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Ramen To The Rescue: How Instant Noodles Fight Global Hunger
2013-08-20 18:48:58| Beverages - Topix.net
Ask about the foods that have conquered the world and you're likely to hear about Coca-Cola and McDonald's Big Macs.
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Enlisting Bananas in the Fight Against PRRS
2013-08-20 14:54:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Iowa State University With current vaccines of limited value in the fight against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), a National Taiwan University (NTU) team took a different tact. They developed transgenic bananas to orally vaccinate swine against PRRS, which they consider a major breakthrough with great economic potential, the Republic of China National Science Council (NSC) said July 17. read more
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Seagrass may help fight climate change
2013-08-20 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: Seagrass may be crucial in the battle against climate change as the humble plant is 35 times more efficient at locking up, or 'sequestering' carbon than rainforests, a new study has found. Seagrass meadows once wrapped Australia's coastline providing sanctuary and food for dugongs and turtles, habitats for fish to breed and myriad other ecosystem services such as nutrient recycling and sediment stabilisation. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are now so high they risk damaging our ecological...
Is Bill McKibben making the climate fight harder?
2013-08-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tyee: On a cold March afternoon in 2007, Bill McKibben made an important strategic declaration about his growing campaign to fight global warming. "It's important now to get everyone in the choir to sing at the top of their lungs," the environmental author and activist told a packed auditorium at New Hampshire's Dartmouth College. After describing the imminent dangers of climate change, and the urgent need for a mass social movement capable of averting them, McKibben had been accused by an audience...
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Bringing Back the Night: The Fight Against Light Pollution
2013-08-19 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Last month, France -- including the City of Light -- grew darker late at night as one of the worlds most comprehensive lighting ordinances went into effect. From 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., shop lights are being turned off, and lights inside office buildings must be extinguished within an hour of workers leaving the premises. The lighting on Frances building facades cannot be turned on before sunset. Over the next two years, regulations restricting lighting on billboards will go into effect. These rules...
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