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1### [Farmer Networks Hold Key to Agricultural Innovation in Developing Countries, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602102454.htm)
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3New technologies can improve agricultural sustainability in developing countries, but only with the engagement of local farmers and the soci ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602102454.htm)
9### [Wood Products Part of Winning Carbon-Emissions Equation, Researchers Say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714132119.htm)
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5### [New NASA Map Reveals Tropical Forest Carbon Storage](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531155645.htm)
11The amount of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere by forests could be quadrupled in 100 years by harvesting regularly and ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714132119.htm)
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7A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531155645.htm)
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9### [Climate Change and Marine Mammals: Winners and Losers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527080151.htm)
15Biologists have discovered a surprisingly healthy population of rare snow leopards living in the mountainous reaches of northeastern Afghanistan's ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121430.htm)
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11Current hotspots of marine mammal diversity are concentrated in the temperate waters of the southern hemisphere, and the number of cetacean and ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527080151.htm)
17### ['Resilience' of U.S. Metros Measured by Online Index Developed by Researchers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711104930.htm)
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13### [California's Energy Future: Aggressive Efficiency and Electrification Needed to Cut Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524153418.htm)
19Which U.S. metro region is most likely to come out of the next recession, natural disaster or other regional "shock" relatively ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711104930.htm)
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15In the next 40 years, California's demand for energy is expected to double. So can it really reduce its greenhouse gas ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524153418.htm)
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25 May 19, 2011 - A U.S. nationwide survey asked consumers what changes to the common complaints of charging time and limited range are worth. For longer range, they'd pay $35-$75/mile. For faster charging, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518131457.htm)
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63 ### [Efficiency -- Not Cost -- Drives Value of Hospital Environmental Services, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718111416.htm)
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65 July 18, 2011 - The amount of money that hospitals spend on environmental services, such as cleaning and maintenance service is not as important in influencing patient satisfaction scores as the way the money is ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718111416.htm)
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76 July 13, 2011 - According to a new study, 28 percent of cod products in Ireland are mislabeled, as compared to 7 percent in the UK. Using a DNA barcoding technique (COI barcoding gene), scientists from Ireland ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714190900.htm)
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85 ### [Damaging Influence of Media on Public Perceptions of Chimpanzees](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713182221.htm)
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87 July 13, 2011 - How influential are mass media portrayals of chimpanzees in television, movies, advertisements and greeting cards on public perceptions of this endangered species? That is what researchers sought to ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713182221.htm)
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98 July 11, 2011 - In a typical year, California gets about 30 percent of its water from groundwater wells. Yet when it comes to managing this precious resource, the state of California relies on a mixed bag of more ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110707111043.htm)
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109 July 7, 2011 - Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year's 32 percent rise in green energy investments worldwide according to the latest annual ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110707101953.htm)
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120 July 7, 2011 - A new study shows that climate change over the past 70 years has pushed some of the Alberta, Canada native wildflowers and trees into earlier blooming times, making them more vulnerable to damaging ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706134145.htm)
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129 ### [Researchers Push the Boundary With High Carbon Emission Scenarios](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071737.htm)
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131 July 6, 2011 - Researchers have, for the first time, modeled a climate system with extremely high carbon emissions in an attempt to test the boundaries of the current computer simulation programs that inform ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071737.htm)
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140 ### [Fisher Decline Documented in California](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705132851.htm)
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142 July 6, 2011 - Researchers have reported a 73-percent decline in the density of fishers -- a house-cat sized member of the weasel family and candidate for endangered species listing -- on the Hoopa Valley Indian ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705132851.htm)
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151 ### [Evaluation of Climate Policy Is Rocketing but in an 'undeveloped and Unsystematic' Way, According to New Study](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705103547.htm)
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