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Amount Of Carbon Dioxide In Our Air Just Reached New Record, And Scientists Are Worried
2014-07-01 17:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: On Monday, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration`s Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii told Climate Central that June would be be the third month in a row where, for the entire month, average levels of carbon dioxide were above 400 parts per million (ppm). In other words, that`s the longest time in recorded history that this much carbon dioxide has been in the atmosphere. The finding is troubling to climate scientists, several of whom told ThinkProgress on Monday that the...
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Malnutrition a threat with use climate-resilient crops, scientists say
2014-07-01 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As farmers move toward growing crops designed to meet growing world demand for food and stand up to tougher climate conditions, they may inadvertently be worsening malnutrition, scientists say. Such "hidden hunger" stems from a lack of vitamins and minerals in some crops that replace staple favourites, and a narrowing of the range of foods eaten. "When I was young, we used to feed on amaranth vegetables, guava fruits, wild berries, jackfruits and many other crops that used to grow wild in our...
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Scientists find evidence of long-term warming inside Greenland's ice sheet
2014-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch: In the mid-20th century, when Carl Benson was traveling Greenland gathering data he would use to write his Ph.D. thesis on the temperature, structure and composition of the hard-packed snow that covers that island, conditions deep beneath the surface were fairly consistent: white, firm, cold and dry. If you could imagine cutting a wall of Styrofoam, thats what it was like, said Benson, now a professor emeritus with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. Related: How dust...
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Evonik Develops ECRP to Build Networks with Outstanding Scientists for Coatings
2014-06-26 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Three Cheers For Female Lego Scientists
2014-06-25 17:41:00| Chemical Processing
Well it's about time. Lego brand toys is going to introduce a female minifigure set that will feature a paleontologist, an astronomer and a chemist.
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