New standards for science education for the first time include sections on climate change.
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May 19
May 19
Brazil’s President Faces Defining Decision Over Forest Bill
The bill awaiting action by President Dilma Rousseff would effectively give amnesty to landowners who illegally deforested areas before 2008.
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New Jersey Takes Slow, Steady Approach to Offshore Wind
The international wind power industry is watching Washington, DC to see if lawmakers will extend the federal production tax credit (PTC) for wind power. But their eyes are also focused on Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey, to see if state regula…
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Tropic Atmospheric Circulation
An University of California – Riverside led team has identified black carbon and tropospheric ozone as the most likely drivers of large-scale atmospheric circulation change in the Northern Hemisphere tropics zone. While stratospheric ozone depletion h…
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Paper or Plastic?
Cities in a number of Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan, are currently on the warpath against plastic shopping bags.
The cities have passed loc…
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The Texas Tribune: Legislation Proposed to Extend Texas Helium Sales Deadline
Congress has proposed legislation to help avoid a worldwide helium shortage, and some 30 percent of the global supply comes from a plant northwest of Amarillo.
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New ‘bony-tongue’ fish discovered in Myanmar
A new species of arowana, a highly valued aquarium fish, has been described from southern Madagascar. The description is published in last month’s issue of the journal Aqua.
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May 18
Scientist at Work Blog: Whistle Recognition in Bottlenose Dolphins
Researchers in Sarasota Bay, Fla., test whether dolphins’ heart rates change when they hear different signature whistles.
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Scientist at Work Blog: Whistle Recognition in Bottlenose Dolphins
Researchers in Sarasota Bay, Fla., test whether dolphins’ heart rates change when they hear different signature whistles.
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