Environment – Page 23

BP Oil Spill May Have Contributed to Dolphin Deaths
By the Editor on July 21, 2012
The 2010 BP oil spill contributed to an unusually high death rate for dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico,...
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Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Rise
By the Editor on July 21, 2012
International talks to address human-caused global warming began 20 years ago in Rio de Janeiro. But despite attempts to...
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Generation X Lukewarm on Global Warming
By the Editor on July 20, 2012
Gen Xers are surprisingly blasé about climate change. A survey in 2009 found members of Generation X were largely...
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A Way to Trap Carbon Deep in the Ocean
By the Editor on July 19, 2012
After an eight-year analysis, an international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in the understanding of how algae...
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The Future of Residential Spaces
By the Editor on July 18, 2012
The word “house” generally conjures images of rectangular dwellings with front porches and chimneys. Front lawns and garages too....
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Huge Iceberg Breaks Off From Glacier in Greenland
By the Editor on July 18, 2012
An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan tore off one of Greenland’s largest glaciers. For several years, scientists had...
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Electric Car Breaks 500 Mile Barrier
By the Editor on July 17, 2012
The arguments against an electric car are growing fewer. A vehicle in development by ECOmove – a consortium of...
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The Ecology of Disease
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
If we fail to understand and take care of the natural world, it can come back to haunt us...
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BPA Causes Interspecies Mating
By the Editor on July 13, 2012
The hormone-disrupting chemical makes it hard for some fish to recognize their own species, a problem that could ripple...
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Rising Acidity Brings an Ocean of Trouble
By the Editor on July 12, 2012
The burning of fossil fuels emits some 35 billion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. That...
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