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Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

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5 hours ago | 2.3 / 5 (6) | 2

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...

NASA Aircraft Flies Calif. Wildfire Post-Burn Mission

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2 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's remotely piloted Predator B aircraft, named Ikhana, recently conducted post-burn assessments of two Southern California wildfire sites, the Piute Fire in Kern County and the Station Fire in the Angeles ...

It's not just dirt!

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5 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" - a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged ...

Global study of salmon shows: 'Sustainable' food isn't so sustainable

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 24, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems. Rather than pushing for organic or land-based ...

NASA Releases Climate Change Multimedia Resource Reel

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Nov 24, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

In advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, NASA has released a new multimedia climate change "resource reel" showcasing free downloadable videos, data visualizations, animations, and still images ...

Does carbon labelling give developing countries a bad deal?

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Nov 24, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 1

Carbon labelling could unfairly disadvantage economies in the developing world, and mislead consumers, according to an interdisciplinary project carried out by the UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. ...

Is global warming unstoppable?

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Nov 23, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (30) | 31

In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the ...

Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling

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Nov 23, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (16) | 24

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's ...

How green is your house? Recycling favorite activity among Brits says new survey

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 23, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 3

Seventy percent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called "Understanding ...

Lose the fat: Targeting grease to curtail sewer overflows

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Nov 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Sewer overflows are a nasty business, posing dangers to human health and the environment. North Carolina State University is launching a new project with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that targets ...

Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit

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Nov 22, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 2

(AP) -- Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.

Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage

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Nov 21, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.

Dutch build more dunes against rising seas

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Nov 20, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 0

On the beach at Monster, bulldozers painstakingly turn sand dredged from the bottom of the North Sea bed into dunes in an ambitious effort to safeguard the Netherlands from flooding.

Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

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Nov 20, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 1

Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...

Germany calls for binding climate deal in 2010

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Nov 19, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 2

(AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.

ORNL, Los Alamos pioneer new approach to assist scientists, farmers

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Nov 19, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play a role in maintaining a healthy climate, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Los Alamos ...

UN: Fight climate change with free condoms

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Nov 18, 2009 | 3.1 / 5 (11) | 38

(AP) -- The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.

Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground

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Nov 18, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 3

The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.