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Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
(AP)—Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was ...
7 hours ago from Phys.org
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China 'will not accept' carbon tax on EU flights: report
China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face fines ...
6 hours ago from Phys.org
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ScienceShot: Fungi Provide an Early Warning System for Plants
Fungus alerts plants to aphid attack
Fri 17 May 13 from Science Now
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Front-row seats to climate change
By day, insects provide the white noise of the South, but the night belongs to the amphibians. In a typical year, the Southern air hangs heavy from the humidity and the sounds of wildlife.
Fri 17 May 13 from Phys.org
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Climate change may have little impact on tropical lizards
A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread ...
Fri 17 May 13 from Phys.org
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A New Climate Survey Tells Us What?
Sometimes I think the climate debate remains stalled because those who are most concerned refuse to ask the pertinent questions. Instead, they keep refighting old battles that are no longer ...
Thu 16 May 13 from Discover Magazine
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Underwater lectures: A class you literally can't fall alsleep in
A professor at the University of Essex has taken lectures to new depths, quite literally.
Fri 17 May 13 from Dvice
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Wetlands: value to locals matters most
A new way of valuing ecosystem services, incorporating the local perspective, is the driving force behind a project assessing aquatic ecosystems in highland areas of Asia
Fri 17 May 13 from Phys.org
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Indonesia extends logging ban to protect rainforest
Indonesia has extended a logging ban to protect rainforests despite fierce industry pressure, the government said Wednesday, but green groups slammed it as inadequate to safeguard threatened ...
Wed 15 May 13 from Phys.org
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Maps developed to help forest industry outwit climate change
University of Alberta researchers have developed guidelines being used by foresters and the timber industry to get a jump on climate change when planting trees.
Wed 15 May 13 from Phys.org
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