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What are some steps we can all take to prevent beach erosion?
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are some steps we can all take to prevent beach erosion? — Kyle Phillips, via e-mail Beach erosion is a huge issue for coastal areas in the U.S. and elsewhere. According to the non-profit American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), all beaches endure storms and […]
Discovery opens door to new drug options for serious diseases By David Stauth
Researchers have discovered how oxidative stress can turn to the dark side a cellular protein that’s usually benign, and make it become a powerful, unwanted accomplice in neuronal death. This finding, reported today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could ultimately lead to new therapeutic approaches to many of the world’s debilitating or […]
Are we heading for a ‘population crash’
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that human overpopulation isn’t such a big issue any more as numbers are expected to start declining in a few decades? — Melinda Mason, Boone, IA Ever since Thomas Malthus published “An Essay on the Principle of Population” in 1798, positing incorrectly that humans’ proclivity for procreation would exhaust the […]