Items tagged with Environment

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Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 - 12:01:38 - Anuradha Menon

What would the 1980s have been without big hair and ice-cold wine coolers? Luckily no one had to find out: Key substitutions in hairsprays and...

Melting Icebergs Boost Sea-Level Rise

Friday, April 30th, 2010 - 09:26:27 - Anuradha Menon

When an ice cube melts in a glass, the overall water level does not change from when the ice is frozen to when it joins the liquid. Doesn't that mean...

World's Greenest Homes - Dome Home
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Green Building, also known as green construction or sustainable building, is the practice of creating structures and using...

The Land That God Had Forsaken
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
In the middle of California's Mojave Desert, there's more than 3-million square miles of desert sand, barren landscape, and...

The Shape Of Life To Come

Monday, April 26th, 2010 - 12:05:40 - Anuradha Menon

The United Nations has made 2010 its Year of Biodiversity. While there could be as many as 30 million species on this teeming planet, so far fewer...

World Grabs More And More Toilet Paper

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 - 12:55:10 - Anuradha Menon

Next time you reach for the toilet roll, consider this: 60 million rolls of toilet paper are flushed away in Europe every day. And the average...

Massive Iceberg Threatens Ocean Circulation

Monday, March 1st, 2010 - 12:07:20 - Anuradha Menon

The calving of a massive iceberg off east Antarctica last week has prompted fears that the event could alter the salinity of the surrounding ocean...

Rate of Ecoshift in a Period of Climate Change
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Scientists from several major research institutions have determined that, on average, ecosystems must shift 0.42 kilometers...

Getting Power From Coal Without Digging

Saturday, December 12th, 2009 - 12:37:24 - Anuradha Menon

Converting coal in the ground directly into clean-burning gases could have huge environmental benefits--not the least of which would be the avoidance...

Portable Charger Utilizes Both Wind and Sunlight
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Kinesis Industries, Arizona, has recently launched the Kinesis K3, a portable charger that utilizes ‘green’ energy, using...

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