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NASA Data: Greenland, Antarctic Ice Melt Worsening
Science & Tech  (tags: climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, oceans, politics, pollution, protection, research, science )

Wolfweeps
- 57 days ago - newsminer.com
WASHINGTON -- New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode. British scientists for the first time calculated change
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Engineer the Climate ?
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, climate-change, environment, energy, forests, globalwarming, government, nature, research, science, world, weather, computers, humans, interesting, NewTechnology, scientists, study, technology, engineering, United States )

PinkMindy
- 102 days ago - tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com
Should the United States and other governments start supporting climate engineers' research? There is growing support for research into climate engineering, even among scientists who are skeptical that it will work.
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Ancient Maya Practiced Forest Conservation 3,000 Years Ago
Science & Tech  (tags: forests, conservation, mayan )

Debra
- 118 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Paleoethnobotanist David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati has concluded that not only did the Maya people practice forest management, but when they abandoned their forest conservation practices it was to the detriment of the entire Maya culture
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Union of Concerned Scientists - Action Alert Center
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SirRobert
- 209 days ago - ucsusa.org
Are you a scientist? Even if 'not', you can Take Action with those who are! World scientific leaders are seriously concerned and intervening in the Global: Climate, Energy, Food, Water, Rainforest Crises & more! Become a UCS activist today - Save Lives!
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Poverty and Climate Change
Science & Tech  (tags: World, habitatdestruction, nature, oceans, climate, climatechange, CO2emissions, destruction, endangered, ecosystems, forests, green, humans, politics, protection, science, water, weather, wildlife, children, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humans, interesting, society )

Monica
- 265 days ago - whiteband.org
GCAP believes that climate change represents one of the greatest threats to people and the planet and must be tackled with urgency.
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Those Terrible Twins Of Climate Change: CO2 & H2O
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, CO2emissions, energy, environment, globalwarming, forests, government, greenhousegases, humans, nature, oceans, politics, pollution, research, science, weather, world, news, scientists, space, study, tech, society )

SirRobert
- 304 days ago - nolanchart.com
Climate change is a very complex issue with many variables. Attempts by denialists to simplify the issue and then attack their own strawman, are bogus and must be exposed as such.
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Tropical Rainfall Linked To Magnetic Field
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SirRobert
- 305 days ago - planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
Climate records stretching back 5000 years seem to show a strong link between tropical rainfall and changes within Earth's magnetic field.
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Scientists Baffled By Mysterious Acorn Shortage
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, climate-change, ecosystems, environment, forests, globalwarming, nature, research, trees, world, interesting, investigation, news, science, tech, acorns, naturalists, scientists )

SirRobert
- 343 days ago - cnn.com
Up and down the East Coast, residents and naturalists alike have been scratching their heads this autumn over a simple question: Where are all the acorns???
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Soil Study Hints At Climate-Change Model Revision
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, environment, globalwarming, climatechange, globalwarming, greenhousegases, habitat, humans, nature, pollution, oceans, research, science, weather, world, wildlife, forests )

SirRobert
- 366 days ago - cnn.com
A new study investigating the amount of carbon deposited in Australian soil samples, has begun to cast doubt upon the accuracy of the current climate-change models, in predicting any future levels of global warming. Revisions may be necessary!?
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America's Disappearing Forests
Science & Tech  (tags: science, forests, insects, research, trees, pine, Americaclimate )

Mimi
- 366 days ago - video.nytimes.com
The mountain pine beetle, an insect pest, is destroying massive swaths of American lodgepole pine.
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Jane Goodall Branches Out
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, world, society, africa, forests, apes, chimpanzees )

Mimi
- 383 days ago - latimes.com
In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest.People all around the park are struggling to survive.There was no way to protect the chimps while the people were in this dire. circumstance.
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Old Growth Forests Are Valuable Carbon Sinks
Science & Tech  (tags: forests, carbon dioxide, atmosphere, Climate Change )

Ingrid
- 432 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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Trees Eat Pollution Products
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, trees, forests, good news, polution, discovery, interesting, humans, research, science, scientists, world, habitat, health )

Elena
- 458 days ago - nature.com
Leaves can absorb organic nitrates and turn them into amino acids.
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Researchers Explain Nitrogen Paradox In Forests, Illuminating How Ecosystems Respond To Global Warming
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, climate-change, destruction, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, environment, forests, globalwarming, trees, wildlife, nature, habitat, science, scientists, study, technology )

Marty
- 517 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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Environmental Behavior: India, Brazil Top Index; United States Ranks Last
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, animals, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, pollution, protection, research, science, Sustainabililty )

Susan
- 560 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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