February 2012
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“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and...”
– George Harrison
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Cameroon, Stop the Elephant Slaughtering
signatures: 24,273
signature goal: 30,000
Target: Cameroon President Paul Biya and Cameroon Prime Minister Philemon Yang
Sponsored by: Concerned Citizens of the World
In less than a month over 200 elephants have been killed in Cameroon. Mongabay.com reports that these elephants have been killed for their tusks and that these ivory poachers are Sudanese. These poachers are going...
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A climate window in the Southern Ocean
The world’s oceans act as a massive conveyor, circulating heat, water and carbon around the planet. This global system plays a key role in climate change, storing and releasing heat throughout the world. To study how this system affects climate, scientists have largely focused on the North Atlantic, a major basin where water sinks, burying carbon and heat deep in the ocean’s interior.
The...
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Warming Arctic Means More Tundra Fires—And More...
US National Park Service/Public Domain
Bad news, boys and girls: new research shows that tundra fires in the Arctic increase as the climate warms. This seemingly intuitive finding could nonetheless have dire consequences. The tundra, after all, is home to one of the world’s largest ticking carbon bomb, the carbon and methane-rich permafrost.
From the National Science Foundation:
In...
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Conservationists call for huge Antarctic marine...
File photo shows a New Zealand frigate patrolling for pirate toothfishing boats at the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica’s Ross Sea in 1999. A coalition of environment groups called Tuesday for the world’s largest marine reserve to be declared in Antarctica’s Ross Sea to prevent “industrial scale” fishing ruining the pristine ecosystem.
A coalition of environment groups...
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Stop Syria's Deadly Assault on Homs →
Rapidly deteriorating conditions threaten to spiral into a full-blown humanitarian crisis unless Russia pushes Syria to end the assault on Homs. As the Syrian regime’s strongest foreign backer, Russia plays a central role in stopping the killing and preventing the bloodbath that could occur if tensions between the government and protestors continue unchecked.
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Concerned for Conservation: An open letter to... →
mothernaturenetwork:
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Dear Tumblr,
We are writing to ask you to consider adding a ‘Conservation’ or ‘Environment’ featured tag.
We’re not outright asking. We know that featured tags are those that have a certain amount of traffic, but please consider the following:
1. The field of conservation is wide-ranging. As a result related content is tagged under a mix of...
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The Lorax 'Speaks for the Trees', and for Mazda... →
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Fairtrade shouldn't all be down to the consumer
Shopping on its own cannot undo the wrong when a whole system is at fault
Felicity Lawrence
The Guardian, Monday 27 February 2012
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Fairtrade coffee farmer harvesting crop in Uganda. Photograph: Simon Rawles/Getty
A Wedgwood sugar bowl from the early 19th century in the Museum of London Docklands is a fine example of the beginnings of fair tradeshopping. Inscribed on it is...
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Arctic Sea Ice Decline May Be Driving Snowy...
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2012) — A new study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology provides further evidence of a relationship between melting ice in the Arctic regions and widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere. The study’s findings could be used to improve seasonal forecasting of snow and temperature anomalies across northern continents.
Maps showing the differences in...
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“Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give...”
– Martin Luther
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SAVE THE DANUBE – STOP DESTRUCTION! →
Petition to protect the “Amazon of Europe”
Danube’s most valuable and best preserved floodplain system along its entire 2,850 kilometers length is threatened with destruction: the “Kopački Rit” in Croatia. A major project to regulate this unique region is currently in the final stage of decision. If the project becomes reality, the natural Danube will be transformed into a monotonous...
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'Chasing Ice' -- The Climate Change Debate Is Over →
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Ancient Arabic writings help scientists piece...
Ancient manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past, a new study has revealed. The research, published in Weather, analyses the writings of scholars, historians and diarists in Iraq during the Islamic Golden Age between 816-1009 AD for evidence of abnormal weather patterns.
Reconstructing...
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Climate change will shake the Earth
A changing climate isn’t just about floods, droughts and heatwaves. It brings erupting volcanoes and catastrophic earthquakes too
Bill McGuire
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 26 February 2012 19.59 GMT
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As the Earth’s crust buckles, volcanic activity will increase. Photograph: Corbis
The idea that a changing climate can persuade the ground to shake, volcanoes to...
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Save Florida's Manatees From Development
signatures: 10,727
deadline: ongoing
signature goal: 20,000
Target: Secretary Herschel T. Vineyard, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Director Donald Forgione, Florida Park Service
Sponsored by: Center for Biological Diversity
Your help is needed to save Florida’s deepest spring and the incredible animals that live there. Wakulla Spring, the largest and...
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Confronting campaign puts animal cruelty case →
