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Estuaries support most US seafood

Published: May 19th, 2009
Last revised: May 16th, 2010

Increased salinity is a danger to blue crabs

Published: May 19th, 2009
Last revised: July 18th, 2010

Cellulosic biofuel should take less fossil fuel to make than corn ethanol

Published: January 28th, 2009
Last revised: July 19th, 2010

Growing corn for ethanol may lead to increased CO2 emissions from clearing land

Published: January 28th, 2009
Last revised: May 16th, 2010

About a third of the 2009 US corn crop became ethanol

Published: January 28th, 2009
Last revised: May 16th, 2010

Farming new land can release lots of CO2 into the atmosphere

Published: January 28th, 2009
Last revised: July 17th, 2010

Farming fuel crops may drive far-off deforestation and CO2 release

Published: January 28th, 2009
Last revised: July 17th, 2010

Deforestation accounts for about 20% of CO2 emissions globally

Published: January 28th, 2009
Last revised: July 17th, 2010

News, Blogs & Features

May 23rd, 2012 - The Issue of Population is More Than a Little Radioactive
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May 22nd, 2012 - G-8 Leaders Agree to Cut Short-Lived Greenhouse Gases
May 22nd, 2012 - Digging into Climate Change, Students Find Much More
May 22nd, 2012 - The Joplin Tornado, One Year Later: Where Does it Rank?

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The Future of Freezing

High-resolution animated projection maps for how the cold and snowy months will thaw this century.

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