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It’s NOT a jungle out there – (any more)
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The tropical forests of South East Asia were unique. They supported apes, elephants and tigers, alongside myriad insect hordes and fascinating flora, including huge trees and wonderful fruits that ...
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May.24.2013
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ECSEE 2013 – The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment
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4th to 7th July 2013 Brighton, United Kingdom Website: http://ecsee.iafor.org/ Contact person: Mr Kiyoshi Mana Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience, present in a supportive en...
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May.21.2013
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An Eco-friendly Idea – Turning Waste into Compost
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I would like to introduce a product, which is created in collaboration between Julien Bergignat, Cecilia jia & Johnny Chen and Barun Envi urban dustbin. When you put wastes in a dustbin like th...
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May.21.2013
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The Wild and Beautiful Bering Sea
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bearingseacanyons.org This beautiful, wild place, home to one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet is at risk. Unsustainable fishing will continue destroying essential habitat in the Ber...
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May.21.2013
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Call it the Acidic Ocean now
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After all that bother about ice melting and animals lost on the floes, we needn’t have bothered. As CO2 dissolves so rapidly, like most gases, in cold water, the whole place is becoming a gia...
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May.13.2013
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Oops. Dangerous Giant African Snail found in Texas turns out to be Rosy Wolf Snail
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It looks like the Giant African Snail that was discovered in Houston, Texas, was actually a Rosy Wolf Snail, which is native to North-America (it is considered an invasive species in some places, l...
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May.13.2013
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Global Environmental Leaders: Francisco Kennedy Souza Defends the Amazon Rainforest
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In 2001, the Ford Foundation granted $280 million—the largest single donation in the Foundation’s history—to a new initiative called the Ford International Fellowships Program (IFP). IFP set out to...
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May.10.2013
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Plants “Listen” to the Good Vibes of Other Plants
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When basil “speaks,” chilies “listen.” Plants might be able to eavesdrop on their neighbors and use the sounds they “hear” to guide their own growth, according t...
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May.9.2013
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2013 2nd International Conference on Environment, Energy and Biotechnology (ICEEB)
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8th to 9th June 2013 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Website: http://www.iceeb.org/ Contact person: Mr Lee ICEEB 2013 papers will be published in IPCBEE, ISSN: 2010-4618, and included in the E&T Digital...
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May.8.2013
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New York: A Concrete Jungle And ‘City Of Trees,’ Too
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You expect to find great trees in city parks and botanical gardens. But you might not expect to find ancient or unusual trees in the inner city or smack dab in the middle of a highway. Benjamin Swe...
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May.8.2013
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Harlequin Shrimp, Indonesia
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I found this creature under the water in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, between many pieces of garbage. (This photo and caption were submitted to the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.) Ha...
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May.8.2013
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New Yorkers Win Frack Fight at Local Level
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Local residents and elected leaders in Dryden, N.Y. are celebrating victory in a closely watched case over local fracking bans. A state appeals court ruled in favor of the towns of Dryden and Middl...
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May.7.2013
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Artistic Photo Editing of Everyday Built Environments
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Erik Johansson takes photo editing and manipulation to new levels with his ever-growing collection of creative, innovative and amazing scenes of altered architecture and unbelivable built environme...
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May.6.2013
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Insect-Eye Digital Camera Sees What You Just Did
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Almost all of our cameras form images by using a single lens to focus light onto a light-sensitive sheet. That’s how our own eyes actually work, but there are many other ways of seeing the world. A...
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May.6.2013
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Conservatives prefer wasting energy over protecting the environment, study finds
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“Why do conservatives like to waste energy?” asks Tim McDonnell about a disturbing study on attitudes towards energy conservation: A study out today in the journal Proceedings of the Na...
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May.3.2013
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National Parks in Peril from Fracking
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As the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) updates rules for oil and gas drilling on federal land, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) released yesterda...
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Apr.30.2013
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This Scientist Aims High To Save The World’s Coral Reefs
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Most scientists find a topic that interests them and keep digging deeper and deeper into the details. But Ken Caldeira takes the opposite approach in search for solutions to climate change. He goes...
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Apr.24.2013
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‘Zero-TV’ Homes Spell Trouble for the Environment
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Although we’ve seen George Jetson watch TV on a flat screen, it’s not very likely that the rest of us will be doing so fifty years from now. Consumers are already watching more and more TV on their...
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Apr.23.2013
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From Green Buildings to Eco-Districts to Eco-Cities
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Since its founding, the U.S. has seen its population steadily move from rural to urban environments: the 1790 U.S. Census reported a 95 percent rural to 5 percent urban ratio, the 1890 U.S. Census,...
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Apr.22.2013
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Ants can save millions from earthquakes
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When California and Japan, Indonesia, Italy and Greece next suffer the worst of earthquakes, there is help already available, apart from the early warning seismology that tsunami warning centres (T...
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Apr.18.2013
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