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Scientists Finally Identify a Deadly Toxin That’s Been Killing Birds
[ad_1] They added bromide to the mix and, indeed, the cyanobacteria produced a toxin. Niedermeyer finally got to call Wilde…
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How to Kill a Zombie Fire
[ad_1] That’s because deluging a zombie isn’t guaranteed to quickly kill it. Say you’re pumping massive quantities across a peatland,…
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Climate change: fake news or global threat? These are the facts
[ad_1] Yet a study published just this week, by the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Bergen, Norway, found that the natural…
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Fossils in a Forgotten Ice Core Rewrite Greenland’s Icy Past
[ad_1] The secret military plan never happened—engineers quickly learned how rapidly and unpredictably the ice can shift, making the site…
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How Food Waste Could Be Turned Into Climate-Friendly Jet Fuel
[ad_1] For many uses, liquid fuels remain the most practical energy supply—aircraft and large ships being obvious examples. It’s possible…
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Why Covering Canals With Solar Panels Is a Power Move
[ad_1] Peanut butter and jelly. Hall & Oates. Now there’s a duo that could literally and figuratively be even more…
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Is there a dark side to green energy?
[ad_1] It is a compelling vision: by 2050, this island nation will no longer contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. It…
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Bill Gates Is Upbeat on Climate, Capitalism, and Even Politics
[ad_1] Are you sure it won’t be a decision made by you? I’m quite sure it won’t be made by…
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Indoor-Grown Weed Is Spewing Carbon Into the Atmosphere
[ad_1] Back in the pre-legalization days, cannabis production meant finding a rarely visited patch of land and growing outside, or…
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How Far Should Humans Go to Help Species Adapt?
[ad_1] “Normally, if you have a predator-prey relationship, the prey doesn’t go extinct because they rely on each other,” Moseby…
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