Tag: Biodiversity
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15 Weird and Wonderful Facts About Whales
These cetaceans first appeared in the fossil record about 50 million years ago and have been …
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Doug Fine: Hemp Will Be the Next Billion-Dollar Cash Crop
It was while studying about the discarded stalks of the cannabis plant …
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Is This Moth Beating Climate Change?
Finnish and U.S. scientists have an unsolved puzzle: good news when they expected bad news. They have invested 32 years studying the forest moths of Finnish Lapland to measure the effect of climate change—and at face value, there doesn’t seem to have been a change. Yet between 1978 and 2009, average annual temperatures in the region…
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Plastic Bag Bans Spread Across U.S.
Los Angeles rang in the 2014 New Year with a ban on the distribution of plastic bags at the checkout counter of big retailers, making it the largest of the 132 cities and counties around the U.S. with anti-plastic bag legislation. And a movement that gained momentum in California is going national. More than 20…
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Join in Arbor Day Festivities With Holden Arboretum
Arbor Day is the annual observance that celebrates the role of trees in our lives and promotes tree planting and care. Holden Arboretum will celebrate with a weekend filled with activities, as well as a scientist lecture and story times for children held at regional libraries. [caption id="attachment_331456" align="alignnone" width="500"] Copyright 2002 The Holden Arboretum.[/caption]…