Waltham library part of Mass Audubon's Library Partners program Wicked Local Waltham Explore Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, where more than 1,000 acres of salt marsh attract a wide array of birds and other wildlife, or Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, where spring means bluebirds and baby farm animals, or Pleasant Valley in the Berkshires ... |
Mashable | 10 times science ruled in 2014 Mashable Why Enceladus would have an ocean is murky -- it's too far from the sun and it is considered too small to house enough internal energy for such an ecosystem. However, it's gravitational relationship .... There are many theories behind the Martian ... |
Increased ocean acidity breaks down coral reefs, UH study finds Honolulu Star-Advertiser Thanks to an innovative study of coral skeletons conducted at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, scientists now know that ocean acidity also contributes to the breakdown of coral reefs. The finding confirms a ... |
CNN | NOAA: 2014 is shaping up as hottest year on record CNN NOAA's analysis is an important "health gauge" indicating an ominous trend for the planet, says CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam. "It's becoming increasingly more difficult to be a skeptic of the causes of our warming ... It was the fourth warmest ... |
Increased ocean acidity breaks down coral reefs, UH study finds Honolulu Star-Advertiser Thanks to an innovative study of coral skeletons conducted at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, scientists now know that ocean acidity also contributes to the breakdown of coral reefs. The finding confirms a ... |
Recycled carbon fiber update: Closing the CFRP lifecycle loop High Performance Composites In the longer term, they want to help users of CFRP “close the loop”: If automakers must ensure that automotive materials are recyclable, then it is to their great advantage to reuse fiber reclaimed from EOL vehicles in the production of new vehicles ... |
ABC Online | Coastal SA preparing for rising sea level, Local Government Association says ABC Online "It doesn't all have to happen tomorrow but certainly this paper's been fantastic for getting councils ready, thinking ahead, working with the coastal protection board and the State Government to make sure that every cent we spend along coastlines is ... |
Reuters | Menace or myth, Myanmar frets over Rohingya militant group Reuters MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - The fence stretches as far as the eye can see, its concrete pillars carrying coils of barbed wire across the mountains and marshes of western Myanmar. Beyond the fence, on the far bank of the Naf River, is a ragged horizon ... |
13WMAZ | NASA's Orion capsule set for critical test flight 13WMAZ This week, NASA will see if the spacecraft it is designing to one day fly astronauts to Mars can handle a searing, 20,000-mph reentry through Earth's atmosphere during its first test flight. At 7:05 a.m. Thursday, an unmanned test capsule is scheduled ... NASA to test-launch its next manned space vehicle, Orion Money for NASA priorities at risk in next Congress NASA's Orion spacecraft will launch Dec. 4 on EFT-1 into deep space |
Unprecedented Florida hurricane luck holds another season Bradenton Herald The current can carry denser, saltier water from the Earth's polar oceans and help fuel hurricanes. “Last year was just a really ... The pattern never developed, but the strong winds in the Atlantic's upper atmosphere turned out to be enough. This year ... |
Salon | “Things are disappearing”: On Earth's looming mass extinction and what to do ... Salon Since, say, 1800, with the Industrial Revolution and the way we have fished the oceans, timbered the forests, developed the land and basically removed creatures simply through conflict or hunting or harvesting — that's the path we're on. And it's not ... |
Funds for Bellingen and Nambucca coasts and estuaries Clarence Valley Daily Examiner Bellingen Shire Council has been allocated $76,000 for the Friesians and Fish project, which aims to improve dairy effluent management practices to reduce potential impacts on water quality in the Bellingen River estuary. |
The Conversation AU | The strengthening economic case for fossil fuel divestment The Conversation AU Investing in fossil fuels for the long term? You might find ... This requires that carbon dioxide be captured at the point of combustion, then compressed and transported for permanent storage either underground or in some form of biomass. In the early ... |
New York Times | Grim Reality Amid Optimism Ahead of Climate Talks New York Times In June, Mr. Obama announced a new Environmental Protection Agency rule forcing major emissions cuts from coal-fired power plants. State Department negotiators took the decision to China, hoping to broker a deal for a similar offer of domestic action. MIT conference celebrates climate change innovators What's At Stake in Lima Climate Talks |
Nine years and counting: Florida's hurricane lucky streak continues MiamiHerald.com The current can carry denser, saltier water from the Earth's polar oceans and help fuel hurricanes. “Last year was just a really ... The pattern never developed, but the strong winds in the Atlantic's upper atmosphere turned out to be enough. This year ... |
Daily Beast | Heed the Warnings: Why We?re on the Brink of Mass Extinction Daily Beast The potential losses of species are on a scale that is rivaled by only a few events in the last 500 million years of Earth's history. From 1962-1965, there was a worldwide epidemic of ... Thanks to the development of a vaccine in 1969, fewer than 25 ... |
Fox 59 | NOAA: 2014 is shaping up as hottest year on record Fox 59 (CNN) — The first ten months of 2014 have been the hottest since record keeping began more than 130 years ago, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That may be hard to believe for people in places like Buffalo ... 2014 shaping up as hottest year on record |
NOAA: 2014 Is Shaping Up As Hottest Year On Record - CNN.com Huffington Post Erik Frederiksen I understand your zeal, but I don't see much, if anything, being done about it, nor do I expect to, given that much of the world is more concerned about where their next meal is coming from, and Americans place this issue at number 546 ... |
KOCO Oklahoma City | 2014 is shaping up as hottest year on record KOCO Oklahoma City "Most notably, this record warmth is not contained to any specific part of the world. Meaning, we are all in this together," he says. "So far this year, record-breaking warmth has been observed in at least every continent and major ocean basin of our ... |
Where the rivers meet the sea, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, is important on a ... AL.com Along the swamp's leading edges, freshwater plants, such as the American lotus and wild rice, temporarily die back as salt-loving species gain a foothold. "In the spring and late winter, really it is a freshwater world: largemouth .... Coincidentally ... |
Residents blow the whistle on mangrove destruction Hindustan Times In the years following the Bombay high court's (HC) landmark 2005 order, declaring mangroves as protected forests, awareness among Mumbaiites about their worth was still rudimentary. In the absence of an active administration, several like-minded ... |
OregonLive.com | Antarctic sea ice may be thicker than expected, and that doesn't mean climate ... OregonLive.com "It's hard for satellites to measure thickness (though some do), so we need on the ground (or under the ocean) validation of thickness data for sea ice," Dave Sutherland, a physical oceanographer and an assistant professor in geological sciences at the ... |
Bloomberg View | India's Climate Change Opportunity Bloomberg View Enforcing strict green building codes now, and providing financial and tax incentives to comply, would limit the carbon intensity of India's growth and, at the same time, improve its air quality and help businesses save money. In a similar way, the ... |
Stuff.co.nz | Meet the throwaway generation Stuff.co.nz He's also started thinking about the long term impact of the city's waste habits. "Auckland has a goal ... The catering business goes through a 600 metre-long role each week. "Everything we send ... Sosinko had heard word of biodegradable gladwrap ... |
The Age | Julie Bishop's calls for nuclear power debate welcomed The Age Professor Garnaut added that nuclear energy would have to be assessed on its economic merits and ability to compete with other forms of power, including renewables and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage. He said nuclear power would become ... |
Nature in motion: migration and its implications OUPblog (blog) In the ocean and tidal estuaries currents assist the migrations of marine denizens from crab larvae returning to salt marshes to become breeding adults to sea turtles returning to nesting beaches from remote reaches of the open ocean. Green sea turtle. |
Increased ocean acidity breaks down coral reefs, UH study finds Honolulu Star-Advertiser Thanks to an innovative study of coral skeletons conducted at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, scientists now know that ocean acidity also contributes to the breakdown of coral reefs. The finding confirms a ... |
Sydney Morning Herald | Julie Bishop's calls for nuclear power debate welcomed Sydney Morning Herald Professor Garnaut added that nuclear energy would have to be assessed on its economic merits and ability to compete with other forms of power, including renewables and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage. He said nuclear power would become ... |
There's no business like farm business Hawke's Bay Today Brian Burrough (CE), Owen Trimmer (CFO), James Wright (COO), David Cushing (exec chair), Rodger Finlay (deputy chair) and Andy Train (director). (front) directors Sir Selwyn Cushing, Sir Ron Carter. A quality rural portfolio in New Zealand for the long ... |
Increased ocean acidity breaks down coral reefs, UH study finds Honolulu Star-Advertiser Thanks to an innovative study of coral skeletons conducted at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, scientists now know that ocean acidity also contributes to the breakdown of coral reefs. The finding confirms a ... |
CNN | NOAA: 2014 is shaping up as hottest year on record CNN (CNN) -- The first ten months of 2014 have been the hottest since record keeping began more than 130 years ago, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That may be hard to believe for people in places like Buffalo ... 2014 is shaping up as hottest year on record |
There's something for everyone on TV this December Mother Nature Network Some of the world's prettiest places have deadly creatures hidden amidst the palm trees and azure waters, and they're revealed in the "Predator Paradise" episode of "World's Deadliest," premiering Dec. ... If you missed it in theaters last summer, you ... |
azcentral.com | Phoenix looks to future of economic diversity azcentral.com "Phoenix is a great middle-of-the-road environment," said Rob Marsh, a senior vice president in labor analytics at CBRE. "But from a brand standpoint, it's not New York. It's not San Francisco. Salt Lake City is even building a better brand than we are.". |