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Researchers have known that ocean temperatures are rising but up until now haven’t had any way of measuring the effects of this rise on Antarctica’s glaciers.  New research will now enable scientists to determine how quickly ice is melting under a rapidly changing glacier.

The world wastes 1.3 billion tons of food annually—a third of all the food that’s produced—according to a report published last week by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This waste not only results in major economic loss, but also causes significant harm to t

Four previously unknown species of legless lizard have been described in California, report researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Cal State-Fullerton. ADVERTISEMENT <!–/* * Replace all instances of INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE with * a generated random nu

ENN Twitter The new iPhone. Surely the world’s most desired gadget. How should we judge its carbon credentials? 2.5 million tons of electronics were discarded in the US alone in 2010. Little green apples Launching alongside Apple’s flagship 5S iPhone will be the 5C, the fi

ENN Twitter From Maine to Georgia to Arizona to Oregon, new forest-based enterprises are coming on line with financial support from New Markets Tax Credits every day. These tax credits provide incentives for private investors to fund projects that create or preserve jobs and diversify

Is sea ice melting or is it not? It seems that for every research paper supporting this evidence of global warming, there is another that is shows global warming is not happening. We tend to pay close attention to melting sea ice in the Arctic, however sea ice in Antarctica may be hea

ENN Twitter Four previously unknown species of legless lizard have been described in California, report researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Cal State-Fullerton.  The species, all members of the Anniella genus, were hiding in plain site, living in marginal hab

One-hundred and fifty years after a treaty with England granted the Miskito people rights over their land–a treaty which was never fully respected–the government of Honduras has officially handed over nearly a million hectares (970,000 hectares) of tropical forest along th

A UK start-up says it has developed a low-cost, ecological alternative to traditional shrimp farming by using bacteria as both a water filter and food for its shrimp. ADVERTISEMENT IKEA-like portable units using microbes and solar power to cheaply grow shrimp indoors could transform t

Hey everybody! Know what week it is? It’s Pollution Prevention Week! Launched by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this week September 15-21, is dedicated to preventing and reducing pollution. ADVERTISEMENT <!–/* * Replace all instances of INSERT_RANDOM_NUMB