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</span>A study of barrier islands by Stutz and Pilkey reports that sea level rise can actually add barrier islands as it forms shallow bays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Barrier islands are expected to react in different ways to changing conditions, and only local studies have a good chance of anticipating the effects of the rising oceans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Storms are the key shapers of barrier islands. </font><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615171412.htm"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615171412.htm</font></a></p>
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</span>Three separate studies project an approaching decline in sun spots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The effect on climate will be watched, but pop culture expectations of marked cooling are unsupported.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/15/us-climate-sunspots-idUSTRE75E5L620110615?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/15/us-climate-sunspots-idUSTRE75E5L620110615?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The BBC’s Richard Black reports on the issue with some details on the expected effects of the decline in sun spots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13792479"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13792479</font></a></p>
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</span>Aquaculture is the fastest growing food source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>While some forms feed climate change and damage the environment in various other ways, some are more benign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Forms of shellfish culture, for example, cleanse the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Herbivorous fish are far more efficient than herbivorous land animals in converting grain to protein.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13756853"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13756853</font></a></p>
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</span>The installed cost of solar power in Germany is $3.70/watt for small commercial installations, and falling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>American prices (which vary by state) are not far behind, though customers are often overcharged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/06/german-rooftop-solar-averages-under-4-per-watt??cmpid=WNL-Friday-June17-2011"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/06/german-rooftop-solar-averages-under-4-per-watt??cmpid=WNL-Friday-June17-2011</font></a></p>
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</span>1366 Technologies intends to produce solar panels of greater efficiency more easily, supported by a government loan guarantee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110618/ts_csm/391431"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110618/ts_csm/391431</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>1366 hopes to cut solar manufacturing costs by 50%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/17/us-usa-solar-1366technologies-idUSTRE75G4VL20110617?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/17/us-usa-solar-1366technologies-idUSTRE75G4VL20110617?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29</font></a></p>
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</span>A new interdisciplinary study of the state of the oceans finds that destructive pressures are interacting to produce degradations far in advance of expectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>For example, the dissolved CO2 levels are already higher than those during the great extinction of 55 million years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The report will be presented at the UN this week as governments begin discussing changes to regulation of the oceans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>Armadillos, white-footed mice, southern flying squirrels, and other creatures are expanding their range to the north as the climate heats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2011/06/armadillo-moves-north"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2011/06/armadillo-moves-north</font></a></p>
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</span>75% of US nuclear reactors have leaked radioactive water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Aging coolant pipes in concrete slabs are often to blame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43475479/ns/us_news-environment/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43475479/ns/us_news-environment/</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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</span>The US Supreme Court has ruled against six states in their attempt to force utilities to restrict emissions of greenhouse gasses, leaving all action to the EPA, which may move to restrict such emissions next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110620/pl_afp/climatewarminguscourt"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110620/pl_afp/climatewarminguscourt</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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