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Officials from elephant range states are meeting in Delhi this week in hopes of finding a solution to the growing number of elephant killings in India. Loss of habitat leading to an increase of conflicts between elephants and humans, combined with the invasion of poachers into government-protected zones, are resulting in an unacceptable increase in [...]
One of my friends recently attended the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco and texted me about their awesome green initiatives. From the show. Yes, I’m sort of a nerd for this kind of thing. We’re all about musicians lightening their footprints around here. According to the folks at Live Earth: “A single concert [...]
Diatoms are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Climate change isn’t just warming the atmosphere, it’s also warming the ocean’s surface and deeper levels of the water column. This is known as the pelagic ocean and it just so happens to harbor the most productive ecosystem on planet Earth (the “pelagic zone” is [...]
