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How Can It Be Warming When It's (Almost) Always Cooling?
The Koch-funded Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study (BEST) verified three things we already knew: Recent global warming has been “ on the high end .” It’s accelerating. The data won’t stop the deniers and their media allies from spreading disinformation, including the myth that it has stopped warming.
Scientists may have found the cause of the world’s sudden dwindling population of bees – and cell phones may be to blame. Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuses bees, but also may lead to their death. Over 83 experiments have yielded the same results. With virtually most of the population of the United States (and the rest of the world) owning cell phones, the impact has been greatly noticeable. <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/Inhabitat/Art;article=articlename;kw=content1;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" target="_blank" ><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/Inhabitat/Art;article=articlename;kw=content1;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"
It's Official- Cell Phones are Killing Bees
By Thomas Morton Photos by Jake Burghart I’m not one of those guys who corners folks at parties to rant at them about biodiesel or calls people “fucking idiots” for being skeptical about global warming. But I should also point out that I’m not one of those Andrew Dice Clay “Fuck the whales” types either. The problem with all the bravado on both sides of the ecology debate is that nobody really knows what they’re talking about.
TOXIC: Garbage Island 1 of 3 - Toxic | VBS.TV
While concerns over ocean acidification are not new , a recent study provides more concrete evidence than ever before that the process has already begun. Australian scientists found that shells of the microscopic, amoeba-like organisms called foraminifera, which exist by the billions in oceans around the world, have become significantly thinner since the Industrial Revolution. The study, published in Nature Geoscience , is the first to look specifically at acidification and pin it to greenhouse-gas pollution, which is driven especially by the invisible product of burning oil, gas and coal.
No More Speculation: Scientists Prove Ocean Acidification is Already Underway | 80beats
Photo credit: Zainub Razvi Plastic bags have become the bane of our existence. They pollute our waterways, get tangled in trees and bushes, and take hundreds of years to break down into smaller pieces.
Japanese Inventor Akinori Ito Converts Plastic Bags into Fuel
Plastic Recycling Codes - Which Plastics Are Safe
By Jeffrey M. Smith In America, we generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste per year with only 1-2% being recycled .Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by admin in Science Thorium One ton of thorium can produce as much energy as 200 tons of uranium and 3.5 million tons of coal, according to the former director of CERN. An abundant metal with vast energy potential could quickly wean the world off oil, if only Western political leaders would muster the will to do it, a UK newspaper says today. The Telegraph makes the case for thorium reactors as the key to a fossil-fuel-free world within five years, and puts the ball firmly in President Barack Obama’s court.
Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years | century hitech
Turtle found that pooped plastic for a month
As the world's experts on plastic pollution gather this week in Honolulu for the Fifth International Marine Debris Conference, a disturbing new report has been released that chronicles what decades of plastic pollution in our oceans has done to sea turtles. The turtle was rescued in 2009 after marine biologists in Melbourne Beach, Fla., noticed that it seemed to be having problems digesting food. After dislodging a large piece of plastic from the animal's gastrointestinal tract, the turtle proceeded to defecate 74 foreign objects over the next month. Some of those objects included four types of latex balloons, five different types of string, nine different types of soft plastic, four different types of hard plastic, a piece of carpet-like material, and two large tar balls. Though this turtle was rescued, it is representative of a growing problem for sea turtles around the world, creatures that easily mistake plastics for food items like jellyfish.
Green businesses aim to solve both environmental and social problems, instead of causing them. In addition, they adopt principles, policies, and practices that improve the quality of life for their customers, employees, communities and the environment. Creating more green businesses is a core part of President Obama’s... more Green businesses aim to solve both environmental and social problems, instead of causing them. In addition, they adopt principles, policies, and practices that improve the quality of life for their customers, employees, communities and the environment. Creating more green businesses is a core part of President Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
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Why just use solar power or wind power when you can use both? Designed by Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino as part of an Italian design contest to re-imagine a decommissioned bridge (for which it placed second), this so-called Solar Wind concept would have solar cells embedded in the roadway (an idea that's already catching on ) and an array of 26 wind turbines underneath, which the designers say could produce enough energy combined to power 15,000 homes. To make the design greener still, the designers have even included a "green promenade" that would run alongside the road, which they suggest could be used to grow fruits and vegetables that'd then be sold to folks driving by. Incidentally, while it's less focused on technology, the design that placed first in the contest (a so-called "vertical village") is pretty impressive in its own right -- check it out after the break.
Solar Wind bridge concept could power 15,000 homes, grow vegetables
One Liter Limited 1ℓimit faucet looks more like an elegant test tube inverted on top of a tap. The glass tube holds exactly one liter of water, sufficient for a quick handwash.
1ℓimit – Faucet Design by Yonggu Do, Dohyung Kim & Sewon Oh
Starting this coming spring, a slick new solar-powered electric vehicle will be hitting the streets of Europe. Italian car designer Pininfarina and French battery manufacturer Bolloré have officially announced that the five door Blue Car hatchback is now ready for production. A fully-electric vehicle with solar panels by 2010? Count us in!