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  Grocery Delivery Service Is Greener Than Driving to the Store

  April 29, 2013 — Engineers have found that using a grocery delivery service can cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least half when compared with individual household trips to the store. Trucks filled to capacity that ... > full story
• Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Dieting and Weight Control
  Information Technology
  Staying Healthy
  Hacking
   

  Facebook Interests Could Help Predict, Track and Map Obesity

  April 24, 2013 — The higher the percentage of people in a city, town or neighborhood with Facebook interests suggesting a healthy, active lifestyle, the lower that area's obesity rate. At the same time, areas with a ... > full story
• Optics
  Wind Energy
  Construction
  Petroleum
  Solar Energy
  Graphene
   
  

  New LED Streetlight Design Curbs Light Pollution

  April 24, 2013 — Recent innovations in light emitting diodes (LEDs) have improved the energy efficiency of streetlights, but, until now, their glow still wastefully radiated beyond the intended area. A team of ... > full story
• Sustainability
  Geochemistry
  Air Quality
  Water
  Oceanography
  Landslides
   
  

  Source of Organic Matter Affects Bay Water Quality

  April 23, 2013 — Organic carbon in runoff from urbanized landscapes is more likely to persist as it is carried downstream, thus contributing to low-oxygen "dead zones" in coastal ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Soil Types
  Nature
  Climate
  Air Quality
  Forest
   

  Residential Lawns Efflux More Carbon Dioxide Than Corn Fields, Study Finds

  April 23, 2013 — More carbon dioxide is released from residential lawns than corn fields according to a new study. And much of the difference can likely be attributed to soil temperature. The data suggest that urban ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
  Environmental Policy
  Sustainability
  Forest
  Nature
  Biodiversity
   

  Scientists Reveals Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation

  April 23, 2013 — New researchers illustrates how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of ... > full story
• Veterinary Medicine
  Life Sciences
  Zoology
  Infectious Diseases
  Agriculture and Food
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Vets and Medical Doctors Should Team Up to Tackle Diseases Transmitted from Animals to Humans

  April 23, 2013 — A new study analyses the impact of animal brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis (BTB) on animals and people in urban, peri-urban and rural Niger. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks them as major ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
  Rainforests
  Environmental Policy
  Soil Types
  Sustainability
  Grassland
   
  

  For Development in Brazil, Two Crops Are Better Than One

  April 22, 2013 — Brazil is in the midst of an explosion of agricultural production, but who is profiting from that production -- wealthy land owners and investors or average Brazilians is the subject of debate. New ... > full story
• Space Policy
  Educational Policy
  Environmental Policies
  Intelligence
  Urbanization
  Disaster Plan
   

  Green Spaces May Boost Wellbeing for City Dwellers

  April 22, 2013 — New research has found that people living in urban areas with more green space tend to report greater wellbeing than city dwellers that don't have parks, gardens, or other green space ... > full story
• Obesity
  Staying Healthy
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Fitness
  Biology
  Organic
   
  

  Community Gardens May Produce More Than Vegetables

  April 18, 2013 — People who participate in community gardening have a significantly lower BMIs —- as well as lower odds of being overweight or obese -— than do their non-gardening neighbors, according to ... > full story

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