Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Screengrab via Vic's Crappy Videos Time for an afternoon break from the grind. Check out these two absolutely hilarious videos from a couple guys who think nature is pretty neat -- so neat, that we should call it "neature"!! The film makers are sending out an important message about the wildlife all around us, and were inspired to make ...
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Photo via aussiegall Mosquitos are the bane of humans as they're a primary way diseases from malaria to dengue fever are spread. Malaysia has been fighting a frustrated battle with dengue fever, and might become the first Asian country to use genetically engineered insects, rather than pesticides or managed water ways, to fight against the spread of the disease. ...
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Image from Ecotrust Canada Gather 'round the campfire and we will tell you a story of a real-life cowgirl who lived in the wilds of British Columbia until she was 97 years old. She was Ada Annie Rae-Arthur, known as Cougar Annie because she was so good at shooting and trapping cougars. It was said that she could fell ...
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photo: Wikipedia Forget about the potential damage by invasive Asian carp, another invasive species, the quagga mussel is likely to destroy the Lake Michigan ecosystem long before the bottom-feeding fish do. That's the word of Michigan Tech biologist W. Charles Kerfoot , who says the proliferating mussels are eating up so much phytoplankton that, through an interesting chain of ...
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Image credit: Neptune Network From Climate Camp targeting offset companies , to a renegade protester single-handedly shutting down an entire power plant , the TreeHugger has seen some pretty dramatic direct action protests. But when activists in Norway decided to stop an 80-ton freight train in the far-North of Norway, they chose an interesting tool for doing it - ...
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photo: Dean Forbes via flickr Restoring wetlands is great way to reestablish natural carbon sinks --a low-risk geoengineering method--and reap the benefits of the ecosystem services they provide. Now researchers from Ohio State University have demonstrated that after 15 years, it doesn't matter if those wetla... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Planted or Un-Planted, Manmade Wetlands Make ...
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Photo via Sunphol Sorakul The Gulf oil disaster is having a massive impact on wildlife, with waves of animal deaths continuing into the foreseeable future thanks to both the oil and toxic clean-up methods. The disaster is so great that the extinction of some species is not an outlandish possibility, so it seems like a good idea to create ...
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Photo by ezioman NASA is a constant help in monitoring water supplies and conditions, from groundwater supplies in California to ocean dead zones worldwide . But every day the technology gets more helpful, and with USEPA estimating that over 20,000 water bodies within the United States do not meet water quality standards, it's ... Read the full story on ...
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Images of krill and blule whale via wikipedia Amid all the bad news about marine ecosystems needing life support around the world, there is a tiny spot of happy news today on the ocean beat. Actually, a big spot, a blue whale-sized spot. In an incredible show, blue whales are crowding into Monterey Bay this month to feed on ...
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Image: Signs in Yosemite Warn About Bears Seeking Food in Cars, via Flickr It was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that led to the demise of Ben Story's car. A hungry bear managed to get into the car looking for the morsel Ben left on the back seat. Somehow, the bear knocked the car into neutral; it rolled ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
