EARTH PORTATION News April 27th

ANIMALS 
-Millions of Bird Deaths at Communication Towers
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120425193056.htm


ART
-Photographer Discovers Another World with Macro Photography
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/macro-photographs-natural-world/


CLIMATE
- Air Pollution Delayed Climate Change in US
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/particulate-pollution-delayed-climate-change-over-eastern-united-states.html
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-hole-climate-eastern-states.html


EARTH 
- Amazing Video Shows All Roads, Air, and Shipping Routes on Earth Like Never Before!
http://www.treehugger.com/aviation/amazing-video-shows-all-roads-air-and-shipping-routes-earth-never.html


- Geophysicists Employ Novel Method to Identify Sources of Global Sea Level Rise
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120424142259.htm


ECONOMICS 
- Watch Your Breath: The 10 Most Polluted Cities in the Nation
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/watch-your-breath-these-are-10-most-polluted-cities-nation.html


 - Polluting China for the Sake of Economic Growth
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120427100117.htm


- Emerging Platforms Support Water Trading Around the World
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevezwick/2012/04/26/emerging-platforms-support-water-trading-around-the-world/


- The Most Dangerous U.S. Cities For Women
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/04/26/most-dangerous-us-cities-women-anchorage-fairbanks-flint/


 - Millionaire Mom Creates .COM Sensation in Dorm Room
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/driven/millionaire-mom-creates-com-sensation-dorm-room-145332435.html


ENERGY
- Microsoft Designing Landfill-Fueled, Off-Grid Data Center
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/microsoft-designing-landfill-fueled-grid-data-center.html


 - Glass fibers coated with a thermoelectric material recover wasted energy
http://www.ecofriend.com/glass-fibers-coated-thermoelectric-material-recover-wasted-energy.html


- Build a Hydropower Generator from CDs
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/build-micro-hydropower-generator-repurposed-printer-parts.html


FASHION 
- Berlin Holds World's First ShirtMob to Trade T-Shirts and Memories
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/fashionistas-invited-worlds-first-shirtmob.html


GARDENS 
-Discovery may allow plant breeders to 'switch off' flower production
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-discovery-breeders-production.html


HOMES
- WWOO Outdoor Kitchen Is Truly A Wow!
http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/wwoo-outdoor-kitchen-truly-wow.html


- Pushpin Cork Stool: Simple and stylish addition to your home made out of cork
http://www.ecofriend.com/pushpin-cork-stool-simple-stylish-addition-home-made-cork.html


PEOPLE 
- The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( WE HAVE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAD9sReX0sk&feature=share%27%2C%29


PERMACULTURE 
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1unfN9/www.motherearthnews.com/modern-homesteading/self-sufficient-homestead-zm0z11zkon.aspx


- Farming with Nature - A Case Study of Successful Temperate Permaculture.avi


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd4X8oigRKk&feature=share%27%2C%29


PLANTS 
- 6 First Aid Tips to Help Trees After a Storm
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/6-first-aid-tips-storm-damaged-trees.html


- Following Life's Chemistry to the Earliest Branches on the Tree of Life
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120424142145.htm


- Pod Corn Develops Leaves in the Inflorescences
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120424120541.htm


-10 Pieces of Evidence That Plants Are Smarter Than You Think
1. Plants communicate with insects
2. Plants have memories
3. Plants create communication networks
4. Plants grow differently in response to sound
5. Plants measure time
6. Plants know up from down
7. Plants know who is family and who isn't
8. Plants warn each other about approaching enemies
9. Plants use camouflage
10. Plants are escape artists
http://io9.com/5901172/10-pieces-of-evidence-that-plants-are-smarter-than-you-think


-Greenhouse to Go Lets Plants Escape the Apocalypse with You
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/studio-besau-marguerre-greenhouse-go.html


SCIENCE 
- Improving on the Amazing: Scientists Seek New Conductors for Metamaterials
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120424121748.htm


-Scientists Discover Bilayer Structure in Efficient Solar Material
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120424120749.htm


- Self-Healing Concrete?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120426105001.htm


- New Particle Discovered at CERN
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120427095621.htm


-  GraphExeter: New graphene-based material could revolutionise electronics industry
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-graphexeter-graphene-based-material-revolutionise-electronics.html


- Researchers find a way to make glass that's anti-fogging, self-cleaning and free of glare
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-glass-anti-fogging-self-cleaning-free-glare.html


- A Brief Peek into the Future with Michio Kaku
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/04/27/a-brief-peek-into-the-future-with-michio-kaku/


- Graphene found to emit infrared light 
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-graphene-emit-infrared.html


SOLAR 
- US Energy Department to fund development of plug and play solar systems
http://www.ecofriend.com/energy-department-fund-development-plug-play-solar-systems.html


- USC scientists develop groundbreaking printable liquid solar cells
http://www.ecofriend.com/usc-scientists-develop-groundbreaking-printable-liquid-solar-cells.html

- Graphene to boost the performance of new generation solar cells
http://www.ecofriend.com/graphene-boost-performance-new-generation-solar-cells.html


- Shares in China Solar Equipment Maker Fall By Daily Limit On Profit Wipeout
http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2012/04/27/shares-in-china-solar-equipment-maker-fall-by-daily-limit-on-profit-wipeout/


- UK company to build Sun orbiter
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-uk-company-sun-orbiter.html


SPACE
- Gorgeous Time-Lapse of Our Solar System Using NASA Probe Photos
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/gorgeous-time-lapse-of-our-solar-system-using-nasa-probe-photos.html


- New Form of Lava Flow Discovered On Mars
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120426143804.htm


SUSTAINABILITY 
- Small floating Island with green cottage rests on 5,000 used plastic bottles
http://www.ecofriend.com/small-floating-island-green-cottage-rests-5000-used-plastic-bottles.html


- Greenhouse to Go Lets Plants Escape the Apocalypse with You
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/studio-besau-marguerre-greenhouse-go.html


TECH 
- Websites Can Show Carbon Footprint of Products or Services by Adding One Line of Code
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/websites-can-show-carbon-footprint-products-or-services-adding-one-line-code.html


- Steampunk Ticker-Tape Twittertape Machine Lets You Tweet Like it's 1899
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/steampunk-ticker-tape-twittertape-machine-lets-you-tweet-its-1899.html


- Build-Your-Own Cell Phone Kit Created by MIT Media Lab
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/build-your-own-cell-phone-kit-created-by-mit-media-lab.html


- Scientists utilize X-rays to determine the performance of printable electronics
http://www.ecofriend.com/scientists-utilize-rays-determine-performance-printable-electronics.html


- Designer conceives smartphone and tablet for Fujitsu Lifebook
http://www.ecofriend.com/designer-conceives-smartphone-tablet-fujitsu-lifebook.html


- Belgian company designs their line of desks with pedals, which can charge your mobile devices
http://www.ecofriend.com/belgian-company-designs-line-desks-pedals-charge-mobile-devices.html
http://www.instablogsimages.com/1/2012/04/26/webike_vsa3k_390x259.jpg


- A New Generation of Ultra-Small and High-Precision Lasers Emerges
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120426174113.htm


- LinkedIn: Selling You Out?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2012/04/27/linkedin-selling-you-out/


URBAN 
- Net Zero Certified: Two Buildings That Make More Energy Than They Use
http://news.thomasnet.com/green_clean/2012/04/26/net-zero-certified-two-buildings-that-make-more-energy-than-they-use/


- Koby Cottage a Revolution in Modular Building
http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/koby-cottage-represents-revolution-modular-construction.html


- When Design Meets Social Justice
http://www.treehugger.com/interior-design/design-mixed-social-justice.html


- Gehry's new residential building adds to the beauty of Hong Kong
http://www.ecofriend.com/gehrys-new-residential-building-adds-beauty-hong-kong.html


WATER
- Floating Fish Farm: A sustainable infrastructure crafted out of bamboo for flood prone areas
http://www.ecofriend.com/floating-fish-farm-sustainable-infrastructure-crafted-bamboo-flood-prone-areas.html


- Wind Pushes Plastics Deeper Into Oceans, Driving Trash Estimates Up
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120425192843.htm


- Emerging Platforms Support Water Trading Around the World
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevezwick/2012/04/26/emerging-platforms-support-water-trading-around-the-world/


- Atmospheric warming altering ocean salinity
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-rainfall.html


- Plastic trash estimates could go up as wind drives trash into deeper waters
http://www.ecofriend.com/plastic-trash-estimates-as-wind-drives-trash-deeper-waters.html


WIND 
- Western Wind Says Sell-off Unjustified
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomkonrad/2012/04/26/western-wind-energy/