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Duckweed as a Cost-Competitive Raw Material for Biofuel Production
March 7, 2013 — The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that ... > full story -
School-Based Kitchen Gardens Are Getting an A+: New Study Highlights Benefits of for Both Children and Parents
March 7, 2013 — Grow it, try it, and you just might like it is a motto many schools are embracing to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables. Through community-based kitchen garden programs, ... > full story -
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Conservation Development Has Some Developers Thinking -- And Seeing -- Green
March 5, 2013 — Homes in neighborhoods that incorporate protected open space command prices 20 to 29 percent higher than those without open space, according to a new ... > full story -
Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Biomass? New Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst Invented
March 5, 2013 — Inspired by patents from the 1960s audio cassette recording industry, chemists now developed a new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. It can be used for the making of synthetic fuels from natural gas and ... > full story -
Shark Fisheries Globally Unsustainable: 100 Million Sharks Die Every Year
March 1, 2013 — The world’s shark populations are experiencing significant declines with perhaps 100 million – or more - sharks being lost every year, according to a new ... > full story -
Improving Climate Protection in the Agricultural Sector
February 28, 2013 — Agriculture is responsible for around 10 to 12 percent of all greenhouse gases attributable to human activities. This raises the question of how these emissions could be reduced. A recent study has ... > full story -
A New Look at Urbanization's Environmental Impact
February 27, 2013 — A research team from Sweden has developed a technique for quick, simple and cost-effective mapping of worldwide urban growth and its environmental ... > full story -
A Game Plan for Climate Change
February 27, 2013 — Researchers have successfully piloted a process that enables natural resource managers to take action to conserve particular wildlife, plants and ecosystems as climate ... > full story -
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UN Sustainable Energy Initiative Could Put World on a Path to Climate Targets
February 24, 2013 — The UN's Sustainable Energy for All initiative, if successful, could make a significant contribution to the efforts to limit climate change to target levels, according to a new ... > full story -
Using Amount of Fish Caught as Measure of Fisheries Health Is Misleading
February 21, 2013 — Changes in the amount of fish caught does not necessarily reflect the number of fish in the ... > full story
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