Environment

In the February 11 Issue:

::	Environment
	Agriculture Climate Change Ecology

Top Stories | February 9

BPA fosters diabetes-promoting changes
Exposures typical of the general public are enough to alter insulin secretion.
Numbers warn of looming collapses
Mathematical tools help researchers predict when systems are about to change dramatically.
Classic sooty-moth tale bolstered by new results
A scientist’s six-year backyard experiment strengthens the scenario for evolutionary changes due to industrial pollution.
Little Ice Age began with a bang
Frozen moss suggests climate cooling kicked off fast, possibly with help from volcanic eruptions.
Some corals like it hot
Western Australian reefs are faring better than their eastern counterparts, at least for now.

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Some corals like it hot

Western Australian reefs are faring better than their eastern counterparts, at least for now.

Predatory pythons shift Everglades ecology

As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent within a decade.

'Nonstick' pollutants may cut efficiency of vaccines in kids

Antibodies from immunizations are halved among children with the highest exposure levels to common chemicals.

Amazon may become greenhouse gas emitter

South America’s massive rain forest may soon release more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs.

Boxwood blight invades North America

The devastating fungus has already stripped shrubbery down to sticks in Europe and New Zealand.

:: Science News
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Sun-oil mix deadly for young herring

Fish embryos proved surprisingly vulnerable to a 2007 spill in San Francisco Bay.

Fewer fires in Africa these days

How flames spread, not how frequently people start them, controls burning on the continent.

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Blogs:

Science & the Public Faulty comparisons
By Janet Raloff Feb 8th 2012

On the Scene Vying for the title of World's Fastest Cell
By Science News Staff Dec 5th 2011

Deleted Scenes Moony shot
By Science News Staff Oct 31st 2011

Columns:

Comment Mind the gap: Genetic knowledge and medical power
By James P. Evans Apr 22nd 2011

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