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• Study Estimates about 2.1 Million People using Wells High in Arsenic

  18-10-2017 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Most Arsenic Presumed to be From Naturally Occurring Sources
  
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• Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers

  18-10-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists sayThe abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists. Insects are an integral part of life on Earth as both pollinators and prey for other wildlife and it was known that some species such as butterflies were declining. But the newly revealed scale of the lo
  
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• Illinois Sportfish Recovery a Result of 1972 Clean Water Act, Scientists Report

  18-10-2017 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Populations of largemouth bass, bluegill, catfish and other sportfish are at the highest levels recorded in more than a century in the Illinois River, according to a new report. Their dramatic recovery, from populations close to zero near Chicago throughout much of the 20th century, began just after implementation of the Clean Water Act, the researchers say.
  
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• Turnbull energy policy 'remarkably similar' to intensity scheme, Kim Carr says

  18-10-2017 19:01 via theguardian.com
  Labor’s industry spokesman warns Neg does not do enough to reduce prices in the short term but signals possible cooperationThe Turnbull government’s national energy guarantee has “remarkable underlying similarities” to an emissions intensity scheme in the electricity sector, according to the Labor industry spokesman, Kim Carr.In a speech to be given to the Food and Grocery Council on Thursday, seen by Guardian Australia, Carr warns the Neg does not do enough to reduce pri
  
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• Researchers Customize Catalysts to Boost Product Yields, Decrease Chemical Separation Costs

  18-10-2017 18:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  For some crystalline catalysts, what you see on the surface is not always what you get in the bulk, according to two studies led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  
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• DNA Tests on Albatross Poo Reveal Secret Diet of Top Predator

  18-10-2017 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  A study that used DNA tests to analyse the scats of one of the world’s most numerous albatrosses has revealed surprising results about the top predator’s diet.
  
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• Separating methane and CO2 will become more efficient

  18-10-2017 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  To make natural gas and biogas suitable for use, the methane has to be separated from the CO?. This involves the use of membranes: filters that stop the methane and let the CO? pass through. Researchers at KU Leuven have developed a new membrane that makes the separation process much more effective.
  
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• Extreme weather puts focus on climate change adaptation for buildings

  18-10-2017 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Forest fires in British Columbia. Floods in Quebec. Hurricanes in Texas. While it’s difficult to say definitively that such events are caused by climate change, there’s little doubt that a warming world exacerbates such extreme weather—and that our society will need to be ready for more of them.These are the kinds of issues on Anika Bell’s mind as she prepares to pursue her master’s of applied science at the University of Victoria in the new year. Bell’s previ
  
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• Future Temperature and Soil Moisture May Alter Location of Agricultural Regions

  18-10-2017 15:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Future high temperature extremes and soil moisture conditions may cause some regions to become more suitable for rainfed, or non-irrigated, agriculture, while causing other areas to lose suitable farmland, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.  These future conditions will cause an overall increase in the area suitable to support rainfed agriculture within dryland areas. Increases are projected in North America, western Asia, eastern Asia and South America. In contrast, suitable
  
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• Replenish the swamp: 7,500 trafficked Turkish frogs returned to wild

  18-10-2017 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Five men arrested after police find minibus loaded with thousands of frogs in nets, allegedly part of lucrative export tradeTurkey’s gendarmerie has released 7,500 frogs into the wild after capturing five poachers involved in one of the largest frog trafficking operations in the country.The country’s state news agency said the men were detained when their minibus was examined during a routine check as they travelled through the Cappadoccia region. Officers found dozens of nets with t
  
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• Tesco stocks green satsumas in drive to reduce food waste

  18-10-2017 13:51 via theguardian.com
  Supermarket says easy-peelers are ripe and edible but failed to turn usual orange colour due to hotter weather in SpainTesco has started selling “green” satsumas and clementines after relaxing its quality specifications in its latest attempt to reduce food waste. The flesh inside is orange, ripe and edible, but as a result of recent warm weather in Spain the skins have failed to turn the normal colour.Continue reading...
  
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• Shell fits UK forecourts with EV rapid chargers

  18-10-2017 13:30
  Shell is opening a range of rapid charging service systems across its UK petrol stations, with plans already in place to deploy more charging infrastructure by the end of the year.
  
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• EU packaging single market erosion risks opening 'Pandora's Box' of national regulations

  18-10-2017 13:30
  Ahead of negotiations to finalise the revision of EU packaging waste legislation, the European packaging industry is calling for the free movement of packaged goods to be safeguarded.
  
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• World's first floating wind farm opens off the Scottish coast

  18-10-2017 12:10
  The world's first floating wind farm has today (18 October) started delivering electricity to the Scottish power grid, and will utilise an innovative battery storage system to provide power for around 20,000 households.
  
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• CliFi – A new way to talk about climate change | John Abraham

  18-10-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com
  If you’re not familiar with the new genre of climate fiction, you might be soon.Cli-Fi refers to “climate fiction;” it is a term coined by journalist Dan Bloom. These are fictional books that somehow or someway bring real climate change science to the reader. What is really interesting is that Cli-Fi books often present real science in a credible way. They become fun teaching tools. There are some really well known authors such as Paolo Bacigalupi and Margaret Atwood among othe
  
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• Veolia to deliver major carbon savings for University of East Anglia

  18-10-2017 11:07
  The University of East Anglia (UEA) is set to generate more than 80% of electricity onsite after waste management firm Veolia installed two latest generation combined heat and power (CHP) units.
  
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• Get the latest business guide - edie Explains Energy resilience

  18-10-2017 11:07
  From ensuring business continuity and mitigating the risks of black or brown outs, to protecting your business from energy price rises the latest edie Explains guide, has it all.
  
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• Turnbull admits 'many impacts' on energy bills in response to Labor attack

  18-10-2017 10:13 via theguardian.com
  Opposition leaves itself room to move on Coalition’s national energy guarantee while zeroing in on promised price reductionsMalcolm Turnbull has acknowledged there are “many impacts” on a household energy bill after being pursued by Labor about whether he could guarantee the power price reductions floated under his proposed energy policy.
  Labor has zeroed in on the price impacts associated with the national energy guarantee, unveiled by the Turnbull government on Tuesday, after
  
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• Kering championing 'disruptive' innovations to push towards science-based targets

  18-10-2017 09:15
  Luxury fashion group Kering is partnering with "disruptive" new minds to uncover innovations that will help reach ambitious science-based targets, and the firm's chief sustainability officer Marie-Claire Daveu wants to pass these learnings to the sector through an open-sourced approach.
  
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• Who is more clever, a teeny-tiny glider or a fancy bird scientist? | First Dog on the Moon

  18-10-2017 08:06 via theguardian.com
  How can we keep the evil yet adorable sugar glider from eating all the swift parrots? Here’s where Operation PKO and you come in!Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and printsContinue reading...
  
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• Government set to face fresh legal challenge over air pollution crisis

  18-10-2017 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Legal NGO ClientEarth to take the government back to court if it fails to set out a new range of measures to tackle Britain’s toxic airEnvironmental campaigners are set to take the government back to court over what they say are ministers’ repeated failings to deal with the UK’s air pollution crisis.ClientEarth, which has already won two court battles against the government, has written a legal letter demanding that the environment secretary Michael Gove sets out a range of new
  
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• Greens vow to protect ABC from 'blatant ideological attack' – politics live

  18-10-2017 06:40 via theguardian.com
  Having won over the party room on energy, for now, the Coalition is taking on the states. Follow the day’s events here 5.40am BSTTo catch up on all things question time, you can head here:Did you miss QT in the House? You can catch up on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/eUvteChVly 5.17am BSTSarah Hanson-Young has had a bit to say about the ABC changes the government has proposed (with a little help from One Nation, and by help, we mean demands).The Greens communications spokeswoman said i
  
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• Country diary: the air is heavy with the scent of apples

  18-10-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  St Dominic, Tamar Valley Black Rocks and Crimson Queens and Green Chisel pears – colourful fruit with colourful names on show at Cotehele’s Apple DaySheltered from rain, inside the display tent at Cotehele’s Apple Day, the perfume of juice and ripe fruit pervades the damp air. Examples of different varieties are pinned to a board and Mary and James (my sister and brother-in-law) have laid out a lavish array from their orchard of local varieties, gathered on rare dry days during
  
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• 'The threats continue​’: murder of retired couple chills fellow activists in Turkey

  18-10-2017 06:00 via theguardian.com
  The killing of two activists who successfully campaigned to shut down a mine has shocked environmentalists in Turkey who fear their deaths will embolden others to kill to protect their profits• Interactive: recording the deaths of environmental activists around the worldCedar branches whisper in the Anatolian breeze. Twigs crunch underfoot. A truck rumbles from a distant marble quarry. The crack of a hunter’s rifle echoes through the forest.The sounds of tranquility and violence inter
  
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• Photo of butchered rhino wins top award

  18-10-2017 02:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A shocking image of a dehorned black rhino makes Brent Stirton Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
  
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• Energy battle turns to the states, as the sell heats up – politics live

  18-10-2017 00:41 via theguardian.com
  Having won over the party room (for now), the Coalition is preparing to take on the states to get backing for its new energy plan. Meanwhile the yes campaign has a commanding lead among those who have already voted in the same-sex marriage postal survey. Follow the day’s events here11.41pm BSTJust on Senate business, for those playing along at home you may notice Peter Dutton’s citizenship reforms are listed well down the list. That’s a pretty big indication the Senate won&rsqu
  
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• Tropical beetles face extinction threat

  18-10-2017 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Climate change is putting many tropical high altitude beetles at risk of extinction, warn an international team of scientists.
  
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• New technique scours the genome for genes that combat disease

  18-10-2017 00:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Using a modified version of the CRISPR genome-editing system, MIT researchers have developed a new way to screen for genes that protect against specific diseases.
  
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• NASA Finds Tropical Storm Lan Strengthening

  18-10-2017 00:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that Tropical Storm Lan was getting stronger as it moved through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Fighting fires before they spark

  18-10-2017 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  With warm, dry summers comes a deadly caveat for the western United States: wildfires. Scientists say the hot, dry climates found west of the Mississippi, along with decades of fire suppression efforts, are creating a devastating and destructive combination – leading to fires like the ones currently burning in California.
  
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• Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 – the winners

  18-10-2017 00:00 via theguardian.com
  A ceremony at the Natural History Museum, London, will reveal the winners of its Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition on Wednesday. Two overall winning images have been selected from the winners of each category, depicting the incredible diversity of life on our planet. They are on show with 99 other images selected by an international panel of judges at the 53rd exhibition, which opens at the museum on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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