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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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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)
8### [Innovative Plan To Save Rainforest, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105143823.htm)
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5### [Conservation Targets Too Small To Stop Extinction](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013104344.htm)
10An innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105143823.htm)
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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)
12### [Breakthrough in Monitoring Tropical Deforestation Announced in Copenhagen](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210101359.htm)
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9### ['Significant Risk' Of Oil Production Peaking In Ten Years, Report Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007223743.htm)
14New technology is revolutionizing forest monitoring by marrying free satellite imagery and powerful analytical methods ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210101359.htm)
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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)
16### [Tropical Forests Affected by Habitat Fragmentation Store Less Biomass and Carbon Dioxide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091209113840.htm)
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13### [There's Still Time To Cut The Risk Of Climate Catastrophe, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002120414.htm)
18Deforestation in tropical rain forests could have an even greater impact on climate change than has previously been thought. The ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091209113840.htm)
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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)
20### [Sea Level Could Rise from 0.75 to 1.9 Meters This Century](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091207165252.htm)
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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)
22A new scientific study warns that sea level could rise much faster than previously expected. By the year 2100, global sea level could rise between 0.75 to 1.9 meters, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091207165252.htm)
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24- [Innovative Plan To Save Rainforest, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105143823.htm)
25- [Breakthrough in Monitoring Tropical Deforestation Announced in Copenhagen](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210101359.htm)
26- [Tropical Forests Affected by Habitat Fragmentation Store Less Biomass and Carbon Dioxide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091209113840.htm)
27- [Sea Level Could Rise from 0.75 to 1.9 Meters This Century](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091207165252.htm)
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44 ### [Action on Climate Change Compatible With Long-Term U.S. Economic Growth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091211203014.htm)
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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)
46 December 14, 2009 - Measures being proposed by the U.S. Climate Action Partnership to curb greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to affect potential long-term economic growth in the United States, according to a ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091211203014.htm)
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48 ### [Urban Growth Versus Global Warming](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091013105317.htm)
55 ### [Livestock Lead to Better Health in Developing Nations, Rising Consumption Poses Challenge](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091211074425.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)
57 December 11, 2009 - In the face of reports about the ills livestock generate for the climate, environment and health, a new study emphasizes that livestock production in developing and developed countries are very ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091211074425.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)
66 ### [First Phase of Pan-Tropical Forest Mapping Debuts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210111154.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)
68 December 10, 2009 - Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. For tropical nations to be effective in tracking and reporting their emissions reductions from forest ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091210111154.htm)
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79 December 9, 2009 - Energy efficiency technologies that exist today or that are likely to be developed in the near future could save considerable money as well as energy, says a new report from the National Research ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091209121204.htm)
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70 ### [Nitrogen Deposition Limits Climate Change Impacts On Carbon Sequestration](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007103059.htm)
88 ### [Most Comprehensive Analysis to Date of National Policy Options to Reduce Deforestation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091209093117.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)
90 December 9, 2009 - An agreement at this week's UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen to cut carbon emissions by paying developing countries to maintain their forests has the potential to reverse the decline in the ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091209093117.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)
101 December 8, 2009 - Can economics better predict how banks will react to future credit crunches and their impact on the wider economy? Breakthrough simulation software by European researchers could hold the answers to ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091206183404.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)
112 December 8, 2009 - An international group of scientists say there is an immediate need for a global assessment of the nitrogen cycle and its impact on ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091206183705.htm)
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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)
123 December 8, 2009 - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists Lynn Price and Nan Zhou expected the long banquet and endless toasting. What they did not expect on a recent trip to a cement plant in central China ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091208170917.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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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)
145 December 7, 2009 - Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health. The researchers say that climate change has the potential ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091203101424.htm)
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