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Researchers Find Link to Arsenic-Contaminated Groundwater
March 4, 2013 A team of researchers has found that the arsenic in groundwater in the region is part of a natural process that predates any recent human interaction, such as intensive ... > full story -
New Study Reveals How Sensitive US East Coast Regions May Be to Ocean Acidification
March 1, 2013 A continental-scale chemical survey in the waters of the eastern US and Gulf of Mexico is helping researchers determine how distinct bodies of water will resist changes in ... > full story -
NASA's Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts
February 27, 2013 Colorful new images chronicle the seasonal stirrings of our salty world: Pulses of freshwater gush from the Amazon River's mouth; an invisible seam divides the salty Arabian Sea from the fresher ... > full story -
A Game Plan for Climate Change
February 27, 2013 Researchers have successfully piloted a process that enables natural resource managers to take action to conserve particular wildlife, plants and ecosystems as climate ... > full story -
Name Your Neighborhood, Define Your Health?
February 27, 2013 Does your neighborhood really define health? Most of us make a choice between suburbs, countryside, or city and settle down. But others, particularly those living in poverty, don’t always get ... > full story -
Why Have White Storks Stopped Migrating?
February 27, 2013 A new project to find out why storks are changing their migratory patterns has been launched. In folklore, storks’ strong white wings would carry babies to parents around the world. But since ... > full story -
Eating Well Could Help Spread Disease, Water Flea Study Suggests
February 26, 2013 Plentiful food can accelerate the spread of infections, scientists have shown in a study of water fleas. Scientists studying bacterial infections in tiny water fleas have discovered that increasing ... > full story -
Weather Extremes Provoked by Trapping of Giant Waves in the Atmosphere
February 25, 2013 The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011. Behind these devastating individual events there is a common physical ... > full story -
Global Surveys Show Environment Ranks Low Among Public Concerns
February 25, 2013 A newly released international study reveals that the issue of climate change is not a priority for people in the United States and around the world. The surveys showed that when asked to rank ... > full story -
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Rethinking Wind Power
February 25, 2013 “People have often thought there’s no upper bound for wind power—that it’s one of the most scalable power sources,” says an applied physicist. After all, gusts and ... > full story
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