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Scientists: Russia’s fires and Pakistan’s floods fit climate trend
While individual events like heat waves, cold snaps, floods and droughts cannot be attributed to man made climate...
Help needed: Floods in Pakistan 2010About three weeks ago, Pakistan was hit by a natural catastrophe whose magnitude dwarfs the devastating 2005 earthquake...
Climate change can bring more floods AND droughts to the UK
Climate change, by its very definition, suggests that geographical areas become hotter or drier or wetter as the...
China’s recent floods bring death and destruction
It was only three months ago that southern China was suffering from its worst drought in living memory....
Breaking: 702 dead from mudslides in China; 1,500 dead in Pakistan floods
On Saturday heavy rains fell on Gansu province in northern China, resulting in landslides which buried at least...
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Energy saving Green tips: doing the dishes
Everybody hates doing the dishes, right? Actually, some weirdos like it, but those people should be avoided at all costs. Or married. I mean someone has to scrape my fossilized muesli off the soupspoons, don’t they? May as well be someone who likes it. Now I’ve always assumed that modern luxury appliances like washing machines, dishwashers and massage chairs were as a rule bad for the environment and labor saving rather than energy saving. Apparently not so, according to this article...
Tiger Populations are Diminishing, Despite Conservation Efforts
Henry David Thoreau once said: “It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious”. If only people today saw things the same way he did. The future of the world’s tigers is diminishing fast and looking very bleak, despite efforts made to protect them and bring them back. Of the nine known subspecies of tigers, 3 became extinct during the 20th century; the beginning of which saw more than 100,000 tigers...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Pond Scum to the Rescue!
That’s right, pond scum – better known as algae. It takes over waterways everywhere and in many forms or disguises; seaweed, kelp, that underwater moss that you can easily slip on (lichens), and so many more. It forms symbiotic relationships with coral and sea sponges and has a multitude of uses, including the ability to reduce CO2 emissions. And people are just starting to realize its real, full potential. Universities and companies across the country are getting involved in algae research...
Court Restores Protection of Gray Wolves Under Endangered Species Act; Hunters and Ranchers not Happy
A recent court ruling restored the protection of the Gray Wolf (or Timber Wolf) under the Endangered Species Act. Unfortunately, their victory may be short-lived. Idaho game officials plan to gain federal approval to kill hundreds of these wolves, despite their restored protection status. The plan they are so hellbent to put into action would mean cutting the state’s overall wolf population by more than 40%. One particular group of wolves they intend to target would be cut by 80%, from...
India: Hottest summer on record claims hundreds of lives
Northern India has been suffering from record high temperatures in a deadly heatwave that hundreds have perished in. Temperatures reached 48.5C (119F) in Gujarat state several days ago, but the worst may still be to come with forecasts nearing 50C (122F) for the weeks to come. Many people have been hospitalized, bodies of water have dried up and animals have died as due to the intense heat. From an article in the Guardian: The Indian Meterological Department attributes the record heat to lack...
Rare Discovery: The World’s Least Known Bird
There are some creatures of this world that are extremely rare—so rare that they may never be spotted again in the wild. If they happen to make their home in terrorist-ridden, war-torn Afghanistan, it would be no wonder. The Large-Billed Reed Warbler is one little bird that fits this profile perfectly. An extremely rare and little bird, this flier has kept their location hidden for a long time. It wasn’t until recently—perhaps by accident—that a researcher from the Wildlife Conservation Society...
European beavers and floods: An endangered species AND a scapegoat?
European beavers, which have been wiped out in parts of Europe, are now apparently taking revenge on humanity for once being hunted to near extinction. Since European nations – namely Germany, Romania and the Netherlands – have reintroduced beavers into the wild and dedicated time and money to help their recovery, the furry aquatic rodents have been gnawing on the hand that feeds. Typical, thankless behavior. From an article in the London Times: The rodents, Castor fiber, have been munching through dykes and...
Oil leak video + Deepwater Horizon rig officially a Marshall Islands vessel
It turns out that deepwater drilling off the coast of the United States is a pretty experimental thing. In recent years the industry has been largely self-regulatory, which has allowed them to cut corners and take advantage of loopholes in the law. For example, the Deepwater Horizon rig, leased by BP, owned by Transocean and built in Korea, is officially a vessel of the Pacific nation the Marshall Islands – because of that country's lax maritime regulations. In other words...
Video: Spanish veg industry fuelled by slavery
This raises the spectre of de facto state sanctioning of slavery in 21st century Europe. –Anti-Slavery International's director, Aidan McQuade Illegal aliens, mostly from Africa, work in slave-like conditions in industrial greenhouses on the Spanish Costa del Sol. The Spanish authorities and agricultural industry have been found to be working in cooperation to exploit desperate immigrant workers. According to a special investigative report by the Guardian, workers live in appalling conditions with inadequate housing, no sanitation and so little food they often depend...
Giant beaver dam visible from space
A massive beaver dam discovered in the forests of Northern Alberta, Canada is the world's largest. So big that it is visible from space, the dam – located in Alberta's Wood Buffalo National Park – measures 2,790 feet (850 meters) long. Known as 'nature's builders', beavers construct dams out of mud, stone and timber in order to give themselves still, deep water for access to food and protection from predators. Beavers also build lodges within the calm waters created by the...
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