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Carbon measuring system to help mitigate climate change
May 18, 2009 |
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The $9.16m Carbon Benefits Project, which involves the Overseas Development Group at the University of East Anglia (UEA), hopes to encourage sustainable development schemes in developing countries that generate climate adaptation, ...
Insect release proposed to control exotic strawberry guava
May 22, 2008 |
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U.S. Forest Service scientists with the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry have submitted a proposal to release a Brazilian insect to control the spread of strawberry guava, a South American tree that has invaded and degraded ...
Taser issues advisory on use of stun guns
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect's chest.
Attempt to move Forest Service could spark turf war
Mar 01, 2009 |
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In what eventually could become a major bureaucratic turf war, there have been stirrings on Capitol Hill about moving the U.S. Forest Service from the Agriculture to the Interior Department.
China fights gerbil plague with 'the pill'
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Authorities in northwestern China have resorted to using a contraception-abortion pill to rein in a plague of gerbils which is threatening the local desert ecosystem, state media said Wednesday.
Scientist names top 5 invasive plants threatening Southern forests in 2009
Jan 12, 2009 |
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U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Ecologist Jim Miller, Ph.D., one of the foremost authorities on nonnative plants in the South, today identified the invasive plant species he believes pose the biggest threats ...
When food gets inspected and recalled, consumers may not get a clear picture of the process
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Consumers usually find out pretty quickly if the meat they're planning to throw on the grill has been recalled.
Tennessee foresters helping to return chestnuts to American forests
Sep 23, 2009 |
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The American chestnut was a dominant species in eastern U.S.'s forests before a blight wiped it out in the early 1900s. Today it's being returned to the landscape thanks in part to work by a University of ...
'Green Clean:' Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water. Through a process called ...
Health departments get mixed marks for using Web to communicate about flu crisis, study finds
Jul 07, 2009 |
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State and local health departments get mixed marks for efforts to convey information about the H1N1 virus to the public using their Web sites immediately after U.S. officials declared a public health emergency in April, according ...
Values predict attitudes toward nuclear power
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Mar 25, 2009 |
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Concerns about climate change and energy independence have led to renewed calls for the resurgence of nuclear power. Therefore, it is important to understand the level of and bases for public attitudes, both supporting and ...
Study: Public trust doctrine could aid management of US oceans
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Since Congress lifted a moratorium on offshore drilling last year, federal lawmakers have grappled with the issue of how best to regulate U.S. ocean waters to allow oil, wave and wind energy development, while sustainably ...
Forestry officials on urgent mission: Beetles
May 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Forestry officials in the Northeast are on an urgent mission, tracking thousands of Massachusetts residents as they search for tree-eating stowaway insects they may have carried to campgrounds or ...
Most US organizations not adapting to climate change
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Organizations in the United States that are at the highest risk of sustaining damage from climate change are not adapting enough to the dangers posed by rising temperatures, according to a Yale report.
New government brochure explains climate science
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Day after day, reports of the dangers of climate and climate change circulate in the news, often filled with confusing data and debate.
