published July 1, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is such a big fan of nature that her environmentally-friendly home includes a retractable roof that provides natural cooling -- while giving her an unobstructed view of the outdoors and the local birds. And this week, she partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association for radio spots that draws attention to the threats ...
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published April 24, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: furlined / CC Sweden recently overturned a 45 year ban on wolf hunting as wolf populations have grown to more than 200 animals, and wolves impinge more frequently on areas occupied by humans. The clash between man and nature has claimed another victim, as two wolves converged on the path of a mother out walking with her c... ...
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published April 18, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: B. Alter It's been called Europe's largest and newest green wall. Installed in a newly renovated hotel in January makes it new and as for large, it stretches from the second to eleventh floor on the outside of the building. Looking up from the reception area in the hotel, through the glass, it is a lovely and healthy ...
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published April 2, 2011 and has No Comments
The Hazarchishma Natural Bridge. Photo: Ayub Alavi. Under most circumstances, it would be tough for a natural stone arch more than 200 feet wide and 60 feet high to remain hidden, but the recent discovery of one fitting that description in the remote central highlands of Afghanistan shows just how much remains to be learned about the troubled country's ...
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published March 26, 2011 and has No Comments
An Iberian lynx. Photo: Programa de Conservación Ex-situ del Lince Ibérico / Wikimedia Commons . The woodlands and pastures of southern Spain once provided fertile hunting ground for the Iberian lynx , but habitat destruction, loss of prey, and trapping diminished the population of the reclusive feline dramatically, to just 100 animals a decade ago, making it the mo... ...
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published March 24, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo credit: asibiri / Creative Commons For decades, the remote Kimberley region of Northern Australia has stood as a stronghold for dozens of rare native species of mammals, birds, lizards and other vertebrates. Now, these species are under serious threat from encroaching invasive species and a series of fires. The pressure is so severe, researchers believe, that as many ...
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published March 5, 2011 and has No Comments
Lake Victoria. Photo: Lukas Bergstrom / Creative Commons . The rapid growth of invasive water hyacinths has taken a serious toll on Kenya's Lake Victoria, creating inhospitable conditions for the fish local people depend on, while sheltering other unwelcome guests: disease -carrying snails and deadly snakes. But with a little help from a U.S.-based organization, villagers living near the ...
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published March 2, 2011 and has No Comments
Original photo via Walking Planet Sure, it may be a little hot and crowded around here, but our planetary home is still easily the nicest on the block -- with a hefty a price-tag to boot. In fact, according to one astrophysicist who came up with a calculation for valuing planets, Earth is worth a bank-breaking $5 quadrillion dollars, ...
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published March 1, 2011 and has No Comments
For some time we've had our eyes on proposals to build a monumental wall of trees across Africa to hopefully stop or at least slow the Sahara spreading southward. Well, the Great Green Wall has been given the green light. As Mongabay reports, in total about $3.1 billion has been now promised to fund the project. The plan is ...
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published February 28, 2011 and has No Comments
The Guardian reports that one of the world's most advanced rainforest restoration and research projects in the world, the Seeds of Heaven Biodiversity Research & Development Centre in the Bulang Mountains of southern China, is ablaze with 100' flames. The flames appear to have spread from the direction of a neighboring cow farm. Local officials say the spark was ...
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