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Category: Sustainability

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Grow High-Tunnel Lettuce Year Round on Fish Waste

Posted on January 12, 2017June 25, 2025 by Gina Misra

A group of agricultural researchers at West Virginia University wanted to find out if it was possible to grow lettuce year round using high…

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    Can cold-loving bacteria help to clean up oil spills?

    Posted on December 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    For several decades scientists have been interested in the ability of psychrophilic (cold- loving) microbial communities to degrade the…

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      How Long Will Human Civilization Last?

      Posted on December 5, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      Human-caused climate change, ocean acidification and species extinctions may eventually threaten the collapse of civilization, according to…

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        People power in Kenya greatly improves local fisheries

        Posted on November 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Harnessing ‘people power’ to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral…

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