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  A Green Way To Slag Off Bunnies

  December 18, 2006 — Using slag on wheat plants deters rabbits from eating, and consequently damaging the plant. Calcium silicate gives the leaves a bitter taste, putting the bunnies off their food. Studies show that ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  Fuels Made From Prairie Biomass Reduce Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

  December 7, 2006 — Highly diverse mixtures of native prairie plant species have emerged as a leader in the quest to identify the best source of biomass for producing sustainable, bio-based fuel to replace petroleum. A ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
  Food
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  Perennial Wheat Offers Environmental And Other Benefits

  November 27, 2006 — Perennial wheat? The possibility is being looked at by a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. Annual wheat, which is traditionally grown in the Great Plains, is planted in the fall and ... > full story
• Early Humans
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  Varied Diet Of Early Hominid Casts Doubt On Extinction Theory

  November 9, 2006 — An upright hominid that lived side by side with direct ancestors of modern humans more than a million years ago had a far more diverse diet than once believed, clouding the notion that it was driven ... > full story
• Birds
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  Cambodia Moves To Protect Endangered Bird

  November 6, 2006 — In an effort to protect a large grassland bird from possible extinction, the government of Cambodia has recently moved to set aside more than 100 square miles of habitat for the Bengal florican, a ... > full story
• Snow and Avalanches
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  Snow Data Helps Maintain Nation's Largest, Oldest Bison Herd

  November 2, 2006 — NASA satellite data and computer modeling and US Department of Agriculture information are helping track the remnants of the once mighty bison herd in Yellowstone National Park as they migrate with ... > full story
• Soil Types
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  No Laughing Matter: Reducing Levels Of Nitrous Oxide From Soil To Lessen Impact Of Global Warming

  September 25, 2006 — Abertay University is supporting the University of Plymouth in a £1 million project which could reduce the impact of global warming by decreasing the levels of nitrous oxide -- 'laughing gas' ... > full story
• Nature
  Global Warming
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  Global Changes Alter The Timing Of Plant Growth, Scientists Say

  September 4, 2006 — Different plant species mature at different times. Scientists studying plant communities in natural habitats call this phenomenon "complementarity." It allows species to co-exist because it reduces ... > full story
• Cultures
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  Evolutionary Biology
  Origin of Life
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  Bison Hunters More Advanced Than Thought: Archaeologist

  August 15, 2006 — A University of Calgary archaeologist has proposed a controversial theory suggesting the First Nations of the Canadian Plains developed complex tribal social structures some 1,700 years earlier than ... > full story
• Early Climate
  Climate
  Global Warming
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  Nature
  Ice Ages
   
  

  Ancient Bison Teeth Provide Window On Past Great Plains Climate, Vegetation

  August 7, 2006 — Scientists have devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America's breadbasket, the Great ... > full story

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