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Daylight saving and energy consumption Nicky Phillips reports on the results of a United States survey on changes in energy consumption as daylight saving is introduced. Worms help remediate soils Earthworms can eat thirty times their body weight of soil each day. Metals in the soil are taken in and change in form, often becoming inert. Mark Hodson is investigating the use of earthworms to help remediate sites degraded by metal contamination. Carbon dioxide in New Zealand waters The waters around New Zealand are cold, and carbon dioxide dissolves in cold water more readily than warm water.