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Future Ocean Habitats Built on Plastics?

Matt Skenazy — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:33:21 +0000

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Leonardo of the Deep

Nick Welsh — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:45 +0000

Inventor Bob Evans thinks he’s found the future of fuel efficiency

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Could Slackening Solar Winds Cool the Earth?

Marc Herman — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:49:17 +0000

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Texas, Tom and Jerry, and a Thirsty Planet

Michael Haederle — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:29 +0000

How scientists at Austin’s Center for Space Research are measuring the loss of water around the world with a pair of aging satellites.

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Is Natural Gas Just as Polluting as Coal?

Paul Tullis — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:38:24 +0000

Researchers find that harmful methane leaks into the air at twice the amounts estimated by the EPA.

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Recycling: A Free Pass for Wasteful Consumption?

Tom Jacobs — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:46:34 +0000

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Wind-Powered Oil Rigs?

Vince Beiser — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:37:04 +0000

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Ocean Garbage Patches: A Scientific Sifting

Matt Skenazy — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:11:55 +0000

From plastic-eating mushrooms to the aerodynamics of hockey gloves, a roundup of unexpected findings from the study of marine trash.

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Polar Conference Opens With Inspiring Prize

Gail Osherenko — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:39:03 +0000

A new prize for research in the Canadian Arctic offers a conduit for researchers to put their findings into action.

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What Happens to All Those Hotel Soap Bars?

Arnie Cooper — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:00:34 +0000

The Global Soap Project aims to tidy those slivers’ trip to the landfill by sending reclaimed soap to poor countries.

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Disaster Resilience Part of Sustainability, Too

Bill Lascher — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:00:08 +0000

As the world deals with quakes, storms, waves and eruptions, builders realize that surviving and thriving after these threats are key components of sustainability.

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Will Japan Follow Germany’s Path to Green Energy?

Gail Osherenko — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:54:56 +0000

As Japan shuts down the last of its nuclear reactors, Germany shows the way to an energy-efficient future with its rapid timetable for conversion to renewables.

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Adding People to the Climate Change Equation

Gail Osherenko — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:05:49 +0000

People’s behavior has been noticeably absent in science on sustainability, but a conference before June’s U.N. summit offers some hint human processes may join natural ones in developing solutions.

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Governing Geoengineering: Hot Topic For a Warming Planet

Gail Osherenko — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:15:50 +0000

Before mankind can make big steps about widespread changes to natural process that affect climate change, it needs to take the baby steps of figuring out how to oversee the decisions.

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Entering a Dangerous Epoch — The Anthropocene

Gail Osherenko — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:56:30 +0000

The global environmental change community has gathered in London and online this week to forge a more effective voice on sustainability.

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