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Is there a Solution to the Floating "Continent of Plastic" ? www.dailygalaxy.com — The UN Environment Program estimates that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter in every square mile of ocean. In fact, a swirling vortex of trash twice the size of Texas has spawned in the North Pacific, known as the North Pacific Gyre, due to a clockwise trade wind that encircles the Pacific Rim. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Nature |
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How Man-Made Noise May Be Altering Earth's Ecology www.wired.com — The contamination of biophony may soon become a serious environmental issue — Scientist Bernie Krause says that man-made sounds are already wreaking havoc with animal communication. We worry about the carbon emissions from SUVs and airplanes; maybe we should be equally concerned about the racket they cause. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Nature, Science |
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U.S. Butterflies on the Decline www.nwf.org — In this country, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has designated 23 species as endangered or threatened. Butterflies play a key role in plant reproduction, transporting pollen from flower to flower. They provide food for birds and other insects. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Category: Nature |
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Scientists: Why So Many Tornadoes? www.time.com — The brutal numbers for the U.S. so far this year: at least 110 dead, 30 killer tornadoes and a preliminary count of 1,191 twisters (which, after duplicate sightings are removed, is likely to go down to around 800). More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Nature, Science |
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Diplomatic Battle Begins Over Arctic www.telegraph.co.uk — Five Arctic coastal countries will meet in Greenland on Wednesday to discuss how to carve up the Arctic Ocean, which could hold up to one-quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reserves, far more than Saudia Arabia’s. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Nature |
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Environmentally Friendly Bombs Planned news.yahoo.com — Kill the onerous people, but save the sacred planet. You can't make this sh*t up folks..... More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity, Nature |
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Richard Flanagan: The destruction of Tasmania's forest www.guardian.co.uk — This article was written back in 2004, but never more relevant than it is today, Tasmania's former Premier resigned yesterday bringing into office Mr David Bartlett as the new Premier of the state. Send a message to the new government that this will no do, and the destruction of our forests will no longer be tolerated by the people of the world. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Nature |
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China Aftershock Destroys 71,000 More Homes abclocal.go.com — A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing one person and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 400 others were injured. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Nature |
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Tasmanian Devils Decimated by Mystery Cancer news.nationalgeographic.com — Tasmanian wildlife authorities began receiving unusual reports in the late 1990s: Some of the island's Tasmanian devils were spied with their faces marred by ulcerated sores. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Nature, Science |
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science.discovery.com — Discovery Science channel shows the top 10 deadly diseases of the world. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Nature, Science |