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An autonomous, underwater vehicle monitors ocean conditions and water parameters in treacherous, ice filled arctic waters. The information it collects supports the understanding of ocean and related climate changes. This photo shows the seaglider clearing its antennae from the water to send off data and receive mission instructions before plunging back into the arctic waters. [...]
Masai Mara reserve is known for its spectacular populations of wild animals such as lions, wildebeest, impala, leopards, zebras, elephants, spotted hyenas and many others. But a recent scientific study has documented significant declines in six hoofed species throughout the 1530 sq. km reserve. In the last 15 years these drop-offs have occurred in the giraffe, [...]
A recent NY Times articles brings to fore the contribution of Soot, also known as Black Carbon, to the issue of global warming. And how efforts are underway to reign in the global warming by replacing the mud-stoves in villages of India! On the Earth day, a legislation was introduced in US Senate for the [...]
A device invented by Peruvians known as the “Super Tree” has recently made its debut in Lima, a city plagued with extreme air pollution. The Super Tree acts like 1200 real trees, purifying the air for approximately 20,000 people a day, at the cost of only about $6. The company Tierra Nuestra (Our Earth) is [...]
My pal Lucille over at Feelgood Style recently posted about the Lush Seed the Nation Contest, and it reminded me that I’d been meaning to write a follow-up to this post on walk by guerrilla gardening from December. With the idea of seed bombs gaining a little more attention lately, I thought it might be [...]
