Research into populations of the western striped grunter (Pelates octolineatus) on the lower west coast shows the species has a highly seasonal growth pattern and migrate between coastal and estuarine environments depending ...
Ecology
Jul 2, 2015
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Atop a remote mountain overlooking one of Africa's largest silver mines, a group of Moroccan activists -- many of them women and children -- are trying to choke off the facility's water supply.
Environment
Mar 16, 2012
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Many of the substances that humans consume on a regular basis as parts of their basic diet actually contain harmful toxins. Rice, barbecued meat and drinking water all pose threats to human health as hosts to potent toxins, ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2018
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In a place like Delaware, where it rains frequently, water is a renewable resource. Natural processes will replenish the water that is being used or consumed. In an area where rain is not as plentiful, such as the Arabian ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2019
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Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been retreating at increasing rate since the 1970s, scientists write in the most comprehensive review to date of Andean glacier observations. The researchers blame the melting on rising ...
Environment
Jan 22, 2013
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In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan. Heat and drought ...
Environment
Jul 27, 2021
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The geographic locations where Americans live are shifting in ways that can negatively affect the quality of their drinking water.
Environment
May 24, 2019
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The warm Atlantic water continued to flow into the icy Nordic seas during the coldest periods of the last Ice Age.
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2014
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(AP)—Nearly two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities by 2030, with most people middle class, connected by technology, protected by advanced health care and the United States and China perhaps cooperating ...
Other
Dec 10, 2012
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Cyclic changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis and the eccentricity of its orbit have left their mark on hills deep under the ocean, a study published in Science has found.
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2015
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