May 2013
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WATCH: New Documentary Follows Environmental... →
A new environmental documentary premiering this month targets the serious impacts humans have made on the planet. “Elemental,” co-directed and produced by Gayatri Roshan and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, combines narratives from three different environmental fights, including the controversy surrounding the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, efforts to clean up the Ganges river in India and a...
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The Future of the Arctic Is Global: Scientific... →
The Arctic Council expands its memberships and looks to prepare for a transformed polar region
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The 10 Types Of Trash That Are Littering Our... →
It’s no secret that the world’s ocean trash problem is getting bad; looking at a handful of images from the Texas-sized Pacific garbage patch should be enough to convince anyone. As for all of our litter that doesn’t end up in the middle of the ocean? It often stays close to shore, where volunteers for Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup pick some of it up, cataloging all the items...
EarthFix Snippets: For Insurers, No Doubts on... →
earthfix:
Excerpt from NY Times’ story about how the insurance industry is breaking away from the conservative party line on climate change.
But the industry’s analysis of the risks it faces is evolving. One sign of that is how some top American insurers responded to a billboard taken out by the…
Col. Chris Hadfield's 30 Best Photos From Space →
climateadaptation:
Incredible shots tweeted by the rock-star astronaut from the International Space Station
Wow. Absolutely must see.
A BEAUTIFUL LIE: Watch 30 Years of Rainforest... →
ablorg:
Drawing on millions of images taken by eight NASA Landsat satellites, Google has created a “global, zoomable time lapse of Earth’s surface” that show us the changes — shocking and scary — that have occurred around the world as a result of global warming and urbanization.
In the …
Already short of some foods, Venezuela is facing a... →
CARACAS, Venezuela - First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities — toilet paper.
Please help find my friend Joey Ross aka Tumblr...
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porcedex:
tishrex:
kelligray:
suicideisselfexpression:
Apparently he didn’t make it home last night, and he’s missing.
If if you live in Philadelphia and see or hear anything from him or about him, please contact 267-252-4447 or 856-577-4719.
http://deadsarx.tumblr.com/
What!!! Joey where are you!!
Philly humans.
Eyes out Philadelphia.
Rebloggin’ ‘cause Baltimore is...
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London may soon be drinking recycled sewage
Thames Water, which provides drinking water to London, wants to start providing Londoners with recycled wastewater. And 63 percent of people who took a totally unscientific Guardian poll said they would be fine with this.
This is a self-selected sample of people, but it is at least a little bit surprising that more people did not kick and scream and yell, “No, I will not drink other people’s...
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All eyes on the Arctic Council
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All eyes on the Arctic Council
The Arctic Council meets in Kiruna in northern Sweden on May 15. With climate change making the region more accessible to shipping and commercial exploitation, countries are lining up to join.
Asian powers China, India, Japan and South Korea are seeking permanent observer status on the Arctic Council, which coordinates research and...
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'Best estimate' for impact of melting ice on sea...
Researchers say they now have the most accurate estimate yet for the impact of the melting of ice sheets
Researchers have published their most advanced calculation for the likely impact of melting ice on global sea levels.
The EU funded team say the ice sheets and glaciers could add 36.8 centimetres to the oceans by 2100.
Adding in other factors, sea levels could rise by up to 69 centimetres,...
A BEAUTIFUL LIE: Company Turns Expired Groceries... →
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It’s estimated that Americans throw away about 40 percent of their food. That totals around $165 million of tossed goods each year, which isn’t just a waste of money – it’s a waste of the energy used to create the food and to properly dispose of it.
Utah-based EcoScraps thinks it might…
New Concerns About Plastic Pollution in Great... →
perscientiamlibertas:
Until recently, my concept of a ‘garbage patch’ was of an area of ocean with large pieces of floating debris, the kind of stray fishing gear and trash from ships and shorelines that collect where currents form eddies far from view of most people.
Having seen my share of sea trash in 20,000+ miles of lake and ocean sailing and even untangled sheets of plastic and thick...
My Medical Choice →
climateadaptation:
Angelina Jolie discusses her preemptive double mastectomy.
I’m posting this, I think, partly because I’m a fan of Brad Pitt’s climate adaptation/green architecture project “Make it Right” in Louisiana. Partly because cancer has taken many people in my life. And partly because I have so many young women followers. So, even though it’s way off topic, I hope it means something...
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Al Jazeera - UN says eating insects could fight hunger - Report says insects, which contain lots of protein and minerals, are environment-friendly and could help fight obesity
A new United Nations report say the health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity and world hunger.
More than 1,900 species of insects are eaten around the world, mainly...
One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last... →
Nearly one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died or disappeared last winter, an unsustainable decline that threatens the nation’s food supply and suggests that something is deeply foul in our environment.
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It Doesn't Matter If We Never Run Out of Oil: We... →
Like whale oil in the 1860s, oil today has become uncompetitive — even at low prices — and that will only become truer with time.
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Second Helpings: Recycling Cairo’s Food Waste |... →
Forget about candy bars and potato chips—if current trends continue, the term “junk food” might have an entirely new meaning. In January, a report by the …
