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 Science & Tech  Rooibos - 27 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk Spectacular fossil forests have been found in the coal mines of Illinois by a US-UK team of researchers.
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 Science & Tech  Elena - 47 days ago - nature.com Leaves can absorb organic nitrates and turn them into amino acids.
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 Science & Tech  Marty - 106 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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Scientists Discover 8,000-Year-Old Trees
Science & Tech  Ingrid - 177 days ago - msnbc.msn.com Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains in western Sweden which, at an age of 8,000 years, may be the world's oldest living trees.
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Adaptation 'Key to Climate Deal'
Science & Tech  Brendan - 225 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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Topsoil Is Vanishing Around the World
Science & Tech  Jaime - 254 days ago - truthout.org due to erosion and unchecked environmentally-unfriendly construction
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 Science & Tech  Mamabear - 263 days ago - sandiego.cox.net ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (Associated Press) -- A self-destructing palm tree that flowers once every 100 years and then dies has been discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, botanists said
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 Science & Tech  Joe - 276 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 - 283 days ago - npr.org "Your most direct link to global warming may be the food you eat. All the bounty of your local grocery store depends on natural cycles of rain and sunlight, cool temperatures and warmth in far-flung parts of the world." (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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 Science & Tech Joe - 296 days ago - time.com Think of carbon dioxide, the main gas that causes global warming, and you'll likely picture a polluting factory in China; neon lights in Tokyo, an SUV sitting in traffic on the freeways of Santa Monica. (First sentence of article).
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Saving and Restoring Forests Saves Far More Carbon Emissions Than Biofuels
Science & Tech  Debs - 298 days ago - i-sis.org.uk Biofuels out forests in, scientists advise policy-makers to concentrate on increasing fuel efficiency in the short term and restoring unused croplands to forests. Selective harvesting of wood waste and biomass from standing forests may be sustainable.
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 Science & Tech  Maria Viv - 305 days ago - dailymail.co.uk For once, the threat does not come from overzealous health and safety officials. The game of conkers - banned in some schools to save children from injury - could, however, be confined to history within just ten years. A disease that kills the
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 Science & Tech - 312 days ago - usatoday.com Scientists have launched a project aimed at solving the mystery of the giant redwood tree: What allows it to grow so tall and live so long? Arborists from Bartlett Tree Experts recently climbed almost 300 feet up three redwood trees in Roy's Redwoods Open
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