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1### [Ecosystem Effects of Biodiversity Loss Could Rival Impacts of Climate Change, Pollution](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502133106.htm)
1### [More People, More Environmental Stress](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611122554.htm)
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3Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, accord ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502133106.htm)
3Scientists have taken a critical look at the various factors that have long been prime climate-change suspects. One in particular: the role of population growth. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611122554.htm)
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5### [Gas Development Linked to Wildlife Habitat Loss](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502133000.htm)
5### [Ecologists Call for Preservation of Planet's Remaining Biological Diversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606164938.htm)
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7Intense development of the two largest natural gas fields in the continental U.S. are driving away some wildlife from their traditional wintering ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502133000.htm)
7Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 17 ecologists are calling for renewed international efforts to curb the loss of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606164938.htm)
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9### [Use of Public and Private Dollars for Scaling Up Clean Energy Needs a Reality Check, Say Scholars](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501162706.htm)
9### [Evidence of Impending Tipping Point for Earth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132308.htm)
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11In a post-Solyndra, budget-constrained world, the transition to a decarbonized energy system faces great hurdles. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501162706.htm)
11A group of 22 scientists worldwide argue that the Earth is frighteningly close to a tipping point that would send the globe irreversibly into a state ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132308.htm)
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13### [Global Warming: New Research Blames Economic Growth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501134327.htm)
13### [Geoengineering Could Disrupt Rainfall Patterns](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606092715.htm)
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15It's a message no one wants to hear: to slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501134327.htm)
15A geoengineering solution to climate change could lead to significant rainfall reduction in Europe and North America, a team of European scientists ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606092715.htm)
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17- [More People, More Environmental Stress](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611122554.htm)
18- [Ecologists Call for Preservation of Planet's Remaining Biological Diversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606164938.htm)
19- [Evidence of Impending Tipping Point for Earth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606132308.htm)
20- [Geoengineering Could Disrupt Rainfall Patterns](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606092715.htm)
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46 June 13, 2012 - Scientists have published the first continent-wide assessment of the Antarctic's biogeography, and propose that the landmass should be divided into 15 distinct conservation regions to protect the ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613102126.htm)
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68 June 11, 2012 - Solar generation surged past wind power to become the renewable energy technology of choice for global investors in 2011. Solar attracted nearly twice as much investment as wind, driving the ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611092347.htm)
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79 June 5, 2012 - The cities that are most active in preparing for climate change are not necessarily the biggest or wealthiest. Instead, they are often places buffeted by natural disasters and increasing changes in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120605130752.htm)
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101 May 31, 2012 - By correlating weather factors like temperature, rain and snowfall, a professor of civil and environmental engineering is able to predict the timing and intensity of rotavirus, a disease that causes ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120531200609.htm)
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123 May 30, 2012 - Researchers are developing a better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals and in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, perfumes, deodorants and toothpastes (PPCPs), ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120530100253.htm)
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134 May 29, 2012 - A majority of California's coastal planners and resource managers now view the threats from climate change as sufficiently likely that practical steps on the ground need to be taken to protect ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529133741.htm)
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