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Curbing deforestation offers big global warming gains.

Curbing deforestation offers big global warming gains

Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Tropical developing nations can help drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by reducing their rate of deforestation, say climate scientists.

Octopus

Octopuses have more arms than legs

Thursday, 14 August 2008

How many legs does an octopus have? The answer should be easy. But not any more. According to new research, octopuses are not really eight-legged denizens of the deep, as popularly assumed; instead they use their front limbs more like arms - and can even tackle a Rubik's Cube.

CO2

Pollution to kill 20,000 Canadians

Thursday, 14 August 2008

Air pollution this year will kill more than 20,000 Canadians, the Canadian Medical Association said Wednesday in a report.

Kangaroos

Kangaroo meat: much better for environment

Monday, 11 August 2008

Skippy could be increasingly on the menu following a new report that expanding the kangaroo industry would significantly cut Australian greenhouse gases.

Storm over Sydney

Warmer weather sparks more intense storms

Friday, 8 August 2008

US and British researchers have confirmed the link between warmer climate and an increase in powerful rainstorms, according to a study.

Car exhaust

'Air-purifying' concrete sucks up pollution

Thursday, 7 August 2008

A road in a small Dutch town is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a new method to fight exhaust pollution.

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