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Scientists and birders watching the extraordinary and disturbing midwinter migration of hundreds of snowy owls from the Arctic admit that they don’t know why so many of the birds are departing their natural wintering grounds. One observer used the word “unbelievable.” Another said that it was the “most significant ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather (2 comments)
Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and unknown Lake Vostok, 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Monday. “Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lake,” the news agency ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Weather (3 comments)
Nearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what in claims, damages and fines over the deadly ... keep reading
Written by Daniel Graeber this week, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Pollution
The Center for Biological Diversity, Coastal Plains Institute, Protect All Living Species and One More Generation sent a letter to the Evans County Wildlife Club Tuesday praising its recent decision to change its rattlesnake roundup in Claxton, Ga., to a wildlife festival where snakes will be celebrated instead of collected ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Children and Families, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Lifestyle & Behavior
NYU’s Educating for Sustainability Lecture: with the Carnegie Institution’s Ken Caldeira, Feb. 14 “Geoengineering Earth’s Climate: Crazy or Necessary?" WHO: Ken Caldeira, Climate Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Energy, based at Stanford University WHAT: Public lecture: “Geoengineering Earth's Climate: Crazy ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events
With news that the U.S. honeybee population has been so devastated that some beekeepers will qualify for disaster relief dollars, comes a report from Purdue University that one of the causes of honeybee deaths is – as long suspected – neonicotinoids. I say one of the causes, because the article does ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Industry & Business, Population (3 comments)
Top policy makers, business leaders and academics from around the world are to convene at the first annual Global Sustainability Summit in Madrid on 19-20 January 2012 to discuss the key economic issues facing businesses today in regard to sustainability. The two day Summit has been organized by Ernst & Young ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Events, Green energy, Industry & Business, Solar
Zayed Future Energy Prize – awarded annually to large corporations, individuals, small businesses and non-governmental organizations that have made significant contributions to the future of energy, climate change and sustainability – today announced its 2012 awards winners from the World Future Energy Summit, distributing US$3.5 million to winners and runners-up ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Events, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Poverty & Development, Smart Growth
This year, the USGS is proud to celebrate 100 years of continuous volcano monitoring in the United States. Monitoring began in 1912, when Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr., of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founded the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) in the then U.S. territory of Hawai‘i. The HVO ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Children and Families, Events, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population
Teams from China, Japan, Canada and Australia have registered to be partof the inaugural Tour of New Zealand cycle race. These teams will ridealongside of a solid contingent of New Zealand teams to collectively ridefrom end-to-end of the country. Each team will have their own support crew ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Events, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport, Travel
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