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Describing soils: Calibration tool for teaching soil rupture resistance

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new calibration tool was recently developed to help students and soil scientists calibrate their thumb and forefinger for the correct amount of pressure.





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Climate talks end with eye on next year (AP)

Climate talks end with eye on next year

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created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(AP) -- A historic U.N. climate conference ended Saturday with only a nonbinding "Copenhagen Accord" to show for two weeks of debate and frustration. It was a deal short on concrete steps against global warming, ...


NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking (AP)

NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges?


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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Observations

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today.


Going underground for a climate solution

Going underground for a climate solution

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to help fix the Earth's atmosphere, Catherine Peters recently found herself 4,100 feet underground.


Developing countries end boycott at climate talks (AP)

Developing countries end boycott at climate talks

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

(AP) -- Poor countries ended a boycott of U.N. climate talks Monday after getting assurances that rich nations were not conspiring to soften their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases, European officials ...


Livestock lead to better health in developing nations, rising consumption poses challenge

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created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the face of reports about the ills livestock generate for the climate, environment and health, a new study published in the December issue of the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability emphasizes that l ...


Stolen e-mails embolden climate change skeptics

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (15) | comments 39

(AP) -- At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics - including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack ...


EPA head: US must make up for lost time on climate (AP)

EPA head: US must make up for lost time on climate

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(AP) -- The top U.S. environmental official told a divided U.N. climate conference Wednesday that the Obama administration's moves to "make up for lost time" and cut greenhouse gases would complement congressional ...


UN: 2000-2009 likely warmest decade on record (AP)

Leaked document stirs anger at climate summit

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 26

(AP) -- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.


EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health (AP)

EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (10) | comments 46

(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.



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