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Toxins in the Environment Further Age Humanity
Posted by Nature World: None Given on May 28th, 2014
Nature World: Aging isn't just all about genes, exercise, and diet. Exposure to certain toxicants commonly found in the environment can accelerate physiological aging far more that you may think, a recent study suggests.
The study, published in Trends in Molecular Medicine, names arsenic in groundwater, benzene in industrial emissions, ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, and the estimated 4,000 toxins in cigarette smoke as "gerontogens" - toxins in the environment that can accelerate the aging process.
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Climate changes push native Montana trout toward extinction -study
Posted by Reuters: Laura Zuckerman on May 28th, 2014
Reuters: Climate changes that have made Montana streams much warmer over the last 30 years are helping invasive trout push their native cousins toward extinction, researchers said on Tuesday, saying study is an example of global warming reducing biodiversity.
The study led by ecologists with the U.S. Geological Survey links warming streams and reduced spring flows in the Flathead River basin in western Montana and Canada to a sharp rise in interbreeding between rainbow trout introduced by government fishery...
Scientists discover ‘shark’ Sumatran forest
Posted by Mongabay: Morgan Erickson-Davis on May 28th, 2014
Mongabay: In early April, Indonesian scientists discovered an endangered freshwater fish in the Harapan rainforest of Jambi. The species had never before been observed in the region, and is declining elsewhere throughout its range.
The Harapan rainforest was the first and still-largest ecosystem restoration area established in the whole of Sumatra. It consists of lowland tropical forest at the border of Jambi and South Sumatra. The 100,000 hectares were formerly designated as timber concessions, locally...
Gov. Rick Scott climate change: ‘I’m not a scientist’
Posted by Bay News 9: None Given on May 28th, 2014
Bay News 9: Ask Florida Gov. Rick Scott about climate change and he will tell you exactly what he is not.
"I'm not a scientist," Scott said repeatedly when asked about the issue Tuesday during a stop in Miami.
The governor did talk about money for flood control and Everglades restoration.
His previous stance on the issue expressed more skepticism.
"I've not been convinced that there's any man-made climate change," Scott said in 2011. "Nothing's convinced me that there is."
Could the shift mean...