News tagged with increase
Life got bigger in two, million-fold leaps, scientists say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Extremes are exciting. Does anyone really think dinosaurs would capture our imagination the way they do if they hadn't been so huge? You don't see natural history museums vying for fossil skeletons ...
Wildfires set to increase 50 percent by 2050
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2009 |
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The area of forest burnt by wildfires in the United States is set to increase by over 50% by 2050, according to research by climate scientists.
NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics -- the type associated with severe storms and rainfall -- is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists ...
Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Global warming threatens Australia's iconic kangaroos
Oct 15, 2008 |
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As concerns about the effects of global warming continue to mount, a new study published in the December issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology finds that an increase in average temperature of only two degrees Celsiu ...
Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...
How to limit risk of climate catastrophe
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of climate risk, published by researchers at MIT and elsewhere, shows that even moderate carbon-reduction policies now can substantially lower the risk of future climate change. ...
A question of height: Learning from reintroduction of once extinct butterfly in Britain
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Intelligent countryside management could improve the survival chances of animal and plant species threatened by climate change. The creation of small heat-shielded habitats and better links between habitats ...
Fix is hard for Medicare, Social Security finances
May 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- There is no easy fix.
Tax health care to pay for health care?
May 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Most people with job-based health insurance don't think of their benefits as a form of income. But Uncle Sam might just change that.
European ancestry increases breast cancer risk among Latinas
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Latina women have a lower risk of breast cancer than European or African-American women generally, but those with higher European ancestry could be at increased risk, according to data published in the December 1 issue of ...
Clock-shifts affect risk of heart attack
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Adjusting the clocks to summer time on the last Sunday in March increases the risk of myocardial infarction in the following week. In return, putting the clocks back in the autumn reduces the risk, albeit to a lesser extent. ...
Eating whole grains lowers heart failure risk, according to new study
Oct 27, 2008 |
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About 5 million people in the United States suffer from heart failure (HF). While some reports indicate that changes to diet can reduce HF risk, few large, prospective studies have been conducted. In a new study researchers ...
US suicide rate increasing: Largest increase seen in middle-aged white women
Oct 21, 2008 |
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The rate of suicide in the United States is increasing for the first time in a decade, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy. The increase ...
No jobs, no insurance: hard times for young adults
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Emily Weinstein graduated from college into an economic meltdown, and as a self-employed jewelry maker she'll be lucky to bring in $16,000 this year.
