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Children and a nurse attendant at a Nigerian orphanage in the late 1960’s. Four of the children have gray-blond hair, a symptom of the protein-deficiency disease kwashiorkor.
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Poverty and National Parks
Many poor people live around national parks in developing countries. Does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty? Living on the Edge of... More »
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Measuring Science Investments
?Main Image: The Science and Technology for America's Reinvestment: Measuring the Effects of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Science program, commonly called STAR... More »
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Compatibility: Biofuels and Existing...
But Are They Compatible? New biofuels must be compatible with America's existing transportation infrastructure. The ultimate goal of ORNL's BioEnergy Science... More »
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Invasive Plant Abundance
Home and Away: Are Invasive Plant Species Really That Special? Invasive plants are a major environmental problem--but how abundant are they? Invasive plant species... More »
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Drought in Eastern Africa
More Frequent Drought Likely in Eastern Africa The increased frequency of drought observed in eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as... More »
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Bicilavadora: Green Washing Machine
Bicilavadora Challenge In Peru, many women earn their living by washing clothes by hand, which limits the amount of laundry they can do each day. How does it... More »
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Spiral Pine Needle Cookstove
Spiral Pine Needle Cookstove Challenge In Uttrakand, India, wood fuel is a scarce commodity, as it is illegal to cut branches from the government-owned pine trees. The... More »
Bicilavadora: Green Washing Machine
Last Updated on 2013-04-04 at 17:06
Bicilavadora
Challenge
In Peru, many women earn their living by washing clothes by hand, which limits the amount of laundry they can do each day.
How does it... More »
Poverty and National Parks
Last Updated on 2012-08-21 at 23:31
Many poor people live around national parks in developing countries. Does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty?
Living on the Edge of... More »
Climate change impacts on Indigenous peoples of the...
Last Updated on 2012-08-02 at 14:44
This is Section 12.3.4 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Lead Author: Mark Nuttall; Contributing Authors: Fikret Berkes, Bruce Forbes, Gary Kofinas,Tatiana... More »
Drought in Eastern Africa
Last Updated on 2012-07-12 at 10:51
More Frequent Drought
Likely in Eastern Africa
The increased frequency of drought observed in eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as... More »
Compatibility: Biofuels and Existing Transportation...
Last Updated on 2012-05-07 at 19:17
But Are They Compatible?
New biofuels must be compatible with
America's existing transportation infrastructure.
The ultimate goal of ORNL's BioEnergy Science... More »
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