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Vasquez Canyon Road closed near Santa Clarita after landslide causes buckling. Celebrating Earth's Beauty. Gaia hypothesis. The study of planetary habitability is partly based upon extrapolation from knowledge of the Earth's conditions, as the Earth is the only planet currently known to harbour life The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle, proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a self-regulating, complex system that contributes to maintaining the conditions for life on the planet.

Gaia hypothesis

ARCHAEOLOGY

BEES. OCEANS. OCEANS. PLANTS. HOME (movie trailer) Severncullissuzuki.com. The Year in Volcanic Activity - Alan Taylor - In Focus. Out of an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes around the world, 50 or so erupt every year, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava.

The Year in Volcanic Activity - Alan Taylor - In Focus

In 2011, active volcanoes included Chile's Puyehue, Japan's Shinmoedake, Indonesia's Lokon, Iceland's Grímsvötn, Italy's Etna, and recently Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Hawaii, Kilauea continues to send lava flowing toward the sea, and the ocean floor has been erupting near the Canary Islands. Collected below are scenes from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year. [36 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: A cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 5, 2011.

Shinmoedake peak erupts between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in this aerial view seen on January 28, 2011. Waimea canyon. 'Supervolcano' Forming Near New Zealand Says Scientist. Last updated 18:54 13/02/2013.

'Supervolcano' Forming Near New Zealand Says Scientist

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ENVIRONMENT. ECOLOGY. ECOSYSTEMS. CLIMATE. SUSTAINABILITY. Conference Agenda. Conference Agenda 15:00 – 15:30 Registration 16:00 – 16:15 20 Years after Chernobyl: ASAD DO NOVOHO MYSLENNJA - BACK TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING.

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Home. Programs, Committees, and Teams. More than 600 miles of border walls and barriers have been constructed in all four southern border states.

Programs, Committees, and Teams

This reckless project has meant dire consequences for vast expanses of pristine wild lands, including wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, and national forests. The threat of a mandate to build hundreds of miles of additional wall continues to loom in Congress.This site is under construction - pardon our dust! Please click here: Corrupting corporate money pouring into our government. Bajada research. Help Us Launch the New Worldchanging Book Today! It's been seven years in the making, but the new Worldchanging book is finally here.

Help Us Launch the New Worldchanging Book Today!

Now we need your help this week getting this young book on its feet. DOI: BLM: National Home Page. Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth. Bolivia is set to pass the world's first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans.

Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth

The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country's rich mineral deposits as "blessings" and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measures to reduce pollution and control industry. The country, which has been pilloried by the US and Britain in the UN climate talks for demanding steep carbon emission cuts, will establish 11 new rights for nature.

The Bacterium That (Almost) Ate the World. Excerpted from:Nature's Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies Elaine Ingham would never treat soil like dirt.

The Bacterium That (Almost) Ate the World

She reveres it, as we all should, since this precious substance is the thin brown line between plenty and starvation. Given the necessity of topsoil to human survival, you'd think we'd have legions of soil biologists on the case, but Elaine is one of only a handful of serious scientists delving into this microcosmos that feeds the world and helps support life on earth. Until recently an associate research professor of forest science at Oregon State University, Elaine has twenty-five years of experience in microbiology, botany, plant pathology, and soil and ecology research. She founded Soil Foodweb Inc. and is currently president of the Soil Foodweb Institute in Australia and research director of Soil Foodweb in New York. New Blue Earth Roundtable - Home - New Human Eco-Civilization.

The Iron Ammonite. Mt.Ontake - time lapse - Lost city of Ubar - revealed from outer space. It wasn't quite "Can I hitch a ride on your spaceship?

Lost city of Ubar - revealed from outer space

' But it was one of the strangest phone calls that the NASA space agency had received … Tara is Green - Home. Pole shift. The Shift of Land. Lovolution around the sun. <a href=" around the sun.

Lovolution around the sun

</a> Earth Day 2006 Dr. Andrew Weil This article is about the alternative medicine proponent. There are famous (unrelated) mathematicians named Andrew Wiles and André Weil. Andrew Thomas Weil (b. 1942) is an American author and physician, best known for establishing and popularizing the field of integrative was the keynote speaker at Tucson, Arizona's 2006 Earth Day festival.

Bi wasn't the answer for our long-term energy needs. Worldometers - real time world statistics. Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times around the World - Gaisma. Read the Charter. Preamble We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future.

As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst of a magnificent diversity of cultures and life forms we are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny. We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace. Fact sheets. Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No BS Info on Japan's Disastrous Nuclear Operators. E3NYC. Thom Hartmann. On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns. Clip of the Week 04-15-2011. Essential Background.

This time line detailing the international response to climate change provides a contextual entry point to the Essential Background. Crosslands Bulletin - Today's Intelligence. Welcome To The Best Project Developer – South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. The Best Game - The Game (1) Earth. Planet Earth. Catamount Earth Institute. Vacancies – South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd.   integrating different branches of science into comprehensive analyses and models