Tag: university
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New Study Delivers Blow to Climate Deniers, Refutes ‘Natural-Warming’ Theory With 99% Certainty
An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the earth’s climate, according to a new study by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy. The study, published online April 6 in the journal Climate Dynamics, represents a new…
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Purdue and Cornell Researchers Reveal Up to 1,000 Times More Methane Emissions Than Estimated
Because natural gas has less carbon than dirty coal, gas producers and even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have applauded it as a cleaner alternative. Hopefully, a joint study from researchers at two universities will change that. Purdue and Cornell universities on Monday released a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
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An Island Divided: What We Must Learn From the Tragedy of Hispaniola
My last image of Haiti: a faded guard tower standing amidst a dry and desolate landscape, blocking the way to green mountains beyond. [caption id="attachment_330592" align="alignnone" width="500"] Haitian border tower.[/caption] Traveling over roads that were nothing more than rutted ditches and dried creek beds, we were heading for the Haitian border. Our plans to fly…
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Parasitic Flatworm Could Decimate Coral Reefs Worldwide
A coral-eating flatworm with a unique camouflaging strategy could be a major threat to the world’s coral reefs, according to researchers in the U.K. The parasite, called Amakusaplana acroporae, infects a type of staghorn coral known as acropora, a major component of reefs, and can destroy its coral host very quickly. [caption id="attachment_330349" align="alignnone" width="500"] Acropora grandis (Staghorn…
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93 Members of Harvard Faculty Call on University to Divest From Fossil Fuels
Today, 93 faculty members of Harvard University sent an open letter to the president and fellows of the school, calling on the corporation to divest from fossil fuel interests. [caption id="attachment_330119" align="alignnone" width="500"] Graphic courtesy of Harvard Faculty for Divestment’s Facebook page[/caption] In signing the letter, faculty members expressed disappointment with the April 7 statement from President Drew…