Tag: Biodiversity
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Fish Feeling the Heat from Global Warming
The findings provide an indicator of the effect that climate change has on the distribution and abundance of fish. The study also points to the need for wildlife officials in New England and around the world to give fish and the ecosystems they rely up…
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Time to Rethink Roads: Millennials Lead Change in Transportation Trends
The Millennial generation is leading the change in transportation trends. Sixteen to 34-year-olds drove a whopping 23 percent fewer miles on average in 2009 than in 200—the greatest decline in driving …
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Bedbugs, Bean Leaves and Biomimicry
Modern methods of controlling pests have consisted mainly of poisoning them with chemicals. But that’s led to problems. Pesticides kill far more than the bugs they target, and pollute air, water and soil …
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Big Oil Gets a Much Needed Reality Check
For the first time, world renowned economists, scientists and academics have come together to present peer-reviewed, easy to understand facts about the tar sands that counter misinformation spread by the oil industry’s glossy PR machine …
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Global Environmental Leaders: Yi Xiaohua Balances Tourism and Conservation in Rural China
When Yi heard about the Ford International Fellowships Program, she was ecstatic. “I felt like my dream would come true,” she said, and resolved to sharpen her English language skills over the next year and to decide what, precisely, she wanted to study …