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Posted March 29, 2005:

• Study: Ethanol Production Consumes Six Units Of Energy To Produce Just One

Posted March 23, 2005:

• Fate Of Nano Waste: Researchers Study How To Make Nanomaterial Industry Environmentally Sustainable
• Marine Researchers Deliver Blueprint For Rescuing America's Troubled Coral Reefs

Posted February 25, 2005:

• NIST Software To Guide Federal 'Buy Green' Drive

Posted February 13, 2005:

• Sustainable Gas From 'Roasted' Wood Is A Feasible Option
• New System Can Measure Productivity Of Oceans

Posted February 12, 2005:

• Breakthrough System For Understanding Ocean Plant Life Announced

Posted February 4, 2005:

• Blasted Coral Reefs Need Tender, Low-Cost Care

Posted January 11, 2005:

• Urban Ecology Study Witnessing The Birth Of A 'Designer Ecosystem'

Posted December 8, 2004:

• Columbia Team Shows How Stratospheric Conditions Affect Weather

Posted November 18, 2004:

• Green Car Sets Speed Record
• NASA Satellite Data To Aid Global Conservation

Posted October 25, 2004:

• Antibiotics Used For Growth In Food Animals Making Their Way Into Waterways

Posted October 19, 2004:

• Indoor Air Pollution – The Killer In The Kitchen

Posted October 8, 2004:

• Drought In The West Linked To Warmer Temperatures

Posted September 8, 2004:

• Western Canadian Study Concludes Large-Scale CO2 Storage Is Safe

Posted September 3, 2004:

• Natural Mineral Locks Up Carbon Dioxide

Posted August 26, 2004:

• Fixed Assets: Aquatic Plants Sequester Toxic Compounds In Cell Tissue, Removing Contaminants From Wetlands

Posted August 16, 2004:

• Research Examines Bio-Pesticides Battle With Both Pests And Regulators

Posted July 28, 2004:

• NASA Plays Key Role In Largest Environmental Experiment In History
• Plant Gene Discovery Could Enhance Plant Growth, Reduce Fertilizer Needs And Phosphate Pollution

Posted July 5, 2004:

• As Humans Alter Land, Infectious Diseases Follow

Posted June 29, 2004:

• Scientists Call For Better Protection For Coral Reefs

Posted June 23, 2004:

• The Environment: Where's The Risk, And Where Are Children Safe?

Posted June 14, 2004:

• Two Billion Vulnerable To Floods By 2050; Number Expected To Double Or More In Two Generations

Posted June 11, 2004:

• Volcanic Soils Yield New Clues About The Emergence Of Powerful Chiefdoms In Hawaii

Posted May 26, 2004:

• Can We Restore Wetlands And Leave The Mosquitoes Out?

Posted May 21, 2004:

• Could Global Warming Mean Less Sunshine And Less Rainfall?

Posted April 15, 2004:

• By Looking Back, Scientists See A Bright Future For Climate Change

Posted March 26, 2004:

• NASA Uses A 'SLEUTH' To Predict Urban Land Use

Posted March 3, 2004:

• Leave Land Alone Following Natural Disasters, Say Researchers

Posted January 2, 2004:

• Space Technology Goes Down To Earth To Support Mining

Posted December 19, 2003:

• Overharvesting Of Brazil Nuts Leading To Fewer Trees, According To Science Paper

Posted December 17, 2003:

• Wind Tunnel Tests Could Lead To Healthier Towns And Cities

Posted October 28, 2003:

• Improved Remote Mapping Of Disaster Zones: Columbia Researchers Develop "Fingerprinting" Techniqhes For Synthetic Aperture Radar Mapping

Posted October 24, 2003:

• Columbia Research Sheds Light On Inter-Ocean And Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics

Posted October 12, 2003:

• New Study Ties African Drought To Ocean Temperatures

Posted September 15, 2003:

• Tourism To Earth's Most Threatened Areas Surges By Over 100 Percent In Last Decade

Posted August 29, 2003:

• Modern Global Warming More Damaging Than In The Past

Posted August 18, 2003:

• Microbes' 'Blueprints' Promise Insights Into Oceans, More

Posted August 14, 2003:

• Genomes Of Tiny Microbes Yield Clues To Global Climate Change

Posted July 11, 2003:

• Columbia Researchers Divide World According To Evolutionary Genetics; Monkeys And Toads Define Priority Areas For Conservation On A Fine Geographic Scale

Posted June 25, 2003:

• Alien Earthworms Changing Ecology Of Northeast Forests

Posted June 5, 2003:

• Ocean Policies Haven't Kept Up With Science

Posted May 16, 2003:

• Enzyme Could Overcome Industrial Bleaching Waste Problems

Posted May 15, 2003:

• Ancient Fault Lines May Have Become Re-Activated

Posted November 22, 2002:

• Warming Study Indicates Water Problems In The West

Posted October 24, 2002:

• UCLA Study Shows Water Reclamation Could Become An Important Source Of Future Water Supplies

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