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• Forest
  Global Warming
  Air Quality
  Trees
  Botany
  Nature
   

  Plants in Cities Are an Underestimated Carbon Store

  July 11, 2011 — Vegetation in towns and cities can make a significant contribution to carbon storage and, ecologists say, could lock away even more carbon if local authorities and gardeners planted and maintained ... > full story
• Industrial Relations
  Workplace Health
  Urbanization
  Disaster Plan
  Diseases and Conditions
  Staying Healthy
   

  Lack of Sick Leave Creates Tough Choices for Rural Workers

  July 11, 2011 — Rural workers have less access to sick leave, forcing them to choose between caring for themselves or family members, and losing pay or perhaps even their jobs when faced with an illness, according ... > full story
• Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Bird Flu Research
  Virology
  Viruses
  Cold and Flu
   
  

  Discovery of Natural Antibody Brings a Universal Flu Vaccine a Step Closer

  July 7, 2011 — Annually changing flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness may soon give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine, according to a new report. Researchers describe an antibody that, in ... > full story
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Racial Issues
  Severe Weather
  Racial Disparity
  Sports
  Social Issues
   

  Bigger Than Football: Study Shows Sports Can Help Communities Recover from Disaster

  July 6, 2011 — A new study shows that organized sports can be a powerful tool for helping to rebuild communities in the wake of disasters. The research focused specifically on the role of professional football in ... > full story
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Menopause
  Gynecology
  Teen Health
  Women's Health
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Outcome of Pregnancies Threatening to Miscarry Predicted Accurately for First Time

  July 5, 2011 — Fertility researchers in the UK have developed a reliable way of predicting the outcome of pregnancies that are threatening to ... > full story
• Health Policy
  World Development
  Economics
  Funding Policy
  Political Science
  Chronic Illness
   

  Getting Aid to Where It Is Needed

  July 3, 2011 — In the early 2000s, the international aid community started to fund health programs through Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) which provide aid and support for tackling infectious diseases, and for ... > full story
• Sustainability
  Earthquakes
  Detectors
  Environmental Science
  Energy and the Environment
  Information Technology
   

  Greener Disaster Alerts: Low-Energy Wireless Sensor Networks Warn of Hurricanes, Earthquakes

  June 27, 2011 — New software allows wireless sensor networks to run at much lower energy, according to researchers. The technology could improve efficiency for hurricane and other natural disaster warning ... > full story
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Floods
  Geology
  Oceanography
  Geography
   
  

  Flooding of Ancient Salton Sea Linked to San Andreas Earthquakes

  June 27, 2011 — Southern California's Salton Sea, once a large natural lake fed by the Colorado River, may play an important role in the earthquake cycle of the southern San Andreas Fault and may have triggered ... > full story
• Oil Spills
  Disaster Plan
  Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Government Regulation
  Environmental Policy
   

  Oil Drilling Disasters: New Skills Needed to Avoid Major Disasters

  June 27, 2011 — Regulations and procedures in themselves are not enough to ensure safety during oil-drilling operations, conclude researchers who have studied the accident investigation reports from the Deepwater ... > full story
• Floods
  Landslides
  Oceanography
  Natural Disasters
  El Nino and La Nina
  Severe Weather
   
  

  Newspaper Archives Help to Understand Coastal Flooding Along the South of England

  June 24, 2011 — A unique study using over 70 years of information from local newspapers has helped to examine the incidence and location of coastal floods in the Solent region of southern ... > full story

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