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Guide offers smart growth help for coastal and waterfront planners and developers

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NOAA, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, the International City/County Management Association and Rhode Island Sea Grant, has released a guide to bring smart growth to coastal and waterfront communities.


Report shows mid-Atlantic has high potential for wind energy

Technology / Energy

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 2

The breezes blowing across the shallow waters of the mid-Atlantic coast, including North Carolina, hold some of the nation's highest potential for harvesting wind energy, a new federal report says.





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US survey shows southern counties most obese

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.


Students learn environmental stewardship, improve science scores

Students learn environmental stewardship, improve science scores

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Keeping with the global "green" trend, educators worldwide are relying more on environmental education lessons to enhance students' science knowledge. Studies have revealed that bringing environmental education ...


Government to remap manatee habitat

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It has been more than 30 years since federal wildlife managers formally mapped the places where endangered manatee live in Florida. On Tuesday, they acknowledged it's probably time for an update.


Rural America more prosperous than expected

Rural America more prosperous than expected

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For many people "rural" is synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools. However, a recent study at the University of Illinois found that much of rural America is actually prosperous, ...


Study looks at effect of high foreclosure rates on local tax bases

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Foreclosed homes and unsustainable growth can wreck the tax base of local governments. That’s the warning being issued by Auburn University’s Center for Governmental Services following its study of newly ...


New studies find global warming will have significant economic impacts on Florida coasts

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Leading Florida-based scientific researchers released two new studies today, including a Florida State University report finding that climate change will cause significant impacts on Florida's coastlines and economy due to ...


Debunking fears: Latino growth does not boost crime

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rural industries, such as meat-packing and textile manufacturing, create job opportunities that have brought significant numbers of Latino workers and their families to small- and medium-sized towns. This influx of Latino ...


How will future sea-level rise linked to climate change affect coastal areas?

How will future sea-level rise linked to climate change affect coastal areas?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

The anticipated sea-level rise associated with climate change, including increased storminess, over the next 100 years and the impact on the nation's low-lying coastal infrastructure is the focus of a new, ...


Ida now a coastal low assaulting the Mid-Atlantic

Ida now a coastal low assaulting the Mid-Atlantic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ida is one stubborn girl. Her remnants have moved out to sea and reformed as a powerful coastal low pressure system that's been raining on the mid-Atlantic since Tuesday night, November 10. The Geostationary ...


Deep South Plant Specimen Imaging Project

Deep South Plant Specimen Imaging Project

Biology /

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Here in the East Gulf Coastal Plain, one of North America’s premier and most imperiled regions for botanical biodiversity, Florida State University is leading an ambitious project that will create high-resolution ...



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