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Portugal Wins, Sweden Loses in Europe’s Vehicle CO2 Rankings

July 21, 2011

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In the last few years, Europe as a whole has made a variety of efforts to reduce carbon emissions, by encouraging use electric and hybrid vehicles as well as of alternative modes of transportation. But…

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More Evidence of the Importance of Forests: They’re Even Bigger Carbon Sinks than Thought

July 18, 2011

Want to see clear connections between environmental degradation and economic struggles? Deforestation provides about as clear a picture as any example: the loss of ecological services (flood control, water and air purification, topsoil protection, etc.) have direct economic impacts ranging from disaster recovery costs to food prices to increased need for health care spending. And,… Read More…

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Thinking of Going Green? 5 Ways Rediscovering the Bicycle is a Great Place to Begin, or Continue, Your Green Journey!

June 17, 2011

We all learned to ride one as a child, but then sometime after we turned sixteen, most of us abandoned that sleek two-wheeled bicycle in favor of a car. If you are thinking about going green, here…

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Jellyfish Blooms Increase Carbon Emissions, Upend Marine Food Webs

June 8, 2011

Photo credit: Jaymi Heimbuch/Creative Commons

Jellyfish are taking over the world’s oceans. Warming waters and the elimination of key predators like sharks and tuna, hav made conditions ideal for the soft, brainless, organisms and their numbers have

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Does China Have A Green Future?

May 20, 2011

China is one of the fastest growing populations in the world and the one with the biggest carbon footprint. Read on to see how it is tackling green energy.

Does China Have A Green Future?

May 20, 2011

China is one of the fastest growing populations in the world and the one with the biggest carbon footprint. Read on to see how it is tackling green energy.

Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

February 4, 2011

Graphic Source: Climatopolis.com

We do not have a choice. A HOTTER future is coming because of climate change. Now, we are only left with the question of how we will adapt to it. This is the sentiment of the new book by Matthew Kahn entitled: Climato…

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Atmosphere: The Science Museum Opens Amazing Interactive Gallery to Explain Climate Change (Photos)

December 17, 2010

Image by Leonora Oppenheim

We first heard about The Science Museum’s new climate change gallery back in March this year when we read an exasperating report in The Times saying the museum was “revising the contents of its new climate science gallery t…

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Will Steger Views Global Warming from the Coldest Places on Earth (Podcast)

December 9, 2010

“It’s almost as if Antarctica didn’t want us there and was continually trying to kill us,” says Will Steger of his seven-month dogsled expedition across the southern pole. But the journey wasn’t just arduous and unprecedented, it was an eye opener for…

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Thriving Biosphere Found in Rocks Deep Underneath Seafloor

December 8, 2010

Photo credit: M. McCarthy via University of California, Santa Cruz

There’s a reason for leaving “no stone unturned” when it comes to scientific exploration — there’s probably life underneath even the most unlikely rock. Even if that rock is well und…

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