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• Ozone Holes
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  Gas That Triggers Ozone Destruction Revealed

  January 13, 2013 — Scientists have made a significant discovery about the cause of the destruction of ozone over ... > full story
• Birds
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Nature
  Wild Animals
  Zoology
   
  

  Clamorous City Blackbirds: Birds Can Sing Louder at Higher Frequencies to Make Themselves Heard Over Traffic Noise

  January 11, 2013 — Birds can sing louder at higher frequencies and thereby make themselves heard over traffic ... > full story
• Water
  Environmental Issues
  Ecology
  Geography
  Ecosystems
  Sustainability
   
  

  Salinization of Rivers: A Global Environmental Problem

  January 11, 2013 — The salinisation of rivers is a global problem that affects to countries all over the world and it causes a high environmental and economic cost, and poses a high risk to global health. Climate ... > full story
• Rainforests
  Forest
  Nature
  Endangered Animals
  Extinction
  Global Warming
   
  

  Bengali Forests Are Fading Away

  January 10, 2013 — RAPID deterioration in mangrove health is occurring in the Sundarbans, resulting in as much as 200m of coast disappearing in a single ... > full story
• Water
  Resource Shortage
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policies
  Environmental Policy
  Weather
   

  Information Required for Short-Term Water Management Decisions Outlined

  January 9, 2013 — Adapting to future climate change impacts requires capabilities in hydroclimate monitoring, short-term prediction and application of such information to support contemporary water management ... > full story
• Climate
  Environmental Issues
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
  Air Quality
   
  

  NASA Chases Climate Change Clues Into the Stratosphere

  January 9, 2013 — Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Earthquakes
  Extinction
  New Species
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  Low Extinction Rates Made California a Refuge for Diverse Plant Species

  January 9, 2013 — The remarkable diversity of California's plant life is largely the result of low extinction rates over the past 45 million years, according to a new study. Although many new species have evolved in ... > full story
• Environmental Policies
  Lung Disease
  Public Health
  Asthma
  Smoking
  Today's Healthcare
   

  Reduction in Air Pollution from Wood Stoves Associated With Significantly Reduced Risk of Death

  January 8, 2013 — Male deaths from all-causes, but particularly cardiovascular and respiratory disease, could be significantly reduced with a decrease in biomass smoke (smoke produced by domestic cooking and heating ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Nature
  Global Warming
  Animals
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Global Warming Beneficial to Ratsnakes

  January 8, 2013 — Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led researchers to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes -- Ontario, Illinois, and Texas. His ... > full story
• Saturn
  Solar System
  Space Exploration
  Mars
  Space Missions
  NASA
   
  

  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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