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Mercury rising

December 14, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Next month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) will meet in Switzerland to discuss mercury pollution and regulation. Researchers at the Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research Collaborative (C-MERC) are way […]

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Animals, Health, Our Environment, Science News

Greenhouse gases aren’t going anywhere

November 20, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Despite this article’s headline, there is actually some good news here. But first the bad. According to the World Meteorological Organization, greenhouse gas levels in 2011 were the highest ever recorded. While […]

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Nature, Our Environment, Science News

How paintball could save the planet

October 31, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

We all know what will happen if a apocalypse-heralding asteroid comes hurtling toward Earth. Bruce Willis and his rag-tag team of oil rig workers join forces with NASA and detonate […]

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Physics, Science News, Space

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