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  Finding the Goldilocks Sites to Store Carbon Dioxide Underground

  July 8, 2013 — To implement carbon capture and storage successfully, each underground repository will need careful appraisal based on its unique history and setting, according to a new ... > full story
• Air Quality
  Pollution
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  Innovative Study Estimates Extent to Which Air Pollution in China Shortens Human Lives

  July 8, 2013 — A high level of air pollution, in the form of particulates produced by burning coal, significantly shortens the lives of people exposed to it, according to a unique new study of ... > full story
• Fish
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  Anthropology
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  The Evolution of Fins to Limbs in the Land Invasion Race

  July 5, 2013 — Why did animals with limbs win the race to invade land over those with fins? A new study comparing the forces acting on fins of mudskipper fish and on the forelimbs of tiger salamanders can now be ... > full story
• Geology
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  Ancient Jigsaw Puzzle of Past Supercontinent Revealed

  July 5, 2013 — A new study has revealed the past position of the Australian, Antarctic and Indian tectonic plates, demonstrating how they formed the supercontinent Gondwana 165 million years ... > full story
• Environmental Issues
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  Climate Change Deniers Using Dirty Tricks from 'Tobacco Wars', Expert Says

  July 4, 2013 — Fossil fuel companies have been funding smear campaigns that raise doubts about climate change, according to ... > full story
• Invasive Species
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  Antarctic Crabs May Be Native, Evidence Suggests

  July 4, 2013 — A new study has cast doubt on the claim that crabs may have disappeared from Antarctica only to return due to warming ... > full story
• Fossils
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Early Mammals
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  Fossil Insect Traces Reveal Ancient Climate, Entrapment, and Fossilization at La Brea Tar Pits

  July 3, 2013 — The La Brea Tar Pits have stirred the imaginations of scientists and the public for over a century. But the amount of time it took for ancient animals to become buried in asphalt after enduring ... > full story
• Energy and the Environment
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  New Gasification Method Turns Forest Residues to Biofuel With Less Than a Euro Per Liter

  July 3, 2013 — According to the new research results, lignocellulosic biomass can be used in the production of high-quality biofuels for the price of less than one euro per liter. A new technology allows the ... > full story
• Nature
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  Greenhouse Gas Likely Altering Ocean Foodchain: Atmospheric CO₂ Has Big Consequences for Tiny Bacteria

  July 2, 2013 — Climate change may be weeding out the bacteria that form the base of the ocean's food chain, selecting certain strains for survival, according to a new ... > full story
• Rainforests
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  Nuke Test Radiation Can Fight Poachers Who Kill Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos

  July 1, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new weapon to fight poachers who kill elephants, hippos, rhinos and other wildlife. By measuring radioactive carbon-14 deposited in tusks and teeth by open-air nuclear ... > full story

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