Environment – Page 13

Climate and Cost Concerns Mount in Wake of “Frankenstorm”
By the Editor on October 31, 2012
The mammoth storm that caused severe flooding, damage and fatalities to the eastern U.S. will raise pressure on Congress...
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Climate Crimes Against Humanity?
By the Editor on October 30, 2012
PBS recently aired Frontline’s “Climate of Doubt,” documenting the success of the denialists in reversing U.S. political opinion on...
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Mass Extinction Study Provides Lessons for Modern World
By the Editor on October 30, 2012
The Cretaceous Period of Earth history ended with a mass extinction that wiped out numerous species, most famously the...
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Green Roofs Will Be Worth $7 Billion By 2017
By the Editor on October 30, 2012
This just in — green roofs and walls are big business.   Or they will be, at least, by 2017,...
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It May Be Too Late to Stop Global Warming
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
Here’s a dark secret about the earth’s changing climate that many scientists believe, but few seem eager to discuss:...
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What Is Climate Silence Costing Us?
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
How is the absence of discussion about global warming going to affect our ability to do something about it?...
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Thawing Permafrost Could Release 850 Billion Tons of Carbon
By the Editor on October 26, 2012
As much as 44 billion tons of nitrogen and 850 billion tons of carbon stored in arctic permafrost, or...
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Antarctic Airstrip Melts
By the Editor on October 24, 2012
Researchers said global warming has caused the glacial ice on the runway to turn to mush just four years...
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The Presidential Debates’ Great Unmentionable: Climate Change
By the Editor on October 23, 2012
The Pentagon ranks it as a national security threat and, left unchecked, climate change is expected to cost the...
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Of Earthquakes and Human Responsibility
By the Editor on October 23, 2012
From Slate’s Future Tense blog: A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience indicates that human activity triggered a...
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