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The growing demand for online services is causing data center energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to rise rapidly.
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Published: May 12, 2008
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Changes in the shape, texture or color of your fingernails or toenails can indicate a health problem you might not be aware of.
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Published: May 12, 2008
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The number of businesses and individuals harnessing solar energy continues to grow as concerns mount over oil prices and climate change.
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Published: May 07, 2008
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Some of your favorite foods might not be available in the future, as many essential crops are threatened by diseases, pollution and other dangers.
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Published: Apr 23, 2008
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Scientists seeking ways to provide clean, renewable energy are exploring new technologies for water-generated power.
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Published: Apr 11, 2008
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Simple projects you can build today to use sun power for heating, cooking and more.
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Published: Mar 31, 2008
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An introduction to resources to help you design and build your own solar-powered vehicle, large or small.
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Published: Mar 31, 2008
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Some of the world's top scientists, diplomats and economists will gather at Columbia University this week to discuss Earth's human and environmental problems and to identify possible solutions.
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Published: Mar 28, 2008
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A growing body of scientific research is finding numerous health benefits from drinking red wine.
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Published: Mar 27, 2008
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Recent discoveries and warnings about how climate change might affect people and the planet.
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Published: Mar 27, 2008
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The latest quarterly survey from the University of Florida shows signs the single-family housing market in Florida might be starting to rebound.
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Published: Mar 21, 2008
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An overview of some of the latest discoveries in solar-cell technology.
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Published: Mar 18, 2008
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Ten things you might not know about how nanotechnology affects your daily life.
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Published: Mar 17, 2008
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Tips for healthful, satisfying eating from Michael Pollan's latest book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto."
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Published: Mar 14, 2008
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The International Festival of Owls wrapped up this year's activities by honoring one owl and six people for their work in educating the public about owls and protecting owl welfare.
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Published: Mar 10, 2008
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This week marks not only Leap Day but the official "leap-off" of the Year of the Frog, a global campaign aimed at protecting the endangered populations of frogs and other amphibians around the world.
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Published: Feb 29, 2008
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The operators of the functioning reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear facilities are seeking a 20-year extension of their license.
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Published: Feb 28, 2008
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Scientists will meet on Thursday, Feb. 28, to discuss how human activities are affecting nature in different parts of the world.
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Published: Feb 27, 2008
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Scientists are increasingly realizing how much human activity is affecting the world's oceans ... usually for the worse.
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Published: Feb 26, 2008
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Numerous species around the world are being threatened by mass die-offs, including bees, birds and bats.
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Published: Feb 26, 2008
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Science Debate 2008 organizers are urging supporters to contact the U.S. presidential candidates' campaigns and urge them to take part in a debate on science policy.
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Published: Feb 25, 2008
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There's more to animal droppings than meets the eye ... or nose.
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Published: Feb 25, 2008
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A growing chorus of scientists and science advocates across the U.S. is calling for an end for political interference in scientific matters.
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Published: Feb 25, 2008
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Florida has long lagged behind less-sunny states in its adoption of solar power, but it's starting to catch up and do more to encourage the development of clean energy and lower greenhouse gas emissio...
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Published: Feb 16, 2008
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A growing body of scientific research is discovering new ways in which rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels might affect life on Earth.
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Published: Feb 16, 2008
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A grassroots initiative called Science Debate 2008 is seeking support for a public debate on science and technology issues as part of the 2008 U.S. presidential race.
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Published: Feb 14, 2008
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A number of new advances, including a new energy conversion efficiency record, continue to make solar power more efficient and cost-effective.
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Published: Feb 13, 2008
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A growing body of scientific research indicates that human-caused global warming could push the Earth past a tipping point into dramatic and irreversible change.
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Published: Feb 12, 2008
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Scientists and water resource experts warn the U.S. Southwest can expect continued, and worsening, drought conditions in the coming years.
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Published: Feb 12, 2008
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More than 3,000 corporations around the world are being asked to provide details on how they are addressing climate change; however, a recent poll finds many business leaders are still failing to cons...
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Published: Feb 09, 2008
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A growing number of health and consumer watchdog groups are working to reduce the consumption of soft drinks, especially by children, to help fight a growing global trend of obesity.
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Published: Feb 09, 2008
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The U.S. Minerals Management Service this week plans to sell oil and gas drilling leases for the Chukchi Sea off the Alaska coast.
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Published: Feb 06, 2008
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Around the world, seed banks and seed exchanges are working to preserve food-crop seeds from regional disasters, war, climate change and the monoculture of industrial-style agriculture.
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Published: Feb 05, 2008
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Weather experts from around the globe are meeting in Geneva for the first time this week to begin setting an agenda for next year's World Climate Conference.
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Published: Feb 04, 2008
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The U.S.D.A.'s recent announcement that meat from cloned animals was safe for human consumption doesn't mean clone burgers will be the first unnatural food most of us have eaten.
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Published: Jan 30, 2008
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Organizers of "Focus the Nation" seek to hold the largest teach-in in U.S. history on Thursday, Jan. 31, with a focus on global warming and solutions to climate change.
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Published: Jan 30, 2008
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A growing body of research indicates that human changes to the planet are so significant that we've created a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.
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Published: Jan 29, 2008
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Scientists and engineers at Florida Atlantic University's Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology are developing a prototype system of deep-sea turbines that could tap the Gulf Stream as a cle...
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Published: Jan 26, 2008
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Conservation groups are suing to win Endangered Species Act protection for the giant Palouse earthworm, which is native to Washington and Idaho.
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Published: Jan 25, 2008
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Scientists remain uncertain about whether climate change will mean more and stronger hurricanes in the future.
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Published: Jan 23, 2008
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Researchers and world leaders say the world's wealthiest countries create ecological problems that disproportionately affect the poorest around the globe.
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Published: Jan 23, 2008
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A special report from the Institute for Southern Studies finds the U.S. government has failed to live up to international human rights standards in its handling of the massive displacements caused by ...
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Published: Jan 18, 2008
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Failing to replace today's nuclear reactors with either new plants or an equivalent capacity of clean alternatives could help accelerate rising carbon dioxide emissions and climate change, experts fea...
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Published: Jan 16, 2008
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A growing number of projects are seeking to capture methane gas emissions from landfills, and use the gas to provide a source of clean, renewable energy.
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Published: Jan 16, 2008
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Recent research finds that Antarctica, like the northern polar regions, is seeing shrinking ice cover as the climate warms.
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Published: Jan 16, 2008
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A growing number of policy-makers, scientists and others are advocating a shift to nuclear power as a way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and curb climate change.
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Published: Jan 11, 2008
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Scientists and public health experts warn climate change could make once-tropical diseases like dengue more of a threat to the U.S.
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Published: Jan 09, 2008
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The MESSENGER spacecraft will make its first flyby over the planet Mercury on Monday, Jan.14.
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Published: Jan 09, 2008
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Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say a new sunspot in the sun's Northern Hemisphere could indicate the start of a new 11-year cycle of solar storms that can interfere ...
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Published: Jan 07, 2008
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Scientists at NASA's Near Earth Object Program regularly track asteroids and comets that come close to the Earth's orbit; they are also watching an asteroid that might collide with Mars next month.
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Published: Dec 24, 2007
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Global grain reserves are down and food prices are up, as a "perfect storm" of global trends threatens world food supplies, especially for the poor.
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Published: Dec 19, 2007
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Researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University have traced the pathways leading from the skin to an area of the brain that decides when it's time to start shivering.
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Published: Dec 17, 2007
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The World Meteorological Organization reports that the decade just ending has been the warmest on record globally.
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Published: Dec 15, 2007
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Using a cesium vapor magnetometer, researchers have been able to create detailed maps of a buried Roman town in the U.K.
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Published: Dec 14, 2007
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A research team at the University of Florida has found that fructose might have a greater impact on weight and health than glucose from starchy foods like bread.
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Published: Dec 14, 2007
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Researchers at the University of Washington report that some parts of the Arctic Ocean saw surface water temperatures up to 9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average this past summer.
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Published: Dec 14, 2007
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Research teams aboard two Arctic icebreaker expeditions in 2005 and 2007 found giant waves of mud along the sea floor, as well as evidence of past undersea glaciers that scraped huge gouges into the b...
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Published: Dec 12, 2007
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A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists says the U.S. needs to improve its safety and security standards before considering expanded nuclear power as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Published: Dec 12, 2007
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Research published this week finds that human evolution has been ongoing and rapid, especially since the invention of agriculture and the growth of population.
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Published: Dec 12, 2007
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A project called POLENET will gather data year-round from a network of newly placed GPS trackers and seismic sensors across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Published: Dec 11, 2007
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A Michigan State University Website will feature video clips and photos taken by a researcher tracking pandas in China to fit them with GPS-equipped collars.
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Published: Dec 11, 2007
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A team of researchers is setting out on a three-year effort to catalog every species of animal, plant and fungus on the South Pacific island of Moorea.
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Published: Dec 10, 2007
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An international research team has found signs of tuberculosis infection in a 500,000-year-old Homo erectus skull found in western Turkey.
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Published: Dec 07, 2007
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An online survey by Greenpeace International and the virtual teen community Habbo found that a majority of teens name climate change as their top concern.
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Published: Dec 07, 2007
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Two research agencies in Australia have joined forces to create a new center focused on Australian climate and weather research.
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Published: Dec 07, 2007
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The National Science Foundation reports that researcher Helen Hansma has developed a new hypothesis for the first origins of life on Earth.
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Published: Dec 05, 2007
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The Environmental Working Group is calling on toy stores to recall Planet Toys CSI: Crime Scene Investigation™ Fingerprint Examination Kits, which have been found to contain asbestos.
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Published: Dec 05, 2007
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Researchers have found that unusually high ratios of helium-3 to helium-4 in groundwater might indicate potential sources of geothermal energy below.
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Published: Dec 02, 2007
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The U.S. Geological Survey has launched a new online tool with fact sheets, tracking tools, photos, videos and links to help southern California residents deal with the impacts of recent wildfires.
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Published: Dec 01, 2007
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New research finds that trying to increase the amount of algae in oceans doesn't increase the amount of algae-absorbed carbon that sinks deep underwater.
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Published: Nov 30, 2007
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Several animal welfare groups have petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking to declare foie gras a "diseased food" unfit for human consumption.
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Published: Nov 29, 2007
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A report from Demos and Brandeis University uses a new index to assess the financial health and stability of middle-class families in the United States.
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Published: Nov 29, 2007
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest has released its 2007 report card that grades U.S. states on their school nutrition policies.
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Published: Nov 29, 2007
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to do more to reduce salt in foods; too much sodium is blamed for 150,000 deaths a year in the U.S.
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Published: Nov 28, 2007
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Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the 2002 drought across North America cut the continent's natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide in half.
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Published: Nov 28, 2007
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The National Science Foundation is making its Documenting Endangered Languages program permanent in an effort to preserve many languages in danger of dying out soon.
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Published: Nov 22, 2007
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Conservation groups are cheering the Bush administration's withdrawal of its appeal in a lawsuit challenging changes to environmental protections for salmon.
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Published: Nov 22, 2007
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Environmental Defense recommends the federal government should set up a system similar to that used for nuclear power to ensure the same agency isn't responsible for both promoting and overseeing nano...
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Published: Nov 21, 2007
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A study by the National Science Foundation finds California officials will have to address two different responses to last month's wildfires: some people will take measures to prevent future damage, w...
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Published: Nov 21, 2007
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A joint study by the University of Manchester and The Manchester Museum finds Costa Rican tree frogs might have unique skin properties that allow them to benefit from "sunbathing" that kills a lethal ...
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Published: Nov 20, 2007
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The U.S. Geological Survey has issued a report explaining the importance of accurate water budgets for current and future water use.
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Published: Nov 20, 2007
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Scientists studying viral populations in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park find the viruses can travel miles from spring to spring without their microbial hosts.
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Published: Nov 17, 2007
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The Center for Biological Diversity and Oceana have filed a petition asking federal officials to boost protection for the western North Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle from "threatened" to "endangered....
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Published: Nov 16, 2007
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A report from The Climate Institute in Australia finds that new scientific data indicates the International Panel on Climate Change's last report probably underestimates the speed of global warming.
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Published: Nov 16, 2007
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A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists says it's important to take into account an alternative fuel's start-to-finish impact on greenhouse gas emissions. While tailpipe emissions from liquid ...
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Published: Nov 14, 2007
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The National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency has released "Vision for 2025: Developing a Framework for Change," a guide to help policy-makers institute cost-effective energy-efficiency improvements.
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Published: Nov 14, 2007
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An international research project has deployed a network of 3,000 underwater robots in oceans around the globe to provide ongoing data for ocean, climate and fisheries research.
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Published: Nov 14, 2007
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A study by Food & Water Watch examines four government-funded offshore fish farms and concludes that open ocean aquaculture is neither environmentally friendly nor economically viable.
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Published: Nov 13, 2007
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Astronomers using the McDonald Observatory in Texas have identified a star that's more physically and chemically similar to the Sun than any previously discovered "solar twin."
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Published: Nov 11, 2007
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The American Public Health Association this week announced a major new initiative to address the public health threats created by climate change.
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Published: Nov 09, 2007
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The International Energy Agency's new report, "World Energy Outlook 2007," says the fast economic growth of China and India require other countries around the world to act now to ensure future energy ...
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Published: Nov 08, 2007
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A team of international researchers has found that natural systems in which some plants become extinct can lose up to half their overall productivity.
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Published: Nov 08, 2007
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Researchers at Ohio State University found that rising sea levels could contaminate underground supplies of fresh water more than previously thought.
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Published: Nov 07, 2007
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A report from the American Solar Energy Society predicts as many as 40 million Americans could be employed in renewable-energy or energy-efficiency industries by 2030, if policy-makers launch an aggre...
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Published: Nov 07, 2007
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A research team theorizes that some of the x-rays coming from inside galaxy clusters are caused by electrons and photons colliding, not by gases; because electrons are much smaller than gas atoms, tha...
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Published: Nov 06, 2007
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The Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection has cited the Blue Grass Army Depot for environmental violations, and forwarded evidence of possible criminal activity to the U.S. Environmental Pro...
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Published: Nov 05, 2007
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A report from the UK Energy Research Centre finds governments are overestimating how much energy can be saved through improved energy efficiency; sometimes, more fuel-efficient cars, for example, can ...
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Published: Nov 04, 2007
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More than 40 environmental and food-safety groups have signed a letter asking the National Organic Standards Board not to adopt recommendations that would allow organic-labeled fish to be fed wild fis...
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Published: Nov 03, 2007
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The federal government has unveiled a new U.S. Drought Portal that provides online maps, information, photos, planning resources and educational links related to drought conditions across the country.
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Published: Nov 03, 2007
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The Natural Resources Defense Council released a report detailing the health and environmental problems caused by regulatory loopholes for oil and gas drilling, which is rapidly expanded in Western st...
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Published: Nov 02, 2007
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The Union of Concerned Scientists has unveiled its new Nuclear Power Information Tracker, which lets users view the locations and past safety problems of various nuclear power plants across the U.S.
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Published: Nov 02, 2007
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A geologist discovered that retreating glaciers in Canada have left behind near-pristine stumps from trees buried under the ice some 7,000 years ago.
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Published: Oct 31, 2007
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A report from the American Academy of Pediatrics outlines ways in which climate change will create increased health threats for children, and advises pediatricians on how to address those threats.
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Published: Oct 31, 2007
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Consumer Reports conducted a four-month investigation that found lead in many consumer products that have not come up for recall.
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Published: Oct 31, 2007
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An international coalition of consumers groups is advocating a ban on soda marketing to children, an end to soft-drink sales in schools and a soda tax to support nutrition and exercise programs.
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Published: Oct 31, 2007
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The U.S. Geological Survey has found that rain and snow over the Great Lakes Basin have increased by more than 4 inches over the past 90 years.
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