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Fish Fried: New Numbers Confirm Global Overfishing

Jun 30, 2016 11:13AM

By adding in fish taken illegally, caught recreationally or discarded from commercial catches, a new study shows that the total world catch is 50 percent higher than previously reported.

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Recycling Nutrients: Animal Droppings Help Forests Absorb CO2

Jun 30, 2016 11:13AM

Fruit-eating animal species such as toucans and spider monkeys—many of them declining in number—are key in spreading seeds of the CO2-absorbing trees that mitigate rising global temperatures.

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Buzz Benefactors: More Retailers Ban Bee-Toxic Products

May 31, 2016 11:09AM

A major supermarket chain will no longer buy fruit or vegetables from farmers that spray with any of eight pesticides that are toxic to bees.

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Nature’s Metric: Rethinking All Aspects of Society

May 31, 2016 11:09AM

The Living Future Challenge has developed a bold framework to evoke fresh thinking about the design of systems, products and buildings.

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Natural Awakenings Family of Franchises Keeps Growing

Apr 29, 2016 11:02AM

Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp. welcomed five new publishers to its April 2016 training session.

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Fouled Play: Toxic GMO Pesticides Drift Near Athletic Fields

Apr 29, 2016 11:01AM

More than 90 percent of playing fields and parks in a six-state area were found to be located within 1,000 feet of corn or soybean fields in which toxic weed killers were sprayed.

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Noisy Humans: Man-Made Clatter Muffles Nature’s Chorus

Apr 29, 2016 11:01AM

Rising levels of human-made noise are drowning out natural sounds, the National Park Service reports.

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Ground Control: Down-to-Earth Climate Change Strategy

Mar 31, 2016 10:48AM

Organic agriculture practiced worldwide can boost the CO2 content of soil and help lower global temperatures, reports the Center for Food Safety.

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Bee Kind: The Good Fight for Honeybees

Mar 31, 2016 10:48AM

Honeybee backers scored a court victory that blocks sales of a bee-toxic pesticide, while findings of high aluminum levels in bee bodies evoke fresh concerns about other pesticides.

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Working Worms: They Can Safely Biodegrade Plastic Waste

Mar 31, 2016 10:48AM

Microorganisms in the gut of the common mealworm appear to turn discarded Styrofoam and plastic into biodegraded fragments that look like rabbit droppings.

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