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Electricity generation is a major concern for much of the world, since demand is rising.Hydropower is electricity generated using the energy of moving water. Electricity generated from water is entirely renewable, since water is an abundant natural resource and no water is expended during the electricity generation process. Hydroelectric ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh today, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
Prince William has for some strange reason been sent to the Falklands. At a time where the UK could direct one of their top rating royals to do good, they send him to inflame long standing enmity in the Falklands. Odd ? Yes. Presumably they want the fishing and the oil ... keep reading
Written by Celsias yesterday, about Celebrities, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, War
Citing figures obtained from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Conservation International (CI) announced that more than one million green turtle (Chelonia mydas)eggs were laid last year in Baguan Island of Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi, achieving an all-time high since recording of nesting started in 1984. A total ... keep reading
Written by Celsias yesterday, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Higher education is becoming cheaper and more accessible. With an internet connection users can watch TED lectures or look up academic papers. Now Udemy.com, a website that tries to, “disrupt and democratize the world of education by enabling anyone to teach and learn online,” is making things even easier ... keep reading
Written by Sam McNerney yesterday, about Education, Lifestyle & Behavior
Delicious TV and Vegan Mainstream have joined together to promote the Indie GoGo crowd sourced funding campaign for Delicious TV’s new show, Vegan Mashup. The show will premiere this summer on public television stations nationwide. Vegan Mashup focuses on easily preparing tasty plant-based recipes and makes healthy eating fun ... keep reading
Written by Celsias yesterday, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association has designated the Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species, providing it greater legal protections, following a petition the Natural Resources Defense Council submitted in September 2009. NOAA's Fisheries Service today announced four subpopulations or distinct population segments of Atlantic sturgeon, which are treated as ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
There is perhaps no more controversial energy source after nuclear than "hydraulic fracturing," or "fracking," of subterranean shale deposits containing pockets of natural gas. While the process can liberate previously unusable sources of natural gas, political, environmental and scientific concerns have risen along with production, as evidence mounts that fracking ... keep reading
Written by John C.K. Daly this week, about Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, Water
The widely used farm practice of grafting watermelon and other melon plants onto squash or pumpkin rootstocks results in larger amounts of certain pesticides in the melon fruit, scientists are reporting in a new study. Although only low amounts of pesticides appeared in the fruit in the study, the scientists ... keep reading
Written by celsias this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior
To most people, the news will be meaningless. To gardeners, the new climate zone maps are a harsh reminder of just how much earth’s climate has changed in a mere two decades. First published in 1927, as part of Alfred Rehder’s book, “Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
Two years ago, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., released a study claiming that inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth's heat and measurements of ocean heating amounted to evidence of "missing energy" in the planet's system. Where was it going? Or, they wondered ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Solar
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