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With rare chickweed in bloom, ecologists gather in Baltimore to celebrate biodiversity
Leading a tour of the Soldiers Delight area of western Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon, Paula Becker, an ecologist with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, was pleased to report the first blooming of serpentine chickweed — a plant as...
Tags: Baltimore County, National Aquarium Baltimore, State Parks, The Pennsylvania State University, Science and Technology
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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: Mike Honda, Jackie Speier, Carolyn B. Maloney, Malaria, Weather
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The year 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record
The United Nation’s weather agency has confirmed that 2012 was the ninth warmest year since record keeping began in 1850, and the 27th consecutive year that global land and ocean temperatures were above average. Last year exceeded the global...Tags: Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Pacific Ocean, Oceans, Weather
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Potted hydrangea may thrive outdoors – or not
I was given a potted hydrangea flower as an Easter gift. Can I plant that outdoors? Mophead (Grandiflora) hydrangeas are hardy outdoors, but yours was bred for greenhouse culture and forced into bloom for the holidays, so its chances are less certain....
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues, Biology, Lyme Disease, Conservation
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Study: Gulf oil spill is sickening fish vital to seafood industry
The seafood is safe to eat and the Gulf of Mexico tourism industry is recovering three years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the waters off Louisiana. But despite that BP-sponsored...
Tags: Louisiana State University, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Medical Research, Science and Technology, BP Plc
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A to-do list for L.A.'s next mayor
Tackle real problems By Austin Beutner Only 21% of registered voters cast a ballot in the recent primary elections. And convenience didn't seem to be the issue, since only about a third of those who were sent vote-by-mail ballots bothered to fill in...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Diabetes, Crime, Law and Justice, Realty, Politics
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Letters: Malibu's lost lagoon
Re "A deep divide at Malibu Lagoon," April 30 California's "restoration" of the Malibu Lagoon has turned a nature preserve into what one activist called a "manufactured wetland theme park." Part of the reason for the restoration was to eliminate...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Geological Survey, Wetlands, Conservation
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Low-key US plan for each nation to set climate goals wins ground
ReutersBy Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle BONN, Germany, May 2 (Reuters) - A U.S.-led plan to let all countries set their own goals for fighting climate change is gaining grudging support at U.N. talks, even though the current level of pledges is far...Tags: Weather, Brazil, Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012), European Union
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Fort Lauderdale scientist recognized as 'Champion of Change'
A Fort Lauderdale-based scientist who has made a career of understanding the environment and the impact of climate change was honored as a "Champion of Change," part of President Barack Obama's Winning the Future Initiative, at an April 11 ceremony at the...
Tags: Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Weather, Human Interest, Science and Technology
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Applying Torah values to our diets
Since Shavuot is z'man matan Torateinu (the commemoration of the giving of the Torah to the Israelites on Mount Sinai), many dedicated religious Jews admirably stay up the entire first night of Shavuot to hear talks about and discuss Torah teachings....Tags: Shavuot, Heart Disease, Vegetarian Diet, Religious Texts, Torah
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Retrievers needed for vast offshore tire field
Here's a bizarre challenge in waste disposal: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection this week requested proposals from companies to retrieve thousands of tires dumped into the ocean off Fort Lauderdale in the 1970s. An estimated 700,000...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Science and Technology
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Restored or ruined? Malibu Lagoon project stirs strong opinions
Before the bulldozers arrived last June, Malibu Lagoon was a fully grown habitat for egrets, voles and tidewater gobies, studded with sycamore trees and clusters of tule reeds. Today, the lagoon's islands appear almost barren, covered by a sea of tiny red...
Tags: Pamela Anderson, Renovation, Gardens and Parks, State Parks, Science and Technology
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