As the scientific community worries about greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global warming, a new Auburn University study suggests the Southeastern U.S. absorbs more carbon than it produces. And, at least in the short term, air pollution may actually be helping to speed the growth of young, carbon-absorbing forests in the region. full story ![]()
University of Alabama fan is accused of poisoning Auburn University's landmark oak trees.
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Study shows that residential exposure to freeway pollution is more far-reaching than previously believed.Two years ago researchers outfitted an electric Toyota RAV4 with a set of test instruments and drove back and forth near four Los Angeles County freeways between 4:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., sampling the air.
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University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke is accused of poisoning Auburn University's landmark oak trees
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A new study suggests that China’s well-documented air pollution problems, known colloquially as its “airpocalypse,” are killing some of its citizens and sending others running to the border.
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This combination picture shows varying levels of air pollution over Tiananmen Square during the National People's Congress in Beijing
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OPELIKA (AP) --; University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke and his lawyers are in court for a hearing leading up to his trial on charges of poisoning Auburn University's landmark oak trees. Lee
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Fried and fatty foods aren't the only things bad for your arteries -- a new study suggests the air you breathe could play a role, too. Prolonged exposure to air pollution could be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding the hardening of the arteries -- a condition known as atherosclerosis that is linked with heart disease, according to new research. The study showed...
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OPELIKA, Ala. — The location of the trial will be moved for a University of Alabama fan charged with poisoning the famed Toomer’s Corner oak trees at Auburn University.
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Air pollution has been linked to heart attacks, strokes and atherosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries"), thanks to research published on Tuesday in PLOS Medicine. The study found that high concentrations of fine particulate air...
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New study adds to mounting evidence of mortality linked to long term exposure of air pollutionResearchers from London, reveal in a new study that air pollution adds to the increased numbers of deaths among heart attack patients hospital admittance...
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