Day 13(a): Environmental downside of local food?

Buying locally is romantic. It feels good to support local economies, and reducing the carbon footprint of our food shopping habits is a noble goal.
But now, new research is adding a wrinkle. David Coley from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom is lead author on a new study showing that, on average, lower carbon emissions [...]

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Ever-courteous and vulnerable bats

Bats are in the news twice this week for two very different reasons: more has been revealed about their endearing social graces, and more is now understood about their unique vulnerability to windmills.
University of Maryland researchers announce in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that big brown bats keep [...]

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