Fresh Snow Winter wallpaper, Pollution and overfishing have caused devastating declines in Chesapeake Bay blue crabs

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Pollution Is a Factor in Chesapeake Bay blue crabs decline
Among the report’s key findings:
–Low-oxygen “dead zones” have killed crab food, preventing the growth of 75,000 metric tons of clams and worms a year — enough to support more than 60 million blue crabs a year.
–Nitrogen and phosphorous pollution are causing algal blooms [...]

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African Plains wallpaper, Coal ash spill determined to be toxic, Giant office octopus

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The NYT has an update on the Kingston/Knoxville coal ash spill, At Plant in Coal Ash Spill, Toxic Deposits by the Ton
The inventory, disclosed by the Tennessee Valley Authority on Monday at the request of The New York Times, showed that in just one year, the plant’s byproducts included 45,000 pounds [...]

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Dandelion Seeds wallpaper, Happy Green New Year wallpaper, The Knoxville coal ash disaster

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For those that may not have heard and that might be the people that rely on cable TV network news as their major news source, Tennessee Ash Flood Larger Than Initial Estimate
Officials at the authority initially said that about 1.7 million cubic yards of wet coal ash had [...]

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Yellow Rose wallpaper, Home genetic engineering as a hobby?

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Hobbyists try genetic engineering at home
So far, no major gene-splicing discoveries have come out anybody’s kitchen or garage.
But critics of the movement worry that these amateurs could one day unleash an environmental or medical disaster. Defenders say the future Bill Gates of biotech could be developing a cure for cancer in the garage.
Many [...]

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Spring Blue Ridge wallpaper, Some female dolphins use tools

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Among Dolphins, Tool-Using Handymen Are Women
In the deep, lucid channels of Australia’s Shark Bay, wild bottlenose dolphins have discovered tools, raising provocative questions about the origins of intelligent behavior, the nature of learning and the birth of technology.
There, dolphins in one extended family routinely use sponges to protect their noses as [...]

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