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Geotimes November 2006 Megan Sever	Forest Fires Release Mercury The most familiar source of mercury in the atmosphere is coal plants. But a hidden mercury threat is lurking as Earth warms: peatlands in the boreal forest regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Outside June 2003 Douglas Gantenbein	We're Toast Last summer, U.S. wildfires cost $1.6 billion to stop and claimed the lives of 23 firefighters. The expense and sacrifice did nothing to solve the problems of overgrown forests, misguided policies, and misspent resources. We need to get serious about rethinking the role of flame in the woods.
Geotimes February 2005 Sara Pratt	Cicadas Speed Forest Growth The trillions of decomposing insects on forest floors across the eastern U.S. serve to fertilize the forests where they died.
Chemistry World December 8, 2008 Manisha Lalloo	Trace molybdenum limits forest growth Scientists have discovered that a trace metal is the limiting factor restricting nitrogen uptake in tropical rainforests.
Scientific American August 2008 Keren Blankfeld Schultz	Wildfires May Improve Forests' Ability to Sequester Carbon When saving trees means less carbon storage.
Geotimes March 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Nitrogen Cycle in Oceans Surprises Researchers Once thought to occur half a world apart, two key parts of the global nitrogen cycle are actually occurring side by side, according to a new study.
Geotimes July 2004 Megan Sever	Yellowstone Mudslides Close Entrance Following severe thunderstorms and heavy rains on Sunday night, mudslides cascaded off a Yellowstone National Park mountainside onto a road on Sunday, blocking off the eastern entrance to the park.
Smithsonian August 2006 Michael Tennesen	Uphill Battle As the climate warms in the cloud forests of the Andes, plants and animals must climb to higher, cooler elevations or die.
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National Gardening	Soil Fertility 101 Just as a good foundation is necessary to support a building, good soil is necessary to build a successful garden. All soil is not alike. It differs in texture, fertility, and balance.
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Geotimes November 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Acid Rain Alters Coastal Waters Excess carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen from fossil fuel burning, agricultural runoff and other human sources are changing ocean chemistry -- and that impact is especially pronounced along the coasts, new research suggests.
Science News September 17, 2005 Janet Raloff	Using Light to Sense Plants' Health and Diversity A new experimental laser device promises speedy and more-detailed maps of crop-nutrition needs by taking readings from plants themselves as a tractor or other vehicle moves through a field.
Chemistry World January 10, 2007 Michael Gross	Fixing the Nitrogen Balance Researchers have found that global nitrogen cycles can be more easily balanced out than previously thought, as sources and sinks of usable nitrogen are geographically close and respond to each other in rapid feedback.
IDB America July 2005 Roger Hamilton	Cutting a forest to save it A pioneering experiment in community forestry management in Peten, Guatemala.
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Geotimes March 2003 Greg Peterson	Trading water pollution Advocates say water quality trading fits management like a glove, offering both flexibility and efficiency. Critics argue, however, that trading may create local water problems in rivers and restricts the public's participation in managing its water resources.
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Financial Advisor September 2011 Ellie Winninghoff	Go Hug A Forest Impact investors can foster change while earning handsome returns in one of the only asset classes where there's real growth.
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Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey	Reforestation Rain forests are returning, but it's economic growth, not environmental activism, that's responsible.
Science News May 15, 2004 Janet Raloff	Marsh Farming for Profit and the Common Good Some environmental groups are considering support of a whole new class of farming that is essentially wetlands management.
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Chemistry World September 21, 2007 Zoe Corbyn	Biofuels could boost global warming, finds study The findings come in the wake of a recent OECD report, which warned nations not to rush headlong into growing energy crops because they cause food shortages and damage biodiversity.
Geotimes June 2005 Megan Sever	Odd Microbes at Yellowstone Researchers recently found in Yellowstone National Park what could provide clues to finding life on other planets: a thin layer of living and fossilized microbes just beneath a rock's surface.