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Manganese Damages Immune Response In Marine Animals, Research …

Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, in bottom waters is a well known environmental problem. New research in Sweden adds to the list of ill effects: hypoxia leads to increased levels of manganese, which damages the immune response in marine …

Marine Animals May Stir Oceans As Much As Wind or Tides « The Dirt

According to Wired Science, new scientific research on the world’s oceans suggests that marine animals may stir oceans as much as wind and tides do. This new understanding of marine life may end up changing current climate models. …

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: From Science Arbiter to Issue Advocate

On a general level, MNP employed ‘ Science Arbiter’ discourses, steering clear of political considerations but trying to meet policymakers’ demands for assessment and information. However, in the case study, discourse moved in the …

Policy Peril Segment 5: Is the Science Debate “Over”? | OpenMarket.org

Today’s post in my series of commentaries on excerpts from CEI’s film, Policy Peril: Why Global Warming Policies Are More Dangerous Than Global Warming Itself,

Energy and Global Warming News for August 3rd: ExxonMobil alone …

Exxon Mobil, based in Irving, Texas, spent $14.9 million lobbying in the six months, 23 percent more than the $12.1 million laid out by companies that make solar panels or wind turbines to generate electricity, London-based New Energy …

Pollution Causes Cancer … in Animals : Red, Green, and Blue

The callers mention sea lions that seem crippled or disfigured by tumours and where these animals can be caught and investigated, a high percentage subsequently die of unusual causes: renal failure and/or paralysis. …

Wildlife Promise: Stuff Animals Help Baby Beavers

But to cut back on that human interaction and to better mimic life in the wild, they brought in a surrogate – a stuffed animal beaver with bottles and a hot water bottle tucked inside. It worked. The kits nursed that way for another …