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Saturday Night Special: Biggest Full Moon of 2009
Environment  (tags: nature, environment, oceans, moon, science, research )

Susan
- 1592 days ago - space.com
If skies are clear Saturday, go out at sunset and look for the giant moon rising in the east. It will be the biggest and brightest one of 2009, sure to wow even seasoned observers.Earth, the moon and the sun are all bound together by gravity, which keeps
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Warmer World Means More Mercury Pollution
Environment  (tags: pollution, climatechange, globalwarming, environment, research )

Cal
- 1594 days ago - news.nabou.com
Mercury pollution has already spurred public health officials to advise eating less fish, but it could become a more pressing concern in a warmer world.
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The Mystery of Antarctica's Speeding Glacier
Environment  (tags: climate-change, climate, greenhousegases, environment, globalwarming, weather, research )

Cal
- 1597 days ago - enn.com
With the possible exception of the ice that covers Greenland, the West Antarctic ice shelf is the most important body of water in the world. If it thaws, the results will be disastrous for millions, raising sea levels and flooding coastal cities such as L
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Plants 'More Important Than Ever' to Reduce Impact of Global Warming
Environment  (tags: culture, humans, society, climate, climate-change, endangered, conservation, protection, nature, habitat, globalwarming, energy, world, water, trees, science, research, pollution, destruction, wildlife, forests, environment, animals )

Kim
- 1598 days ago - medindia.net
According to a report by BBC News, this fact has been stressed upon by Professor Stephen Hopper, the director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, England
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STATE OF THE SUN AT YEAR END...Things Are Too Quiet
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, cooling, research, science, weather, globalwarming, globalwarming )

Judy
- 1599 days ago - wattsupwiththat.com
Sunspots are still not following either of the two predictive curves, and it appears that the solar dynamo continues to slumber, perhaps even winding down further. There is a long term correlation between low sunspot activity and cooling.
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Fascinating Weather
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, green, nature, research, protection, world, wildlife, water, energy )

Ivan
- 1609 days ago - crazy-videoz.com
The science of weather is a fascinating one; but even more so are the flukes and irregularities that can occur within our world. This is a list of 20 of the most amazing and unusual of those anomalies.
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Biodiversity Hotspots Are Also Major Carbon Sinks
Environment  (tags: biodiversity, hotspots, CO2emissions, climate, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, green, habitat, protection, research, trees, world )

Pirjo
- 1628 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Maps pinpointing overlaps of high carbon and high biodiversity areas were just launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) with its Carbon and Biodiversity demonstration atlas.
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Accelerated Melting Of Continental Icepacks Is Major Reason For Rise In Sea Level
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, globalwarming, oceans, research, science )

Chris
- 1635 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Accelerated melting of continental icepacks is the major reason for the rise in sea level over the 2003 to 2008 period, something which has minimized the effect of thermal expansion of seawater.
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Tibetan Glaciers Rapidly Melting
Environment  (tags: water, climate-change, environment, globalwarming, climate, research )

Cal
- 1639 days ago - enn.com
Glaciers high in the Himalayas are dwindling faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of losing their water supply.
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Take Action: Say NO to Last-Minute Logging!
Environment  (tags: climate, conservation, ecosystems, environment, forests, green, humans, nature, protection, research, trees, world, wildlife, habitat )

Marieemma
- 1651 days ago - action.wilderness.org
The federal Bureau of Land Management has just proposed opening thousands of acres of forests in western Oregon to logging. It's a handoff to the timber industry, a huge loss to endangered species, and to the American public.
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Amyris Biotechnologies - The Environment -
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, conservation, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, goodnews, protection, research, science, weather, world )

Marieemma
- 1655 days ago - time.com
We're entering a new age of science - one no longer dominated by chemistry, but by biology. Amyris is one of the companies driving this change, via the emerging science of synthetic biology.
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Green Plastics, An Option to Save Environment - Naresh Kadyan
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, conservation, globalwarming, nature, forests, research, pollution, trees, water, green, ecosystems )

Kadyan
- 1658 days ago - igovernment.in
Hundred per cent biodegradable plastics is the only option to save the environment, especially in the growing economies of India and China
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Ocean Acidification
Environment  (tags: conservation, energy, globalwarming, habitat, oceans, nature, humans, research, science, water, world, protection, environment, ecosystems, animals, climate, climate-change, CO2emissions )

Marieemma
- 1658 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
When we spew carbon dioxide into our air, it eventually ends up in our oceans, too -- absorbed to the tune of about 22 million tons per day. This results in global warming's "evil twin": ocean acidification
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Center for Biological Diversity Goes Climate Neutral
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, green, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, pollution, protection, research, science, weather, water, wildlife, world )

Marieemma
- 1658 days ago - endangeredearth.org
Increasing our awareness of the greenhouse gas consequences of our energy use, travel, and food and other choices is the first step towards reducing our own emissions. Use our simple tool to calculate your own emissions.
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YouTube - Nature Canada Favourite Places !!!   video
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, climatechange, forests, GoodNews, green, habitat, protection, research, trees, weather, water, world, wildlife, climate )

Marieemma
- 1659 days ago - youtube.com
Nature Canada Favorite Places !!! SO GOOD !!! WATCH IT FULL SCREEN !!!
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