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Icing on a Lake: Blocks of Hydrocarbon Ice Might Decorate Surface of Lakes and Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan
January 8, 2013 — It's not exactly icing on a cake, but it could be icing on a lake. A new paper by scientists on NASA's Cassini mission finds that blocks of hydrocarbon ice might decorate the surface of existing ... > full story -
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Shareholder Responsibility Could Spur Shift to Sustainable Energy
January 8, 2013 — Allowing shareholders to be held liable for the damages that companies cause to the environment, people could help transform the world's energy system towards sustainability, according to new ... > full story -
Heat-Resistant Corals Provide Clues to Climate Change Survival
January 8, 2013 — In a future shaped by climate change, only the strong -- or heat-resistant -- will survive. A new study opens a window into a genetic process that allows some corals to withstand unusually high ... > full story -
Mountains Are Only Minor Contributors to Erosion and Climate Regulation
January 7, 2013 — For years, geologists believed that mountains, due to their steep slopes and high rates of erosion, were large contributors to the trapping of carbon in ocean sediment. But a new study suggests that ... > full story -
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Major Cuts to Surging Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Needed Now, Not Down the Road, Study Finds
January 7, 2013 — Halting climate change will require "a fundamental and disruptive overhaul of the global energy system" to eradicate harmful carbon dioxide emissions, not just stabilize them, according to new ... > full story -
Counting the Cost of Mercury Pollution
January 7, 2013 — Cleaning up mercury pollution and reducing prenatal exposure to the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) could save the European Union 10,000 million euros per year, finds a new study. New estimates ... > full story -
From the Amazon Rainforest to Human Body Cells: Quantifying Stability
January 6, 2013 — The Amazon rainforest, energy grids, and cells in the human body share a troublesome property: They possess multiple stable states. When the world's largest tropical forest suddenly starts retreating ... > full story -
Future Sea Level Rise from Melting Ice Sheets May Be Substantially Greater Than IPCC Estimates
January 6, 2013 — Future sea level rise due to the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could be substantially larger than estimated in Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, ... > full story -
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Drainage Ditches Can Help Clean Up Field Runoff
January 4, 2013 — Vegetated drainage ditches can help capture pesticide and nutrient loads in field runoff, scientists report. These ditches -- as common in the country as the fields they drain -- give farmers a ... > full story -
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Laws of Geo-Engineering to Mitigate Global Warming?
January 2, 2013 — A law professor believes the legal ramifications of geo-engineering need to be thought through now and a global governance structure put in place soon to oversee these efforts to fight climate ... > full story
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