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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about celebrities. I'm generally more interested in professors at MIT than actors in Hollywood. But every once in a while, our friends at Ecorazzi will post something that catches my eye.
Apparently Johnny Depp bought an island for around $3,000,000 a while back. And, since there aren't exactly power lines ru (more) |
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There are roughly 42 million square kilometers of forest on Earth, a swath that covers almost a third of the land surface, and those wooded environments play a key role in both mitigating and enhancing global warming.
In a review paper appearing in the Forest Ecology special issue of Science, atmospheric scientist Gordon Bonan of the National Sc (more) |
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The battle to reduce carbon emissions is at the heart of many eco-friendly efforts, and researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that nature has been lending a hand. Researchers at the Missouri Tree Ring Laboratory in the Department of Forestry discovered that trees submerged in freshwater aquatic systems store carbon for thousan (more) |
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Female bottlenose dolphins whistle 10 times more often than usual after giving birth in order to help newborns recognise who is "mum".
The findings by a US team appear in the journal Marine Mammal Science.
These "signature whistles" are unique to each animal, allowing them to be used for identification.
Bottlenose dolphins are highly socia (more) |
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In Silicon Valley's famous "trees vs. solar panels" battle, the trees have won.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday signed into law a bill that guarantees if California property owners plant a tree before a neighbor installs solar panels on their roof, then the neighbor can't require the tree to be cut or trimmed, even if it grows to cast shade (more) |
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Vast farms of solar panels in the Sahara could provide clean electricity for the whole of Europe, according to EU scientists working on a plan to pool the region's renewable energy.
Harnessing the power of the desert sun is at the centre of an ambitious scheme to build a €45bn (£35.7bn) European supergrid that would allow countries across th (more) |
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Why are oil prices so high? This is the question being asked with increasing frequency in many countries around the world. Some would have you believe that the blame should be placed on "greedy oil companies", "Arabs", "speculators" or "OPEC".
While speculation is happening with investors and hedge funds looking to commodities for returns that a (more) |
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A "Green New Deal" is needed to solve current problems of climate change, energy and finance, a report argues.
According to the Green New Deal Group, humanity only has 100 months to prevent dangerous global warming.
Its proposals include major investment in renewable energy and the creation of thousands of new "green collar" jobs.
The n (more) |
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Animals have adapted over thousands of years to natural disasters like fires by fleeing or seeking shelter. But this year's earlier start to the fire season has put younger animals at risk, wildlife experts say.
The result? Li'l Smokey, a black bear cub, was found badly burned and was rescued this week by Adam Deem, 32, of Anderson, Calif., a f (more) |
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Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next president will embrace.
The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president said fellow Democrat Barack Obama and R (more) |
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