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Environment 
Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance – to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics—but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising global temperatures. Their paper, which shows that higher latitudes can be even more sensitive to volcanism, appears in the current issue of Nature Geoscience.
Source: The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted last year on 460 single-family homes in Sacramento, is the first large-scale study to use utility billing data to show that trees can reduce energy consumption.
Source: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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When there is a threat of disease during pregnancy, mothers produce less aggressive sons with more efficient immune systems, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.
Source: University of Nottingham
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 11:49am
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 11:49am
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The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that its efforts to protect a wildlife-rich coastal region in South America have paid off in the form of a new coastal marine park recently signed into law by the Government of Argentina.
Source: Newswise
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 5:41pm
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Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 5:41pm
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Researchers have discovered that grazing animals such as deer and rabbits are actually helping to spread plant disease – quadrupling its prevalence in some cases – and encouraging an invasion of annual grasses that threaten more than 20 million acres of native grasslands in California.
Source: Oregon State University
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 9:20am
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Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 9:20am
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Interest in organic crop production is increasing around the world. Organics are healthy for consumers while adding environmental benefits and decreasing the amount of synthetic herbicides in foods, soil, and water. While organics gain popularity with consumers, organic farmers are faced with new production challenges, especially managing and reducing invasive weeds.
Source: American Society for Horticultural Science
Posted on: Monday, Dec 29, 2008, 4:55pm
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Posted on: Monday, Dec 29, 2008, 4:55pm
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Americans love pumpkins. The growing popularity of rural fall festivals, grade school farm tours, and "u-pick" pumpkin farms has resulted in an increase in consumer demand for pumpkins throughout the country.
Source: American Society for Horticultural Science
Posted on: Monday, Dec 29, 2008, 2:01pm
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Posted on: Monday, Dec 29, 2008, 2:01pm
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Plants, genetically modified to ease the breaking down of their woody material, could be the key to a cheaper and greener way of making ethanol, according to researchers who add that the approach could also help turn agricultural waste into food for livestock.
Source: Penn State
Posted on: Monday, Dec 22, 2008, 7:46pm
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Posted on: Monday, Dec 22, 2008, 7:46pm
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A new study published in the December 23rd issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, reveals another
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Monday, Dec 22, 2008, 7:46pm
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Posted on: Monday, Dec 22, 2008, 7:46pm
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Want to save gasoline, lower your power bills and help save the environment? New Vanderbilt research identifies seven simple actions individuals can start today that have the potential to dramatically reduce energy use and carbon emissions.
The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics -- the type associated with severe storms and rainfall -- is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Future increases in wind strength along the California coast may have far-reaching effects, including more intense upwelling of cold water along the coast early in the season and increased fire danger in Southern California, according to researchers at the Climate Change and Impacts Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Source: University of California - Santa Cruz
Posted on: Friday, Dec 19, 2008, 3:50pm
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Posted on: Friday, Dec 19, 2008, 3:50pm
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A widespread and severe coral bleaching episode is predicted to cause immense damage to some of the world’s most important marine environments over the next few months.
Source: World Wildlife Fund
Posted on: Friday, Dec 19, 2008, 9:36am
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Posted on: Friday, Dec 19, 2008, 9:36am
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For the first time, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have successfully pushed nature beyond its limits by genetically modifying Escherichia coli, a bacterium often associated with food poisoning, to produce unusually long-chain alcohols essential in the creation of biofuels.
Source: University of California - Los Angeles
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, 3:05pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, 3:05pm
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The power of viruses is well documented in human history. Swarms of little viral Davids have repeatedly laid low the great Goliaths of human civilization, most famously in the devastating pandemics that swept the New World during European conquest and settlement.
Source: Stanford University
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, 12:45pm
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Posted on: Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, 12:45pm
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Tiny particles of iron released by melting icebergs could reduce the effects of human greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research.
Source: Natural Environment Research Council
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, 9:35am
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Posted on: Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, 9:35am
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The common wisdom is that the invention of the steam engine and the advent of the coal-fueled industrial age marked the beginning of human influence on global climate.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008, 6:06pm
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Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008, 6:06pm
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It's no simple matter to figure out how regional changes in precipitation, expected to result from global climate change, may affect water supplies. Now, a new analysis led by MIT researchers has found that the changes in groundwater may actually be much greater than the precipitation changes themselves.
Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008, 6:06pm
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Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 17, 2008, 6:06pm
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Articles From the Web
Can aircraft trails affect climate?
Grounding planes after the 11 September attacks may not have caused unusual temperature effects.
Grounding planes after the 11 September attacks may not have caused unusual temperature effects.
Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources
One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels. And the fight between northern nations over who owns those resources may turn out to be the most important territorial dispute of this century.
One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels. And the fight between northern nations over who owns those resources may turn out to be the most important territorial dispute of this century.
Fishermen Make Mad Dash For Dungeness Crab
As many West Coast fisheries collapse, more fishermen are turning to the delectable Dungeness crab. It's one of the last thriving fisheries in California, but the winter race for the crabs means fewer fresh crabs on tables and smaller profits.
As many West Coast fisheries collapse, more fishermen are turning to the delectable Dungeness crab. It's one of the last thriving fisheries in California, but the winter race for the crabs means fewer fresh crabs on tables and smaller profits.
Go green for your health and the planet’s
Try this thorough list of the everyday items that might be doing you wrong that may harm your health — and the easy alternatives that are free of worrisome chemicals.
Try this thorough list of the everyday items that might be doing you wrong that may harm your health — and the easy alternatives that are free of worrisome chemicals.
Don't Take Out The Trash, Live With It!
How far would you go to demonstrate your concern for the environment? One California man is so concerned about how much garbage we generate that he's decided to live with it ... literally.
How far would you go to demonstrate your concern for the environment? One California man is so concerned about how much garbage we generate that he's decided to live with it ... literally.
Sprayed Aerosols Could Ease Climate Woes
Seeding the atmosphere with aerosols could help release heat into space.
Seeding the atmosphere with aerosols could help release heat into space.
Source: Discovery Channel
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 5:08pm
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Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 5:08pm
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Taz in Trouble! Icon Devil May Not Make It
Hope dims for the species as "immune" Tasmanian devil contracts fatal cancer.
Hope dims for the species as "immune" Tasmanian devil contracts fatal cancer.
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 9:20am
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Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 9:20am
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Moose are roaming right out of existence
In the Upper Midwest, the animals are dying off in startling numbers. Biologists blame global warming.
In the Upper Midwest, the animals are dying off in startling numbers. Biologists blame global warming.
Scrap yard business turns to junk
Economic downturn hits metal dealers and scavengers where it hurts.
Economic downturn hits metal dealers and scavengers where it hurts.
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
Innovative homes pioneered in Germany are encased in such an airtight shell that barely any heat escapes.
Innovative homes pioneered in Germany are encased in such an airtight shell that barely any heat escapes.
Male Rhino, 20, Seeks Mate to Save Species
Lonely too long, rescued male rhino roped into breeding plan to save species.
Lonely too long, rescued male rhino roped into breeding plan to save species.
In America, Millions Breathe Too Much Soot
More than 100 million people living in 46 metropolitan areas of the United States are breathing air that has become fouled with too much soot the federal Environmental Protection Agency said
More than 100 million people living in 46 metropolitan areas of the United States are breathing air that has become fouled with too much soot the federal Environmental Protection Agency said
Dutch company punches holes in font to save ink
A Dutch company looking for ways to reduce the environmental costs of printing has developed a new font that it says cuts ink usage by about 15%.
A Dutch company looking for ways to reduce the environmental costs of printing has developed a new font that it says cuts ink usage by about 15%.
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008, 12:25pm
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Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008, 12:25pm
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Psycho Environmentalists: Japanese whalers in their sights
A hard-line environmentalist group chasing Japanese whalers near Antarctica said it had found the Japanese fleet and had attempted to attack one of the vessels with stink bombs.
A hard-line environmentalist group chasing Japanese whalers near Antarctica said it had found the Japanese fleet and had attempted to attack one of the vessels with stink bombs.
'Drill, baby, drill' process has begun
Remember "drill, baby drill"? In its last weeks in office, the Bush administration is starting to make it happen by quietly starting the process of exploration and drilling off the coast of Virginia.
Remember "drill, baby drill"? In its last weeks in office, the Bush administration is starting to make it happen by quietly starting the process of exploration and drilling off the coast of Virginia.
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