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Monday, September 24, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News


Constraining world trade is unlikely to help the climate, study finds

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:50 AM PDT

From rubber dinghies to television sets: the emissions of greenhouse gases in countries like China are to a significant extent caused by the production of goods that are exported to Germany or the United States. But this doesn't necessarily mean that Western countries have relocated their emission-intensive industries and hence escape regulation for climate protection, according to a new study.

Severe economic loss for European forest land expected by 2100

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:18 AM PDT

By 2100 the climate change is expected to reduce the economic value of forest land by 14 to 50 percent, which equates to a potential damage of several hundred billion Euros unless effective countermeasures are taken. This is the conclusion of the first pan-European study on the economic effects of climate change on forest land.

New chemistry technique reproduces nature's elusive complexity

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:18 AM PDT

Scientists have shown how to synthesize in the laboratory an important set of natural compounds known as terpenes. The largest class of chemicals made by living organisms, terpenes are made within cells by some of the most complex chemical reactions found in biology.

Researchers develop editing toolkit for customizing zebrafish genomes

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:12 AM PDT

An international team of scientists has developed a highly-efficient means of editing zebrafish genomes for research purposes, eliminating a bottleneck that has stymied biomedical scientists from using the fish as a model for human disease.

Stratosphere targets deep sea to shape climate: North Atlantic 'Achilles heel' lets upper atmosphere affect the abyss

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:12 AM PDT

A new study suggests something amazing: Periodic changes in winds high in the stratosphere influence the seas by striking a vulnerable "Achilles heel" in the North Atlantic and changing mile-deep ocean circulation patterns, which in turn affect Earth's climate.

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