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Study reveals how Arctic food webs affect mercury in polar bears
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With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals.
Leaked document stirs anger at climate summit
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(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.
List of 'unsung' wildlife affected by climate change released
Dec 07, 2009 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society today released a list of animals facing new impacts by climate change, some in strange and unexpected ways.
EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(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.
White, but not pure
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Even the snow on Aconcagua Mountain in the Andes is polluted with PCBs. An international team of researchers detected low concentrations of these toxic, carcinogenic chlorine compounds in samples taken from ...
Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our ...
Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point is to give it a position of strength if fewer people sign up for its ...
A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of natural-gas electric power plant proposed by MIT researchers could provide electricity with zero carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, at costs comparable to or less than ...
STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2009 |
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The STPSat-1, built for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program (STP) and operated by the DoD STP for the first year then transitioned to NRL for the last 16 months, was decommissioned on October ...
A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease (w/ Video)
Dec 02, 2009 |
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It turns out that wearing a cap is good for you, at least if you are a mammal cell.
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