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...only that, but most of the krill surrounding the bergs die natural deaths and float to the bottom of the sea--taking with them the globe-warming carbon dioxide pulled from the atmosphere by the phytoplankton they fed on. That CO2, once absorbed, is kept from doing any more harm. It's not enough to cancel out human-generated greenhouse gases, but it doesn't hurt. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Islands of Life | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...thought composting your organic waste and planting greenery in your garden were enough to earn you a gold star in environmental responsibility, think again. Those sweet-smelling blooms in your backyard patch may brighten the yard, but they could actually be doing much more harm than good to the local ecosystem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planting Trouble in Your Garden | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

...that few people seem to mind this rampant smoking. Despite the abundance of evidence documenting the ill effects of second-hand smoke, many people apparently still underestimate its danger. Recent surveys have shown that two-thirds of Chinese people think that smoking does “little to no harm,” while 60 percent do not know that smoking causes lung cancer, and 96 percent are not aware of the connection between smoking and heart disease...

Author: By Jimmy Y. Li | Title: Holding My Breath | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

...Protect Yourself Talk if you want to talk, cry if you feel like it. There is no particular benefit or harm in either. Stop searching for information online if it is confusing or frightening. You will have time to learn more later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Handle a Medical Crisis | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

...those who produce too much. It might even be possible for the protein to serve as a form of male contraception, one that could be used as either an injection or spermicidal gel. "MIF is still not well-resolved,"Al-Abed admits. But its power to do harm-as well as good-is becoming clearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Insight Into Male Infertility | 7/6/2007 | See Source »

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