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Recent Antarctic Climate, Glacier Changes at the 'Upper Bound' of Normal
April 14, 2013 — In the last few decades, glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning, and research has shown the rate of thinning has accelerated and contributed significantly to sea ... > full story -
Cutting Specific Pollutants Would Slow Sea Level Rise, Research Indicates
April 14, 2013 — With coastal areas bracing for rising sea levels, new research indicates that cutting emissions of certain pollutants can greatly slow down sea level rise. Reductions in the four pollutants that ... > full story -
Arctic Nearly Free of Summer Sea Ice During First Half of 21st Century, Experts Predict
April 12, 2013 — For scientists studying summer sea ice in the Arctic, it's not a question of "if" there will be nearly ice-free summers, but "when." And two scientists say that "when" is sooner than many thought -- ... > full story -
Carbon Dioxide Removal Can Lower Costs of Climate Protection
April 12, 2013 — Directly removing carbon dioxide from the air has the potential to alter the costs of climate change mitigation. It could allow prolonging greenhouse-gas emissions from sectors like transport that ... > full story -
New Technique Measures Evaporation Globally
April 11, 2013 — Researchers have developed the first method to map evaporation globally using weather stations, which will help scientists evaluate water resource management, assess recent trends of evaporation ... > full story -
Early Warning Signs of Population Collapse
April 10, 2013 — Spatial measurements of population density could reveal when threatened natural populations are in danger of crashing. Researchers describe a new way to predict the risk of collapse, based on ... > full story -
Smart Solutions to a Worsening Water Crisis
April 10, 2013 — Innovative policies and new technologies that reduce water waste are helping countries across the Middle East and North Africa deal with chronic water ... > full story -
Arsenic Contamination in Food and Water Supplies
April 10, 2013 — After virtually eliminating arsenic as a useful tool for homicide, science now faces challenges in doing the same for natural sources of this fabled old "inheritance powder" that contaminates water ... > full story -
Trouble in Penguin Paradise? Research Analyzes Antarctic Ice Flow
April 9, 2013 — A student researcher has discovered that a good way to monitor the environmental health of Antarctica is to go with the flow -- the ice flow, that is. It's an important parameter to track because as ... > full story -
Spring Rains Bring Life to Midwest Granaries but Foster Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'
April 9, 2013 — The most serious ongoing water pollution problem in the Gulf of Mexico originates not from oil rigs, as many people believe, but rainstorms and fields of corn and soybeans a thousand miles away in ... > full story
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