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  Bees and Other Pollinating Insects Are Just One Factor in Food Production

  June 5, 2013 — No food for the human race without bees? It is not quite as straightforward as that. A case study by ecologists in a coffee-growing area in India reveals that pollinating insects are just one ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  Disincentives to Energy Efficiency Can Be Fixed

  June 4, 2013 — A new study finds that utilities aren't rewarded for adopting energy efficiency programs, and that reforms are needed to make energy efficiency as attractive as ... > full story
• Spiders and Ticks
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  White-Tailed Deer and the Science of Yellow Snow

  June 4, 2013 — New research from wildlife ecologists indicates that white-tailed deer may be making the soil in their preferred winter homes unfit to grow the very trees that protect them ... > full story
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  The Intensity of Land Use Doubled in the 20th Century

  June 4, 2013 — The growth of green plants – which can be measured in terms of “net primary production”, or NPP for short – provides the energetic foundation for all life on Earth. The share ... > full story
• Biology
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  Enzyme from Wood-Eating Gribble Could Help Turn Waste Into Biofuel

  June 3, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that could prove an important step in the quest to turn waste (such as paper, scrap wood and straw) into liquid fuel. To do this they turned to the destructive ... > full story
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  Using Cattails for Insulation

  June 3, 2013 — Cattails (Typha sp) have long been used for various purposes, like cleaning wastewater at sewage treatment plants, for detoxifying soils, as raw material for handcrafted wickerwork, as means of ... > full story
• Environmental Issues
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  Elevated Carbon Dioxide Making Arid Regions Greener

  May 31, 2013 — Scientists have long suspected that a flourishing of green foliage around the globe, observed since the early 1980s in satellite data, springs at least in part from the increasing concentration of ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
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  Dairy's Carbon Footprint: Flatulence Tops the List

  May 31, 2013 — Researchers have conducted a life-cycle analysis of fluid milk that will provide guidance for producers, processors and others throughout the dairy supply chain. The largest contributors were feed ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
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  Recovery of Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles Still Short of Historic Levels

  May 29, 2013 — Hawaiian green sea turtle populations have increased in recent years, but their numbers still fall far short of historic levels. A new report suggests that calls to lift protection for this species ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  The US Shale-Gas Revolution and European Renewables: Divergence and Cooperation in Alternative Energy

  May 29, 2013 — That the United States and Europe have been following different energy policies over the past few decades won’t come as a surprise. However, according to one researcher, their divergence ... > full story

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