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(http://www.livescience.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
27 days ago
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Several manufacturers are coming up with new ways to reuse our waste, from biofuel made from bananas to purses made from candy wrappers
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waste, ecology, toiletpaper, japan, inventions, conservation
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(http://www.memebox.com)
- posted by: Garry Golden
2 months ago
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NPR has released a fantastic interactive map of the US Electrical Grid as part of its Series - Power Hungry: Re-Envisioning Electricity in the US. The tool looks at grid connection points, major sources of power by region, power plant locati...
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(http://www.dailygalaxy.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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More "Blue Planet in Peril" news: new calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century. M...
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ocean, oceans, deadzones, species, extinction
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(http://www.techcrunch.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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The latest layer to be turned on in Google Maps is one for webcams. Just click on the “More” button on the top right of each map right next to the “Traffic” button. When you do that, it shows you thumbnails from different public Webcams around the...
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googlemaps, webcams, webcam, realtime, realtimevideo
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(http://news.bbc.co.uk)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Severe droughts lasting centuries have happened often in West Africa's recent history, and another one is almost inevitable, researchers say.
Analysis of sediments in a Ghanaian lake shows the last of these "megadroughts" ended 250 ye...
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(http://www.nytimes.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Evidence from fossil coral reefs in Mexico underlines the potential for a sudden jump in sea levels because of global warming, scientists report in a new study.
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(http://www.dailygalaxy.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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NASA researchers have identified feasible emission scenarios -which have accounted for about 80 percent of the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the pre-industrial era- that could keep carbon dioxide below levels that some scientists have ...
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(http://www.dailygalaxy.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Presidential Science Adviser John Holdren recently outlined options for geohacking, forcibly reconfiguring parts of the planet's ecology. Since this is a country where you can't set up a windfarm without someone opposing it this set off a storm o...
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
2 months ago
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Lasers may have thousands of applications in every section of modern society, but all laser beams are fundamentally similar – single-coloured and straight.
Now, US physicists have helped to break that mould by creating the first curved laser be...
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(http://gadgets.boingboing.net)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
2 months ago
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it shows the way a lot of our objects will try to eke out a secondary use for themselves in the future.
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sudia, design, labs, sun, table, popular, logistics, electricity, clean, energy, coal, carbon, cost, batteries, inverters
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(http://www.memebox.com)
- posted by: Garry Golden
3 months ago
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Durham University have developed a new carbon nanotube material that might evolve as a room temperature superconductor used to transmit electricity with no resistance or energy loss.
The use of foo...
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(http://www.consumerenergyreport...)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
3 months ago
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Two environmental groups have teamed up with Google in an effort to help steer renewable energy development away from sensitive areas, by utilizing Google Earth maps.
The National Audubon Society and the Natural Resources Defense Council on Wed...
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