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Hansen: Game Over for the Climate
By the Editor on May 12, 2012
Global warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why it was so troubling to read a recent...
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Knowing More – and Less – About Science
By the Editor on May 10, 2012
U.S. eighth graders did slightly better last year on a national science test than did their counterparts in 2009....
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How to Feed the World While Earth Cooks
By the Editor on May 9, 2012
A conference on feeding the world must also feed itself. For the New America Foundation’s recent “Feeding the World...
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Hellish Coal Fires Roast Underworld for a Century
By the Editor on May 8, 2012
Wherever there is coal, there will be fire. For centuries, we have dug up the combustible rock to power...
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Technical Creativity Needs Nurturing at the Grassroots Level
By the Editor on May 5, 2012
Efforts to promote sustainable development must tap into technologies developed locally, driven by community needs and priorities. The products...
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Plant Diversity is Key to Productive Vegetation
By the Editor on May 4, 2012
Vegetation, such as a patch of prairie or a forest stand, is more productive in the long run when...
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Plant Study Flags Dangers of Warming World
By the Editor on May 3, 2012
Plants flowering 8.5 times faster than predicted; changes have knock-on effect for food chain, ecosystems
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Is Global Warming Driven By Economic Growth?
By the Editor on May 2, 2012
To slow climate change the world will either have to put the brakes on economic growth or change the...
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Large Wind Farms Increase Temperatures Near Ground
By the Editor on April 30, 2012
Large wind farms slightly increase temperatures near the ground as the turbines’ rotor blades pull down warm air, according...
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Sea Change in Salinity Heralds Shift in Rainfall
By the Editor on April 27, 2012
Scientists have detected a clear change in salinity of the world’s oceans and have found that the cycle that...
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