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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. Their study appears in Global Change Biology. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9

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New Research Tools for Assessing Impacts of Aerosols on Climate

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Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Texas, Austin, have created a database that includes visibility measurements taken from 1973 - 2007 at 3,250 meteorological stations all over the world and released by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). University of Maryland Visibility Database.

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UT Austin researcher awarded $15M for switchgrass traits studies

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A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), with a focus on how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy. As glaciers and climate change occurred, their populations were pushed south. Both grants begin this fall. Lowry, Samuel H.

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Study Presents Evidence for Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus

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A new NSF-funded study by authors from Yale Law School, the University of Oklahoma and George Washington Law School presents correlational and experimental evidence showing that cultural cognition also shapes individuals’ beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus. —Dan Kahan. —Dan Kahan.

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Failed Local Paper Put Out Of Its Misery - By Creative Greenius!

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Maybe you missed their headline yesterday that read: Scientists: Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates. A piece so filled with lies and disinformation it was eviscerated by climate expert Joe Romm in his piece “ Is George Will the Most Ignorant National Columinst? They haven’t for a long time now. million sq.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) up to $933,883: to develop an analysis of the global impacts of second generation biofuels in the context of other energy technologies and alternative economic and climate change policy options. University of Minnesota (St. BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS. USDA Awards. DOE Awards.

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Summer Update

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A large coalition has formed around the issues of national security, combating climate change, saving on fuel costs and increasing business for American agriculture. Additionally, other local governments and state agencies are joining the coalition. NGO's The campaign initially began by focusing on the 50 largest cities in the U.S.,