Predicting where seas are rising fastest
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The year 2016 was the hottest ever recorded, marking the third consecutive year of record warm temperatures on the Earth’s surface, according to the National…
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Are fracking and earthquakes really connected?
…is a newer process that the Environmental Protection Agency champions as a green alternative to carbon emissions. Yet, as a 2016 paper for the Royal Society of Chemistry explains, CCS…
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Arctic melt boosts northern trade routes, hurts Suez
…in the not-too-distant future. A new paper looks at the economic, geopolitical and environmental implications of this sweeping shift in global trade. An academic study worth reading: “Melting Ice Caps…
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School meals: Healthy lunches, food waste and effects on learning
…potential merits of universal provision over targeted services. We find limited evidence of policy impacts on academic outcomes.” School food waste “Nutritional, Economic, and Environmental Costs of Milk…
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Oil prices influence every beat: Resources for reporters
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Peel away at almost any story – from milk deliveries to climate change to unrest in Venezuela – and eventually you’ll find a tale about…
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Shark attacks: Research and resources
…The Effects of Juxtaposing Environmental Messages with Violent Images of Shark Attacks” Myrick, Jessica Gall; Evans, Suzannah D. Science Communication, 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547014547159. Abstract: “A between-subjects experiment (N = 531)…
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Fuel-efficient cars may actually be safer than gas guzzlers
…$3.7 billion). Compare that with the cost to the car industry of complying with emissions standards, which the Environmental Protection Agency estimated was around $1.5 billion in 2011. So even…
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High-fructose corn syrup and your health: Research roundup
…on two diseases that researchers have associated with HFCS: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonpartisan agriculture watchdog based in Washington, calculates…
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Estimating future hurricane damage in the era of global warming
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Giant hurricanes like Katrina and Sandy may be the new normal, according to research on how such storms are fortified by the changing climate and…
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Quantifying the local health effects of transporting coal
…multilateral think tank. It’s “affordable, easy to transport, store and use, plus free of geopolitical tensions; all these attributes made it very popular,” the IEA says. Despite the well-known environmental…
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