Climate Change
Global warming does not benefit plants: new study
April 10, 2012A study by researchers at Northern Arizona University shows that a somewhat rosy predictions about purported beneficial effects of global warming on plant life are likely not true.
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Louisiana plan draws support but raises concern among fishermen
April 5, 2012The plan would fix significant environmental problems and repair the state's receding coastline.
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Environment and politics: one and the same
March 30, 2012"Capitalism is fundamentally incapable of dealing with climate change." These were the words of microbial ecologist Steve McCallister.
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Republicans and the corporate attack on science
March 1, 2012Fedoroff and other scientists are positively amazed at the hostility towards scientific proposals put forth to solve many of the problems facing the world today.
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Billionaires back controversial geoengineering methods
February 21, 2012A small unit of climate scientists, supported financially by notable billionaires, is lobbying governments and international organizations to back experiments in geoengineering
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