Scientists urged to make a stand on climate change April 24, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Scientists must work harder at making the public aware of the stark difference between good science and "denialist spin". | |
Emissions irrelevant to future climate change? April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Climate change and the carbon emissions seem inextricably linked. However, new research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Carbon Balance and Management suggests that this may not always hold true, although ... | |
 Questioning nuclear power's ability to forestall global warming April 21, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Rising energy and environmental costs may prevent nuclear power from being a sustainable alternative energy source in the fight against global warming, according to a study in the April 1 issue of ACS’ Environmental ... | |
Addressing the 'nitrogen cascade' May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a ... | |
 Study examines amount of water needed to produce various types of energy April 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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It is easy to overlook that most of the energy we consume daily, such as electricity or natural gas, is produced with the help of a dwindling resource – fresh water. Virginia Tech professor Tamim Younos and ... | |
 Fighting global warming — at the dinner table May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Substituting chicken, fish, or vegetables for red meat just once a week can help combat climate change — even more dramatically than buying locally sourced food, according to scientists in Pennsylvania who ... | |
NOAA chief urges creating National Climate Service May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- With concerns about global warming rising along with the planet's temperature, the head of the federal agency in change of weather research and forecasting is proposing creation of a new National Climate Service. | |
 Microwave zapping kills invasive species before the invasion May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Scientists in Louisiana are reporting development and successful testing of a new cost-effective system to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride to the United States in the ballast water of merchant ... | |
 Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts April 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The world risks wiping out a new generation of antibiotics and cures for diseases if it fails to reverse the extinction of thousands of plant and animal species, experts warned Wednesday. | |
 Britain wants to develop CO2 'capture' knowhow: minister April 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Britain hopes to develop a new technology to "capture" and store carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels instead of letting it out into the atmosphere, British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks said Monday. | |
 Better regional monitoring of CO2 needed as global levels continue rising April 24, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10 times larger than the one currently in place in order to quantify regional progress in emission reductions, ... | |
EPA calls for Miracle-Gro pesticide recall April 27, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered major retailers to pull certain types of Scotts Miracle-Gro products from their shelves. | |
Pricing can cut CO2 emissions from electric generators April 28, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Levying a price on carbon dioxide released by electric generators could considerably reduce greenhouse gas emissions — even before the deployment of any environmentally friendly technology — according to scientists in Pennsylvania. ... | |
Federal agency declares West Coast salmon fishery a disaster May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Federal authorities have declared the West Coast ocean salmon fishery a failure, opening the way for Congress to appropriate economic disaster assistance for coastal communities in California, Oregon and Washington. | |
 Amazon under threat from cleaner air May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth’s climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the leading scientific journal Nature. | |
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