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Radioactivity in the Ocean: Diluted, But Far from Harmless by Elizabeth Grossman: Yale Environment 360
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Radioactivity in the Ocean:. Diluted, But Far from Harmless. With contaminated water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear complex continuing to pour into the Pacific, scientists are concerned about how that radioactivity might affect marine life. Although the ocean’s capacity to dilute radiation is huge, signs are that nuclear isotopes are already moving up the local food chain. International Atomic Energy Agency. Seawater concentrations of cesium-137, March 23 to March 30. The Tokyo Electric Power Co...
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Yale Environment 360: Reef Dive Sites in Thailand Closed After Damage from Coral Bleaching
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Reef Dive Sites in Thailand. Closed After Damage from Coral Bleaching. Authorities in Thailand are closing dozens of popular diving sites in the Andaman Sea after extremely high ocean temperatures caused widespread bleaching of coral reefs. From Mass Coral Bleaching, A Scientist Looks for Lessons. As Ocean Waters Heat Up, A Quest to Create ‘Super Corals’. Along Cuba’s Coast, The Last Best Coral Reefs in the Caribbean Thrive. In Fight to Save Coral Reefs, Finding Strategies that Work. A publication of the.
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Spurred by Warming World, Beetles Threaten Coffee Crops by Erica Westly: Yale Environment 360
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Spurred by Warming Climate,. Beetles Threaten Coffee Crops. Coffee production has long been vulnerable to drought or excess rains. But recently, a tiny insect that thrives in warmer temperatures the coffee berry borer has been spreading steadily, devastating coffee plants in Africa, Latin America, and around the world. Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service. Female borers kill coffee plants by burrowing into coffee berries to lay their eggs. Making it the most costly pest affecting coffee today&#...
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Tracking the Causes of Sharp
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Decline of the Monarch Butterfly , Richard Conniff, biodiversity, Biodiversity, Business and Innovation, Energy, North America, Interviews, Yale Environment 360". Tracking the Causes of Sharp. Decline of the Monarch Butterfly. University of Kansas insect ecologist Orley R. Chip Taylor has been observing the fragile populations of monarch butterflies for decades, but he says he has never been more concerned about their future. Monarch Watch/Catherine I Sherman. In an interview with. A conservation and out...
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A North Atlantic Mystery: Case of the Missing Whales by Rebecca Kessler: Yale Environment 360
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A North Atlantic Mystery:. Case of the Missing Whales. Endangered North Atlantic right whales are disappearing from customary feeding grounds off the U.S. and Canadian coasts and appearing in large numbers in other locations, leaving scientists to wonder if shifts in climate may be behind the changes. Right whales were not found in their usual numbers this summer in the Bay of Fundy. And more importantly, why? Our whales have been missing in their normal habitat areas, where we’ve learned to expect them ...
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Why Are Environmentalists Taking Anti-Science Positions? by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360
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On issues ranging from genetically modified crops to nuclear power, environmentalists are increasingly refusing to listen to scientific arguments that challenge standard green positions. This approach risks weakening the environmental movement and empowering climate contrarians. And systems analysts Dennis and Donella Meadows’. The Limits to Growth. And yet, recently, the environment movement seems to have been turning up on the wrong side of the scientific argument. We have been making claims that s...
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Yale Environment 360: Mimicking Butterfly Wings Can Improve Efficiency of Solar Energy Systems
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Mimicking Butterfly Wings Can. Improve Efficiency of Solar Energy Systems. The team showed that replicating the single layer of highly reflective scale cells found in the butterfly wings could also improve power-to-weight ratios of solar concentrators. The New Green Grid: Utilities Deploy ‘Virtual Power Plants’. Chocolate in the Jungle: The Battle To Save a Disappearing Rainforest. Views: Los Angeles Aims to Revitalize a Concrete River. How to Restore an Urban River? Los Angeles Looks to Find Out. Video ...
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Yale Environment 360: Emissions From U.S. Power Plants Reached 27-Year Low, Report Says
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Emissions From U.S. Power. Plants Reached 27-Year Low, Report Says. Electric power plants in the U.S. emitted less carbon dioxide in April than they have in any month since April 1988 a 27-year low according to an analysis by the Energy Information Administration. What Would a Global Warming Increase of 1.5 Degrees Be Like? In Iowa, A Bipartisan Push to Become Leader in Wind Energy. Point/Counterpoint: ShouldGreen Critics Reassess Ethanol? As Drought Grips South Africa, A Conflict Over Water and Coal.
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Yale Environment 360: New Zealand Will Shutter Last Remaining Coal Power Plants, Officials Say
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New Zealand Will Shutter Last. Remaining Coal Power Plants, Officials Say. Buller Coalfield, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand will close its last remaining coal plants and rely even more heavily on renewable sources for its electricity needs, the country's energy minister announced. Push to Produce More Coal " /. The Human Cost Of India’s. Push to Produce More Coal. Indonesian Coal Mining Boom Is Leaving Trail of Destruction. Not on This Land: A Western Tribe Takes a Stand and Says No to Big Coal.
