 Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published Friday by the WWF conservation organization. | |
Huge project to restore Everglades to be suspended May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Construction on a huge reservoir meant to help restore the Everglades will be put on hold over a lawsuit brought by a group that fears the water could be diverted for other purposes. | |
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 ... | |
NASA study links Earth impacts to human-caused climate change May 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity ... | |
New Analysis Shows Important Slowdown in Lake Tahoe Clarity Loss May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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For the first time since researchers began continuously measuring Lake Tahoe's famed water clarity 40 years ago, UC Davis scientists reported today that the historical rate of decline in the lake's clarity has slowed considerably ... | |
Fecal microorganisms inhabit sandy beaches of Florida May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Traditionally, the cleanliness of a beach is monitored by sampling the bathing water a few meters from shore. But since sand is an effective filter, it follows that fecal bacteria (those from sewage) may be concentrated in ... | |
 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 ... | |
 Oil powered Norway gradually turns into the wind May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition. | |
 Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final ... | |
 EU still far from agreeing biofuel standards: diplomats May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The European Union remains far from agreeing on how to tighten its rules for using biofuels, diplomats said Wednesday amid growing opposition towards such forms of energy. | |
 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. | |
 First-of-its-kind 14-country study ranks consumers according to environmental behavior May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The National Geographic Society and the international polling firm GlobeScan today unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior as it relates to the environment. “Greendex™ ... | |
Ponds found to take up carbon like world's oceans May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Research led by Iowa State University limnologist, or lake scientist, John Downing finds that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans. | |
 Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Around South Florida's vast sugar cane fields, where turtles grow to the size of basketballs and alligators own the marsh, the silence of the swamp is broken by the sound of rumbling trucks and explosions. | |
 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 ... | |
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