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Potential Food Crisis With Global Warming, UK Scientists Warn
July 4, 2012 — UK consumers could face dramatically reduced food choices in the future unless much more is done to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a hard-hitting report warns. Food which families now take for ... > full story -
War-Related Climate Change Would Reduce Substantially Reduce Crop Yields
July 2, 2012 — Though worries about “nuclear winter” have faded since the end of the Cold War, existing stockpiles of nuclear weapons still hold the potential for devastating global impacts. Experts say ... > full story -
Assertiveness Is the Best Form of Defense, at Least for Hyena Pups
June 21, 2012 — A new scientific study shows for the first time in spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) twin litters, that success in sibling competition for maternal milk is influenced by training effects, sex and ... > full story -
First Satellite Deforestation Tracker for Whole of Latin America
June 19, 2012 — Scientists have developed the first ever system to monitor deforestation across Latin America in near real-time using satellite data. Preliminary results from the new system reveal that in parts of ... > full story -
Million-Year-Old Groundwater in Maryland Water Supply
June 18, 2012 — A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a million years old. A new study suggests that this ancient groundwater, a vital source of freshwater supplies ... > full story -
The Weight of Nations: An Estimation of Adult Human Biomass
June 18, 2012 — The world population is over seven billion and all of these people need feeding. However, the energy requirement of a species depends not only on numbers but on its average mass. New research has ... > full story -
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Sustainability Index That Looks Beyond GDP Launched
June 17, 2012 — The world's fixation on economic growth ignores a rapid and largely irreversible depletion of natural resources that will seriously harm future generations, according to a report which unveils a new ... > full story -
Lessons Learned from the 'Ethical Odyssey' of an HIV Trial
June 14, 2012 — HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 established that antiretroviral treatment in people who are HIV positive decreases the likelihood of transmitting HIV to their sexual partners. It serves as a case ... > full story -
Good News on Using Recycled Sewage Treatment Plant Water for Irrigating Crops
June 13, 2012 — A new study eases concerns that irrigating crops with water released from sewage treatment plants -- an increasingly common practice in arid areas of the world -- fosters emergence of the ... > full story -
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More People, More Environmental Stress
June 11, 2012 — Scientists have taken a critical look at the various factors that have long been prime climate-change suspects. One in particular: the role of population ... > full story
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