Posts Tagged ‘environment’
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The world’s oceans, which normally gobble up carbon dioxide, are getting stuffed to the gills, according to the most thorough study to date of human-made carbon in the seas. |
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A three-year-old boy died after allegedly eating the highly toxic pesticide carbofuran, outlawed in 2008 in Kenya after farmers used it to poison lions and other wildlife. |
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With help from Michelle Obama, Sesame Street kicks off its Google-hyped 40th-anniversary season tomorrow—the first in new a two-year environmental-education effort. “Scary” issues like global warming, though, are off-limits. |
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All it takes is a sprinkle of salt to jump-start animal life on the Amazon forest floor—which, for better or worse, speeds up the carbon cycle, a new study says. |
Why are some loons acting so, well, loony? Mercury. Long-term studies of common loons in the United States and Canada reveal that the toxic stuff is invading birds’ brains and bodies in dangerous concentrations. It’s disrupting behavior and physiology—and could…
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Journalist-turned Internet technologist, data cruncher, researcher and communications strategist. I also teach these topics at Arizona State University. I enjoy SCUBA diving, mountain biking, hiking and road trips. Always up for a good cup of coffee. 2006 TIME Person of the Year.Want more?
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