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Finding All Asteroid Threats to Human Populations: NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
NASA has announced a Grand
Challenge focused on finding
all asteroid threats to
human populations and
knowing what to do about
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Small Dam Construction to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Is Causing Ecosystem Disruption
Researchers conclude in a
new report that a global
push for small hydropower
projects, supported by
various nations and also the
... > full story
NASA's 2013 HS3 Hurricane Mission to Delve Into Saharan Dust
NASA's 2013 Hurricane and
Severe Storms Sentinel or
HS3 mission will investigate
whether Saharan dust and its
associated warm and dry air,
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Bullfrogs May Help Spread Deadly Amphibian Fungus, but Also Die from It
Amphibian populations are
declining worldwide and a
major cause is a deadly
fungus thought to be spread
by bullfrogs, but a two-year
... > full story
- Finding All Asteroid Threats to Human Populations: NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
- Small Dam Construction to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Is Causing Ecosystem Disruption
- NASA's 2013 HS3 Hurricane Mission to Delve Into Saharan Dust
- Bullfrogs May Help Spread Deadly Amphibian Fungus, but Also Die from It
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Early-Life Air Pollution Linked With Childhood Asthma in Minorities
June 18, 2013 — Scientists have found that exposure in infancy to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a component of motor vehicle air pollution, is strongly linked with later development of childhood asthma among African ... > full story -
Exposure to High Pollution Levels During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Having Child With Autism
June 18, 2013 — Women in the US exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low ... > full story -
Predators Affect the Carbon Cycle, Study Shows
June 17, 2013 — A new study shows that the predator-prey relationship can affect the flow of carbon through an ecosystem. This previously unmeasured influence on the environment may offer a new way of looking at ... > full story -
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How Useful Is Fracking Anyway? Study Explores Return of Investment
June 17, 2013 — The value of a fuel's long-term usefulness and viability is judged through its energy return on investment; the comparison between the eventual fuel and the energy invested to create it. The energy ... > full story -
Planes, Trains, or Automobiles: Travel Choices for a Smaller Carbon Footprint
June 17, 2013 — Planes, trains, or automobiles: what's the most climate-friendly way to travel? A new study by researchers from IIASA and CICERO brings better estimates of how much personal travel impacts the ... > full story -
Jet Stream Changes Cause Climatically Exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet Melt
June 17, 2013 — Scientists have shown that unusual changes in atmospheric jet stream circulation caused the exceptional surface melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet in summer ... > full story -
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Simple and Inexpensive Process to Make a Material for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption
June 17, 2013 — Researchers in South Korea have developed a novel, simple method to synthesize hierarchically nanoporous frameworks of nanocrystalline metal oxides such as magnesia and ceria by the thermal ... > full story -
'Cold Snap' 116 Million Years Ago Triggered Marine Ecosystem Crisis
June 16, 2013 — A "cold snap" 116 million years ago triggered a similar marine ecosystem crisis to the ones witnessed in the past as a result of global warming, according to new research. The international study ... > full story -
Dramatic Loss in Snowfall for Los Angeles-Area Mountains Predicted
June 14, 2013 — By midcentury, snowfall on Los Angeles–area mountains will be 30 to 40 percent less than it was at the end of the 20th century, according to a new ... > full story -
Study of Oceans' Past Raises Worries About Their Future
June 14, 2013 — Scientists have now completed the first global study of changes that occurred in a crucial component of ocean chemistry, the nitrogen cycle, at the end of the last ice age. The results of their study ... > full story
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