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Smart Solutions to a Worsening Water Crisis
April 10, 2013 Innovative policies and new technologies that reduce water waste are helping countries across the Middle East and North Africa deal with chronic water ... > full story -
Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use in Europe
April 10, 2013 New research estimates future land use emissions for the European Union, showing that Europe could potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use by more than 60 percent by ... > full story -
Environmental Change Triggers Rapid Evolution
April 9, 2013 Environmental change can drive hard-wired evolutionary changes in animal species in a matter of generations. A new study overturns the common assumption that evolution only occurs gradually over ... > full story -
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Population Boom Poses Interconnected Challenges of Energy, Food, Water
April 8, 2013 Mention great challenges in feeding a soaring world population, and thoughts turn to providing a bare subsistence diet for poverty-stricken people in developing countries. But an expert described a ... > full story -
High Salt Levels in Saharan Groundwater Endanger Oases Farming
April 8, 2013 For more than 40 years, snowmelt and runoff from Morocco's High Atlas Mountains has been dammed and redirected hundreds of kilometers to the south to irrigate oases farms in the arid, sub-Saharan ... > full story -
Baseball Gambling Was Common in Early Days
April 8, 2013 In the early days of baseball more than 125 years ago, fun at the ballyard was a sure bet – quite literally. Players, fans and perhaps even umpires gambled on every aspect of the game and ... > full story -
Reducing Waste of Food: A Key Element in Feeding Billions More People
April 7, 2013 Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin, an expert said. He described ... > full story -
New Foot-and-Mouth Vaccine Is Safer and Cheaper to Produce
April 7, 2013 A new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease that is safer to produce and easier to store has been ... > full story -
Air Pollution Stunts Coral Growth
April 7, 2013 A new study has found that pollution from fine particles in the air -- mainly the result of burning coal or volcanic eruptions -- can shade corals from sunlight and cool the surrounding water ... > full storyMore: -
The Snakelocks Anemone, a Marine Species Prized in Cooking, Has Been Bred for the First Time in Captivity
April 5, 2013 Researchers have managed to breed for the first time in captivity a marine animal known as the snakelocks anemone and have also begun breeding a species of sea cucumber although this process is still ... > full story
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