Environment – Page 39

War on the World
By the Editor on March 2, 2012
How does war affect the planet? Research on this issue is pretty thin. The human and financial costs of...
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Oceans Acidifying Fastest in 300 Million Years Due to Emissions
By the Editor on March 2, 2012
The Earth’s oceans may be acidifying faster than at any point during the last 300 million years due to...
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Giving Waste Water the Power to Clean Itself
By the Editor on March 2, 2012
A novel form of renewable energy can generate electricity from waste-water treatment
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Cassava Plant Could Help African Farmers Cope With Climate Change
By the Editor on February 28, 2012
Calling cassava “the Rambo of food crops,” scientists said the long-neglected root becomes even more productive in hotter temperatures...
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Space Superbugs Eyed As New Fuel Cell Power Source
By the Editor on February 27, 2012
A U.K.-based research team has created a fuel cell that can power a lightbulb, with the aid of a...
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Were the Mayans Done in By Drought?
By the Editor on February 24, 2012
For more than 500 years, the Maya kings ruled the New World’s richest and most advanced civilization. But then,...
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Climate Change Drove Evolution of Earliest Horses
By the Editor on February 24, 2012
Back in the day of the first mammals, horses started out the size of house cats, weighing about 8...
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Increasingly, Children’s Books Are Where the Wild Things Aren’t
By the Editor on February 23, 2012
A new study has found that over the last several decades, nature has increasingly taken a back seat in...
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Lab-Grown Meat Is First Step to Artificial Hamburger
By the Editor on February 21, 2012
Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first...
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Energy Poverty Creating Respiratory Disease Epidemic
By the Editor on February 17, 2012
Limited access to clean sources of energy, known as energy poverty, makes nearly half the world’s population reliant on...
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