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 Science & Tech  Ingrid - 22 days ago - sciencedaily.com Contrary to 40 years of conventional wisdom, a new analysis published in the journal Nature suggests that old growth forests are usually "carbon sinks" - they continue to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change for centuries
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 Science & Tech  Elena - 48 days ago - nature.com Leaves can absorb organic nitrates and turn them into amino acids.
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 Science & Tech  Marty - 107 days ago - sciencedaily.com Nitrogen is essential to all life on Earth, and the processes by which it cycles through the environment may determine how ecosystems respond to global warming. But certain aspects of the nitrogen cycle in temperate and tropical forests have puzzled ...
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 Science & Tech  Susan - 149 days ago - sciencedaily.com GlobeScan today unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior as it relates to the environment. Individuals around the world can find out where they rank.
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 Science & Tech  LL - 197 days ago - news.yahoo.com Sharply reducing the amount of black carbon -- commonly known as soot -- in the atmosphere could help slow global warming and buy precious time in the long-term fight against climate change, according to a study released Sunday. Curbing soot emissions
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Biofuels: Fields of Dreams
Science & Tech  Brendan - 211 days ago - timesonline.co.uk Are biofuels the answer to exhausted oil wells or just another nightmare scenario?
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Solar Power and the Long, Cornerless Road
Science & Tech Brendan - 211 days ago - technology.timesonline.co.uk A lot of new technologies turn out to be long on promise but short on economics, and there is probably no better example than solar power.
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Adaptation 'Key to Climate Deal'
Science & Tech Brendan - 226 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk The UK's former top diplomat has called for a massive increase in the amount of money available to help developing countries to adapt to climate change.
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 Science & Tech  Gavin - 232 days ago - ecoworldly.com Ten million hectares of land containing up to 10,000 bushes per hectare will be freed to produce between 5 to 25 tons of biomass per hectare in a bush thinning process that allows re-growth from the roots with a repeat maturity period of 10 to 15 years. T
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 Science & Tech  Simone - 235 days ago - allheadlinenews.com Paleontologists from the University of Chicago said that two vicious and carnivorous dinosaurs dominated the once lush forests of Sahara, Africa about 110 million years ago. The fossils were unearthed in present day Niger and are believed to be two of
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Topsoil Is Vanishing Around the World
Science & Tech  Jaime - 255 days ago - truthout.org due to erosion and unchecked environmentally-unfriendly construction
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Forest Watch Joins Center for Biological Diversity to Advocate for Northeast Lands and Species
Science & Tech  Michael - 272 days ago - enn.com National nonprofit the Center for Biological Diversity and Forest Watch, a group based in Richmond, Vermont, has announced their union to enhance the protection and restoration of the Northeast's public lands, wildlife habitat, and imperiled species.
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 Science & Tech  Joe - 277 days ago - npr.org A place called Harvard Forest sounds like it should inspire deep thoughts about nature. And in fact, it does. (First two sentences of article).
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 Science & Tech Joe - 285 days ago - npr.org "Human activities are having a profound impact on the Iceland landscape. It is now transformed from a forested island covered with rich soils to mostly desert." (First two sentences of article).
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Climate Changes Predicted for North America By UN Panel
Science & Tech  Nicholas - 322 days ago - ipcc.ch Climate change will constrain North America's over-allocated
water resources, increasing competition for water
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