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Environmental research round-up
13 Aug, 2014
Highlights from Environmental Research Letters (ERL), including who’s most likely to install solar panels, Arctic ozone anomalies, greenhouse-gas emissions from Kenyan farms, and more.

Deepwater Horizon damage found deeper and wider
12 Aug, 2014
Deep-sea coral at two newly discovered colonies in Gulf of Mexico affected by oil spill

Self-assembly and plasmonics could join forces to boost solar energy
11 Aug, 2014
New method allows 200 fluorescent molecules to be arranged around a gold nanoparticle

Water vapour rise is due to man
11 Aug, 2014
Study confirms increase in water vapour in upper troposphere is a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas

Can anti-anxiety drugs boost fish survival?
8 Aug, 2014
Oxazepam at level typical in polluted waters helps Eurasian perch feed in lab

Failure to deal with ethics will make climate engineering 'unviable'
7 Aug, 2014
Environmental philosopher warns major ethical, political, legal and social issues around geoengineering must be addressed