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Yellowstone Supervolcano found to have two magma chambers
Posted: May 9, 2015There's more to Yellowstone National Park than meets the eye. Much more, as it turns out.You might already know that a supervolcano dominates the famous park that is situated on land in Wyoming and…
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Greenhouse gas benchmark reached
Posted: May 8, 2015For the first time since we began tracking carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere, the monthly global average concentration of this greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March…
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Hormones used to stimulate growth in farm animals lead to more human exposure than thought
Posted: May 8, 2015Research by an Indiana University environmental scientist and colleagues at universities in Iowa and Washington finds that potentially harmful growth-promoting hormones used in beef production are expected to persist in…
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In-active devices waste billions of dollars of electricity
Posted: May 7, 2015Approximately $19 billion worth of electricity, equal to the output of 50 large power plants, is devoured annually by U.S. household electronics, appliances, and other equipment when consumers are not…
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California Resident Poll Expresses Wide Concern Over Drought
Posted: May 7, 2015A recent Care2 poll has found that slightly over 90 percent of respondents express major concern over the current drought engulfing the state, despite the fact that only 60 percent of respondents…
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Undersea robots plan missions autonomously
Posted: May 7, 2015For the last decade, scientists have deployed increasingly capable underwater robots to map and monitor pockets of the ocean to track the health of fisheries, and survey marine habitats and…
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Mysterious “Internal Waves” yield more of their mysteries
Posted: May 6, 2015Once a day, a wave as tall as the Empire State Building and as much as a hundred miles wide forms in the waters between Taiwan and the Philippines and…
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Birds abandon mating sites near wind turbines
Posted: May 6, 2015Shifting to renewable energy sources has been widely touted as one of the best ways to fight climate change, but even renewable energy can have a downside, as in the…
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How forests can end global hunger
Posted: May 6, 2015Forests and forestry are essential to achieve global food security as the limits of boosting agricultural production are becoming increasingly clear, a new study published today reveals. The findings are included…
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Study shows the shape of the glass affects how fast we drink alcohol
Posted: May 6, 2015The speed at which we drink alcohol could be influenced by the shape of the glass, and markings on the glass might help us drink more slowly, according to new…
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