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Earth on Acid: Present & Future of Global Acidification
November 6, 2012 Climate change and extreme weather events grab the headlines, but there is another, lesser known, global change underway on land, in the seas, and in the air: ... > full story -
Endangered Plants
Insects (including Butterflies)
Agriculture and Food
Soil Types
Botany
Recycling and Waste
Invading Weeds Are Met by an Offense of Plant-Eating Insects
November 1, 2012 What is the best course of action when an invading noxious weed threatens to attack crop yields and assault grazing land? Invite a friend to dinner. In this case, the friend is a plant-eating ... > full story -
Minimizing Mining Damage With Manure
October 26, 2012 New research confirms that the time-tested practice of amending crop soils with manure also can help restore soils on damaged post-mining ... > full story -
Environmental Policy
Land Management
Ocean Policy
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Environmental Policies
Under Debate: Mongolian Nomadic Lifestyle
October 22, 2012 Geographers from the University of Leicester are involved in research on pastoralism, environment and livelihoods at a critical juncture in decision making over the future of Mongolia's rural ... > full story -
Fast Image Processing Developed for Industry
October 19, 2012 The mining and steel industries, as well as the aggregates industry that produces rock and stone for construction and industry needs, were the focus end-users for new fast image analysis capabilities ... > full story -
Mine Your Business: Text Mining Insights from Social Media
October 10, 2012 Thanks to blogs, online forums, and product review sites, companies and marketers now have access to a seemingly endless array of data on consumers' opinions and experiences. In principle, businesses ... > full story -
Computational Intelligence Opens Up New Avenues in Alzheimer's Research
October 9, 2012 Researchers have used machine learning and data mining techniques to compare gene expresssion levels in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients in two key regions of the hippocampus: the dentate gyrus, ... > full story -
Technology Designed for Use by Astronauts Works to Save Trapped Miners
September 28, 2012 A technology designed for use by astronauts in the hazardous environment of space has found a lifesaving use in another dangerous occupation, but this time on Earth, or rather under it: coal ... > full story -
Fall Calls Bats to Hibernate, Scientists to Study Them
September 28, 2012 Bats are an important weapon in the battle against insect pests, but a deadly fungal disease is killing more and more of them. They flock to mines and caves in the fall, where scientists study them ... > full story -
Colorectal Cancer Gene Database Helpful in Furthering Research
September 27, 2012 The CRCgene database, which gathers all genetic association studies on colorectal cancer, allows for researchers to accurately interpret the risk factors of the disease and provides insight into the ... > full story
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