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9 Votes
Evolution shapes new rules for ant behavior, research finds
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Biologist Deborah M. Gordon's decades-long study of collective behavior in harvester ant colonies has provided a rare real-time look at natural selection at work.
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7 Votes
U.S. urban trees store carbon, provide billions in economic value, finds state-by-state analysis
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America's urban forests store an estimated 708 million tons of carbon, an environmental service with an estimated value of $50 billion, according to a recent study.
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Dustless chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students with milk allergy, study finds
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Many of today's schools and school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a new study, this choice in chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students that have a milk allergy.
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12 Votes
Residential lawns efflux more carbon dioxide than corn fields, study finds
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More carbon dioxide is released from residential lawns than corn fields according to a new study. And much of the difference can likely be attributed to soil temperature. The data suggest that urban heat islands may be working at smaller scales than previously thought.
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8 Votes
Rivers act as 'horizontal cooling towers' for power plants, study finds
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Running two computer models in tandem, scientists have detailed for the first time how thermoelectric power plants interact with climate, hydrology, and aquatic ecosystems throughout the northeastern US and show how rivers serve as "horizontal cooling towers" that provide an important ecosystem service to the regional electricity sector -- but at a cost to the environment.
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13 Votes
Geochemical method finds links between terrestrial climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide
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Scientists used a new chemical technique to measure the change in terrestrial temperature associated with a major shift in global atmospheric CO2 concentrations nearly 34 million years ago. Their results provide further evidence that the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide and Earth's surface temperature are inextricably linked.
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10 Votes
Discovery finds waste sulphur can boost electric car industry
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A new chemical process can transform waste sulphur into a lightweight plastic that may improve batteries for electric cars, reports a University of Arizona-led team. The team has successfully used the new plastic to make lithium-sulphur batteries and discovered other potential applications, including optical uses.
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