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Searching In features, blog entries, column entries & news items, Under the topic Environment
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Turning down the thermostat on a home's water heater could foster the growth of toxic bacteria in home plumbing.Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Found in: Biology, Biomedicine, Environment, Science & Society and Technology -
America's ailing water-delivery infrastructure is literally throwing clean water away -- and dirtying some of what it moves toward our taps.Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Found in: Environment, Science & Society and Technology -
Bugs home in on seeds by detecting infrared radiation.Published: Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Found in: Environment, Life and Physics -
Even as African elephants struggle to recover from decades-old poaching, the animals face new and renewed threats today. (p. 5)Published: November 8th, 2008; Vol.174 #10Found in: Environment, Life and Science & Society -
New techniques may be shaving a century or two off the recovery of mined mountain tops.Published: Monday, October 20th, 2008Found in: Environment, Matter & Energy, Science & Society and Technology -
Forested mountain peaks have been giving way to grassy planes in Appalachian coal country.Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2008Found in: Environment, Matter & Energy, Science & Society and Technology -
Tales of the black band: Clues to a 4,200-year-old mystery lie frozen in icy records stored atop Mt. Kilimanjaro.Published: Friday, October 17th, 2008Found in: Archaeology, Climate Change, Earth Science, Environment and Science & Society -
Even jet-lagged, the world's lead climate negotiator took time out to brief a few reporters.Published: Friday, October 17th, 2008Found in: Climate Change, Environment, Matter & Energy and Science & Society -
Device can detect distress signals from plants that are harmed, under attack.Published: Friday, October 17th, 2008Found in: Biology, Botany and Environment
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Whether people choose to peruse news — and where — may explain what role science plays in shaping public opinion on global warming.Published: Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Found in: Climate Change and Science & Society
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Myth often cited by global warming skeptics debunked. (p. 5)Published: October 25th, 2008; Vol.174 #9Found in: Climate Change and Science & Society -
Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Glacier melts are erasing climate recordFeatured blog: As glaciers continue to dry up, so does any hope of gleaning information from them about the past climate record.Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2008Found in: Climate Change, Earth Science, Environment and Science & Society -
Trace elements in the carbonate shells of freshwater mussels could serve as an archive of road salt pollution. (p. 16)Published: November 8th, 2008; Vol.174 #10Found in: Earth, Environment and Life -
Preliminary evidence suggests that children’s regular exposure to heavy air pollution can be accompanied by brain inflammation and lowered scores on intelligence tests. (p. 18)Published: November 8th, 2008; Vol.174 #10Found in: Body & Brain, Environment and Humans
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Unusual data let scientists test predictions that global warming drives species up slopes.Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2008Found in: Climate Change and Life
