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If you want to lose weight, find a mountain retreat

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has found the secret to effortless weight loss: spend some time at high altitude. Even a week on a mountain retreat can produce weight loss in sedentary people eating as much as ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report




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Dead ahead: Less rainfall for drought-sensitive southern hemisphere regions?

(Phys.org) -- Warming climate may mean less rainfall for drought-sensitive regions of the Southern Hemisphere, according to results just published by an international research team.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook insiders stay pals

All eyes are on Facebook Inc., which is on the verge of a $100-billion initial public stock offering.

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study of Patagonian Glacier's rise and fall adds to understanding of global climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- Glaciers play a vital role in Earth’s climate system, and it’s critical to understand what contributes to their fluctuation.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Glacier-fed river systems threatened by climate change

Glacial meltwater increases biodiversity in mountainous freshwater ecosystems. As glaciers vanish due to global warming, so will those species dependent upon the icy runoff. This is the conclusion of a study authored by researchers ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 31

The snows of Mount Washington

"Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained wh ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research shows Scandinavian conifers survived Ice Age

Until now, it was presumed that the last glacial period denuded the Scandinavian landscape of trees until a gradual return of milder weather began and melted away the ice cover some 9000 years ago. That perspective ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Indigenous peoples at forefront of climate change offer lessons on plant biodiversity

Humans are frequently blamed for deforestation and the destruction of environments, yet there are also examples of peoples and cultures around the world that have learned to manage and conserve the precious resources around ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sediments from the Enol lake reveal more than 13,500 years of environmental history

A team of Spanish researchers have used different geological samples, extracted from the Enol lake in Asturias, to show that the Holocene, a period that started 11,600 years ago, did not have a climate as ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Rapid retreat of Chile glacier captured in images

(AP) -- Researchers in Chile released a series of time-lapse photos Wednesday showing the dramatic retreat of a glacier in Patagonia.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 20

New reports identify impacts of climate change on world's highest mountains

Findings from the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt in Asia's mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region -- site of Mount Everest and many of the world's tallest peaks -- highlight ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7


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