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Posted April 22, 2009:

• Fossil Evidence Of Missing Link In The Origin Of Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses Found In Canadian Arctic

Posted April 20, 2009:

• Climate Change Means Shortfalls In Colorado River Water Deliveries

Posted April 19, 2009:

• Indigenous Peoples At World Summit To Share Climate Change Observations, Coping Techniques

Posted April 18, 2009:

• Worst Environmental Problem? Overpopulation, Experts Say

Posted April 9, 2009:

• Public Trust Doctrine Could Aid Management Of U.S. Ocean Waters

Posted April 6, 2009:

• Brine-Loving Microbes Reveal Secrets To Success In Chemically Extreme Environments

Posted March 26, 2009:

• Federal Funding Gap Cited For Research On Human Health Impacts Due To Climate Change
• Climate Change Aims Need To Be Better Integrated

Posted March 19, 2009:

• Arctic Governments And Industry Still Unprepared For Oil Spills 20 Years After Exxon Valdez

Posted March 17, 2009:

• Odds Of Tipping: Better Than Even Chance Of Major Changes In Global Climate System, Experts Predict

Posted March 12, 2009:

• Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges And Decisions
• Federal Government Should Give Greater Support To Decision Makers Coping With Climate Change, Report Urges

Posted February 26, 2009:

• Federal Climate Change Research Program Should Realign Focus To Both Understand Climate Change And Inform Response Strategies, Experts Urge

Posted February 24, 2009:

• Environmental Footprint Of Information Technology Much Higher Than Expected, Researcher Finds

Posted February 20, 2009:

• US Blocks Fishing Trawlers From Following Retreating Arctic Ice

Posted February 13, 2009:

• Invasive Species: Part Of The Price Of Doing Business, Environmental Economist Says
• Mass Media Often Failing In Its Coverage Of Global Warming, Says Climate Researcher

Posted February 2, 2009:

• Arctic Region Underprepared For Maritime Accidents, Report Finds

Posted January 29, 2009:

• What We Don’t Know Still Hurts Us, Environmental Researchers Warn

Posted January 23, 2009:

• More Accurate FEMA Flood Maps Could Help Avoid Significant Damages And Losses

Posted January 21, 2009:

• Industrialization Of China Increases Fragility Of Global Food Supply

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Frogs Are Being Eaten To Extinction, Experts Say

Posted January 12, 2009:

• As Super-Predators, Humans Reshape Their Prey At Super-Natural Speeds

Posted December 19, 2008:

• Solar Activity Between 1250-1850 Linked To Temperature Changes In Siberia

Posted December 18, 2008:

• Timetable For Puget Sound Restoration Suffers Setback

Posted December 17, 2008:

• Cap And Trade Policies Limiting Carbon Dioxide Can Increase Value Of Some Electricity Generating Firms

Posted December 10, 2008:

• Obesity Among California's Low-Income Teens Nearly Triple That Of More Affluent Peers
• Socioeconomic Study On Coral Reefs Points To Challenges Of Coastal Resource Management

Posted December 3, 2008:

• Rolling 'Sea Grape' Rocks The Fossil Record

Posted December 2, 2008:

• Most U.S. Organizations Not Adapting To Climate Change, Report Finds

Posted November 13, 2008:

• Analysis Shows How Cap-and-Trade Plans Can Cut Greenhouse Emissions

Posted November 10, 2008:

• Urgent Action On International Coral Reef Crisis Urged

Posted November 7, 2008:

• Emerging Carbon Finance Market Will Play Critical Role In Addressing Climate Change, Experts Say

Posted October 30, 2008:

• Eastern Pacific Tuna Hang In The Balance

Posted October 20, 2008:

• Fisheries Management And Environmental Conditions: Win-Win For Baltic Cod

Posted October 13, 2008:

• How Does Climate Change Affect The Water Cycle?

Posted October 12, 2008:

• Trouble In The Pipeline For Grey Whales
• Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

Posted October 8, 2008:

• Environmental Migrants: UN Meeting Aims To Build Consensus On Definitions, Support, Protection

Posted October 6, 2008:

• U.S. Navy Sonar Linked To Whale Strandings, Environmental Scientists Argue

Posted October 3, 2008:

• Government Accommodates Rich And Poor Alike

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Mandate For Biofuels Production Requires Science-Based Policy And Global Perspective
• Thinking It Through: Scientists Call For Policy To Guide Biofuels Industry Toward Sustainability

Posted September 24, 2008:

• Global Warming Will Have Significant Economic Impacts On Florida Coasts, Reports State

Posted September 17, 2008:

• It’s All In The Hips: Early Whales Used Well Developed Back Legs For Swimming, Fossils Show

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Fuel Emissions From Marine Vessels Remain A Global Concern

Posted September 7, 2008:

• New Rules Needed To Govern World's Fragile Polar Regions

Posted September 3, 2008:

• Unexplored Arctic Region To Be Mapped

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