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Rain Gardens Are Sprouting Up Everywhere
December 1, 2010 — Rain gardens are increasingly popular with homeowners and municipalities and are mandatory for many communities nationally. US Department of Agriculture scientists are finding ways to improve rain ... > full story -
Heavy Metals May Influence Moose Health
November 5, 2010 — Moose in southern Norway are in significantly worse health than those further north and in eastern Norway, with lower carcass weights and lower reproduction rates. There are also several reported ... > full story -
Volcanoes Have Shifted Asian Rainfall
November 3, 2010 — Scientists have shown that eruptions also affect rainfall over the Asian monsoon region, where seasonal storms water crops for nearly half of earth's population. Tree-ring researchers showed that big ... > full story -
Predicting Smoggiest Days: Experiments Improve Accuracy of Ozone Predictions in Air-Quality Models
October 28, 2010 — A research team has fully characterized a key chemical reaction that affects the formation of pollutants in smoggy air in the world's urban areas. When applied to Los Angeles, the laboratory results ... > full story -
Eggshells Could Help Combat Climate Change, Research Suggests
October 26, 2010 — The food industry generates a lot of waste products, but one of these -- eggshells -- could help combat climate change, according to new ... > full story -
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Value-Added Sulfur Scrubbing: Converting Acid Rain Chemicals Into Useful Products
October 21, 2010 — Power plants that burn fossil fuels remain the main source of electricity generation across the globe. Modern power plants have scrubbers to remove sulfur compounds from their flue gases, which has ... > full story -
Can Hungary's Red Sludge Be Made Less Toxic With Carbon?
October 13, 2010 — The red, metal-laden sludge that escaped a containment pond in Hungary last week could be made less toxic with the help of carbon sequestration, says a geologist who has a patent pending on the ... > full story -
Plant Nutrients from Wastewater
September 7, 2010 — Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium -- there are valuable nutrients contained in wastewater. Unfortunately, these essential nutrients are lost in conventional wastewater treatment plants. This is the ... > full story -
Scientist Offers Better Ways to Engineer Earth's Climate to Prevent Dangerous Global Warming
September 7, 2010 — There may be better ways to engineer the planet's climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes, a climate scientist in Canada says in two new ... > full story -
Is Biochar the Answer for Agriculture? Long-Term Study Digs Up New Information on Biochar’s Ability to Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Soils
August 2, 2010 — Scientists have found that over several months, biochar applied to soil can significantly reduce emissions of nitrous oxide and leaching of ... > full story -
Some Trees 'Farm' Bacteria to Help Supply Nutrients
July 29, 2010 — Some trees growing in nutrient-poor forest soil may get what they need by cultivating specific root microbes to create compounds they require. These microbes are exceptionally efficient at turning ... > full story -
Road Surface Purifies Air by Removing Nitrogen Oxides, Researchers in the Netherlands Find
July 6, 2010 — Road surfaces can make a big contribution to local air purity. This conclusion can be drawn from the first test results on a road surface of air-purifying concrete. This material reduces the ... > full story
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