The Devastating Impact of Rainforest Deforestation (6)
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(source: fernando) Did you know that today only about 3 percent America’s original rainforests remain? The fate of the world’s rainforests isn’t much better. Even though about half of the worlds plant and animal species live in rainforests, over 23 million acres of this land is destroyed each year, driving approximately 50,000 species to extinction every year. Scientists project that at this rate - thirty acres of trees cut every minute (the area the size ...
Phytocapping To Rehabilitate Landfills, Reduce Greenhouse Emissions (1)
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Image: Former landfill and limestone quarry near Montreal now being mined for its methane (by frigate on Flickr) Though it’s changing, the human species still largely lives in “disposable” societies – with the pinnacle of the life cycle ending up in the landfills, which generate large amounts of greenhouse gases as waste decays. But according to Australian scientists, these emissions can be reduced significantly with a process called “phytocapping,” where a thick layer of soil ...
Worm census to give clearer picture of numbers and species (1)
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They are one of the common creatures in our gardens and, according to naturalist Charles Darwin, one of the most important on earth, yet little is still known about the earthworm. But a new census of England's earthworms aims to give scientists a comprehensive picture of their numbers and health.The survey, led by the Natural History Museum, aims to map out which species of earthworms are present in different parts of the country and whether ...
La campagna di rilancio di Playboy. (1)
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Ten-Year Probe Reveals Oceans in Peril | CommonDreams.org (2)
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UXBRIDGE, Canada - A thousand points of light are being shone into the dark ocean depths as scientists from 82 countries work to complete the decade-long global research effort called the Census of Marine Life."It's been a remarkable time of exciting new discoveries and frightening revelations of how quickly the oceans are changing," said Canadian deep-sea biologist Paul Snelgrove, a leader of a team integrating findings from all 17 census projects. read more
Whales versus submarines--which do you prefer? (4)
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Photo of melon-headed whales stranded off Kauai Does this tear the hear out of anybody's chest but mine?[Environmental] groups say that sonar can be as loud as 2,000 jet engines, causing marine mammals to suffer lasting physical trauma, strandings and changes in breeding and migration patterns. They contend that courts are perfectly capable of weighing the competing security and environmental concerns. Chief Justice Roberts took a different view. Courts, he said, quoting a 1986 decision ...
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Todd said:
Watch out, America. For all we know that H-Bomb lost in Greenland? The whales have it...and they are gonna be *pissed*.
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Jake said:
Regardless of anyone's thoughts about the whales, it's worth noting the fact that our Supreme Court believes that courts, itself included, should "give great deference to the professional judgment of military authorities." Seems like a scary little can of worms (box of snakes) to open.
First Mating in 36 Years For Island's Last Giant Tortoise (1)
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Image: "Lonesome George" - it's lonely to be the last (putneymark on Flickr) Ninety years old and considered one of the world’s rarest organisms, the giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands known as "Lonesome George" stunned conservationists when he mated with two females earlier this summer. To the dismay of scientists studying the eggs however, 80 percent of the eggs appear to be duds. Originating from Pinta Island, once home to thousands of saddleback tortoises, ...
Backyard Nuclear Reactors Now In Production, Cost $25 Million Each [Nuclear Power] (11)
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I have to admit, I'm finally starting to believe that Hyperion Power's plans to install nuclear reactors in the backyards of America's neighborhoods is actually going to happen. In fact, after learning that they have already begun construction on the first 4,000 units I have no doubt that they will make their 2013 deadline as well. If you were wondering how much these "affordable" reactors would cost, Hyperion has put a $25 million price tag ...
Last Nights Show (1)
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European mt DNA U5 in a Chinese tomb. (1)
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Evidence of ancient DNA reveals the first European lineage in Iron Age Central China Received September 24, 2006; Various studies on ancient DNA have attempted to reconstruct population movement in Asia, with much interest focused on determining the arrival of European lineages in ancient East Asia. Here, we discuss our analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of human remains excavated from the Yu Hong tomb in Taiyuan, China, dated 1400 years ago. The burial style of ...
Henry David Thoreau as Climatologist: Scientists Use Field Notes Taken in 1851 to Track Plant Species Loss (1)
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Walden Pond at Sunrise, photo: Storm Crypt It’s not just tree rings, ice cores and satellite data that can provide a record of how the planet’s climate has changed over the years, decades and centuries... The notes of American writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, written during his two years spent living on Walden Pond, Massachusetts in preparation for a book on the seasons, are now being put to use by scientists tracking how climate ...
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E' la campagna di rilancio di Playboy.L'headline è straordinaria.Non ho capito chi è l'agenzia.Shared by Claudio Vitale (0)Contribute commentThirty Day Challenge Forums (0) permalink
Hi, Will there be a recording of last nights show for those of us unable to stay awake? Thanks SteveShared by Adam (0)Contribute comment
