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3 University of Texas professors sue to keep concealed guns out of campus classrooms
2016-07-07 23:19:00| American School & University
Professors contend that the potential presence of guns will inhibit free speech in classes. read more
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New clues could help scientists harness the power of photosynthesis
2016-07-07 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Identification of a gene needed to expand light harvesting in photosynthesis into the far-red-light spectrum provides clues to the development of oxygen-producing photosynthesis, an evolutionary advance that changed the history of life on Earth. "Knowledge of how photosynthesis evolved could empower scientists to design better ways to use light energy for the benefit of humankind," said Donald A. Bryant, the Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and professor of biochemistry and molecular...
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Climate Change Claims a Lake, and a Way of Life
2016-07-07 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The water receded and the fish died. They surfaced by the tens of thousands, belly-up, and the stench drifted in the air for weeks. The birds that had fed on the fish had little choice but to abandon Lake Poopó, once Bolivias second-largest but now just a dry, salty expanse. Many of the Uru-Murato people, who had lived off its waters for generations, left as well, joining a new global march of refugees fleeing not war or persecution, but climate change. The lake was our mother and our father,...
FACTBOX - Where might La Nia take a bite out of world food supplies?
2016-07-07 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A farmer works in an irrigated field near the village of Botor, Somaliland, April 16, 2016. Across the Horn of Africa, millions have been hit by the severe El Nino-related drought. With weather forecasters predicting a La Nia weather phenomenon coming on the tail of the strongest El Nio in 20 years, some countries are bracing for potential droughts and floods. Meteorologists in Japan, Australia and the United States predict a 50 to 75 percent chance of La Nia developing in the second half...
Brexit Millennials May Teach Us Why Recycling Awareness Doesnt Result In the Act of Recycling
2016-07-07 05:05:42| Waste Age
For those seeking the key to modifying recycling behaviors, the Brexit statistics and voting figures are an important example. read more
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