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TÜM study finds reduction in fuel consumption from eco-driving training, even with incentives, to be fleeting
2016-08-01 12:55:59| Green Car Congress
Study finds communities need to be proactive about fracking
2016-07-31 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Fracking, horizontal high-volume hydraulic fracturing is a process that forces a mixture of water, sand and chemicals under high pressure deep into the ground to extract oil and natural gas in shale rock formations. Fracking has allowed the United States to become a net energy exporter, but has created substantial problems for local communities hosting fracking operations. Authors Carolyn G. Loh, associate professor at Wayne State University, and Anna C. Osland, founder and principal of Anna C....
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Climate change: Evolution spurs speedy plant migration, UBC study finds
2016-07-30 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Scientists may be underestimating how quickly the Earth`s plants can change location in response to climate change, according to a study from the University of B.C. As the global average temperature rises, the comfort zones of many plants and trees are easing north or into higher elevations, but the speed with which they move is being driven by evolutionary responses. Plants cultivated to evolve were able to move 200 per cent further across difficult landscapes over six generations than plants...
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Growing corn like it's 2065 to study climate change effects
2016-07-30 20:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minneapolis Star Tribune: At the University of Minnesota, researchers are growing corn in greenhouses like it's the year 2065. The effort is part of a long-term plan to study how corn will grow under weather conditions considerably different from today's, predicted in climate change models for a half-century out. "Many models show that with increasing temperatures we could be seeing a reduction in corn yields, so that's something we would like to investigate under controlled conditions,' said Tim Griffis, University...
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Montreal households the greenest in Canada: UBC study
2016-07-29 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Montreal homes are the most sustainable in the country, and Edmonton's the least, according to a new University of British Columbia study that compares average household greenhouse gas emissions in major cities across Canada. Using census data over a 12-year span, researchers ranked cities on how much carbon dioxide the average Canadian family (two to three people) with an annual income of $81,000 in each city produced in a year from the combined use of electricity, gasoline and natural gas. The...
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