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Ask the Ecologist:

by Belle Bergner Q: Was the warm weather we had in December and January the result of global warming? And are the plants that started to grow during that warm-up going to be ruined in the spring? A: It is important to remember that climate is the global, long-term, decadal or multiple-century average of weather […]

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Ask the Ecologist:

by Belle Bergner Q: Is ethanol really an environmentally sound alternative to regular car fuel? A: There are four main ecological issues with ethanol: the energy, water consumption, and land required to produce ethanol are the three major impacts on the production side, and the greenhouse gas emissions coming out of the tailpipe is the […]