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1### [China's Acid Rain Control Strategy Offset By Increased Nitrogen Oxide Air Pollution](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014122054.htm)
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8### [Global Warming Impacts On U.S. Coming Sooner Than Expected](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216201404.htm)
3Scientists are reporting the first evidence that China's sharp focus on reducing widespread damage to soil by acid rain by restricting ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014122054.htm)
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10A new report provides insights on the potential for abrupt climate change and the effects it could have on the United States, identifying key concerns ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216201404.htm)
5### [Conservation Targets Too Small To Stop Extinction](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013104344.htm)
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12### [Warmer Temperatures Could Lead To A Boom In Corn Pests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131024.htm)
7Conservation biologists are setting their minimum population size targets too low to prevent extinction, according to a new study. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013104344.htm)
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14Climate change could provide the warmer weather pests prefer, leading to an increase in populations that feed on corn and other crops, according to a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131024.htm)
9### ['Significant Risk' Of Oil Production Peaking In Ten Years, Report Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007223743.htm)
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16### [Oregon's Rogue River Basin To Face Climate-change Hurdles](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104023.htm)
11A new report argues that conventional oil production is likely to peak before 2030, with a significant risk of a peak before 2020. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007223743.htm)
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18Three major global climate-change projections scaled down to Oregon's Rogue River Basin point to hotter, drier summers with increasing wildfire risk, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104023.htm)
13### [There's Still Time To Cut The Risk Of Climate Catastrophe, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002120414.htm)
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20### [Time Running Out On Coral Reefs As Climate Change Becomes Increasing Threat](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210112808.htm)
15A new analysis of climate risk shows that even moderate carbon-reduction policies now can substantially lower the risk ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002120414.htm)
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22Increasing pressures from climate change will reach a tipping point in less than a decade, triggering a significant decline in the ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210112808.htm)
17- [China's Acid Rain Control Strategy Offset By Increased Nitrogen Oxide Air Pollution](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091014122054.htm)
18- [Conservation Targets Too Small To Stop Extinction](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013104344.htm)
19- ['Significant Risk' Of Oil Production Peaking In Ten Years, Report Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007223743.htm)
20- [There's Still Time To Cut The Risk Of Climate Catastrophe, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002120414.htm)
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30- ### [How Healthy Are America's Coasts?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216161145.htm)
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32 December 16, 2008 - The overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment. The overall condition of America's coasts is rated as "fair," based ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216161145.htm)
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34- ### [Traditional Dutch Landscape Under Threat](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114748.htm)
37 ### [World Will Miss 2010 Target To Stem Biodiversity Loss, Experts Say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091011184419.htm)
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36 December 16, 2008 - Current government policy is failing to protect traditional Dutch landscapes says a Dutch researcher. Green areas in the Randstad region with cultural historic value will disappear unless specific ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114748.htm)
39 October 14, 2009 - The world will miss its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, according to experts convening in Cape Town for a landmark conference devoted to biodiversity science. Growing water ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091011184419.htm)
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38- ### [ESA Satellites Focusing On The Arctic](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202115606.htm)
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40 December 13, 2008 - The Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change, pollution and human activity. ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last 17 ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202115606.htm)
48 ### [Urban Growth Versus Global Warming](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013105317.htm)
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50 October 13, 2009 - A new study outlines how major cities must respond if they are to continue to grow in the face of climate ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013105317.htm)
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59 ### [Air Quality Improvements Over The Last Decade May Be A Factor In Fewer Ear Infections](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007124356.htm)
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61 October 12, 2009 - Strides in improving the nation's air quality over the past 10 years may be a factor in fewer cases of ear infections in children, according to new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007124356.htm)
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70 ### [Nitrogen Deposition Limits Climate Change Impacts On Carbon Sequestration](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007103059.htm)
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72 October 8, 2009 - The role of the forests is assumed to increase in the future, as an important buffer of climate change and increasing carbon dioxide concentrations. So-called Earth system models, computer systems ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007103059.htm)
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81 ### [Water Scarcity Will Create Global Security Concerns: 'We Have Very Little Time,' Says Nobel Winner](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006155858.htm)
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83 October 6, 2009 - Water scarcity as a result of climate change will create far-reaching global security concerns, says Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, at the 2009 ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006155858.htm)
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92 ### [Sierra Nevada Birds Move In Response To Warmer, Wetter Climate](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914151625.htm)
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94 October 4, 2009 - If the climate is not quite right, birds will up and move rather than stick around and sweat it out, according to a new study. The findings reveal that most of the bird species studied in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914151625.htm)
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100 [Global Warming](https://sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/global_warming/)
101 [Energy Policy](https://sciencedaily.com/news/matter_energy/energy_policy/)
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103 ### [Is Garbage The Solution To Tackling Climate Change?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090929100654.htm)
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105 October 3, 2009 - Converting the rubbish that fills the world's landfills into biofuel may be the answer to both the growing energy crisis and to tackling carbon emissions, claim scientists in Singapore and ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090929100654.htm)
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114 ### [What Could 4 Degree Warming Mean For The World?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090930174655.htm)
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116 October 1, 2009 - A leading U.K. climate scientist has presented new research findings on the increasing potential for a 4 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures if the current high emissions of greenhouse gases ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090930174655.htm)
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122 [Landslides](https://sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/landslides/)
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125 ### [Thermometer For The Earth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091001101331.htm)
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127 October 1, 2009 - An "optical soil dipstick" will help scientists, urban planners and farmers understand the changing health of the soil, as well as the soil's agricultural potential and other environmental ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091001101331.htm)
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136 ### [Air Pollutants From Abroad A Growing Concern, Says New Report](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090929132509.htm)
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138 September 30, 2009 - Plumes of harmful air pollutants can be transported across oceans and continents -- from Asia to the United States and from the United States to Europe -- and have a negative impact on air quality ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090929132509.htm)
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