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Science & Tech News tagged with environment

Breakthrough Technology Converts CO2 to Ethanol Without Biomass
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, discovery, energy, environment, humans, investigation, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, world )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - greenlivingideas.com
Producing fuel out of thin air sounds like a pipe dream, but a new process from a biofuel company promises to be able to turn CO2 and sunlight into fuel, bypassing the current need for large amounts of agricultural land and water to produce biomass feedst
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Animals in Prison. The Innocent Don't Know Why They Are Behind Bars.
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, nature, world, wildlife, environment )

Nena
- 4 days ago - fizzyenergy.com
Animals in prison. The innocent don't know why they are behind bars.
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Where To Watch Tomorrow's Leonid Meteor Showers
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, discovery, environment, interesting, humans, science, research, space, news )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
The Leonid Meteor shower is back once again! The Leonids are an easily observed and frequent meteor shower. On November 16th and 17th 2009, the display is predicted to be exceptional at many locations. The Leonid Meteors appear to radiate from the constel
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Lakes of Antarctica Isolated for Millions of Years Discovered With New, Unknown Viruses
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, investigation, discovery, antarctica, viruses, environment, ancient )

Beatrice
- 9 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
Like a modern, micro version of The Thing, Antarctica's icy lakes have been discovered to house a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified. The finding could shed light on whether microbial life evolved
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Stone Age Humans Crossed Sahara in the Rain
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery, environment )

Marty
- 9 days ago - newscientist.com
Wet spells in the Sahara may have opened the door for early human migration. According to new evidence, water-dependent trees and shrubs grew there between 120,000 and 45,000 years ago. This suggests that changes in the weather helped early humans cross
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Plant Experts Unveil DNA Barcode
Science & Tech  (tags: science, plants, DNA barcode, environment, protection )

Cher
- 10 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds of experts from 50 nations are set to agree on a "DNA barcode" system that gives every plant on Earth a unique genetic fingerprint
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How the Bushmen of Africa Can Save Us From the Global Water Crisis (Video)
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, environment, humans, interesting, history, research, science, technology, world, study )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - treehugger.com
I started in on a book about a month ago titled Heart of Dryness, which discusses how the bushmen of the Kalahari can teach us what we need to know about how to live in dry climates, something we're all increasingly finding ourselves in as we drill oursel
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When Nature Bites Back
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, environment, investigation, ClimateChange, humans, destruction, habitatdestruction )

Marty
- 11 days ago - thenational.ae
From the desertification of north Africa by Roman wheat farmers to the collapse of fish stocks off Newfoundland in the 1990s, there is a rich seam of such stories to mine. Now there is a new one from Peru, which centres on the fate of the Nazca people
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Calf Walks Again on False Legs
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Suzybell
- 11 days ago - metro.co.uk
A calf who lost her two back hooves to frostbite is back frolicking in the fields of New Mexico - thanks to a pair of prosthetic limbs. The calf, named Meadow, was found a few months ago by rancher Nancy Dickenson and her stepdaughter, Martha. She had lo
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Eco Sleuths Use DNA Bar-Coding to Nail Poachers, Map Species
Science & Tech  (tags: ecology, biologists, DNA, environment, scientists, poachers, wildlife )

Simone
- 12 days ago - beta.thehindu.com
DNA analysis will now be used to solve the most widely perpetrated crimes today - those against the ecology. Biologists are now taking the DNA route to track the effects of global warming on the world's species or for identifying a piece of dried meat
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Tiger Conservation Head to Report on Science Project in Tiger Reserve
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, tiger reserves, investigation, environment, study )

Simone
- 15 days ago - economictimes.indiatimes.com
Rajesh Gopal, who heads the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), will soon submit a report on ecological impact of a proposed Rs 900-crore mega science project in a tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu which has drawn flak from the green brigade.
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Build These Solar Heaters To Heat Your Home For Free During The Day
Science & Tech  (tags: design, energy, environment, humans, interesting, technology )

Daphna
- 16 days ago - ecotechdaily.com
My landlord just installed 2 of these solar heaters - 10 days before I move out, which stinks. But for the next 10 days, I plan on running these heaters all day long to heat up the house for absolutely no cost to me. In an effort to try to explain what my
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Fossil-Funded Group Succeeds in Spreading Lies About How Much Water Desert Solar Uses
Science & Tech  (tags: business, climate, energy, environment, humans, interesting, investigation, NewTechnology, science, scientists, technology )

Daphna
- 16 days ago - greenlivingideas.com
The Heartland Institute, the infamous fossil-industry-funded climate denier group that faked 500 scientists to deny climate change, is now creating a new fake narrative about water use in utility scale solar. They did a very thorough job of disseminating
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Multiyear Arctic Ice Is Effectively Gone
Science & Tech  (tags: ClimateChange, environment, ecosystems, oceans, science, environment, science, world )

David
- 18 days ago - reuters.com
The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished. David Barber, Canada's Research Chair in Arctic System Science at the University of Manitoba, said the ice was melting at an extraordinarily fast rate.
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Don't Let the Real Monsanto Bill Get Through Congress.- Take Action !
Science & Tech  (tags: monsanto, congress, GeneticEngineering, world, environment, health )

Tierney
- 20 days ago - food.change.org
An effort to fight global poverty and hunger may become a Trojan Horse to force genetically engineered crops on countries and farmers that do not want them.
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