Hail the Kale! More Vegan Grub on the High Street
27 Sep Good news for sandwich fans! PETA UK Vegan Food Award winner and national fast-food chain Pret A Manger has added even more vegan goodies to its offerings! A new Super Greens sandwich, featuring kale, spinach and avocado, joins its Naked Avocado Bloomer as a vegan option on its sandwich shelf. It’s also added more varieties of vegan soup: the beetroot and horseradish soup, South Indian tomato and spice soup, smoky root vegetable and bean soup and butternut squash and sage soup are all delicious and free of animal products. Pret has also added a page to its “What Can I Eat” guide that details all the choices for hungry herbivores. Earlier this month, Pret won a PETA UK Vegan Food Award, which highlighted the best food for compassionate eaters. The number of plant-based foods will only grow as more and more Britons make the compassionate decision to go vegan. Share This
Center for Science in the Earth System
Welcome to the publications directory for the Climate Impacts Group. Please contact the web administrator for assistance with any of these publications. Jump to Year: In press In press Impacts of climate change on dairy production Bauman, Y., G.S. View Abstract Email to Receive a Copy A technique to optimally design a meteorological network Bumbaco, K.A., and G.S. View Abstract Climate, fire size, and biophysical setting influence severity and spatial pattern of wildfires Cansler, C.A., and D. View Abstract Climate Change and United States Forests Peterson, D.L., J.M. View Abstract Temporal carbon dynamics of forests in Washington, U.S.: Implications for ecological theory and carbon management Raymond, C.L., and D. View Abstract Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region, Washington Raymond, C.L., D.L. View Abstract External Link to Pub System optimization using streamflow forecasts during droughts Ryu, J.H., and R.N. View Abstract The Northwest Snover, A.K., P.W. back to top
Motivating speaking activities for lower levels
Planning time has been shown to increase production in speaking tasks. Lower level learners often find it especially difficult to speak spontaneously, so these activities incorporate 'thinking time' during which learners can prepare for speaking by planning what they are going to say, and asking the teacher or using a dictionary to look up missing vocabulary. The following activities are relatively short, with minimal materials preparation time for the teacher. 1. This activity is good for activating existing vocabulary or revising vocabulary studied in previous lessons. Procedure Choose a vocabulary topic (this can be vocabulary you have recently studied or a topic you want to introduce). A faster-moving, fun alternative to this activity is a team game. 2. This activity can be adapted to revise a range of tenses (present simple, past simple, continuous, future tenses) by changing the time prompts, e.g. 3. This is a variation on the above activity and is great for practising adjectives.
The Global Campaign for Climate Action : The Global Campaign for Climate Action
Top Climate News Brazil strips protections from 5.2 million hectares of land Brazil might be falling back into land use policies that sacrifice the long-term benefits of forests for the immediate gains of industry. Read more » African Development Bank launches new climate change fund A new fund has been established by the African Development Bank to battle climate change in the continent. Read more » WRI: Coal power to increasingly threaten global water resources A new report from the World Resources Institute (WRI) has warned that coal plants are putting heavy stress on the world’s water resources. Read more » 2.9 million more Mexicans face poverty as climate change accelerates Nearly 3 million more Mexicans face being pushed into poverty over the next 15 years as climate change takes hold in the country, according to a new report from the World Bank. Read more » Record levels of finance pledged for Global Environment Facility Read more » Read more » Read more » Read more » Read more » Read more »
The Cancer-Test Kid
After a family friend died of pancreatic cancer, high school sophomore Jack Andraka invented a diagnostic strip that could detect the disease in its early stages. WHIZ KID: Jack Andraka’s tireless work in the Johns Hopkins University lab of pathologist Anirban Maitra paid off in the form of a $75,000 scholarship.COURTESY OF JACK ANDRAKAIn the spring of 2011, 15-year-old Jack Andraka had a lot on his mind. A close friend of the family, a man who was like an uncle to Andraka, had recently died of pancreatic cancer. “I was like, ‘There has to be a better way than this really crappy test,’” says Andraka, currently a sophomore at North County High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. A typical teenager might have left it there, but Andraka dove deep into the scientific literature. Then, while learning about antibodies in biology class, Andraka was struck with an idea. COURTESY OF JACK ANDRAKA“It’s important to note that this is still very much at a preliminary stage,” says Maitra.
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Environment
"For the global South, and especially Africa, environmental issues are not a luxury. Arresting the world's warming and protecting and restoring our natural systems are issues of life and death for much of the world's population" 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai (Kenya's Business Daily, Dec. 14, 2007) IPS is intensifying its coverage of both global and local environmental challenges. IPS has entered into cooperation with the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) - a partnership within the Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development, COM+ - and Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) , and is building new alliances in order to expand its independent coverage of the issues that will determine our future and that of our children.
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Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes
Two talks at a scientific conference this week will propose a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2011. Both events seem to be linked to a relatively rare coupling between the polar and the subtropical jet streams, says Jonathan Martin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences. But the fascinating part is that the change originates in the western Pacific, about 9,000 miles away from the intense storms in the U.S. midsection, Martin says. The mechanism that causes the storms originates during spring or fall when organized complexes of tropical thunderstorms over Indonesia push the subtropical jet stream north, causing it to merge with the polar jet stream. The subtropical jet stream is a high-altitude band of wind that is normally located around 30 degrees north latitude. Martin calls the resulting band of wind a "superjet."
