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Sunday, June 23, 2013

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News


Oddest couple share 250 million year old burrow

Posted: 22 Jun 2013 12:46 PM PDT

Scientists have discovered a world first association while scanning a 250 million year old fossilized burrow from the Karoo Basin of South Africa. The burrow revealed two unrelated vertebrate animals nestled together and fossilized after being trapped by a flash flood event.

Farming carbon: Study reveals potent carbon-storage potential of human-made wetlands

Posted: 20 Jun 2013 10:21 AM PDT

The goal of restoring or creating wetlands on agricultural lands is almost always to remove nutrients and improve water quality. But new research shows that constructed marshes also excel at pulling carbon dioxide from the air and holding it long-term in soil, suggesting that farmers and landowners may also want to build wetlands to "farm" carbon.

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