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Global nitrogen availability consistent for past 500 years linked to carbon levels
2013-03-21 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A Kansas State University research team has found that despite humans increasing nitrogen production through industrialization, nitrogen availability in many ecosystems has remained steady for the past 500 years. Their work appears in the journal Nature. "People have been really interested in nitrogen in current times because it's a major pollutant," said Kendra McLauchlan, assistant professor of geography and director of the university's Paleoenvironmental Laboratory. "Humans are producing a...
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UK increased recycling rates fastest in Europe over past decade
2013-03-19 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Recycling rates in the UK rose faster in the first decade of the millennium than any other country in Europe, according to official statistics published on Tuesday. Although the UK started from a low base in 2001 recycling rates were just 12% for all municipal waste it increased by the greatest amount by 2010, reaching 39%, on a par with the average for the EU. But the European Environment Agency, which released the figures, warned that many countries will fail to meet a European directive...
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Papal election stirs Argentina's 'dirty war' past
2013-03-15 02:59:07| Beverages - Topix.net
7, 2009 file photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio gives a Mass outside the San Cayetano church where an Argentine flag hangs behind in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Increase in heavy rainfalls over past 60 years in upper Midwest, US
2013-03-14 00:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Heavy rains have become more frequent in the upper Midwest over the past 60 years, according to a study from the University of Iowa. The trend appears to hold true even with the current drought plaguing the region, the study's main author says. The fact that temperatures over the country's midsection are rising, too, may be more than coincidence.The hotter the surface temperature, which has been the trend in the Midwest and the rest of the world, the more water that can be absorbed by the atmosphere....
Amazon Prime membership reportedly soars past 10 million
2013-03-12 18:00:03| CNET News.com
Morningstar estimates that the free shipping and streaming media service has more than doubled its membership in the last year-and-a-half, a result of offering trials to Kindle Fire buyers. [Read more]
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