to reduce greenhouse gases.The rules, proposed by the Environmental…
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Kids need green open spaces
Posted: June 19, 2015Is it coincidence that Isaac Newton discovered gravity while sitting under a tree? Or that Albert Einstein said, “Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.”A study was just…
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Pope Francis challenges us all on Climate Change and improving the life of the poor
Posted: June 18, 2015The Encyclical due to be published today by Pope Francis represents a profound religious and philosophical challenge to the mainstream narratives of our times, writes Steffen Böhm, and a major…
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US has more oil spills than you think
Posted: June 18, 2015The US has more oil spills than we thought and the number doubled after production increased six years ago. Richard Stover, PhD, and the Center for Biological Diversity counted nearly 8,000…
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Will Visitation at US National Parks Warm Up or Overheat?
Posted: June 17, 2015Visitation at U.S. National Parks may potentially increase with increasing temperature in temperate areas, but may decrease with temperatures rising over 80 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a study using future…
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Why does the Earth's core appear to be so light?
Posted: June 17, 2015The old tales may be true: There is brimstone in the underworld, and lots of it. Brimstone, the biblical name for sulfur, is often found near hot springs and volcanic fissures on…
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Bad News for Groundwater Basins
Posted: June 17, 2015About one third of Earth's largest groundwater basins are being rapidly depleted by human consumption, despite having little accurate data about how much water remains in them, according to two…
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