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How Climate Change is Impacting Thoreau’s Walden Pond
By Tim Radford Walden, where Henry David Thoreau planted beans on land that had yielded only cinquefoil, blackberries, johnswort and sweet wild fruits, is changing. The trees and shrubs around Walden Pond are now out on average 18 days earlier than 150 years ago, when Thoreau made his observations. And, according to U.S. scientists in…
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Drought Emergency Declared in California as Residents Urge Halt to Fracking
The state of California formally declared a drought emergency today due to a lack of winter rainfall and water reserves at only 20 percent of normal levels. This is the third year of dry conditions across California, which poses a threat to the state’s economy and environment. [caption id="attachment_318398" align="alignnone" width="500"] In addition to concerns about having…
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New Research Maps Countries’ Contributions to Global Warming
A new study aims to offer unique insights into countries’ historical responsibility for global warming, by translating their carbon emissions into a proportion of observed temperature rise. How responsible different countries’ are for climate change to date has long been a contentious issue. Contributing differently to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, some countries…
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Man Pays $350K to Kill a Rhino
Should the opportunity to kill an animal be sold for six figures or for any amount of money at all? That’s what happened at an auction in Texas a week ago, and now the winner bidder is left reading death threats directed at his children. As dozens of protesters looked on, the Dallas Safari Club’s auctioned…
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Importance of Old Growth Forests: Carbon Capture Potential Grows With Age
By Dr. Janet Cotter We know that forests are biodiversity-rich, and we know they provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as regulating water flows and influencing weather patterns. One ecosystem service often discussed these days is the role of forests in helping regulate the amount of the greenhouse gas—carbon dioxide (CO2)—in the atmosphere. A new analysis…